Contentious teacher-related policies moving from legislatures to the courts

Opponents of the nation's teacher unions won a landmark victory last year in a California lawsuit that challenged tenure protections, a case that became the beginning of a national effort to roll back teacher tenure laws in state courts. Now the largest unions in the country are using a similar tactic, as teachers turn to the courts to fight for one of their most pressing interests: An end to test-based evaluations they say are arbitrary and unfair.

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PNP seizes P23M

AT LEAST 88 cases involving illegal drugs in Central Visayas were dismissed since 2002 because of technicalities, data from the Police Regional Office 7 showed. Failure to comply with the "custody, inventory and disposition of seized dangerous drugs and paraphernalia" was a common reason for the dismissals.

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Warbirds, new fighters fly in unison at Davis-Monthan

The U.S Air Force Heritage Flight team flies over Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. on March 2, 2014.

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Air Force to bench 9 of Davis-Monthan's A-10s

An Air Force crew chief watches as an A-10 Thunderbolt taxis into position after landing May 9, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The Air Force said Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, that it will put nine A-10 jets at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on backup inventory status.

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Dems call GOP Homeland Security strategy a political blunder

Democrats are losing some skirmishes over the Department of Homeland Security, but many feel they are winning a political war that will haunt Republicans in 2016 and beyond. Democrats lacked the votes Friday to force Republicans to fund the department for a year with no strings.

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Young Republicans are remarkably liberal on pot

When it comes to marijuana, the majority of young Republicans are far close to the Democratic view than they are to older members of their own party. Pew poll data shows 63 percent of Millennial Republicans -- those born between 1981 and 1996 -- support legalized marijuana.

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Obama gives emotional tribute to Holder

The White House celebrated the upcoming departure of Eric Holder on Friday night in a ceremony that brought tears to President Barack Obama's eyes and featured Aretha Franklin literally singing the attorney general's praises. "I think about all the young people out there who have seen you work and have been able to get just an innate sense, without knowing you personally, that you're a good man," Obama said at the event, which marked the unveiling of Holder's official portrait, and was held at the Department of Justice.

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Is Summary Judgment Unavailable for Sexual Harassment Claims? The...

In modern employment litigation, the employer's ultimate goal is to prevail at summary judgment, thereby avoiding the expense of trial and the unpredictability of a jury. A recent decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, however, indicates it is going to be increasingly difficult for an employer in this circuit to prevail at summary judgment on claims of sexual harassment.

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Congress averts DHS shutdown with one-week spending fix

The House of Representatives gave final approval to a one-week stopgap spending bill for DHS, averting a partial shutdown with just hours to spare before a midnight deadline. Linda So reports.

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South Kitsap School District top district for scholarship program

Gov. Jay Inslee sent a letter Feb. 13, acknowledging South Kitsap School District's success in signing up students for the College Bound Scholarship program. The scholarship, which provides financial assistance to low-income students who want to achieve the dream of college education, continues to impact the lives of Washington students and families.

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In this Oct. 17, 2000 file photo, a water skier at ShadowLake Estates passes below the San Gorgonio Mountains near Indio, Calif.

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Trent Franks, conservatives fight Obama's 'unconstitutional' action on immigration

Democrats lacked the votes Friday to force Republicans to fund the Department of Homeland Security for a year with no strings. Still, even some Republicans say party leaders are on a perilous path with a very public ideological struggle only highlighting the GOP's inability to pass contested legislation and possibly worsening its weak relationship with Hispanic voters.

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Mark Levin Indicts 'Would-Be King Barack Obama' in Fiery CPAC Speech

Conservative radio host Mark Levin jumpstarted CPAC's Saturday morning with an early speech prosecuting "repeated injuries and usurpations of this president, the would-be king, Barack Obama ." Levin ran through the now-familiar conservative litany of Obama's crimes, ranging from trouncing over the separation of powers to poisoning the Senate's nomination process.

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Obama to ban bullets by executive action, threatens top-selling AR-15 rifle

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Sheriff Mack's GoFundMe is Doing Well

I couldn't find exactly the right word so just jump over that orange cloud thing and see if you can think of one. just your average mild mannered gay liberal aetheist wishing you a speedy recovery.

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Homeland Security funding still uncertain

Homeland Security has been refunded for a week, but only for a week as majority Republicans try to figure out a way to defund the President's executive order on Immigration, without bringing the whole department to a grinding halt. A Republican stopgap funding bill backed by John Boehner came up short, handing the Speaker an embarrassing loss, when the far right wing of his own party refused to back his play.

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When Vagina Warriors attack [Darleen Click]

Under Walker's budget, universities would no longer have to report the number of sexual assaults that take place on a campus to the Department of Justice. Under Walker's plan, university employees who witness a sexual assault would no longer have to report it.

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Bibi, Dershowitz and Citizen Genet

IPAC prepared a detailed presentation that was given to Netanyahu with all the negative repercussions they believe would result from the controversial invitation to Congressand the cumulative damage. OnFeb. 25behind closed doors,one of the heads of AIPAC said, to paraphrase:All the things we warned him of, are materializing.

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Kansas Tax Collections Up in February

Kansas collected $22 million more in taxes than expected this month. The Department of Revenue reported yesterday that the state collected almost $310 million in taxes in February, when it anticipated taking in $287 million.

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Moody's downgrades Chicago's rating over pensions

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Chicago's credit rating to two levels above junk status, citing the city's unfunded pension liabilities. The agency announced Friday that is has lowered the rating on $8.3 billion in general obligation debt from Baa1 to Baa2.

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Boris Nemtsov at an opposition rally in Moscow in 2012

David Cameron has condemned the "callous murder" of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and said the crime "must be fully, rapidly and transparently investigated, and those responsible brought to justice". Mr Nemtsov, a leading critic of president Vladimir Putin and of the war in Ukraine, was gunned down near the Kremlin on the eve of a major rally in Moscow.

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Moody's drops Chicago's bond rating another notch - to two levels above junk status

Chicago's plummeting bond rating took center stage in the race for mayor Friday after a Wall Street rating agency dropped it another notch - to two levels above junk status - citing Chicago's $20 billion pension crisis. The decision by Moody's Investors Service to drop Chicago's rating for a fifth time under Mayor Rahm Emanuel - from Baa1 to Baa2 - may cost the City of Chicago tens of millions of dollars, the Sun-Times is reporting.

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New Bedford Housing Authority wins $492K HUD tenant self-sufficiency grant

NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford Housing Authority is celebrating a $492,000 grant from HUD for programs to promote jobs and self-sufficiency for tenants. Fall River also received a grant for $226,000 for the same program, the so-called ROSS program: Resident Opportunities and Self-sufficiency.

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CPAC's Foreign Policy Split: Old Hawks and Young Doves

The Conservative Politcal Action Conference for the last few years has embraced the Paul family, with both Ron and Rand Paul having won straw polls in the past. But that doesn't mean that the Republican party is ready to abandon its stance for Paul-style skepticism towards aggressive foreign policy, military intervention, and regime change.

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Death of Russian opposition politician sparks fury

Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down yesterday near the Kremlin, just a day before a planned protest against the Government. The death of Nemtsov, a 55-year-old former deputy prime minister, ignited fury among opposition figures who called the killing an assassination.

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Blaming the Victim

"What did we do to make them hate us so much?" America and Western civilization in general are under attack by Islamic terrorists. Apologists assert that we brought this wrath upon ourselves by our historical sins and therefore we must not only apologize but also make excuses for terrorism and take blame for their dysfunctional governments and their poverty.

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Pelosi lectures GOP on a legislative processa over DHS bill

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took to the House floor on Friday to lecture Republicans for refusing to accept Senate language in the Department of Homeland Security funding bill. "Negative attitudes towards President Obama have so overwhelmed you that you are willing to jeopardize the national security of our country, the homeland security of our country," the California Democrat said.

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Dianne Feinstein ethanol

U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Pat Toomey are working to repeal a law that they say drives up the cost of everything from gasoline to groceries. The Feinstein-Toomey Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015, which they introduced on February 26, abolishes the corn ethanol mandate in the Renewable Fuel Standard .

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US Homeland Security Narrowly Averts Shutdown

The US Congress has passed a one-week bill to avert a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, amid a chaotic stand-off over President Barack Obama's immigration policies. The House of Representatives approved the measure late on Friday by 357-60, after it was easily cleared by the Senate.

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Missouri's Constitution Now Allows Felons To Possess Firearms

Missouri's Constitution Now Allows Felons To Possess Firearms - It was inevitable that this would happen when the Constitution is slanted in order to fit an extreme agenda. - It all started in 2014, when the Missouri General Assembly asked voters to approve a constitutional amendment that said The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read.

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Peter King: 'I've Had It with This Self-Righteous,...

Peter King: 'I've Had It with This Self-Righteous, Delusional Wing' of the GOP - Republican Congressman Peter King said today that he's incredibly frustrated with the "self-righteous, delusional" wing of his party that may shut down the Department of Homeland Security because they're

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Former US Rep. Rick Renzi reports to prison for 3-year term

Former US Rep. Rick Renzi reports to prison for 3-year term - PHOENIX - Former Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi reported to a federal prison in West Virginia on Friday to begin serving a three-year sentence for corruption, money laundering and other convictions. The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read.

