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COLUMN: Washington-gate
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Unprecedented U.S. Justice Department searches of journalists' phone records. IRS targeting of conservative political groups. Spiraling sexual...Tags: Gerald Henry, U.S. Department of State, Police Investigations, Roger Ailes , U.S. Department of Defense
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Column: Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
Reuters(Reuters) - Journalists gasp and growl whenever prosecutors issue lawful subpoenas ordering them to divulge their confidential sources or to turn over potential evidence, such as notes, video outtakes or other records. It's an attack on the First...Tags: Yemen, Police Investigations, The Washington Post, Freedom of the Press, NBC (tv network)
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Column: Washington-gate
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Unprecedented Justice Department searches of journalists' phone records. IRS targeting of conservative political groups. Spiraling sexual assault rates in the U.S. military. And the downplaying of the first killing of an American...Tags: Gerald Henry, U.S. Department of State, Police Investigations, Roger Ailes , U.S. Department of Defense
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A federal 'shield' for reporters
President Obama may be engaging in political damage control in proposing that Congress resurrect legislation to protect the confidentiality of journalists' sources. But his call for action on a federal shield law is welcome even if it is inspired by a...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Government, Barack Obama, Politics, National Government
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AP records seizure just latest step in sweeping U.S. leak probe
Reuters* FBI interviews at numerous U.S. government agencies * Signs probe hasn't found target * Media reports on Yemen-based plots at issue By Mark Hosenball and Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON May 15 (Reuters) - The Justice Department's controversial...Tags: Yemen, Police Investigations, Freedom of the Press, Government, National Government
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PASSINGS: Vincent G. Dowling, John La Montaine
Vincent G. Dowling Actor, director gave Tom Hanks early break Actor and director Vincent G. Dowling, 83, who left behind a long career with Ireland's national theater to run a Shakespeare festival in Cleveland where he gave a young Tom Hanks an...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Festive Events, Richard Nixon, Music Industry
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Insider Charges HFPA With Racism After Golden Globe Voters Reject Black Applicant (Exclusive)
ReutersMay 17 (TheWrap.com) - A member of the Golden Globes' Hollywood Foreign Press Association has leveled an ugly charge of racism against it for rejecting a rare application by a black journalist to join the 84-member group. Samantha Ofole-Prince...Tags: Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Entertainment, Politics, Civil Rights, Elections
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Justice Department subpoena of AP records revives interest in shield law for journalists
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The controversy over the government's secret subpoena of Associated Press telephone records has revived legislation that protect journalists from having to reveal their sources to federal investigators — and the White House...Tags: The Associated Press, Freedom of the Press, Government, Politics, Barack Obama
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Author Christopher Buckley To Speak At Hotchkiss
The Hartford CourantChristopher Buckley, the Forbes editor, journalist and author whose books tackle political and cultural sacred cows with a satirical twist, will give a free talk Wednesday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at The Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken Road., Lakeville. Son...Tags: Mark Twain, Waterbury, Boston, United Nations, Libraries
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Column: Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?
ReutersSAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity, particularly between those at...Tags: University of Chicago, The Washington Post, Credit and Debt, Productivity, Thomson Corporation
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Already, some whistle-blowers have lost their nerve
Two weeks after the press partied hearty with President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, the administration admitted that federal authorities had secretly combed through phone records for dozens of Associated Press...Tags: The Associated Press, The Washington Post, Eric Holder, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Barack Obama
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Column: DSU coach, former NSU player to be enshrined in Hall of Fame
A former Northern State football player is being enshrined into the Dakota State University Athletic Hall of Fame as a coach. Joel Swisher, son of legendary NSU coach Clark Swisher, guided Dakota State to its first ever South Dakota Intercollegiate...
Tags: Indoor Football League, Cedar Rapids Titans, Sports, Lacrosse, New York Jets
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May 15, 2013
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