Here are your top stories for this Wednesday evening, May 16, 2012: – House Hearing on bank rules – Mississippi gunman possibly dressed as police officer – Mitt Romney wins two primaries – John Edwards doesn’t take stand as defense rests Incoming search terms:coast guard kodiak shootings
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Former U.S. Senator Jim Abdnor has died. The announcement was made during a groundbreaking ceremony at Sanford Health‘s Pentagon facility. Abdnor, who had been a farmer, teacher, and World War II veteran prior to entering politics, died on Wednesday, his family said in a prepared statement. Abdnor’s attorney and friend said he died of natural [...]
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It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The House of Representatives was supposed to debate the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act last night (Thursday) and then vote on it today (Friday). As usual, though, Congress is trying to speed things up before the outcry over the questionable piece of legislation becomes to loud [...]
Yesterday, the Senate passed a plan to help salvage the struggling U.S. Postal Service in an effort that could end up saving thousands of jobs and as many as 100 mail processing plants now slated to be shut down. The Senate voted 62-37 to help save the heavily-indebted Postal Service. Without assistance, the USPS would [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Friday morning, April 20, 2012: – Lawyers in kidnapped baby case want mental evaluation – New probe in 33-year-old cold case – House faces veto threat – Discovery given to Smithsonian Mobile users: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2OAdxA5M-U
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If there’s one thing that’s become abundantly clear over the last few months, it’s that the internet won’t be completely safe until the government runs out of acronyms. Having safely defeated SOPA and PIPA, and fatally wounded ACTA, along comes CISPA. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA), also known as H.R. [...]
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Today, President Barack Obama called for tighter controls on lawmakers in order to confront “the corrosive influence” of money and corporations in Washington D.C. as he signed into law an insider trading ban necessary to restore trust in the U.S. government. Obama said the STOCK Act made it clear that members of Congress who might [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Thursday morning, March 29, 2012: – JetBlue suspends captain who disrupted flight – Congressman chastised for wearing hoodie in House – Supreme Court justices hear final day of health care law arguments – Magic Johnson part of group to buy Dodgers Related articles Magic Johnson Group to Buy [...]
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A congressman was removed from the House floor this morning after giving a speech on the Trayvon Martin case while wearing a hoodie. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Illinois) told House members, “racial profiling has to stop.” Rush, a former Black Panther who was active in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, then removed his suit [...]
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Today is March 14, 2012…that’s means it’s National Pi Day! The date is derived from the first three digits of pi – 3.14 – using American dating order, just like how September 11 is 9/11. The year 2015 is really going to be huge for Pi Day as we’ll celebrate 3/14/15 (correct to 4 places). [...]
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave prepared testimony today to the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on the U.S. economy and monetary policy. In his remarks, Bernanke stated that the Fed would most likely keep interest rates near record-low levels despite the recent decrease in unemployment. Bernanke said that recovery of the U.S. economy [...]
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Ready or not, here comes the mustache lobby. The American Mustache Institute (AMI) is organizing a “Million Mustache March” on the nation’s capitol. The demonstration will be part of an ongoing campaign to convince politicians to create government incentives to grow facial hair – really. The Million Mustache March will be held on April 1. [...]
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