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Sheriff Who Fought To Nullify The ACA Raising Money Online For Medical Bills

Hello, chickens coming home to roost! Long-time readers of C&L should be pretty familiar with Richard Mack , crazy Arizona sheriff who was last seen in public visiting the White House, while supporters outside called for President Obama's lynching . Mack ought to be shaking the President's hand and thanking him for the Affordable Care Act, but he's not.

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Where the Hell Is Hillary Clinton On This?

Have I been out to lunch and missed the press release? Where the hell is the presumed Democratic nominee for President in 2016, Hillary Clinton, on the recently passed Arkansas law SB 202 that forces cities to strip any anti-discrimination protections locally that are not a protected class state wide? Our dear Hillary, like Barack Obama were cowards on marriage equality until the polls showed them they could champion it. Hillary's husband, of course, signed the Don't Ask Don't Tell and federal DOMA laws as a pander to more conservative Democrats and independents.

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Obama, Aretha Franklin give emotional tribute to Eric Holder

The White House celebrated the upcoming departure of Eric Holder on Friday night in a ceremony that brought tears to President Barack Obama's eyes and featured Aretha Franklin literally singing the attorney general's praises. "I think about all the young people out there who have seen you work and have been able to get just an innate sense, without knowing you personally, that you're a good man," Obama said at the event, which marked the unveiling of Holder's official portrait, and was held at the Department of Justice.

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On frozen Lake St. Clair

The Canadian Coast Guard Griffon pulls away from the Dieppe Park in Windsor, ON. on on Feb. 26, 2015 at 6:30 a.m. Lake St. Clair ice comes in massive white sheets.

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National monument supporters in California get antsy

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Former Governor Gary Johnson Says 25 States To Legalize Weed After 2016

Gov. Gary Johnson spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, taking part in a debate over the merits of drug legalization. Before the event, The Daily Caller had a chance to speak to the governor about his views on the drug war, and his other libertarian policies.

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Ex-Con Who Kicked In Elderly Man's Door Shouldn't Have Done That

A 71-year-old widower described by neighbors as friendly and quiet was forced to defend his home with lethal force on Friday against a felon who was trying to kick down his door. "Some guy broke into my house, and I shot him," Miklich told a 911 dispatcher.

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Does Hillary Clinton Have Anything to Say?

Molly Ball, The Atlantic : Everywhere Hillary Clinton goes, a thousand cameras follow. Then she opens her mouth, and nothing happens.

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Homeless figures up and $21 million from Millers Point sales but...

It is no place to spend the night. The bedding isn't properly dry from the last downpour, there is a stove but no food and it is starting to drizzle.

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Case study: Life experience trumped missing school

When they decided to pull their two children out of Rose Bay Public School for a family holiday to the United States, Ilona Brooks and Michael Simpson accepted that their time away would consist of more than just theme parks, museum visits and snow days. Determined to keep up with their classmates, Finn and Tallulah, who now attend the private schools Kambala and The Scots College, did maths and English homework most days and kept a blog that their teachers and friends checked in on from their classroom in Sydney's east.

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Dems call GOP Homeland Security strategy a political blunder

Still, even some Republicans say their party has chosen a perilous path. The very public ideological struggle only highlights Republicans' inability to pass contested legislation.

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ATF considering banning popular ammunition

The ATF is considering a ban on some 5.56 millimeter bullets. ATF announced last week it's reviewing whether to block ammo dealers from selling some kinds of armor piercing ammunition that has been legal to sell to the public since 1986.

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Scott Walker calls Reagana s bust of air traffic controller strike...

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was wrapping up 45 minutes of talking to the Club for Growth here about economic growth and fiscal reform Saturday morning when a humbling question came hard and fast. Frayda Levin, a board member of the Club for Growth who moderated a question-and-answer session with Walker, said that after the governor met with top donors in New York last week, "the feedback was you were not prepared to speak about foreign policy."

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NRC not accountable if Pilgrim should blow

It is provocative when an intelligence analyst says the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station should be shut down because of its aging infrastructure and vulnerability to a terrorist attack . There seems to be no one accountable if there were a human-induced accident or a weather problem such as this terrible winter -  Who is in charge? The Federal Emergency Management Agency? The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency? My understanding is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the sole responsibility to shut down the facility.

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Funding Homeland Security: Where Do We Go From Here?

Speaker of the House John Boehner responds to reporters about the impasse over passing the Homeland Security budget on Friday. As we reported late Friday , the House managed to approve a one-week extension of funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which President Obama signed.

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United States politician's suicide because of Republican colleague's anti-Semitism

Schweich attended Yale University and then Harvard Law School, made his political debut in 2009. He had initially considered running for the seat being vacated in 2010 by Republican U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, and he had the encouragement of his mentor, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth .

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The Political Scene: The Immigration Backlash

"After probably spending too long early in his term trying to negotiate with Republicans, he's in the other extreme, where he has no interest in trying to negotiate anything," Ryan Lizza says of President Obama. Lizza joins fellow staff writer Jeffrey Toobin and host Dorothy Wickenden on this week's Political Scene podcast to talk about Obama's new approach to executive power in the face of a hostile Congress.

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Obama, Aretha Franklin gives emotional tribute to Eric Holder

The White House celebrated the upcoming departure of Eric Holder on Friday night in a ceremony that brought tears to President Barack Obama's eyes and featured Aretha Franklin literally singing the attorney general's praises. "I think about all the young people out there who have seen you work and have been able to get just an innate sense, without knowing you personally, that you're a good man," Obama said at the event, which marked the unveiling of Holder's official portrait, and was held at the Department of Justice.

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Democratic whip calls Republican House majority leader a "coward" during DHS budget dispute

Republicans in Congress are scrambling to keep the Department of Homeland Security from a partial shutdown. They face a midnight deadline to break a budget dispute over immigration.

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Marco Rubio answers for his failed 2013 immigration plans -- again

FEBRUARY 09: Sen. Marco Rubio speaks with the media after delivering remarks during the graduation of small business owners from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program held at the Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College on February 9, 2015 in Miami, Florida. The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program helps owners in the Greater Miami area by providing them with greater access to business education, financial capital and business support services.

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Quick Picks: Hearts Under Grace; 'Colorful Musings; Read Across America Day

Live music, a silent auction and appetizers from A Taste of Heaven Catering will all be a part of this special night to raise money for the Veterans Art Center, 307 S. 12th St. Jessica Coulter's Hearts Under Grace For Veterans event will be from 58 p.m. and includes live entertainment from Darin Pace and FuzeBox 95 and a silent auction with items such as a stay at Wine Country Inn and autographed paraphernalia from NASCAR driver Martin Treux Jr. Donna Fullerton, a local artist and U.S. Marine Corps veteran , will open a solo exhibit titled "Colorful Musings" with a reception from 68 p.m. at the Veterans Art Center, 307 S. 12th St. Across the country, children will read Dr. Seuss classics as part of the National Education Association's special day highlighting the importance of reading.

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Precinct meetings kick off campaign

Carolyn Justice is the vice chair of the North Carolina Republican Party and former state legislator. She will be in Robeson County serving as the keynote speaker for the Republican Party County Convention,.

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The FCC's net neutrality rules: What we know so far

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to pass new net neutrality rules and reclassify broadband as a regulated telecommunications service, but the text of the full order may not be released for several weeks. Here's what we know so far: The new rules take effect 60 days after the full order is published in the Federal Register, the official journal of the U.S. government.

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Should the U.S. Make Billions From Student Loans?

Senator Elizabeth Warren , center, joined by other women of the Senate, holds a news conference on her bill, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, which would allow people with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the lower interest rates currently offered to new borrowers, on June 4, 2014, on Capitol Hill. A group of Senate Democrats, led by Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, urged the government to offer relief to distressed borrowers this week, even if that dampens the profit it makes from collecting on people with outstanding loans.

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Kevin Spacey poses for photographers on the red carpet ahead of the world premiere of the television series "House of Cards - Season 3 Episode 1" in London Thursday. Leave it to the executive producer of one of the biggest political shows of our time, "House of Cards," to call politics dramatic.

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Wealth, Inequality, and the 'Me? I'm Not Rich!' Problem

Income and wealth inequality seem to be growing fastest at the top of the distribution. "Top" may not be specific enough.

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Can GOP Field Yield Tough, 'Patriotic' President CPAC Goers Yearn For?

Is Ted Cruz tough enough? His supporters cheered for him on Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Conference Center. In past years, the Conservative Political Action Conference has been an ebullient gathering of College Republicans and mostly-younger conservatives that was part pageantry, part chest-thumping celebration of 'Merica.

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Marco Rubio: Critics of Immigration Bill Were Right

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Friday that he is indebted to America for welcoming his Cuban immigrant parents, while he continued to back away from his 2013 legislation that would have allowed illegal immigrants to become U.S. citizens. Mr. Rubio, a likely presidential contender, was a major sponsor of a bill that was cast by conservatives as bestowing amnesty on law-breaking immigrants.

