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Reddit cofounder Swartz struggled with prosecution before suicide
Aaron Swartz saw a closed world and wanted to crack it open. His suicide by hanging in New York last week has reignited the conflict between the values of property possession and digital openness and intensified debate over the government’s...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Anonymous (internet groups), Reed Elsevier, Punishment, Colleges and Universities
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Pew poll finds agreement on some gun control proposals
A month after an elementary school massacre pushed gun control back onto the public agenda, some of the key proposals being discussed remain a sore point between Democrats and Republicans, though two ideas are backed by large, bipartisan majorities,...
Tags: Elections, Adam Lanza, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Can we finally close the gun show loophole?
Whether it's the indelible horror of the massacre at Newtown, Conn., or the tone-deaf response of the National Rifle Association and its allies who have shown themselves so hysterical and paranoid on the subject of gun rights, the public's hunger for...
Tags: Elections, New York City, Personal Weapon Control, Bob Dole, FBI
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Letters: Goodbye to H. Norman Schwarzkopf, an American hero
Re “H. Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-2012,” Obituary, Dec. 28 Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf was truly a hero. He commanded U.S. troops that crushed Iraqi forces during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, and he received the presidential Medal of Freedom from... -
Trial begins in Oregon Christmas tree bomb plot
SEATTLE -- The target was busy Pioneer Square in downtown Portland, Ore., when thousands of people gathered for the annual lighting of the Christmas tree. The plan, prosecutors say, was to park a van loaded with explosives and detonate it from a distance....
Tags: Belief and Faith, Yemen, Islam, FBI, Science and Technology
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Robert H. Bork dies at 85; pivotal figure in Supreme Court history
Robert H. Bork, the conservative legal champion whose bitter defeat for a Supreme Court seat in 1987 politicized the confirmation process and changed the court's direction for decades, died Wednesday. He was 85. The former Yale law professor and judge on...Tags: Elections, Antonin Scalia, Antitrust Issues, Politics, Justice System
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Fiscal cliff agreement marks return of the real Obama
WASHINGTON - The rout was complete, the retreat disorderly. President Barack Obama got his tax hikes -- naked of spending cuts -- passed by the ostensibly Republican House of Representatives. After which, you might expect him to pivot to his self-...
Tags: Walter Mondale, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Politics, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Life Out Here: Just say you're sorry
Just apologize to the woman. When you do or say something stupid, there is only one good way out, and that’s to say you’re sorry. I know this because I write and say a lot of stupid things. Over 20 years I’ve written many things in...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Flu, Benghazi, Allergies, United Nations
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California ban on gay conversion therapy put on hold
L.A. NOWA new state law intended to prevent therapists from trying to change a minor's sexual orientation was put on hold Friday by a federal appeals court panel. The law would subject psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals to... -
Democrats try to keep us in the dark
In response to letter writer David Drake ("Voters see through the GOP smoke screen," Jan. 9), he seems to fail to realize that there can be no public sector without the private sector jobs that generate the money for it to exist in the first place....Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama
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Mailbag: Thanks to the Newport water committee
Recently, outgoing Mayor Nancy Gardner, chairwoman of the longstanding city of Newport Beach Coastal/Bay Water Quality Citizens Advisory Committee, announced the committee no longer exists. A new committee will be formed and will be called the City of...Tags: Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, Environmental Issues, Holiday Vacations, Trips and Vacations
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Former President George H.W. Bush hospitalized
Former President George H-W Bush remains in a Houston hospital after being treated for bronchitis.
His spokesman says the 88 year old has been hospitalized at Houston's Methodist Hospital for six days and has a "lingering cough."
He says Bush's family...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Parkinson's Disease, CNN (tv network)
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