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Politics as usual
Bloomberg gun control group thanks Toomey A gun control advocacy group backed by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg began airing a TV ad Thursday that thanks U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey for his work on strengthening background checks. The Mayors Against ...Tags: Lou Barletta, 2010 Census, Personal Weapon Control, Michael Bloomberg, Gun Control
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Florida human-trafficking ring busted, 16 young women enslaved, Bondi says
CLEARWATER -- State and local law enforcement officials announced Friday they have broken up a human trafficking and prostitution ring that operated throughout the Tampa Bay area. The two men accused of running the operation -- Peter Kitt, 41, and...Tags: Organized Crime, Laws, Sex Crimes, Prosecution, Abusive Behavior
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Report warned Boston Marathon was vulnerable to terrorism
WASHINGTON — Five days before two bombs tore through crowds at the Boston Marathon, an intelligence report identified the finish line as an "area of increased vulnerability" and warned Boston police that homegrown extremists could use "small-scale...Tags: Police Investigations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Laws, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, FBI
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International concerns
The Benghazi cover up/lie is snatching the daily headlines; dynamic duos such as Batman and Robin, The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Cisco and Pancho are a few of the fictional protectors of justice of yesteryear. A twosome of real life evil minded, self-...Tags: Hillary Clinton, U.S. Department of State, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Iran
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Intelligence report identified vulnerability before Boston bombing
WASHINGTON -- Five days before two bombs tore through crowds at the Boston Marathon, an intelligence report identified the finish line of the race as an "area of increased vulnerability" and warned Boston police that extremists may use "small scale...Tags: Police Investigations, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, FBI, Joe Lieberman
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Immigration bill survives first day of debate in Senate committee
WASHINGTON — After eight hours of debate, the bipartisan Senate immigration bill emerged mostly intact Thursday, despite Republican-led efforts to make substantial alterations in the first of what is certain to be many long committee meetings to...Tags: Jeff Sessions, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Lindsey O. Graham, Chuck Grassley, U.S. Congress
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Federal innovation a matter of perspective
The federal government has an innovation problem — or does it? The answer depends on whom you ask. Federal employees surveyed over the past three years have had a declining view of government innovation. But that doesn't mean Uncle Sam doesn't...Tags: Invention and Innovation, U.S. Department of State, Environmental Issues, NASA, Politics
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Former Coast Guard officer sentenced on bribe charges
Daily PressA former Coast Guard Petty Officer received a seven-year sentence Wednesday for fraud and receiving bribes, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Nathan Allen Dunn, 30, of Brookwood, Ala., faces three...Tags: Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Bribery, Justice System
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Remains of Boston Marathon bombing suspect claimed
The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was the subject of a massive manhunt and died in a gunbattle with police, was claimed on Thursday. Department of Public Safety spokesman Terrel Harris said a funeral home retained by...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Chuck Grassley, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Trials, Janet Napolitano
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Ex-BSO deputy hospitalized under Baker Act after troubling video
A former Broward Sheriff's Office jail deputy was hospitalized under the Baker Act on Tuesday after he posted a YouTube video accusing Sheriff Scott Israel of turning his back on him, and saying he didn't want to be "the next Christopher Dorner," the...
Tags: Al Lamberti, Israel, Christopher Dorner, Oprah Winfrey, Eric Holder
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Houston airport shooting hot topic at NRA convention
HOUSTON -- When the annual National Rifle Assn. convention opened Friday, the day after an incident in which a gunman died at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, attendees didn't shy away from discussing the incident. In fact, it was a hot topic of...
Tags: Suicide, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Shootings
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Republicans demand changes in Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON — As a sweeping immigration bill moves forward in the Senate, Republicans are demanding stronger border security measures than those agreed upon during four months of bipartisan negotiation. The process of toughening the bill could...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Labor Legislation, U.S. Congress, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), John Cornyn
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