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Former Gov. Rick Perry during a press conference with his legal team on Jan. 28, 2015.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Much like how pro baseball players walk up to the batter's box with select music, presidential contenders make statements with the music played as they walk onstage at major political events.

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What the 2015 Elections Can Tell Us

At first glance, 2015 looks like a quiet "bridge" year, connecting the midterm elections of 2014 with the presidential election of 2016. Yet 2015 should actually be far more vibrant than that.

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Senate OKs Homeland Security funds, but House pushes standoff to brink

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, stand together at the Capitol in Washington. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, stand together at the Capitol in Washington.

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Chicago Credit Rating Cut by Moody's to Two Steps Above Junk

Chicago Mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia gives a thumbs up sign after voting on election day Feb. 24, 2015 in Chicago. Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images -- Chicago had its credit rating cut to within two steps of junk by Moody's Investors Service because of mounting pension liabilities, underscoring the city's fiscal stress as Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces an unprecedented runoff.

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Jindal targets spending described as tax cuts in effort to fix Louisiana's budget

There's plenty of debate on the Right over how to describe targeted tax deductions . Tax credits make a larger group of conservatives wary.

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Rubio: Obama sees deal with Iran as his legacy

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says seven people have been killed in overnight shootings in southeastern Missouri and that the gunman is also dead. A gunman went house to house, fatally shooting seven people and wounding one overnight in a small southern Missouri town before apparently committing suicide in a vehicle, authorities said Friday.

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Old ship and the sea: Movie chronicles final voyage of the USS Rodney M. Davis

A movie still from "The Last Frigate," a documentary made during the last deployment of the USS Rodney M. Davis. A movie still from "The Last Frigate," a documentary made during the last deployment of the USS Rodney M. Davis.

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House clears way for short-term Homeland Security bill

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio responds to reporters about the problems in passing the Homeland Security budget because of Republican efforts to block President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, Thursd... . House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio responds to reporters about the impasse over passing the Homeland Security budget because of Republican efforts to block President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, Thurs... Graphic shows numbers of Department of Homeland Security workers who may be furloughed in a shutdown; 2c x 7 inches; 96.3 mm x 177 mm; .

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DHS shutdown showdown: Will Republicans pay a price?

Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, speaks with reporters in a basement corridor at the Capitol after House Republicans held a closed-door meeting on how to deal with the impasse over the Homeland Security budget, in Washington, Thursday night. GOP lawmakers have been trying to block President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration through the funding for the DHS, which expires Friday night.

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Counter OPEC's power by boosting American crude oil exports

J.Michael Barrett Guest Columist The national average for a gallon of gasoline is quickly approaching just $2. Drivers can mostly thank the highest level of domestic oil production in four decades - over 9 million barrels per day - for these low prices.

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Meet the senator who thinks he's solved the GOP's Obamacare dilemma

Sen. Ben Sasse, the former university professor and health policy adviser in the Bush administration, thinks he has solved a dilemma that could arise if the U.S. Supreme Court declares Obamacare's health insurance subsidies illegal in up to 37 states. In such circumstances, President Obama and his fellow Democrats would push Republicans to pass a "simple fix" that would change the language of Obamacare in a way that would allow the subsidies to continue to flow.

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Winemakers Explore Aeriel Imaging, Fermentation Vessel Choice During Oregon Wine Symposium

There were two programs of special interest at the Oregon Wine Symposium held at the Convention Center in Portland on February 26, 2015. The first was titled "Spectral Aerial Imagery: An In Depth Look at a Precision Farming Tool to Support Zonal Management" presented by Susan Ustin , Rob Sorenson , and Chad Vargas .

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FEMA suspends hazard mitigation funds for Indiana

Federal officials have frozen about $5.5 million in hazard mitigation grants for Indiana in response to unresolved compliance issues with a baseball stadium project in Kokomo.

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Gay couples in Supreme Court marriage case prepare to file briefs

Lawyers in gay marriage ban challenges from Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee are expected to file briefs with the Supreme Court on Friday. The high court last month agreed to review the four cases , including one brought against Michigan by a Hazel Park lesbian couple unable to jointly adopt their children as a result of a same-sex marriage ban enacted by voters in 2004.

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Senate Votes on Full DHS Funding; House Set to Punt

Pelosi and Reid conduct a news conference Thursday in the Capitol's Senate studio to criticize Republican leaders on the hold up of the Department of Homeland Security funding bill. But even as the Senate was in action, the House was going in a different direction entirely, putting on the floor Nita M. Lowey , D-N.Y., called the newest one-page stopgap a "staggering display of legislative incompetence."

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Insurance must pay max for death of undocumented 17-year-old Mexican worker

What is the future earning potential of a 17-year-old illegal Mexican immigrant with little or no high school education? A recent Wisconsin court decision applied an optimistic projection in a case of a man whose American dream ended tragically just as it was emerging. Juan Camacho, 17, had only been on the job two weeks when he was crushed by cows Nov. 28, 2010 while working at the Haslow dairy farm in Loyal.

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Liberia: President Sirleaf Meets Ranking U.S. Congressional Leaders...

Liberia: President Sirleaf Meets Ranking U.S. Congressional Leaders and Members - They Express Strong Commitment to Assist Liberia's Post-Ebola Efforts President Ellen Johnson has met with key Congressional leaders and ranking members of both Houses of the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C. The Liberian leader is currently visiting the United States of America to show appreciation to the U.S. Government and people for standing with Liberia during the Ebola crisis.

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Possible GOP Candidates For President Headed To Tennessee

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee spoke at the National Religious Broadcasters meeting in Nashville this week, while former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal are scheduled to appear next month.

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New York Dental Practice Says Once Baby Starts Teething, It's Time to Book an Appointment

Plattsburgh, NY - Feb 27, 2015 - Renowned Plattsburgh dentist Dr. William Caldon published a new blog post entitled "When Is It Time to Bring a New Baby to the Dentist?" In the post, he discusses the importance of bringing babies into the dentist starting with their very first tooth, not just to gauge oral health, but also to habituate them to oral hygiene practices. Says Caldon, "Today, dentists recommend that parents bring their new child into the office sometime between the first tooth and the first birthday.

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FCC tightens Internet oversight with net neutrality rules - Fri, 27 Feb 2015 PST

Federal regulators dramatically expanded government oversight of the Internet, installing the once-arcane concept of net neutrality as a guiding doctrine for broadband networks that have become essential to everyday life. To ensure the uninhibited flow of data online, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 along party lines Thursday to reclassify broadband providers as more highly regulated utilities.

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Mia Love Says Maybe McConnell Needs the Boot

Love poses for a photo Thursday with a CPAC attendee following her appearance on stage. Amid new speculation that John A. Boehner 's speakership somehow hangs in the balance as Republicans struggle with the Department of Homeland Security funding standoff, freshman Rep. Mia Love said maybe it's Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who should be worried.

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House Republicans sound retreat on Homeland Security fight

Congress is looking to at least delay a partisan fight over immigration that threatens to partially shut down the Department of Homeland Security at midnight Friday. A vote to fund the agency, even temporarily, would be a setback for Republicans who insisted on tying it to a repeal of President Barack Obama's immigration orders.

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Legislators want court names open

The Senate adopted a bill Thursday making the list of applicants for vacancies on the Kansas Court of Appeals as well as the lawyers seeking seats on the Supreme Court Nominating Commission subject to public disclosure. Debate on this issue stems from consternation among Republicans the election of nominating commission members by registered Kansas attorneys was stacked in favor of people loyal to the Kansas Bar Association.

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Even though the NFL was scheduled to review Adrian Peterson 's case and decide on his reinstatement in less than two months, the league would rather fight a federal judge's ruling than reinstate Peterson now. The NFL doesn't like its power challenged, even if Judge David Doty's order to overturn Peterson's suspension read like a how-to manual on screwing up due process in player discipline.

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US lawmaker urges Taiwan entry to crime-fighting Interpol

" A Republican lawmaker who oversees U.S. policy toward Asia wants Taiwan to be admitted into international organizations such as Interpol. Rep. Matt Salmon said Taiwan's exclusion leaves a significant hole in regional security.

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Some In GOP Say DHS Funding Lapse Not A Big Deal

GOP members say partial shutdown is worth it if they can undo President Obama's executive actions on immigration. WASHINGTON - Republican leaders eager to avert a partial government shutdown are getting heat from conservative colleagues who ask what the fuss is all about.

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Justices Try to Define Religious Accommodation Standard

Job applicants should be required to provide employers with direct, explicit notice about their religious practices or beliefs before an employer's duty to accommodate is triggered under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, argued attorney Shay Dvoretzky, representing the retailer. Dvoretzky, of Jones Day in Washington, D.C., asked the justices to uphold the ruling of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court that Abercrombie isn't liable for failing to accommodate Samantha Elauf, a Muslim woman who wore a hijab to a job interview, because she never indicated that she required an accommodation.

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Gentile Accepts Democratic Nod For Grimm's Seat

Councilman Vincent Gentile was selected as the Democratic candidate for the 11th Congressional District last night and will face off with prosecutor Daniel Donovan for the seat vacated by ex-Congressman Michael Grimm. I am honored to accept the Democratic nomination for New York's 11th congressional district.

