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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT): 1. DRAGNET TIGHTENS FOR MARATHON BOMBING SUSPECT One of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead and a massive manhunt is...Tags: Justice System, Baltimore Ravens, Nazi Party, Super Bowl, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013)
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
CARGO PLANE CRASH-AFGHANISTAN 6 of 7 killed in Afghanistan plane crash from Michigan BELLEVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Six of the seven Americans killed when their National Air Cargo plane crashed Monday near an Air Force base in Afghanistan were from...Tags: Apples, Social Issues, Transportation Accidents, Manufacturing and Engineering, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Swift, hopeful reaction to immigration bill
WASHINGTON – An eagerly awaited immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators arrived early Wednesday, an 844-page bill that both the political left and right now see as the best chance in decades to achieve fix a broken immigration...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Harry Reid, Media Industry, National Security, Human Interest
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Bipartisan group introduces immigration reform bill
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill to overhaul immigration laws and provide a path to legal status for an estimated 11 million people who overstayed their visas or illegally entered the United States, Senate aides said....Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Bob Menendez, Justice System, Jeff Flake, National Security
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GOP senator hopes to honor slain teen with gun bill
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mark Kirk, one of the lead Republican sponsors of a bipartisan compromise to expand background checks of gun purchases, says he hopes to name the legislation in honor of Hadiya Pendleton, a Chicago teen who was shot on a Chicago...Tags: Hadiya Pendleton, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party, Patrick J. Toomey
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Obama appeals court pick has Republican support
WASHINGTON — President Obama, who has seen court nominees run into Republican roadblocks, may have found a winning strategy for putting a judge on the powerful U.S. appeals court here: He chose a highly regarded corporate lawyer whose resume...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Ted Cruz, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights, Washington, DC
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Beyond Tom Perez: Why do we need a Labor Department?
Well, America survived. Yes, it's true, the United States was able to withstand two months without a labor secretary. The previous secretary, Hilda Solis, stepped down on Jan. 22. That thud you heard was no one noticing. No one noticed because, like...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice, Business, Al Gore, Barack Obama
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Gun advocates detail armed school guard plan
Gun-rights advocates unveiled Tuesday a 225-page report paid for by the National Rifle Association that lays out a vision for arming teachers to prevent the kind of mass shootings that claimed 27 lives at a Connecticut elementary school last year....
Tags: Baltimore County, Personal Weapon Control, Elijah E. Cummings, Interior Policy, The Washington Post
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Amendment to Mike Chenault's Gun Bill Draws Criticism
Channel 2 NewsA Senate committee heard strong public testimony Monday in favor of criminalizing new federal gun regulations in Alaska HB69, by House Speaker Mike Chenault, would make any future federal laws that ban assault weapons or require gun owners to register...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Made in California' label proposed to boost economy
SACRAMENTO -- Will putting "Made in California" labels on products help them fly off the shelves? That is the belief of state Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro), who has introduced legislation to create such a marketing effort. SB...
Tags: Government, Justice System, Ellen M Corbett, Crime, Law and Justice, Jerry Brown
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Knife Regulation Bill Moves Out of Final Committee
Channel 2 NewsA bill that deregulates certain types of knives could make it to a vote on the Senate floor this week. HB33, by Rep. Mark Neuman, regulates knives the same way as firearms. Its practical effect would be to deregulate one-handed hunting and utility...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Fred Dyson, Rentals
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Obama settles for half measures on gun control
For all the clamor from the White House and many in Congress to address the American scourge of gun violence, signs continue to point to a half-measure solution at best. President Barack Obama's State of the Union plea to the nation's lawmakers that the...Tags: Assault, Justice System, Ted Cruz, Personal Weapon Control, Joe Biden
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