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A festive 10th birthday
Sandy Segerstrom Daniels' passion for helping children began when she was a child herself. Her first time helping a children's organization came when her eighth-grade teacher offered the opportunity to the class as a means of receiving extra credit....Tags: Arts, Tools and Hardware, Business, Marketing, Social Services
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Hundreds in L.A. march in global protest against Monsanto, GMOs
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a global series of marches against seed giant Monsanto Co. and genetically modified foods. Organizers said the “March Against Monsanto”...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Genetic Engineering, Agriculture, Occupy Los Angeles
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Open thread: Weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but not limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup...... -
Survey shows most Americans support expanded background checks on gun sales
newsalerts@ky3.comWASHINGTON, D.C.-- When it comes to gun control, a new poll says most Americans support expanded background checks for gun sales. But the survey by Pew Research Center also reveals Americans don't expect it to change any time soon. Pew Research...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Politics, Gun Control
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Ron Kaye: It's time for divisions to cease
In the dismal Los Angeles election cycle that mercifully concluded on May 21, much was made about the lack of women in high places if Wendy Greuel didn't win the mayor's race. Greuel herself played the gender card over and over, with pictures of her...
Tags: Elections, Bill Clinton, Memorial Day, Wendy Greuel, Politics
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Obama nominates 2 Senate aides as SEC commissioners
Two senior U.S. Senate aides were nominated by President Obama to join the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kara M. Stein would replace Elisse B. Walter as a Democratic commissioner and Michael S. Piwowar would succeed Troy A. Paredes as a...Tags: Tim Johnson, Elections, Mike Crapo, Barack Obama, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Boxing Obama in
Greater than the risk of being accused of criminality in the three scandals now gripping the Obama administration is the peril that the president's substantive agenda is being hopelessly knocked off track. The liberal Illinois senator who entered the...Tags: Justice System, Barack Obama, Darrell E Issa, White House, Internal Revenue Service
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Defending state water rights
Since 2011, I have been raising concerns about a controversial proposal from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that would restrict access to Missouri River water and charge users for surplus water taken from Missouri River reservoirs in South Dakota, North...Tags: Tim Johnson, Jon Tester, John Hoeven, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Pritzker makes strong showing in Senate confirmation hearing
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON -- The prospects seemed strong Thursday for Penny Pritzker becoming Commerce secretary after a two-hour confirmation hearing, as she drew praise from both Democrats and Republicans. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the top Republican on the Senate...Tags: Elections, Health and Safety at Work, Mark Kirk, U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Republican Party
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Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy
Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's...
Tags: Lawyers, Carroll County (Maryland), Justice System, Judges, Civil Rights
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Ex-federal prosecutor Fardon nominated for U.S. attorney
A former federal prosecutor who was a key member of the team that won a conviction of former Gov. George Ryan was nominated today to be Chicago’s next U.S. attorney. Zachary Fardon, 46, won the nod over Lori Lightfoot, who as a woman and an...
Tags: Lawyers, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Justice System
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John Morgan talks Casey Anthony, Tim Tebow
Staff writerIn local public-affairs programming this weekend: Prominent Orlando attorney John Morgan and his wife, Ultima, are Lauren Rowe's guests on "Flashpoint" at 8 a.m. Sunday on WKMG-Channel 6. They discuss everything from politics and Casey Anthony to...Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Medicaid, Jeffrey Atwater, Health Treatments, Tea Party Movement
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