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For lobbyist of gun law reform, it's personal
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentSOUTH BEND — For more than 40 years, Stephen Miller has known the devastation wrought by gun violence — his brother Thomas was murdered in 1972, his nephew Christopher died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1994. He’s doing something...Tags: Lobbying, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice
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Some business owners wary of plan to increase minimum wage
WSBT-TVPresident Obama said something during his State of the Union address that caught the attention of a lot of small business owners. He wants to increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour. The current Indiana minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. In Michigan it&...Tags: Small Businesses, Barack Obama
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Walorski and Coats respond to President's State of the Union address
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (IN-02) and U.S. Senator Dan Coats released the following responses to the President’s State of the Union address: Rep. Walorski's statement: “House Republicans are ready to get to...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Unions, Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011, Career and Workplace
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LIVE TWEETS: IUSB prof. invited to watch, tweet State of the Union
Alec Hosterman, who teaches Communication Studies at IU South Bend, has been invited to the White House to watch the President Obama's speech from the Eisenhower building and then to use social media to comment on it. new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type:...
Tags: White House, Indiana University South Bend, Barack Obama
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Where are the STEM jobs?
Republicans and Democrats appear to agree on at least one thing: that the United States is facing a STEM (science, technology engineering and math) crisis. In his most recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama declared that he wants to...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Employment, Science and Technology, Rick Perry, Barack Obama
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Guantanamo prisoners tune in for Obama's speech on their fate
ReutersBy Jane Sutton MIAMI, May 23 (Reuters) - Among those tuning in to President Barack Obama's national security speech on Thursday were some prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, who rely on television broadcasts and newspapers for hints about...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, U.S. Congress, U.S. Marine Corps, Television Industry
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Jonah Goldberg: Obama has no use for those who disagree with him
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And his...Tags: Max Baucus, Internal Revenue Service, Minority Groups, Tea Party Movement, George W. Bush
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IRS follows Obama's lead
Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-life or Jewish groups opposed to his agenda (though why anyone should take his word for it is beyond me). And...Tags: Max Baucus, Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Minority Groups, Taxation
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Want a sculpture? A new jaw? Pizza? Just print it
Thanks to 3D printing, American society may be about to boldly go where no one has gone before. A Johns Hopkins scientist is seeking to adapt the technology to grow human jaw bones — potentially revolutionizing implant procedures. A Halethorpe...
Tags: Smithsonian Institution, Sculpture, Arts and Culture, Biotechnology, Timonium
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Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech
ReutersATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S....Tags: Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Libya, Pakistan, Barack Obama
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El Tea Party resurge en medio de escándalos en Estados Unidos
Los escándalos del escrutinio del Servicio de Impuestos Internos (IRS) a grupos conservadores y del espionaje a la agencia AP están reviviendo en EE.UU. al movimiento derechista Tea Party y, ante todo, dando sentido a su advertencia sobre el excesivo...Tags: Mitt Romney, Internal Revenue Service, Glenn Beck, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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Top White House adviser says Obama learned of IRS scandal from news reports
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration...Tags: Government, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation, Thomas E Price, Washington, DC
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