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Commentary: Peace, justice through tighter gun laws
Most people remember the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in January for his birthday. We certainly do at Fairview Community Church. We always hold a special service in honor of his legacy. But remembering his birth and remembering his death are two...
Tags: Politics, Shootings, Good Friday, Martin Luther King Jr., Religious Festivals
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Assembly moved quickly to pass bevy of landmark bills
This time last year, the Maryland General Assembly was mired in anger and confusion. The House and Senate were feuding over taxes and casino gambling. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael E. Busch were butting heads....
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, University of Baltimore, Death Penalty
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Ebert grew more inspirational with age
A number that jumps out from the coverage of Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert's death Thursday at age 70: 306. That's the number of movie reviews he wrote last year, according to what turned out to be the final entry on his blog Tuesday. "The most of...Tags: Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, The End (movie), Entertainment, Hoop Dreams (movie)
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Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick shine at Budweiser Duel at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH – Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick both found victory lane during Thursday’s Budweiser Duel at Daytona International Speedway. Busch outlasted Kasey Kahne and Austin Dillon for his second Duel victory with his previous win coming...Tags: Denny Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Stock Car Racing, Austin Dillon
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Plan to install panic buttons in schools clears Assembly panel
California lawmakers have moved forward with one of several bills introduced after the massacre of young students in Newtown, Conn. The measure would put panic buttons in the state’s schools. Under the legislation, proposed by Assemblymember...
Tags: Kristin Olsen, Schools, Tim Donnelly, Education, Health and Safety at School
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Connecticut lawmakers approve sweeping new gun law
Lawmakers in Connecticut, the site of the Dec. 14 massacre that renewed a national debate over gun control, passed a bipartisan measure that increases background checks for buyers and bans the sale of semiautomatic rifles like the one used in Newtown&...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Elections, Adam Lanza, Politics, Newspaper and Magazine
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Obama back to fundraising in effort to retake House
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is fond of saying that he’s run his last campaign for public office. But the quest for cash continues even though he’ll never appear on a ballot again, as he heads to California on Wednesday for party fundraisers....
Tags: Quinnipiac University, Nancy Pelosi, Elections, Parties and Movements, Politics
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States move quickly, divergently on gun laws
Even as momentum for new gun legislation wanes in Washington, lawmakers across the country are fashioning their own response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, resulting in a patchwork that tightens restrictions in some places and eases them...
Tags: Elections, State University of New York, Parties and Movements, Newspaper and Magazine, Executive Branch
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Connecticut governor signs tough gun-control law
Four months after a lone gunman shattered the normal morning activities of a Connecticut elementary school in a fearsome shooting spree of 154 bullets in less than five minutes, that state’s governor on Thursday signed a tough gun-control law, the...
Tags: Elections, Harry Reid, Newspaper and Magazine, Executive Branch, Periodicals
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Conn. gun law seen as model for Congress, states
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines Thursday in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, a bipartisan deal that gun control...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Adam Lanza, Politics, Wayne LaPierre, Newspaper and Magazine
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Connecticut state Senate OKs tougher gun control bill
This post has been updated, as indicated below.A lone gunman attacked a Connecticut elementary school just four months ago, renewing a debate on how to control gun violence. On Wednesday, that state’s Legislature began the final steps of passing what advocates call one of the nation’s...Tags: Adam Lanza, Politics, Autism, Executive Branch, John A Kissel
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750 L.A. Unified security aides hired since Newtown school shooting
The Los Angeles Unified School District has hired more than 750 of the 1,000 security aides it decided to employ after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. The aides, equipped with radios, keep watch during school hours,...
Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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