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The Loop Midweek Quiz: 5-8-13
St. Paul Pioneer PressIf you've been reading the papers, then our weekly exam should be relatively painless. Fans of Chris Kluwe can be certain that the deposed Vikings punter will spend the next few months A. Auditioning for other NFL teams B. Rehabbing his surgically...Tags: Interior Policy, Kentucky Derby, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Gun Control
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St. Joseph News-Press, Mo., Alonzo Weston column
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.Think about it: How much trouble would it be for the government to take away all of our guns? Think of all the illegal drugs, stolen goods and other illicit things some people have in their homes that the government hasn't found, let alone taken away....Tags: Interior Policy, Sarah Palin, Gun Control, Wayne LaPierre, Entertainment
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How to get those politicians to listen
A confession. I have always admired Sarah Palin, not for her intelligence or her looks, but for her aggressiveness, even in the face of defeat. She and John McCain went down in flames to the man who became America's first black president. But even now,...
Tags: Interior Policy, Roosevelt University, Politics, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama
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Local Voices: Naperville, Lisle and Aurora
Letters to the editor from Naperville, Lisle and Aurora residents. Speed risks The proposed change in Illinois' speed limit from 65 to 70 miles per hour on tollways and interstate highways increases the risk of damage. The approximately 8 percent...
Tags: Politics, Wireless Technology, Elections, Standards, American Academy of Pediatrics
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RPT-FEATURE-Video game maker drops gun makers, not their guns
Reuters(Repeats for wider subscribers) By Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Reuters) - In the midst of the bitter national debate on gun violence, gun manufacturers and videogame makers are delicately navigating one of the more peculiar relationships in...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, Wayne LaPierre, Coca-Cola Co., Science and Technology
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Jon Stewart accuses NRA of fear-mongering at convention
The National Rifle Assn. held its annual convention last weekend in Houston, where conservative pundits like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck railed at efforts to enact tighter gun control measures -- and, as Jon Stewart pointed out Monday on "The Daily Show,"...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Sarah Palin, Michael Bloomberg, Gun Control
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Mail Call - May 8
“The EDC has identified the top five strategic priorities. These were the same priorities that were discussed and implemented at a strategic planning retreat, for the past two to three years. So there’s nothing new here. And how much are we...Tags: Interior Policy, The Herald-Mail, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Gun Control, Television
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LETTER: LaPierre: Boston Proves ... Something
Wayne LaPierre told the NRA convention that "Boston proves" gun control is dangerous. This is just more fear-mongering rhetoric -- the same old NRA mantra. Have some more Kool-Aid ... Notice he doesn't say how Boston proves anything about gun control....Tags: Politics, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Wayne LaPierre, Personal Weapon Control
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LETTER: Support Texas As Gunmaking Capital
Texas may be wooing Connecticut gun manufacturers like Mark Malkowski, but really do we need this bribery [May 6, Page 1, "Hearty Texas Pitch To Gunmakers"]? Capitalizing on the NRA convention location, Texas Gov. Rick Perry made his expected pitch to...Tags: New Britain, Firearms
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Proposed New Mexico horse slaughterhouse likely to get permit soon
The battle over the opening of the nation’s first domestic horse slaughterhouse since a government ban six years ago has ramped up as a company in Roswell, N.M., moves closer to reinstituting the practice. Activists throughout the West say they...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Barack Obama, Tom Vilsack, U.S. Congress
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NRA pledge on gun rights: 'We will never surrender'
HOUSTON — Vowing that “we will never surrender,” the leader of the National Rifle Assn. claimed victory over recently defeated gun control legislation and denounced “political and media” elites for vilifying gun owners and...
Tags: Interior Policy, Civil Rights, Gun Control, Barack Obama, Wayne LaPierre
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Gabrielle Giffords' story a different kind of profile in courage
Gabrielle Giffords received a Profile in Courage award this weekend at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The award is fitting, though she is displaying a different kind of courage than was celebrated by the late president in his 1957 best-selling...
Tags: Interior Policy, Mitch McConnell, Gun Control, Human Interest, Mary L. Landrieu
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