How Racial Opportunists RuinReal Chances for Police Reforms

The two men could not be more different. Brown died after robbing a liquor store and initiating confrontation with police.

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In praise of Tom Coburn,the thinking man s Ted Cruz

When the new Senate is sworn in come January, Republicans will hold the majority. But one of the better Republican senators of the past decade wonA t be there: Tom Coburn.

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The pace of agencies issuing new rules and regulations has hit a record high under President Obama, whose administration's rules have filled 468,500 pages in the Federal Register. And, according to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the president is poised to unleash another 2,375 new rules on American businesses without first giving Congress an up or down vote.

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Thursday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2015

On Jan. 1, 1975, a jury in Washington found Nixon administration officials John N. Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and Robert C. Mardian guilty of charges related to the Watergate cover-up; a fifth defendant, Kenneth Parkinson, was acquitted, and Mardian's conviction for conspiracy was later overturned on appeal. In 1953, country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, was discovered dead in the back seat of his car during a stop in Oak Hill, West Virginia, while he was being driven to a concert date in Canton, Ohio.

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Tiberi, Brown turn backs on constituents

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High court to adopt electronic filing of cases

The Supreme Court is belatedly developing an electronic filing system similar to those used in courts around the country, Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday in his annual end-of-year report.

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Looking presidential, Jeb Bush resigns board memberships

Jeb Bush has resigned all of his board memberships - both nonprofit and business - in a move that helps clear a path toward a 2016 presidential campaign. The former Florida governor stepped down from his remaining board memberships on Wednesday, the last day of the year, an aide said Wednesday night.

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First woman chief of aviation regulator takes charge

India's first women chief of aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation M. Sathiyavathy took charge Thursday from erstwhile incumbent Prabhat Kumar. According to a civil aviation ministry official, the 1982-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Union Territories cadre will head DGCA for three years till 2017.

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2014: See the top 10 most-read MLive stories

It was a yucky scenario: Someone was defecating on children's play equipment at an Ypsilanti park. Police asked for the public's help in identifying the "mystery pooper," who left feces on slides in Prospect Park between November 2013 and April 2014.

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10 Races to Watch in 2016: Virginia's 10th District

A court-mandated redraw of Virginia's congressional map could have sweeping implications for the delegation - including the new member representing the competitive 10th District, Rep.-elect Barbara Comstock, a Republican. A judge tossed Virginia's congressional map in October, ruling the lines drawn in 2012 unconstitutionally packed black voters into the 3rd District held by Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Va.

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Image of Elizabeth Warren

I'll continue to stand up to the big corporate interests and fight for middle class families. But I can't do it alone.

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Obama As Coral, And Other Odd Selling Points for a Hawaiian Library

Or so say the visionaries behind Hawaii's bid to host their native son's future presidential center, library and museum. "We here in Hawaii consider the president a polyp for all the great things that he's done in his presidency and starting here anew," said architect Rob Iopa, whose firm WCIT has created design concepts for the facility.

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Obama, Rubio and Cuba

Fifty-three years after the United States cut off all ties with the island nation of Cuba, President Barack Obama has made a bold move to reconnect with our small southern neighbor. Whether the move will prove a boon or a bust to the president's legacy is difficult to gauge, and ultimately less important than the fact he is doing something that none of nine predecessors were willing to do: Try something different.

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Siouxland community still waiting on $1.4 million in flood relief funds from 2011

The South Sioux City government submitted their millions worth of disaster claims three years ago and now, in 2014, they're still waiting for $1.4 million. NEMA and the city both contribute 12.4 percent towards the flood damages, and the federal government makes up the rest.

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Police Killings Lead List of 2014 Top Stories

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news. With a traditional newspaper format, more than 100 sites were established each with a newspaper-type name to cover the highest-ranked regions, countries, cities and states.

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Same-sex marriage becomes legal

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news. With a traditional newspaper format, more than 100 sites were established each with a newspaper-type name to cover the highest-ranked regions, countries, cities and states.

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Dropping business tax among new laws

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news. With a traditional newspaper format, more than 100 sites were established each with a newspaper-type name to cover the highest-ranked regions, countries, cities and states.

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FAA Requires Drones to Carry Onboard Manuals

BERLIN--In four years, Service-drone.de GmbH has emerged as a promising player here in the rapidly expanding commercial-drone industry. The 20-employee startup has sold more than 400 unmanned aircraft to private-sector companies and now is pitching its fourth-generation device.

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10 things in 2015 that could affect 2016 campaign

President Barack Obama announced executive... . FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2011 file photo, Republicans enter Hilton Coliseum before casting their ballots in the Iowa Republican Party's Straw Poll, in Ames, Iowa.

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Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren set up good year for Republicans

Perhaps the beginning of 2015 is an appropriate time to think about what we are to be confronted with in the presidential year 2016. Ever since the autumn electoral rout of the Democrats, we have been confronted by news stories of the looming presidential prospects of Hillary Rodham Clinton and hints about the rise of the presidential prospects of Elizabeth Warren .

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Examine what Hillary has to say

You can't watch TV or listen to the radio without hearing about the upcoming 2016 presidential election and who will be running. The name you hear the most often seems to be Hillary Clinton and many see her as the Democrat frontrunner.

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Program that backed Solyndra now showing successes

A load of biomass, agricultural crop residues, is delivered to Abengoa's biorefinery in Hugoton, Kan. The plant, built by Seville, Spain-based Abengoa, is the largest cellulosic biorefinery in the world, producing up to 25 million gallons of ethanol fueled by non-edible waste.

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Why this state is number one

The other day I got to thinking about Massachusetts and what makes our state exceptional. Is it our long history, our scenery, our enduring commitment to progressive causes, or something in the air? That led to thoughts about our political traditions and our pioneering efforts down through the generations.

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I Have No New Year Resolutions But ...

A tag is a way to search for this diary. If someone is searching for "Barack Obama," is this a diary they'd be trying to find? Use a person's full name, without any title.

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Looking back and looking ahead

For six years now, I have been making predictions for the upcoming year and grading last year's predictions, in the name of accountability. Over time, I have been on target more than 50 percent of the time, which is not bad for unfounded prognosticating.

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Jeb Bush resigns from board memberships

Jeb Bush has resigned all of his board memberships - both nonprofit and business - in a move that helps clear a path toward a 2016 US presidential campaign. The former Florida governor stepped down from his remaining board memberships on Wednesday, the last day of the year, an aide said.

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Caution must be exercised when presented with year-end GDP figures.

As 2014 came to a close, the economic figures from our world's two superpowers cut a stark contrast. For the United States, the recession appeared to finally be ending, as the Commerce Department announced a third-quarter gross domestic product increase of 5 per cent - exceeding expectations and marking America's strongest quarter of growth since 2003.

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10 who might have an impact on 2016 campaign

In this Dec. 10, 2014 file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Maybe the Poll is Broken?

According to the Gallup Poll, Americans have picked President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State and presidential wannabe Hilary Clinton as the Most Admired Man and Woman in the world. Yes. In the world.

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Four migrants found dead on packed cargo ship brought to Italy

Four migrants were found dead on a cargo ship which was taken to Italy after apparently being abandoned by its crew in Greek waters, the Italian Red Cross said on Wednesday. The Blue Sky M was carrying an estimated 900 migrants when it was spotted drifting near the coast of Corfu on Tuesday.

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