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South Bend council head calls for police in every school
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – In the wake of the Newtown shooting, South Bend's Common Council president believes there should be an armed officer at EVERY school. Students at Riley High School in South Bend are used to seeing police officers around, not only...Tags: Shootings, Columbine High School, Joe Donnelly
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School resumes for Newtown students as new details surface in investigation
(CNN) -- Across this devastated town, students returned to schools Tuesday, marking the beginning of a new reality. With their sense of normalcy shattered after last week's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, students at other schools are seeing more...Tags: American School for the Deaf, Behavioral Conditions, Politics, Teaching and Learning, Dianne Feinstein
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Area legislators aren't specific, but urge new talks on guns
South Bend TribuneLast week's tragic shooting at a Connecticut elementary school has stirred up memories of other rampages from recent years and led some lawmakers to call for more control on firearms and ammunition. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said Sunday...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama, Elections, Firearms, Interior Policy
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FDA: New rules will make food safer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year. The rules, the...
Tags: Listeria Outbreak (2011), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Barack Obama, Margaret Hamburg
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Talk of GOP primaries follows 'fiscal cliff' vote
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off potential primary challenges next year from angry conservatives. These lawmakers wasted little time...
Tags: Richard Shelby, John Sullivan, Steve Womack, Tom Harkin, Richard Lugar
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Obama administration spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report from a non-partisan immigration policy think tank concludes the Obama administration has made immigration its highest law enforcement priority, spending more money -- $18 billion -- on immigration enforcement in the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Criminals, U.S. Secret Service, Justice System, Elections
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Lugar casts final vote, helps avoid 'fiscal cliff'
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's departing U.S. Sen. Richard is leaving the Senate with one last act of compromise in support of Congress' "fiscal cliff" deal. The Republican will leave the Senate on Thursday after having cast 13,067 votes over...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Joe Donnelly, Elections, Robert Byrd, Richard Mourdock
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Fiscal battle looms for Donnelly, Walorski in Congress
On the occasion of their separate swearing-in ceremonies Thursday, the area's two newest members of Congress both described being humbled by the opportunity to serve the people of Indiana. “It is an incredible honor and extremely humbling to have...
Tags: Elections, Richard Lugar, Democratic Party, Joe Donnelly, Politics
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Some urge Boehner: let Dems pass fiscal cliff bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — In case the public weren't frustrated enough over Congress' failure to resolve the "fiscal cliff," consider this: lawmakers probably could enact a compromise quickly and easily if Republican leaders let Democrats provide most of...Tags: John Boehner, Barack Obama, Justice System, Iraq War (2003-2011), Elections
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Census: Whites no longer a majority in US by 2043
WASHINGTON (AP) — White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining...Tags: 2010 Census, University of California, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Elections, Brookings Institution
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Mayor Buttigieg joins President Obama on fiscal cliff conference call
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND -- Mayor Pete Buttigieg was among dozens of local leaders the White House recruited, Wednesday, to help send the message to Congress that something must be done soon in order to avoid the approaching fiscal cliff. Buttigieg, along with...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Politics, White House
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Lugar calls on Senate to focus on governance
WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Sen. Richard Lugar said Wednesday that the chamber he's served in for 36 years needs to focus on the unique role it can play in good governance and avoid the political posturing and partisanship he's seen in recent years....
Tags: Joe Donnelly, Democratic Party, Dan Coats, Richard Lugar, Richard Mourdock
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