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UrbaNERD: Hate Crimes Up. Don't Blame Video Games

Hates crimes only get reported 40 percent of the time and they're on the rise in certain categories. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that since 2004, hate crimes motivated by ethnicity bias have doubled, as have those involving gender bias, while instances of religious bias have tripled.

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Sen. Jim Inhofe Starts a Snowball Fight with Global Warming

While children in the nation's capital were throwing snowballs outside on another day off from school, Sen. Jim Inhofe was holding a snowball of his own to show the weakness of the argument that human activity is not causing global warming. "In case we have forgotten, because we keep hearing that 2014 has been the warmest year on record, I ask the chair, do you know what this is," Inhofe asked Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, who was presiding over the Senate's debate, as he took a snowball out of a plastic bag.

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Ohio Rep. Jordan: 'Nothing Surprises You' With Obama WH

With the less than 24 hours to go until the Department of Homeland Security is shuttered unless a funding bill is passed, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan said Friday on "America's Forum" on Newsmax TV that the American people are counting on House Republicans to stand firm in refusing to fund President Barack Obama's executive orders on de facto amnesty for illegal immigrants. "We think it's important to stand up for the position we told the American people we were for, the position they elected us to fight for and the position we know is the fair position," Jordan said.

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Report: Specter of McCarthyism in Dems' Climate Change 'Witch Hunt'

In a twist in the "war on science," conservatives and some scientists are saying they are the victims of a politically fueled campaign to discredit the science of climate change skeptics, Politico reported . Arizona Democrat Rep. Raul Grijalva, the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, has prompted outrage by asking universities to disclose documents about grants, congressional testimony, and other activities associated with seven scientists who have testified at climate change hearings against the belief in man-made causes of climate change.

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Rubio: Obama sees deal with Iran as his legacy

President Barack Obama 's health care law was the legacy of his first term and he is pursuing a nuclear deal with Iran as the hallmark of his second, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida told conservative activists on Friday. "It is a foreign policy that treats the ayatollah of Iran with more respect than the prime minister of Israel," Rubio told those meeting near Washington at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.

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Boehner running out of options as DHS shutdown looms

How he handles the looming showdown over a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security could dictate the rest of his speakership, as House conservatives warn compromising now means he's effectively allowing Democrats to block GOP agenda for the next two years. Doing something that angers his right flank could again raise questions about his ability to lead the Republican conference.

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Spacey and Wright attend House of Cards world premiere

Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright cause House of Cards mania in Leicester Square at the show's new season world premiere. Holly Rubenstein reports.

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FCC Allows City-Owned Internet Providers To Expand

People in small communities may get better, cheaper access to the Internet after the Federal Communications Commission ruled Thursday that city-owned broadband services can expand into areas overlooked by commercial providers. The decision quietly played out minutes before the FCC took up the higher-profile issue of Internet neutrality, which imposed the toughest rules yet on broadband providers like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T.

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Scouts steal show at Friends of Scouting event

Wilson County Boy Scouts were center stage Thursday and captured the spotlight at the Friends of Scouting Luncheon at The Mill in Lebanon. Wilson County Boy Scouts were center stage Thursday and captured the spotlight at the Friends of Scouting Luncheon at The Mill in Lebanon.

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Obama's Immigrants Rights Ignore Law

Honestly, are any of my Democratic friends even slightly bothered by President Obama's habitual and brazen lawlessness, and what that could mean for our liberties? Does it bother them that he implemented two new administration programs to halt deportations, allowing work permits for up to 5 million immigrants living illegally in the United States - after clearly admitting he didn't have the constitutional authority to do so? Does it bother them that after having done so, despite his insincere promise, he has been openly defiant about the decision U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen made in favor of the states trying to block Obama's unlawful act? Obama said, "This is just one federal judge. We have appealed it very aggressively.

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Smash and Grab Robberies: Multi-agency effort dismantles one crew,...

Shown are the remains of the glass display case after a smash and grab robbery of a jewelry store. According to the Jewelers' Security Alliance, the number of smash and grab robberies is on the rise nationwide.

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Maine sees record lobster landings in 2014

For the third year in a row and only the third time ever, Maine lobster fishermen landed over 120 million pounds with a record overall value of $456,935,346, according to preliminary landings data reported by the Maine Department of Marine Resources. At $3.69 per pound, the 123,676,100 pounds landed represented an improvement of 79 cents per pound over 2013, the largest single-year increase in per-pound value since DMR and National Marine Fisheries Service began keeping records.

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In Iowa, nowhere for Oa Malley to go but up

If there is any good news for former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley in the latest poll out of Iowa, it is this: More than eight out of 10 likely participants in the state's 2016 Democratic caucuses don't know enough about him to know whether they view him favorably. That means that O'Malley, who has been weighing a possible presidential bid for at least the past two years, should have lots of opportunities to convince people of his merits when he travels to the early nominating state in March.

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Panel moves toward vote on attorney general pick

Federal officials say two stolen Italian books from the 17th century have been discovered in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be returned to their country of origin. Federal officials say two stolen Italian books from the 17th century have been discovered in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be returned to their country of origin.

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DHS Office Reminds Employees Counseling Is Available If There's a Shutdown

As the congressional drama continues over the looming partial shutdown at the Homeland Security Department, contingency preparations are affecting multiple players. DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said officials have started informally notifying employees who would face furloughs, and on Wednesday, DHS Chief Information Officer Luke McCormack reminded his staff that counseling services are available, according to an email obtained by Government Executive.

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'Hopeless': Angry Aussie activists slam PM Abbott with Obama-style poster

An activist group has released a poster bearing the likeness of the Australian prime minister above the single word "hopeless" to slam the leader for his "uncaring ministry." The 4.5-meter poster, installed in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale, was created by graphic designer Michael Agzarian under the political activist group Abbottsolutelynot.com The group's website explains the poster was inspired by Shepard Fairey's Barack Obama iconic "HOPE" poster, borrowed with artistic license to demonstrate "the grim situation Australia finds itself in with Tony Abbott as Prime Minister leading an equally inept and uncaring ministry."

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Regulators move to toughen Internet provider rules

Is President Barack Obama taking over the Internet? Not by a long stret... Federal officials say two stolen Italian books from the 17th century have been discovered in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be returned to their country of origin. Federal officials say two stolen Italian books from the 17th century have been discovered in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be returned to their country of origin.

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Citigroup (C) Stock Climbs Today On Lowered Legal Cost Estimates

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CNN, the Clinton news network?

While it's no secret conservatives think mainstream TV networks tilt towards liberals, they were offered a different way of looking at 'em Thursday. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., warned at the Conservative Political Action Conference that the networks will be overly kind to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's potential presidential bid.

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Megamall project's underside surfaces in racketeering trial

In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 file photo, MetLife Stadium, rear right, and the Izod Center, middle right, are seen behind American Dream, formerly called Xanadu, the unfinished oddly patterned shopping and entertainment complex in East Rutherford, N.J. Court filings in the upcoming racketeering trial of a former prominent Democratic power broker have offered a glimpse into the machinations behind the long-delayed, multibillion-dollar project _ including once-secret grand jury testimony alleging Sen. Robert Menendez, at the time a member of the House, sought $50,000 in donations from a developer after pushing for a needed permit.

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Pot Is Now Legal In D.C.

I didn't follow the history of how this happened , so I don't know the thinking behind the ban on pot stores, but they missed an opportunity to tax them and more adequately fund the D.C. public schools: DC voters in November approved a ballot initiative that allows adults 21 and older to possess up to two ounces of marijuana, grow up to six plants, and gift up to one ounce of pot to other adults 21 and older. The measure, which took effect Thursday, doesn't legalize sales, so anyone who tries to make a profit off marijuana could still get locked up.

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Google Joins With SolarCity To Help Homeowners Get Solar Panels

It may already be too late, and the effort too small, to make a significant difference to climate change, but it's still worth doing. If only we had legislators who tackled issues like this: If you to want to install solar panels on your roof but haven't yet because it's too expensive, Google really wants to help.The search giant, valued at $370 billion , is once again boosting its investment in SolarCity's residential solar power model by $300 million, both companies announced Thursday.

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Outrage over group blames MI5 for radicalising 'extremely kind'...

ISIS thugs take a hammer to civilization: Priceless 3,000-year-old artworks smashed to bits in minutes as militants destroy museum 'Keep your dogs off my property': Fury as firefighter shoots his neighbors' dogs dead and puts photo of their bodies on Facebook Married TV actor wakes up to find his testicles have been STOLEN after he is drugged in Russian bar by attractive blonde working for organ traffickers 100-hour working weeks, sex below deck... and what they REALLY think of passengers: Confessions of a cruise ship worker Jihadi John unmasked: ISIS killer named as student who lived in this subsidised London house and flew to Syria despite being arrested 5 years ago and put on watch-list Al-Jazeera journalist caught flying drone in Paris hours after the flying gadgets had sparked a terror alert in the French capital will appear in court next week Kidnappers of American missionary, 70, ... (more)

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The Secure Path to Value in the Cloud By @Windstream | @CloudExpo [#Cloud]

Even as cloud and managed services grow increasingly central to business strategy and performance, challenges remain. The biggest sticking point for companies seeking to capitalize on the cloud is data security.

