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    Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. Rare U.S.-Cuba talks to explore resuming mail services

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Cuba are exploring the possibility of resuming direct mail services between the two countries after a 50-year ban, U.S. officials with knowledge of the talks said on Monday. Representatives from the U.S. State...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Cuba, Financial and Business Services, Fidel Castro, U.S. Postal Service

    2. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. SSA makes gender change in records easier

    The Social Security Administration, which is based in Woodlawn, has adopted <a href="https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110212200" target="_blank">a new policy</a> making it easier to change one's gender in agency records, the organization announced last week.
    The Social Security Administration, which is based in Woodlawn, has adopted a new policy making it easier to change one's gender in agency records, the organization announced last week. Organizations representing the national transgender community...

    Tags: Politics, Social Security, Social Issues, Minority Groups, Government

    3. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  3. SeaWorld pays its 1st shareholder dividend

    As promised in the lead-up to its initial public offering, <strong>SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.</strong> declared its first quarterly dividend last week, paying stockholders 20 cents for every share they own.
    As promised in the lead-up to its initial public offering, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. declared its first quarterly dividend last week, paying stockholders 20 cents for every share they own. It's the first installment of what Orlando-based SeaWorld says...

    Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers, SeaWorld, Financing and Stock Offerings

    4. Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. Detainees' defense lawyers want ICRC's secret Guantanamo files

    Reuters
    By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, June 17 (Reuters) - L awyers for five prisoners accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 have asked to see confidential reports made by representatives of the International Committee of the Red...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Barack Obama, Prisons, U.S. Department of Defense

    5. Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. State Department to name lawyer Cliff Sloan to close Guantanamo

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - The State Department on Monday is expected to announce the appointment of Washington lawyer Cliff Sloan to oversee the closure of the controversial Guantanamo detention camp, sources familiar with the decision said on...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, John Kerry, Justice System, Lawyers

    6. Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. North Korea calls for high-level talks with U.S.

    SEOUL — The North Korean regime Sunday suggested a high-level meeting with the United States "to ease the tension on the Korean peninsula," less than a week after its scheduled working-level talks with Seoul were called off.  In the National...

    Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Park Geun-hye, Global Expansion, Nuclear Policy

    7. Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  7. Washington County teachers being held accountable for student achievement

    While debate continues over whether local or state education officials should determine how teachers are evaluated, teachers in Washington County Public Schools will have a new evaluation model for the coming school year that will hold them accountable for student achievement.
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    While debate continues over whether local or state education officials should determine how teachers are evaluated, teachers in Washington County Public Schools will have a new evaluation model for the coming school year that will hold them accountable...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Entertainment, Human Interest, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)

    8. Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  8. Obama leaves climate change-fighting tool on shelf for now

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has vowed to tackle climate change in his second term, but so far has not acted to strengthen a tool that does not require backing from Congress - the National Environmental Policy Act. NEPA, a statute that...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Weather, Environmental Pollution, Politics

    9. Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  9. Lloyd Waters: The polygraph and search for the truth

    There’s an old saying that only children and fools tell the truth. That verse seems to suggest that finding the truth among the rest of us might be as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. Most recently, the search for the truth at the...

    Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, The Herald-Mail, Law Enforcement, Career and Workplace

    10. Jun 15, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  10. Prominent Haitian broadcaster hides from immigration in plain sight

    Faced with deportation, Haitian immigrant James T. Leger did not lay low to avoid authorities, like most people living in the U.S. illegally might do.
    Faced with deportation, Haitian immigrant James T. Leger did not lay low to avoid authorities, like most people living in the U.S. illegally might do. Instead, he leased a radio station, hosted a morning show, sponsored concerts, participated in a relief...

    Tags: Boynton Beach, Crime, Law and Justice, Radio, Deportation, Interior Policy

    11. Jun 15, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  11. Dorney's parent company sued in pedestrian's death

    The family of a Dorney Park worker who was killed while walking on Hamilton Boulevard in South Whitehall Township last summer has sued the park's parent company, the Upper Macungie Township driver whose car hit the woman and the California program that recruited her from China.
    The family of a Dorney Park worker who was killed while walking on Hamilton Boulevard in South Whitehall Township last summer has sued the park's parent company, the Upper Macungie Township driver whose car hit the woman and the California program that...

    Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Macungie, Justice System, South Whitehall Township

    12. Jun 15, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  12. Mortar attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq kills three

    Reuters
    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A mortar attack on an Iranian dissident camp killed three people in Baghdad on Saturday, police sources said, and the Mujahidin-e-Khalq (MEK) group said Iran was probably to blame, with Iraqi complicity. MEK said two of the camp's...

    Tags: United Nations, Iran, Iraq, International Military Interventions, John Kerry

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