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Arizona sheriff illegally used racial profiling, judge rules
TUCSON — A federal judge has ruled that the immigration enforcement policies of the man who calls himself "America's toughest sheriff" violated the Constitution by using racial profiling. For years, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has ordered...
Tags: Judges, Joe Arpaio, American Civil Liberties Union, Social Issues, Immigration
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Fire grant to improve recruitment, retention
Our Town CorrespondentA $5,157,000 grant awarded to Phoenix Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1 by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster will allow several fire departments in Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Centre counties to enhance their recruitment process and retain firefighters, according to...Tags: Bill Shuster, Fires, FEMA
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An Alabama senator's lost cause
WASHINGTON — Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now. Bipartisan immigration legislation is making its way inexorably through the Senate Judiciary...Tags: Chuck Grassley, Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Elections
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U.S. House panel approves spending cuts, assumes more to come
Reuters* $967 billion spending cap approved, lowest in a decade * Republicans shifting limited funds toward defense, security By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives made clear on...Tags: U.S. Senate, Budget Control Act of 2011, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Republican Party
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Family of California woman killed by U.S. Border Patrol files suit
ReutersBy Marty Graham SAN DIEGO, May 21 (Reuters) - The family of a San Diego woman killed in an encounter with the U.S. Border Patrol filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday alleging a plainclothes agent used excessive force when he opened fire on...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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FEATURE-'Irrational' hackers are growing U.S. security fear
Reuters* Aging control systems vulnerable to attack-experts * Infrastructure malfunctions loom as hackers probe networks * U.S. power grid target of daily cyber attacks By Jim Finkle May 22 (Reuters) - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could...Tags: U.S. Senate, Michael Chertoff, Celebrities, Viral Diseases and Infections, Security
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'Irrational' hackers are growing U.S. security fear
Reuters(Reuters) - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could use the Internet to access the controls of some 30 pipeline sensors around the country that were not password protected. A hacking expert who helps companies uncover network...Tags: U.S. Senate, Michael Chertoff, Celebrities, Viral Diseases and Infections, Security
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Bioterrorism consultant's anthrax claims challenged
WASHINGTON — As an example of the ease with which terrorists could produce anthrax, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig has repeatedly cited the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo. The cult gained infamy in 1995 by unleashing the nerve agent sarin in...Tags: Terrorism, Bioterrorism, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Japan
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Access to U.S. chemical-site records is spotty
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A law Congress passed more than a quarter-century ago to alert the public to chemical hazards is seen today by some government officials as a potential tip sheet for terrorists. As a result, public access to hazardous-chemical...Tags: Judges, Terrorism, Emergency Planning, Inventories, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Sexual assault in jails
A new government report singles out Los Angeles County's Twin Towers as having one of the worst rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual assault of any men's jail in the nation. One in 20 inmates held there reported that he had been victimized by another inmate...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Immigration, Prisons, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Building evacuated in Aberdeen after Congressional staffers find suspicious envelopes
Three envelopes without return addresses were sent to Aberdeen offices of South Dakota's congressional delegation, causing emergency officials to block off streets and a hazardous materials team to investigate Friday. About 20 people were evacuated...
Tags: Barack Obama, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Tea Party Movement, Medical Procedures and Tests, Disasters and Accidents
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John F. Brinson: U.S. fighting world war against a political ideology
World War I was everybody versus Germany and Austria (1914-18). World War II was everybody versus Germany, Italy and Japan (1939-45.) World War III was the Cold War, with everybody versus the Soviet communist empire (1947-91). World War IV began in 1979...
Tags: Culture, Barack Obama, Religious Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture
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