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Looking within

WESTERN leaders have long urged Muslims to do more to counter jihadist ideology. This month Barack Obama said moderate Muslims, including scholars and clerics, had a responsibility to reject "twisted interpretations of Islam" and the lie "that America and the West are somehow at war with Islam".

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Pot Becomes Legal in DC Despite Threat to Jail Mayor

Recreational marijuana became legal in Washington DC at a minute after midnight, but some House GOP leaders were already fuming. In a stern letter to Mayor Muriel Bowser , House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz warned that city officials who allowed voter-approved legalization to go ahead would be doing so in "knowing and willful violation of the law," reports the Washington Post .

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Ben Carson kicks off conservative CPAC event

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson criticized "purveyors of division" and said the country needs to move in a new direction as he kicked off the annual Conservative Political Action Conference - better known as CPAC - on Thursday. Carson was the first featured speaker at the annual event at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, just outside of Washington, which will feature a parade of more than a dozen potential Republican presidential contenders hoping to win over conservative activists.

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Billionaire GOP contributor maxes out in one day

A deep-pocketed hedge fund founder who once said the wealthy have "insufficient influence" in the political system has become the first person to hit new political contribution limits. Ken Griffin poured $324,000 into the Republican National Committee in January -- a record-setting contribution that would have been illegal just weeks earlier.

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Report: Drones cost about $28,000 per Border Patrol arrest

Drones are sleek, mostly silent weapons of war. The Border Patrol uses these pilotless planes to scan the skies and spot illegal immigrants.

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Washington DC legalizes marijuana possession despite threats from Congress

The District of Columbia defied threats from Congress and moved forward Thursday with legalizing possession of marijuana after a voter-approved initiative. Despite last-minute maneuvers by Republican leaders in Congress and threats that city leaders could face prison time, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the city was implementing marijuana legalization as approved by voters.

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Todd Akin Considers Running for Senate, Is Working on a Mysterious 'Invention'

Todd Akin apologizes for his comments on "legitimate rape." He took the apology back in his book, published last year.

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Scott Walker ahead in the polls for the GOP

Several big name Republicans say they are considering a run for the White House. But who are Republican voters saying they will support? A look at the latest poll results shows Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is in the lead.

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Mexico Wants Probe of Texas Slaying

The fatal shooting of an unarmed, undocumented immigrant last week by a Grapevine police officer has drawn the attention of the Mexican government. The Mexican government on Wednesday demanded an investigation into the shooting death of an unarmed undocumented immigrant last week by a Grapevine, Texas, police officer, calling the killing a "disproportionate use of lethal force."

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The Clintons - Up to Their Old Tricks

The new, improved Hillary Clinton gave a speech that was treated as if it was the official opening of the Hillary for President campaign. The speech was in northern California at an event called The Lead On Conference for Women in Silicon Valley.

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Obama makes push on DHS, immigration legislation

CNN's Andrew Spencer reports a bill which would fund the department through September has been drawn into a battle between the President and Republicans in Congress. "Let's not be confused about why we don't have comprehensive immigration reform, right now," President Obama said.

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Biden name-drops conservative pals: Watch the Video

Vice President Joe Biden - touring key presidential primary states this month as he ponders a 2016 campaign - portrayed himself as Washington's across-the-aisle deal-maker yesterday, running through a laundry list of conservative pals who are by and large despised on the left. "I love Dick Cheney," Biden said about his vice presidential predecessor, viewed as evil incarnate on the left side of the Democratic Party as the engineer of the Iraq War.

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Jim Jordan: Send the DHS Funding Bill Back to the Senate No Author 6 minutes ago

Representative Jim Jordan wants the House to return the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill to the Senate with the bans on implementing President Obama's executive orders on immigration - which the Senate is stripping out - restored to the bill. "I hope we put back in the language that we had in the House bill and send it back to them," Jordan, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of about 30 conservative lawmakers, tells National Review Online.

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Gov. Dayton Won't Reveal Commissioners' Raises

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Megamall project's underside surfaces in racketeering trial

In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 file photo, MetLife Stadium, rear right, and the Izod Center, middle right, are seen behind American Dream, formerly called Xanadu, the unfinished oddly patterned shopping and entertainment complex in East Rutherford, N.J. Court filings in the upcoming racketeering trial of a former prominent Democratic power broker ... (more)

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What happens, and does not, in Homeland shutdown

House Republicans reacted tepidly a... . Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, joined by the department employees, speaks during a news conference in Washington, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, to discuss the need for Congress to pass a full-year appropriations bill ... .

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Regulators to toughen Internet provider rules

In this Sept. 26, 2013 file photo, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. talks on his phone as he walks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Chicago's Rahm-Chuy Show

The mayor is proud to tout his work expanding access to pre-kindergarten programs, raising the minimum wage, and making two years of community college available to everybody. He talks admiringly about his city's ethnic diversity and stresses his commitment to making it a place where "every resident in every neighborhood has a fair shot at success."

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U.S. House prepared to vote on bill rewriting No C...

The U.S. House could vote as early as Friday on a bill to freeze federal education funds, and give states more leeway for using federal dollars that help low-income kids. Minnesota Republican John Kline drafted the measure, which the Obama White House portrays as a plan to steal aid from poor areas and give it to richer ones.

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No, We Can't, V15

Featuring mostly young people in grungy outfits, looking terribly afflicted by Waiting for Change and pictured doing an awful lot of printing, painting and gluing of V15 campaign posters to the sound of a catchy soundtrack, the political campaign video for V15 has about as much depth as a Calvin Klein commercial. In a seductive tone the male voice over tells us that they are trying to scare us but in reality, they are afraid of us.

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Abraham Lincoln and Religious Zionists

One of President Abraham Lincoln's most often repeated sayings is: "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time". Americans elected Barack Obama for a second term with a smaller majority than that of his first term, and Congress is now in Republican hands, seemingly proving Lincoln correct.

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GOP lands lesbian Marine, Latina for pair of top House contests

A pair of California Republican candidates with rather intriguing biographies are cloese to running for two top-targeted House seats next cycle. Jacquie Atkinson, an openly gay Marine Corps combat veteran and wounded warrior, is moving towards a run against Rep. Scott Peters .

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Atlanta airport returns to normal operations after storm

Authorities say Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has returned to normal operations after a winter storm prompted delays on Wednesday.

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Letter: Obama's love of country

He now questions President Obama's love of country. He also implies that only New Yorkers fully appreciated the horror of 9/11.

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Ben Carson: Government dependency is 'opposite of compassion'

Dr. Ben Carson opened the Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday morning with a professorial speech that slammed liberal government programs and policies, previewing themes of a potential 2016 presidential bid. "It really is not compassionate to pat people on the head and say, 'There there, you poor little thing, I'm going to take care of all of your needs,'" he told the crowd outside of Washington.

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FBI reportedly close to finding Anthem hackers

The FBI says it is close to finding hackers responsible for the attack on health-insurance company Anthem Inc. that exposed the personal information of close to 80 million customers, including 13.5 million in California. The FBI says it is close to finding hackers responsible for the attack on health-insurance company Anthem Inc. that exposed the personal information of close to 80 million customers, including 13.5 million in California .

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The Undead No Child Left Behind

It is tiresome to be frequently forced to discuss federal education policy, since whatever Congress does besides getting out of parents' and teachers' way will only mean lots of money and energy wasted to no good end. The evidence for this is quite strong and, to this author's knowledge, has never been directly refuted.

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CPAC attendees plan to walk out on Jeb Bush

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is not scheduled to appear here at CPAC until Friday, but there is already a movement underway to stage an informal protest when he hits the stage. William Temple, a member of the Golden Isle Tea Party, told The Washington Times that the party's doesn't need another Bush in office and said that the party should listen to the grassroots activists that helped fuel their gains in the 2014 election.

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DC legalizes pot in capital, despite threats from Congress

The District of Columbia defied threats from Congress and moved forward Thursday with legalizing possession of marijuana after a voter-approved initiative. Despite last-minute maneuvers by Republican leaders in Congress and threats that city leaders could face prison time, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the city was implementing marijuana legalization as approved by voters.

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A tale of two crises

A construction site in Yazd, Iran, which maybe manages to meld the two main issues in the Israeli press on February 26, 2015. Many were perturbed on Wednesday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to a damning state auditor report on the housing crisis by implying that the issue paled in comparison to the Iranian threat.

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What happens, and does not, in Homeland shutdown

A look at expected consequences if lawmakers don't solve the budget impasse that could shut parts of the Homeland Security Department at midnight Friday night: There's plenty of overheated rhetoric from the administration and its allies in Congress about the U.S. letting down its guard against security threats. In reality, America's defenses would not be relaxed even in a partial shutdown.

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LSU's Daily Reveille newspaper commits entire paper front to topic of higher education budget cuts

In advance of Gov. Bobby Jindal's budget announcement Friday, tomorrow's paper touches every angle of possible cuts.

