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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Orphan Black' on BBC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black A trip to the suburbs...
Tags: Peter T. King, Michael Shanks, Evan Bayh, John Travolta, Justice and Rights
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Senate vote nears, background check bill in peril
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan effort to expand background checks is in deep trouble as the Senate approaches a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As the showdown draws near, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows...
Tags: Heidi Heitkamp, Personal Weapon Control, Washington, DC, Democratic Party, Firearms
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Bipartisan group introduces immigration reform bill
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill to overhaul immigration laws and provide a path to legal status for an estimated 11 million people who overstayed their visas or illegally entered the United States, Senate aides said....
Tags: Michael F. Bennet, Bob Menendez, Lindsey O. Graham, Justice System, Immigration
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Police said to have suspect in mind in Senate ricin letter case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for poisonous ricin, a Senate colleague said. "The person that is a suspect writes a lot of letters to members," Sen....Tags: Labor Legislation, Anthrax, FBI, Career and Workplace, Roger F. Wicker
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Criticism of immigration bill from left and right
WASHINGTON (AP) — To some conservatives, it's amnesty. To some immigration advocates, it's unnecessarily punitive. The Senate's new bipartisan immigration bill drew criticism from the right and from the left Tuesday — convincing members of...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, Career and Workplace, George W. Bush, Immigration
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Gun background-check supporters struggle for votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gun control supporters struggled Tuesday to salvage their drive to expand background checks to more buyers, buoyed by a visit from wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords but facing enough potential opponents to derail...
Tags: Joe Biden, Heidi Heitkamp, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Democratic Party, Washington, DC
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EPA probes flame retardants but lacks power to ban
As the Obama administration launches a broad investigation of flame retardants used in furniture and other household goods, the nation's top environmental regulators are running into the limitations of a federal law that makes it practically impossible to...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Lawyers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Barack Obama
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Gun-control plan several votes short in Senate
This post has been corrected and updated as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- A Senate plan to expand the background-check requirement for gun purchases faced a narrowing path to success Tuesday, as advocates for stricter laws sought to scrape together the last few votes they need from among a dwindling number of...Tags: Mark Kirk, Joe Biden, Chris Murphy, Democratic Party, Susan Collins
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Sen. Rubio defends immigration bill emerging from bipartisan group
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) blitzed the airwaves Sunday to defend the immigration bill being written by four Republican and four Democratic senators. Speaking on seven news shows -- including two Spanish-language broadcasts -- Rubio said the...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Labor Legislation, FBI, Career and Workplace, Personal Weapon Control
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Bill could lead largely to end of Internet sales tax loophole
WASHINGTON — With rare bipartisan support, the Senate is poised to pass a bill this week that could lead largely to the end of the nation's long online sales tax holiday. The measure would allow states to require that large online retailers...Tags: Business, Computer Networking and Internet, Finance, Agriculture, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Professor Yunus to receive Congressional Gold Medal
This week, Professor Muhammad Yunus will become only the seventh person in history to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Congress will present Professor Yunus with the Gold Medal to honor his...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Awards and Prizes, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events
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Tax-free Internet shopping in jeopardy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Internet shoppers are moving closer to paying sales taxes for their online purchases. But the fight is far from over. The Senate voted 63-30 Thursday to advance a bill that would impose state and local sales taxes on purchases...
Tags: Business, National Government, Computing and Information Technology Industry, National Retail Federation, Washington, DC
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