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Roosevelt students lead campaign against armed police in Chicago schools
For RedEyeRoosevelt University students and faculty are leading a letter-writing campaign to urge U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk to combat violence by pushing for more counselors, not armed police, in Chicago schools. More than 15 Roosevelt students,...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Barack Obama, Students, Photography Supplies and Services, Colleges and Universities
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Coal ash ruling expected as ferry companies feud
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — On one level, it's a straightforward case of a business seeking a government permit to discharge wastewater. But when the Environmental Protection Agency rules shortly on whether to let the S.S. Badger car ferry...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Resources, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lakes and Ponds, Environmental Politics
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Epic, Half-Realized, Wildly Swirling Thoughts on Obama, Poverty, Politics, Guns, Chicago, Being a White Guy, the Secret Service, and Little Old Lady Laughs
President Barack Hussein Obama came to Chicago last Friday to give a speech at Hyde Park Academy on the South Side, and I went to write about it. Technically, this was my third time seeing the president speak live after making it to election night...
Tags: Bobby Rush, Jackson Park, Students, Interior Policy, Entertainment
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Giffords' plea to Congress on guns: 'you must act'
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic appeal, wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged Congress on Wednesday to enact tougher curbs on guns, saying, "too many children are dying" without them. "The time is now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous,...
Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Mark Kelly, Patrick Leahy, Max Baucus
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Obama: Victims of gun violence 'deserve a vote'
As Hadiya Pendleton's parents sat next to the first lady and listened, President Barack Obama told the nation Tuesday that his gun proposals deserve a vote in Congress because of victims like the slain Chicago teen. Delivering his State of the Union...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Michelle Obama
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Cliff jumping with Obama
— Why are Republicans playing the Democrats' game that the "fiscal cliff" is all about taxation? House Speaker John Boehner already made the preemptive concession of agreeing to raise revenues. But the insistence on doing so by eliminating...
Tags: Barack Obama, Government Health Care, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements
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Enough talk. Time to act.
President Barack Obama and the National Rifle Association do agree on something: No amount of legislation can prevent every evil act. In his remarks on gun violence Wednesday, Obama acknowledged what gun enthusiasts have been saying for decades:...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Illinois General Assembly, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Adam Lanza
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Community organizers who taught Obama the ropes get an invitation to the inauguration
At their wedding reception in 1992, Barack Obama and his bride, Michelle, made their way to a table to greet three women who had taken him under their wings as a young community organizer. Loretta Augustine-Herron, one of the women in his memoir, "Dreams...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Personal Weapon Control, Culture, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel
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Durbin praises Obama's speech as 'beautiful'
— Monday was a momentous day for President Barack Obama — and not a bad one as well for the president's friend, longtime ally and fellow Illinois Democrat, Sen. Dick Durbin. The Senate's No. 2 leader joined Obama at an early morning church...Tags: Culture, Washington Monument, Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor
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Obama visits with U.S. Senate Democrats in Annapolis
President Barack Obama slipped into Annapolis Wednesday for a private meeting with U.S. Senate Democrats focused on the nation’s latest fiscal crisis — a visit that temporarily closed roads and a handful of businesses a mile from the...
Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Executive Branch, Government, U.S. Senate
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Baltimore Co. chief joins fight in Congress for gun control
Speaking at an emotional hearing on federal gun control proposals, Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson urged lawmakers Wednesday to close loopholes and ban assault weapon sales or risk more tragedies like the recent elementary school shooting...
Tags: Gun Control, Interior Policy, Kevin Kamenetz, Mark Kelly, Weaponry
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Nancy Pelosi on ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’; Paul Ryan on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelSen. Dianne Feinstein speaks Thursday on Capitol Hill about her bill to ban assault weapons. Photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: The weekend political discussion starts on HBO's “Real Time With Bill Maher.” Maher...
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