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The terrifying rate at which smokers die from smoking

Two-thirds of smokers will die early from cigarette-triggered illness -- unless they choose to kick the habit, according to new research from Australia. The study of more than 200,000 people, published this week in BMC medicine , found about 67 percent of smokers perished from smoking-related illness.

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Mia Love: Let Americans rise

Rep. Mia Love spoke on the first day of the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference about being ready to grasp opportunities when they present themselves.

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Crossroads GPS targets NH governor

Crossroads GPS, a non-profit group affiliated with former President George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove, is criticizing New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan ahead of a potential 2016 Senate bid, according to a cable television outlet in the state . The new radio aid, which NH1 says will air on Thursday, slams Hassan's budget as against the state's best interests.

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Knicker nicker is nicked after women set up CCTV to catch him...

Jihadi John unmasked: ISIS killer named as computer student who lived in this subsidised London house and was able to fly to Syria despite being arrested 5 years ago and put on watch-list 'Keep your dogs off my property': Fury as firefighter shoots his neighbors' dogs dead and puts photo of their bodies on Facebook Married TV actor wakes up to find his testicles have been STOLEN after he is drugged in Russian bar by attractive blonde working for organ traffickers 100-hour working weeks, sex below deck... and what they REALLY think of passengers: Confessions of a cruise ship worker EXCLUSIVE: Ultimate betrayal - Taylor Kinney's girlfriend woke to his late night call but what she heard were kissing sounds and breathy whispers.

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What does net neutrality mean for you?

On Thursday, the FCC is expected to approve new rules that -- depending on which side you believe -- either ensures a fair Internet or smothers it with unnecessary regulation. The FCC's vote will allow it to assert extra authority over the Internet to establish net neutrality.

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Amazon hires former Obama press secretary Carney - Politico

Amazon.com Inc has hired President Barack Obama's former spokesman Jay Carney as senior vice president for worldwide corporate affairs, Politico reported on Thursday. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney waves goodbye after giving his final briefing at the White House in Washington June 18, 2014.

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Ben Carson hires two national fundraisers

Dr. Ben Carson's political team has hired two national fundraisers ahead of a potential run for president in 2016. Carson's campaign manager, Texas-based Terry Giles, announced Wednesday that Jeff Reeter, a Houston businessman, will serve as national finance chairman should Carson take the presidential plunge.

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President Obama's immigration amnesty is unconstitutional, illegal

As you know, there is an ongoing debate over the legality of President Obama's unprecedented executive action to grant amnesty to nearly 5 million illegal immigrants. I stand firm in my belief that President Obama's actions are not only unconstitutional, but also against the will of the American people.

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Doing the Huck-a-buck with Mike Huckabee

BBC assesses Mike Huckabee's presidential candidacy , with a focus on activities that have prompted conservative commentators to question how serious he is about running. He's skipping the CPAC cattle show this year, preferring to visit religious broadcasters instead.

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House Republicans reacted tepidly at best Wednesday to calls from the upper reaches of both political parties for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security without immigration-related add-ons opposed by the... In the heady days after winning control of both congressional chambers, Republican leaders vowed to keep the government funded and to block President Barack Obama from overhauling immigration policies on his own. A Supreme Court case over the legality of federal subsidies that help millions of Americans afford health coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law poses risks to both political parties.

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Bloomberg: US should negotiate with Canada on Keystone

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday the U.S. should strike a deal with Canada over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Bloomberg, who is now the United Nations climate change envoy, wrote in an op-ed that the administration should negotiate a broader climate deal.

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Al Roker Says Harsh Weather Conditions This Winter Are Result Of Climate Change

NBC weather anchor Al Roker believes that the extreme weather conditions the country is experiencing this winter are due to climate change. "We've been in a pattern now where five weeks in a row there's been a storm that comes up and then reforms off the mid-Atlantic/New England coast and dumps a ton of snow," he told Larry King during an interview Tuesday.

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Perry's second chance at a first impression

Polling in presidential races this early tends to have the Flavor of the Week feel - the candidate with the most favorable publicity tends to take the lead. Rick Perry has been trailing in these polls, but a new one has some data that might give the former Texas governor hope that his "Ooops" moment from 2011 is not haunting him.

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Both parties face risks as health care law court case nears

This Jan. 25, 2012, file photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington. A Supreme Court case over the legality of federal subsidies that help millions of Americans afford health coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law poses risks to both political parties.

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Obama Aide Calls Netanyahu's Planned Visit 'Destructive' to U.S.-Israel Ties

Susan Rice, President Barack Obama's national security adviser, sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday over his plans to address a joint meeting of Congress next week, saying his actions had hurt his nation's relationship with the United States. Netanyahu's decision to travel to Washington to deliver the speech two weeks before the Israeli elections has "injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate, I think it's destructive of the fabric of the relationship," Rice said in an interview on the PBS television program "Charlie Rose."

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Fuelling anger

BARACK OBAMA has vetoed only three bills in his time in the Oval Office: less than almost any president in recent history. His veto of a bill authorising the Keystone Pipeline yesterday suggests that number will be rising fairly swiftly.

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14 other things Obama might veto next

When President Barack Obama rejected a bill approving the Keystone pipeline Tuesday, he opened a new era of governing -- one where vetoes are a lot more common. Republicans are set to pass a long list of bills that would have never made it to the President's desk in the first six years of his presidency, when Democrats controlled the Senate.

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Using Technology to Outsource Human Memory

Scrolling through Facebook has largely replaced browsing through old photo albums. What does this mean for how we make and store memories? With all the #tbts and #fbfs-also known as Throwback Thursdays and Flashback Fridays-as well as that NewsFeed-topping Year in Review feature on Facebook, social networks seem intent on making its users remember the past.

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Ted Strickland will run for Senate, handing Ohio Democrats a top-tier contender

It's really happening. On Wednesday, former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland announced that he would challenge Republican Sen. Rob Portman in a race Democrats badly want to win.

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Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/25

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Women in tech, politics and media hash out workplace equality

Leading women in politics, fashion, media and technology gathered Tuesday in Silicon Valley to discuss how to drive equality for women in the workplace, descending on what has become a key front in the global gender debate. A sea of women from tech companies ranging from Cisco Systems to GoPro flooded the Santa Clara Convention Center to hear from high-profile leaders calling for better representation.

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Supreme Court drills dentists in teeth-bleaching dispute

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state regulatory board made up mostly of dentists violated federal law against unfair competition when it tried to prevent lower-cost competitors in other fields from offering teeth-whitening services. By a 6-3 vote, the justices rejected arguments from the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners that it was acting in the best interests of consumers when it pressured nondentists to get out of the lucrative trade in teeth-whitening services.

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Former Official Who Defended Sodomy Ban Opposes Anti-Gay Bills As...

Georgia's former attorney general is calling for the "swift death" of legislation that has been opposed by LGBT rights groups, even though he once defended the state's anti-gay "sodomy laws" while in office. Michael Bowers, former attorney general of Georgia, released a statement on Tuesday condemning two "religious liberty" bills currently making their way through the state legislature.

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T.J. Maxx And Marshalls Will Raise Minimum Wage To $9 An Hour

In its fourth quarter earnings announcement on Wednesday, TJX, which owns retail stores T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and others, said it would raise base pay for all of its employees. All full-time and part-time employees will be paid at least $9 an hour starting in June.

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Southwest Airlines Grounds 128 Planes Due To Missed Inspections

Southwest Airlines Co. says it has grounded 128 planes after failing to inspect backup hydraulic systems used to control the rudder if the main system fails.

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Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Bill, But Fight over Climate-Threatening Oil Pipeline Isn't Over

President Obama has vetoed a Republican bill approving the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. The White House says the move is not a judgment on the pipeline's merits, but a bid to see through a State Department review that will determine whether the project is in the national interest.

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Climate Deniers Exposed: Top Scientist Got Funding from ExxonMobil, Koch Brothers, Big Coal

Kert Davies , executive director of the Climate Investigations Center, who formerly worked with Greenpeace. He obtained documents through public records requests that shed new light on the influence of fossil fuel interests on the research of Dr. Willie Soon, which has been prominently promoted by climate denier politicians like Senator James Inhofe.

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Ohio's Strickland to focus US Senate bid on opportunity

Ohio Democrat Ted Strickland says his run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Rob Portman will focus on expanding job and educational opportunities for average people. The former governor announced the run, as expected, on Wednesday.

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Spy Cables: Greenpeace's Kumi Naidoo Targeted by Intelligence Agencies as 'Security' Threat

Al Jazeera has obtained leaked diplomatic cables showing a number of foreign requests to South African intelligence to spy on activists, NGOs and politicians. One document shows South Korea sought out a "specific security assessment" of Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo in the run-up to a meeting of G20 leaders in Seoul in 2010.

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Monthly food distribution rescheduled for Saturday

The mobile food pantry's monthly food distribution day has been rescheduled for Saturday morning at Holly Hill Mall due to the threat of winter weather in the area.

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Students Launch Historic Debt Strike, Refusing to Pay Back Predatory College Loans

Latonya Suggs , student debt striker, part of the "Corinthian 15." She is $63,000 in debt after completing a two-year program in criminal justice at Everest College, which is a subsidiary of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges system. Laura Hanna , filmmaker, media activist and organizer.

