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Immigration reform bill heads to full Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, but not before tilting the bill to the political right with amendments designed to...Tags: Barack Obama, DREAM Act, Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, Politics
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Carlos Slim firm files California complaint against detractors
SACRAMENTO -- Mexican telecom billionaire Carlos Slim is punching back at an advocacy group that's been criticizing him across the country and on the steps of the California Capitol building. Slim's Miami-based subsidiary, TracFone Wireless Inc., on...
Tags: Mexico, Bill Gates, Career and Workplace, Politics, Carlos Slim
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Canton Holds Referendum On New Highway Garage
The Hartford CourantA heated debate over whether a proposed new highway garage costs too much and is in the wrong place will conclude when residents vote on the $5.4 million plan on Wednesday. That proposal along with a plan to spend $6 million on road improvements and...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Harwinton, Salt, Highway Transportation, Politics
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U.S. Boy Scouts to vote this week on lifting ban on gay youth
ReutersBy Marice Richter DALLAS, May 21 (Reuters) - Leaders of Boy Scout groups across the country will vote this week on a controversial proposal that would remove the organization's ban on gay scouts but not gay adult leaders. Hundreds of champions and...Tags: Youth Organizations, Boy Scouts of America, Elections, Social Organizations, Politics
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MJHS names board chair
Coral Gables resident Louis Wolfson III has continued a family belief of philanthropy started by his grandfather Col. Mitchell Wolfson. Wolfson, who is chairman of the Pinnacle Housing Group, is highly regarded for his work over the past 30 years as a...Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, Miami Dade College, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Coral Gables
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Is China trying to co-opt the Holocaust?
During his visit to China this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recalled that the city of Shanghai was "one of the few places that opened its gates" to Jews fleeing Hitler. Officials of the Chinese Communist government, standing nearby,...Tags: National Government, Government, Arts and Culture, Taiwan, Japan
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Analysis: U.S. food labels seen heating up North America meat war
ReutersWINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States is poised to introduce stricter rules on the labeling of meat imports this week, a move that is likely to heat up a simmering trade dispute with Canada and Mexico. Under new regulations that...Tags: Government, National Government, Veal, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Mexico City
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Mayo: Will NFL go with history or hypocrisy for Super Bowl 50?
Sun Sentinel ColumnistIf NFL owners have a sense of history and tradition, they'll award Super Bowl 50 to South Florida later today. But if they want to deliver the latest proof that the sports world is ruled by hypocrisy and blinded by bling and the almighty dollar, they'll...Tags: Super Bowl, Roger Goodell, National Football League, Politics, Miami Dolphins
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Boy Scouts to vote this week on lifting ban on gay youth
ReutersDALLAS (Reuters) - Leaders of Boy Scout groups across the country will vote this week on a controversial proposal that would remove the organization's ban on gay scouts but not gay adult leaders. Hundreds of champions and opponents of the proposed change...Tags: Youth Organizations, Boy Scouts of America, Elections, Politics, Social Organizations
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Dimon hangs on to chairman, CEO titles at JPMorgan
ReutersJamie Dimon has withstood a proposal to split his jobs at chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co. At the bank's annual meeting Tuesday, shareholders gave the chairman and CEO a wider vote of confidence than last year at this time. Just 32....Tags: Jamie Dimon, Thomson Corporation, Board of Directors, Shareholders, Parties and Movements
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ANALYSIS-German households pay for lower industrial power prices
Reuters* German wholesale power is cheaper than in France, Netherlands * Cheaper industrial power paid for by soaring household bills * Ways sought to rein in household bill explosion By Henning Gloystein and Vera Eckert LONDON/FRANKFURT, May 21 (Reuters)...Tags: Alternative Energy, Conservation, France, Angela Merkel, Prices
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Analysis: German households pay for lower industrial power prices
ReutersLONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German households are paying for ever cheaper wholesale power supplies to industry as the government uses money from soaring domestic bills to subsidize renewable energy, in turn creating overcapacity on the country's grid....Tags: Alternative Energy, Conservation, France, Prices, Angela Merkel
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