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Harris: Patrick Fitzgerald offers lesson on complexities of terrorism law
Complex. Even messy. That's the reality of prosecuting terrorism cases, former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald told his University of Chicago law school students at the outset of a recent class he taught with law firm colleague Michael Scudder. The...
Tags: Politics, Witnesses, Clarence Darrow, U.S. Embassy, Anthony Kennedy
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How much was it worth to know Cheney?
— For a time, it seemed as if Dick Cheney owned Washington. From congressional intern to youngest-ever White House chief of staff, from six-term member of the House of Representatives to secretary of defense, from director of the Council on...Tags: International Military Interventions, Iraq War (2003-2011), Halliburton Company, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. House of Representatives
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The wrong way for Washington to avoid defaulting
It's rare that the president explicitly pledges to veto a bill -- usually, the White House says the president's advisors would "recommend" a veto -- but that's what happened Tuesday. The measure in question is HR 807, the Full Faith and Credit Act, by...
Tags: Viagra (drug), Politics, Public Finance, Tom McClintock, Medicare
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Record exports mean U.S. summer gasoline prices won't be much lower
Summer gasoline prices will be lower in the U.S. than they were last year. But they won't be much lower, experts say, because U.S. refineries have been exporting record amounts of fuel overseas. That's behind what would normally just be a good news...
Tags: Market and Exchange, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Ford, Hybrid Vehicles, Economy, Business and Finance
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Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines returns with solo album 'Mother'
Natalie Maines, the Dixie Chick whose criticism of then-President George W. Bush’s handling of the Iraq War while on tour in Europe a decade ago got the group effectively banned from country radio, has resurfaced this week with her debut solo album,...
Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Entertainment, Relentless7 (music group), Twitter, Inc., Music
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Voice of the People, May. 08
This is in response to "Tribune Watchdog: Divorce court weds power and privacy; Well-connected politicians, prominent lawyers keep their family matters secret with consent of judges in Domestic Relations Division." The article conveniently ignores two...Tags: Politics, Michael Madigan, Economic Policy, Money and Monetary Policy, Interior Policy
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USAID develops a bad reputation among some foreign leaders
WASHINGTON — When Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from his impoverished country last week, he complained that Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region. It...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Politics, Hosni Mubarak, Relief and Aid Organizations, Russia
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U.S. Holocaust museum at 20: Confronting tough issues
When President Bill Clinton stepped to the podium at the opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., 20 years ago, most of the audience no doubt expected him to offer the usual generalities about the importance of not...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Nazi Party, Washington, DC, Cruises
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Ruben Barrales, party guy
When President Obama told students in Mexico that without the support of U.S. Latinos he would not be president, he wasn't talking about the GOP's Ruben Barrales. But Barrales gets the message. He is the son of immigrants, and San Mateo County's first...
Tags: University of California, Riverside, Politics, Republican Party, Migration, Government
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MLB should consider Davey Johnson for next commissioner
Bud Selig will be done with his reign of power in Major League Baseball effective 2014 and the search for a new leader is under way. So who are some of the names — past and present — circulating in conversation to become the next...
Tags: World Series, Entertainment, Major League Baseball, Texas Rangers, Bob Costas
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Obama's red line on Syria gets squiggly
The hawks are squawking. Congressional conservatives and the right-wing media are blasting President Barack Obama for going soft on the Syrians. The president insists there is a "game-changing" red line the Syrian government will have crossed if it is...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Lindsey O. Graham, United Nations, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events
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Whose side is the NRA on?
Terrorism, whether practiced in the U.S. or overseas, can be defined as a deliberate act of violence to instill fear in a target audience. We fight terrorism when we stay calm but resolute; we abet terrorists when our response is to panic or try to foment...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Shootings, Firearms, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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