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Kelly Gissendaner denied clemency, scheduled to be executed tonight

Former Auburn resident Kelly Gissendaner is still on schedule to die by lethal in jection at 7 tonight after the State Board of Pardons and Paroles announced it has voted to deny clemency. According to the board news release, the board thoroughly reviewed all information and documents pertaining to the case.

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Alien Gear Cloak Tuck 2.0 IWB Holster

So Alien Gear asked if I would like to try one of their holsters, and I said, "Yes. Yes please I would."

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10 Things to Know for Today

In this Feb. 13, 2015 photo, a man rides along a round about with a concrete arch at the entrance of Puerto Gaitan, Colombia. Soaring oil prices the past decade transformed this rural backwater into Colombia's richest city as nearby fields pumped black gold, drawing new businesses, international pop stars and vanity art projects such as the biblical-themed arch that towers over these sweltering grasslands.

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Fake US aircraft carrier the target in latest Iranian drills

This image taken from Iranian state TV, shows damage to a mock U.S. aircraft carrier during large-scale naval and air defense drills by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The drill, named Great Prophet 9, was the first to involve a replica of a U.S. carrier.

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Southwest given five days to inspect 128 planes; few Bay Area flights cancelled

After initially grounding 128 planes Tuesday, Southwest Airlines has been given five days to complete maintenance checks of the backup hydraulic systems on those aircraft, a move that resulted in a handful of cancellations to flights nationwide and in the Bay Area. In a statement, Southwest Airlines said it discovered 128 of its planes missed inspections of the backup hydraulic systems used to control the rudder if the main system fails.

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'Put a price on carbon and give the revenue back to Americans': Letters to the Editor

Seed Sale Coordinator Dave De Andre holds a handful of Pacific Diploid oysters at Taylor Shellfish near Shelton, Washington. Carbon fee & dividend program: Regarding "National ocean acidification study finds Northwest among hardest-hit regions," : While we are all enjoying the unusually warm and dry winter, the sea life offshore is not.

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Former Gov. Strickland to run for US Senate 15 minutes

Former Gov. Ted Strickland has officially entered the race for U.S. Senate, ending weeks of speculation over the 2016 race. He's the second Democrat in the field, following Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld's announcement last month.

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Poll Shows Scott Walker's Strength Holding in Iowa

On the heels of a well-received speech last month, another Iowa poll shows Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker 's early strength in the key Republican nominating contest. Mr. Walker leads the rest of the GOP field by a 2-to-1 margin in a new Quinnipiac survey , drawing 25% of likely caucus-goers in the Hawkeye State.

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FAA: Southwest can use planes that missed inspection - for now

Federal officials have agreed to let Southwest Airlines Co. keep flying planes that missed an inspection of a backup rudder system if the planes are checked in the next five days.

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In Defense of Gotcha Questions

Years ago, an Arkansas governor named Bill Clinton walked into the state Capitol media room at the end of a hectic legislative session and asked the journalists if we needed anything else from him. We had asked Clinton questions all day.

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Strickland's Senate Announcement Sets Up Big-Name Clash With Portman

Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland officially launched a Senate campaign Wednesday morning, laying the groundwork for a November 2016 clash with Republican Sen. Rob Portman-unless a rare contested Democratic Senate primary blocks his path. "I'm running for the United States Senate in 2016 because I am determined to restore the American Dream for working people in this country," Strickland said in an emailed statement.

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Dr. Seuss comes to the Supreme Court

Today's dissent by Justice Kagan in fish isn't a "tangible object" case has the first Dr. Seuss citation in U.S. Supreme Court history: A fish is, of course, a discrete thing that possesses physical form. See generally Dr. Seuss, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish .

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Column: Name your enemy

"If you don't call it something, you can't connect the dots," said Rudy Giuliani talking about ISIS. "If you can't connect the dots, you can't really combat it ... you can't have the battle of ideas ... If you are going to debate it, you have to call it what it is."

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With Shutdown Looming, Boehner and McConnell Haven't Talked

House Speaker John Boehner told a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Wednesday that he and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell haven't spoken in two weeks, even as the two men have pursued clashing strategies ahead of a possible Homeland Security Department shutdown. House conservatives are furious at McConnell after his announcement Tuesday that his chamber would move toward voting for a clean DHS funding bill, along with a separate measure blocking President Obama's executive actions on immigration.

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Editorial: Yet another gridlock showdown?

In 2013, Congress shut down the federal government for 13 days in a failed attempt to defund the Affordable Care Act. Members have apparently learned nothing from that mistake.

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Canceled flights to have - minimal' impact: Southwest analyst

Analyst Helane Becker at Cowen & Co. believes the impact of the grounding of the planes on operations will be "minimal," she said, and expects any selloff in the shares as a result to be reversed once the inspections are done -- she estimated that will take three days -- and the aircraft are returned to service.

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Both parties face risks as health care law court case nears

This Jan. 25, 2012, file photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington. A Supreme Court case over the legality of federal subsidies that help millions of Americans afford health coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law poses risks to both political parties.

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Sarbanes-Oxley not intended for fishing case, Supreme Court rules

The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a decision, after a fisherman said the Enron-inspired Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was misapplied. The fisherman had been warned by a federal agent to segregate undersized fish, and then told a crew member to throw them overboard, and was charged under Sarbanes-Oxley with trying to impede a federal investigation.

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Chemerinsky: SCOTUS gets another look at the Affordable Care Act

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments March 4 in one of the most important cases of the term, King v. Burwell, which could determine the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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ISIS in America

While the fight between the Islamic State and the forces arrayed against it rages in the Middle East, another brutal battle is brewing in the United States over who is winning the war. In the US these days, all issues - whatever and wherever - soon fall into the maw of the country's polarized domestic politics.

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Ohioa s Strickland To Focus US Senate Bid On Opportunity

Democrat Ted Strickland says his run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Rob Portman will focus on expanding job and educational opportunities for average people that have been denied by GOP policies in Washington and Ohio.

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Facing Questions About Expenses, Schock Hires Lawyers, PR Experts

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Fake US aircraft carrier the target in latest Iranian drills

With rockets roaring and guns blazing, more than a dozen swarming Iranian speedboats assaulted a replica of a U.S. aircraft carrier Wednesday during large-scale naval drills near the strategically vital entrance of the Persian Gulf. The nationally televised show of force by the country's elite Revolutionary Guard comes just weeks ahead of a deadline for Iran and world powers to forge a historic deal on the fate of the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.

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Justices: Fisherman is off the hook in grouper-tossing case

A Florida fisherman convicted of tossing undersized grouper off his boat is off the hook after a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that he should not have been prosecuted under a law targeting accounting fraud. In a 5-4 opinion, the justices threw out the conviction of commercial fishing boat captain John Yates, who was prosecuted under a law passed in the wake of the Enron scandal.

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Supreme Court drills dentists in teeth-bleaching dispute

The city of Inglewood has unanimously and emphatically approved a $2 billion stadium plan backed by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke that clears a path for a return to the Los Angeles area of the NFL for the first... The Inglewood City Council unanimously approved a $2 billion stadium plan backed by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke that clears a path for the NFL to return to the Los Angeles area for the first time in two decades. More than 40 vehicles crashed on a snowy stretch of Interstate 95 in Maine on Wednesday, injuring at least six people, police said.

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La Tagliatella, the a threat to our nationa in Clarendon, is no more

In his June 2013 review, critic Tom Sietsema pondered whether he should give La Tagliatella a pass, initially believing the Italian restaurant in Arlington was unworthy of a full-fledged evaluation given the time, money and calories involved in such an endeavor. But then he remembered something: "I changed my mind when I considered its prime corner real estate in Clarendon and the Poland-based chain's intention to expand elsewhere in the United States," he wrote.

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Yellen says Fed still 'patient' on raising rates

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's testimony supports analysts' view that a rate hike is not likely before June or even later this year. The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper.

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Herbalife foes take battle straight to Icahn, Soros

Herbalife activists are calling on investors Carl Ichan and George Soros to sell their stakes in the company. Anti-Herbalife activists are turning up the heat on the controversial diet-shake company by knocking on the doors of its billionaire investors - Carl Icahn and George Soros.

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Why did conservative Alaska legalize marijuana? Who's next?

On Tuesday, Alaska became the first red state to legalize the smoking, growing, and owning of small amounts of marijuana, bringing the decriminalization movement to a conservative stronghold. The frontier state narrowly approved the measure last fall, by 53 percent, joining Colorado and Washington states in legalizing recreational use.

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Yellen seeks to calm markets over looming interest rate hikes

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen sought to tamp down anxiety about the increase in interest rates the central bank is increasingly likely to adopt as early as June this year, assuring lawmakers at a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee that interest rates would remain lower than normal as the economy shakes off the effects of the recession and financial crisis. While sounding an upbeat tone about the economy, Yellen also said that inflation was still running lower than the Fed's 2 percent target and that there was "room for improvement" in labor markets.

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McConnell redefines victory on DHS funding fight: Catch Democrats being 'hypocrites'

For the fourth time on Monday night, Senate Democrats successfully blocked a bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security with a provision that removes funding for the implementation of President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. Faced with the glaring reality that Democrats would like nothing more than to force a "shutdown" of DHS, McConnell is apparently giving up.

