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Illinois House introduces less restrictive gun bill
— An Illinois House version of legislation to allow people to carry concealed weapons that emerged Wednesday would not let Chicago have its own set of rules and could make it easier to get a permit. The latest proposal is an attempt to address...
Tags: Brandon W. Phelps, Firearms, FBI, Dining and Drinking, National Government
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Stephen Goldstein: Real scandal is how lobbyists get away with what they do
These days, the country is consumed by scandal-mania — real, or mostly trumped-up, partisan allegations of violations of the public trust, the truth of which no one knows for sure because we don't have all the facts and probably never will. We...Tags: Government, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Public Officials, Gun Control
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Mail Call - May 9
“I would like to say ‘Thumbs Up’ to Kevin Gilbert for his photo on the front page of The Herald-Mail on Friday, May 3. Also to the state trooper who thought that prayer was better then being ‘politically correct,’ when he...Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Local Government, The Herald-Mail
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Voice of the People, May. 23
Realistic cycling This is in response to "Impact of natural laws felt after daughter's bike crash; Mayor's proposal to improve road safety sensible, but cyclists are always vulnerable" (News, May 13). There is a reason why pedestrians and cars are...Tags: Lawyers, Judges, Jim Edgar, Justice System, Oswego
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Can Fort Lauderdale compel background checks at gun show?
A showdown is brewing between Fort Lauderdale and the Ohio-based company that has long held gun shows at the city-owned War Memorial Auditorium. The city has clamped down on the arms-bazaar excesses of the show, and a lawyer for Suncoast Gun Shows say...Tags: Father's Day, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Government, Public Officials, Fort Lauderdale
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IRS foul-up shows how bad laws breed good scandals
Much to my surprise, I find myself sympathizing with the Internal Revenue Service. Tenderness toward that agency isn't my default position. I'm a British expat living in the United States, with retirement savings locked up in Britain and other cross-...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Taxation
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Local Voices: Naperville, Lisle and Aurora
Letters to the editor from Naperville, Lisle and Aurora residents. Speed risks The proposed change in Illinois' speed limit from 65 to 70 miles per hour on tollways and interstate highways increases the risk of damage. The approximately 8 percent...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Science and Technology, Sports, Federal Aviation Administration, Wireless Technology
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Mail Call - May 8
“The EDC has identified the top five strategic priorities. These were the same priorities that were discussed and implemented at a strategic planning retreat, for the past two to three years. So there’s nothing new here. And how much are we...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Personal Weapon Control, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body rejected for burial in Cambridge
This post has been updated. See below for details.There may be no place in the earth for Tamerlan Tsarnaev. One of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has been dead more than two weeks after a dramatic showdown with police in Watertown, Mass., on April 19. But officials and his family still don't...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Justice System, Islam, FBI, Religion and Belief
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Giffords accepts Kennedy 'Profile in Courage' award
Courage comes in many guises. In Boston on Sunday, Gabrielle Giffords was praised for having the courage just to carry on. "It’s been a hard two years for me, but I want to make the world a better place," said Giffords in receiving the 2013...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Personal Weapon Control, Google Inc., U.S. Congress
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Gabrielle Giffords' story a different kind of profile in courage
Gabrielle Giffords received a Profile in Courage award this weekend at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is fitting, though she is displaying a different kind of courage than was celebrated by the late president in his 1957 best-selling...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Parties and Movements, Mary L. Landrieu, Justice System, Personal Weapon Control
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