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Controversial project gets planning board's OK
Three buildings in seven hours. That's what it took for Fort Lauderdale's Planning and Zoning Board to approve the three-building condo project on the south bank of the New River. Supporters of developer Asi Cymbal's controversial project gave out a...Tags: Politics, Housing and Urban Planning, Fort Lauderdale, New River (Broward, Florida)
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AHFC Seeks Comments on Smoke-Free Public Housing Units
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Housing Finance Corp. is seeking comments on a plan to ban smoking in more than 600 of its public housing units. Comments are being taken through June 15. The smoke-free policy, if enacted by AHFC, would take effect Aug. 1. It would...Tags: Politics, Social Issues, Housing and Urban Planning, Public Housing
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Illinois House introduces less restrictive gun bill
— An Illinois House version of legislation to allow people to carry concealed weapons that emerged Wednesday would not let Chicago have its own set of rules and could make it easier to get a permit. The latest proposal is an attempt to address...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, National Rifle Association of America, Chicago Police Department, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chicago Transit Authority
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Gun research a waste of time, money
Johns Hopkins University receives billions of tax dollars and for the past 23 years they have used these tax dollars to support a Center for Gun Policy and Research ("Gun research is not biased," May 20). What a waste of our tax dollars. Most...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Politics, Johns Hopkins University
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So much for messianic leadership
Although there's still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Barack Obama's bind is becoming clear. The best defenses of his...Tags: Barack Obama, CBS Corp., John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, David Axelrod
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Paying attention to revoked FOID cards
On Monday I looked into the eyes of three parents of young children killed in their classrooms in Newtown, Conn. I listened to them tell me they don't want any mother or father to endure the nightmare they've lived. They came to Illinois to plead with...
Tags: Firearms, Laws, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Gun Control
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IRS foul-up shows how bad laws breed good scandals
Much to my surprise, I find myself sympathizing with the Internal Revenue Service. Tenderness toward that agency isn't my default position. I'm a British expat living in the United States, with retirement savings locked up in Britain and other cross-...Tags: U.S. Elections, Social Services, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Pension and Welfare, Crime, Law and Justice
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Voice of the People, May. 23
Realistic cycling This is in response to "Impact of natural laws felt after daughter's bike crash; Mayor's proposal to improve road safety sensible, but cyclists are always vulnerable" (News, May 13). There is a reason why pedestrians and cars are...Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Sales, National Rifle Association of America, Judges
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Christian prayer house proposed at site of Pen Argyl Korean exchange dorm
The embattled owner of a shuttered Korean exchange program in Pen Argyl wants to convert his building to a Christian prayer house, but he'll have to overcome the opposition of Borough Council. This week, council sued to block Min Taek Kim's proposal,...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Litigation, Sex Crimes, Housing and Urban Planning
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Ben Carson's remarks 'denigrated' homosexuals [Letter]
I have to disagree with Diane Brown ("Only closed minds stifle opposing viewpoints, May 16) on both her key points about Ben Carson's remarks on marriage equality and the opposition to him giving the commencement speech at Johns Hopkins University this...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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New life: Residential plan debuts for sagging industrial area
The first specific plans for Boca Raton's new style of development, which is supposed to add residents without adding traffic, will debut in front of the Planning and Zoning Board Thursday. "Boca Village" will be the first residential development to be...
Tags: Politics, IBM, Housing and Urban Planning, Starbucks Corp.
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Truck driver shot while beating officer now charged
A 43-year-old truck driver who was shot by a Merrillville police officer he was beating in a Planned Parenthood parking lot this week has been charged. Craig Leonard Strand, of Portland, Ore., was charged Wednesday by the Lake County, Ind., prosecutor'...
Tags: Prosecution, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Planned Parenthood
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