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Coast Guard searches for 76-year-old San Diego sailor

The U.S. Coast Guard says crews are searching for a 76-year-old sailor who failed to return to San Diego after a trip out to the Pacific. The Coast Guard said in a statement Monday that boats and helicopters are searching waters between San Clemente Island and San Diego for Richard Byhre and his 28-foot sailing vessel known as Princess.

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Secession talk in New York State continues

Noah covered this when the story first popped up in the news last week, but it's one which falls in my back yard and seems to have some legs. Lawmakers in fifteen towns across four counties in upstate New York are pondering the possibility of seceding from the Empire State and being adopted by Pennsylvania.

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Supreme Court to Weigh Rejection of Muslim Applicant Over Head Scarf

In an era of heightening religious tension worldwide, Abercrombie & Fitch has pulled off a miracle: The retailer managed to unite Christians, Jews, and Muslims, as well as Buddhists, Hindus, Santeros, Sikhs, and Zoroastrians. Lawyers representing all these faiths have joined together for a Supreme Court case reviewing a religious-bias lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch.

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ISIS captures dozens of Christians in Syria

The genocidal forces of ISIS may have pulled back from Kobane for now, but they haven't gone far - and the radical Islamist terror army is still looking to satiate their bloodlust. On the other side of Raqqa, ISIS forces captured almost one hundred Assyrian Christians from villages near the border with Turkey, in the vicinity of the Kurdish-held town of Hasakah: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, two monitor groups that track violence in Syria said on Tuesday.

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Oysters, scallops getting cooked by acidic seas

Oysters, clams and scallops are going to cost a lot more at your favorite seafood market or restaurant, while fishing communities in southern New England, the Pacific Northwest, coastal Alaska and parts of Maine will likely take a big hit as shellfish start feeling the effects of rising ocean acidification, according to a new study by a team of marine scientists. As climate-warming greenhouse gases are pumped into the earth's atmosphere, the oceans are absorbing more carbon dioxide.

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Filmmaker screens salmon love story

The Seattle-native started fishing when he was two, and says that started a lifelong appreciation for salmon. Titus, an independent filmmaker, decided to take this infatuation and put it on the big screen.

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Improved Method for Attributing Foodborne Illness

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service have developed an improved method for analyzing outbreak data to determine which foods are responsible for illnesses related to four major foodborne bacteria. Today, the three agencies released a report on the new method.

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More Good News From Wisconsin

Wisconsin union leaders may not get much help from judges if they file a legal challenge to Republicans' right-to-work provisions, as courts have done little to weaken similar measures in other states. The proposal, which prohibits unions from reaching deals with businesses that require workers to pay fees to the unions as a condition of employment, is on a fast track for approval in the Republican-controlled Legislature, with Gov. Scott Walker promising to sign it.

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New flight paths angering residents in Phoenix, other cities

Steve Dreiseszun says he cannot sit in his backyard or read a story to his son without a sense of dread. For the past several months, he and other residents in a Phoenix neighborhood of historic homes have been jolted - sometimes out of their sleep - by the sound of airplanes flying directly above them.

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Former Assistant Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps joins Homeland ...

Mr. Raymond Geoffroy, the former Assistant Deputy Commandant, Plans, Policies and Operations , Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, has joined Homeland Security Solutions Inc.'s Board of Directors effective February 1, 2015. As Senior Special Advisor to the Board, Geoffroy will contribute to broadening and strengthening HSSI's visibility in the security, law enforcement, and public safety sectors.

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Yellen says Fed still 'patient' on raising rates

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the U.S. economy is making steady progress, but the Fed remains patient in raising interest rates because too many Americans are still unemployed, wage growth remains sluggish and inflation is too low. In her semiannual economic report to Congress, Yellen sought to explain how the Fed would begin raising rates from lows near zero.

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In the Case of Reggae Star Buju Banton, Special Prosecutor is...

Ever since Buju Banton, one of Jamaica's most talented and controversial reggae singers, was convicted of cocaine trafficking and gun charges in 2011, there have been signs his trial was not on the up-and-up. You may recall he was sentenced to ten years and lingers in federal lockup.

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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Could Again Swing Obamacare Case In Government's Favor

In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Chief Justice John Roberts speaks at the University of Nebraska Lincoln in Lincoln, Neb.

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I'm Still Waiting On Those Budget Numbers From The Department Of...

The recent article by Education Editor Eric Owens on the activities of the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights reminded me of that old axiom, "The more things change the more they stay the same." The mission of agencies will forever morph in order to stay relevant.

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Keystone XL bill a " a.k.a. veto bait a " heads to presidenta s desk

Two roughnecks work a drilling rig north of Port Arthur, Tex., on Sept. 12, 2012.

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Impeached

The House of Representatives voted 126-47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson on this date in 1868. The New York Times report on the vote begins: The first act in the great civil drama of the nineteenth century is concluded.

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Supreme Court sides with Kansas in water dispute

Southern California's Metrolink commuter service says one of its trains on the Ventura County run to Los Angeles has struck a truck that was on the tracks in the city of Oxnard. By The Associated Press A wide swath of the country is expecting more winter precipitation that forecasters warn could lead to dangerous road conditions during the Tuesday morning commute.

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Big U.S. Majority Favors Mandatory Vaccinations

A large majority of Americans favor mandatory vaccinations of children, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday, apparently unswayed by some senior Republicans who have raised fears the medical shots could lead to autism. Seventy-eight percent of respondents in the online survey said all children should be vaccinated unless there is a direct health risk to them from vaccination.

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Right-to-work debate begins in Wisconsin with hearing

Jim Koeberl of the United Auto Workers union sweats while talking with with reporters after a news conference of local labor leaders at the Madison Concourse Hotel in Madison, Wis., Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. . Jim Koeberl with the United Auto Workers union speaks during a news conference of local labor leaders at the Madison Concourse Hotel in Madison, Wis., Monday, Feb. 23, 2015.

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Chief reveals FBI investigation he initiated

Boynton Beach Police Chief Jeffrey Katz revealed Tuesday that he asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Palm Beach County State Attorney's office to investigate the use of force in an arrest last year, but Katz said he fully supports the methods officers used in making the arrest. The arrest occurred in August 2014 following a high-speed chase in which a Boynton Beach police officer was seriously injured.

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Lawmaker, American legion head 'disappointed' in VA secretary for misstating military service

A key committee chairman and the head of the American Legion have expressed disappointment with Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, who admitted misstating that he served in the military's special forces. Michael Helm, national commander of the American Legion, the largest veterans service organization, said Tuesday McDonald's comment was especially disappointing because he leads a department trying to restore trust following a nationwide scandal over long wait times at VA health centers and falsified records covering up delays.

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Terror-Snooping Case Will Proceed

A lawsuit from U.S. citizens who say they were entered into a federal counterterrorism database for "suspicious activity," but were doing nothing wrong, will continue in Federal Court, a judge ruled. Lead plaintiff Wiley Gill and four other California men sued the Department of Justice in July 2014.

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Three-Morning Briefing: After 6 Years Together, Bibi and Barry's Bad Romance Takes a New Turn

Dems won't sing along with Mitch , GOP can't say goodbye to Holder and Obama gets to veto Keystone XL bill. Good Tuesday morning, the 55nd day of 2015 and the fifth week since Republicans took full control of Congress with a supermajority in the House and majority control in the Senate.

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Pension Investments Beat GDP Growth: Retirement Scan

A 'New Breed' of Advisor Kevin Reed, head of wealth management for Janney Montgomery Scott, explains how the firm is shifting its focus to meet the needs of a "new breed of FA." Billion-Dollar Club: Biggest Advisor Moves of 2014 This year saw a number of mega teams with outsized AUMs switching firms.

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#UnDiaParaCuba - #OneDayForCuba: A march for Cuba today in Miami

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Venezuela headed for bankruptcy in 2015 ?

Not paying your debts: Another page straight out of the Castro playbook. Why should the colony be any different from its colonizer? And why expect the puppet's behavior to differ from that of the puppeteer? -- With oil prices ticking up and new financing commitments, cash-strapped Venezuela is persuading traders and analysts alike to back away from calls the country will default this year.

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19 years ago today: In an act of terrorism, Cuba shoots down two...

On February 24, 1996, three civilian American planes were flying in international airspace over the Florida Straits. The airplanes were part of the Brothers to the Rescue organization on a humanitarian mission to find and provide aid to Cubans who had escaped the island prison of Cuba on rickety rafts through the shark-infested waters that separate Cuba and the Florida Keys.

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Corporate Tax Debate Ignores Mid-Sized Businesses

Congress seems poised to lower the corporate tax rate, but lawmakers have so far largely ignored the mid-sized businesses that are actually the main drivers of job creation. Joe Adams, CEO of the consulting firm McGladrey LLP, told The Daily Caller News Foundation on Monday that while efforts to ensure that reduced corporate rates do not exclude small businesses are commendable, similar protections are also needed for the middle market, generally defined as companies with annual revenues between $10 million and $1 billion.

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