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Bill Letting Newtown Families Veto Disclosure Of Records Might Raise Fairness Issues, Officials Say
The Hartford CourantThe secretly drafted bill that would give Newtown massacre victims' families the power to veto disclosure of some investigative records might create a broader precedent — because future crime victims' families could ask for the same power in their...Tags: Executive Branch, Health and Safety at School, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Prosecution, Government
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School bus drivers protest working, safety conditions
Bus drivers and aides employed by a Baltimore schools contractor say that unsafe conditions such as fires and mold spores are endangering lives and unfair wages are threatening their livelihoods. The grievances were aired Thursday at a rally of employees...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Respiratory Disease, Learning Disability, Unions, Laws
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Fox News CEO Roger Ailes blasts administration, praises his team
Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes sent a memo to the channel's staff critical of the Obama administration in the wake of revelations that the Justice Department was probing phone and email communications by Fox News reporter James Rosen and described him as a...
Tags: Media Industry, Espionage Act of 1917, U.S. Department of Justice, National Government, Career and Workplace
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New California health insurance rates unveiled
Amid anxiety over rising costs from the federal healthcare law, California received better-than-expected insurance rates for a new state-run marketplace, but many consumers still won't be spared from sharply higher premiums. Three years after...
Tags: Medicaid, Barack Obama, Health Net Inc., Health Insurance, Healthcare Laws
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Gun groups sue to block new Connecticut gun law
ReutersBy Richard Weizel MILFORD, Conn., May 23 (Reuters) - Leaders of Connecticut gun advocacy groups said on Thursday they had sued to knock down a strict new gun-control law passed in April because they believed the measure would not improve public safety....Tags: Trials, Laws, Civil Rights, Politics, Lawyers
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Drug cartel boss pleads guilty to murder in U.S. agent's death
WASHINGTON — A Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder in a 2011 ambush south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and which sharply strained U.S.-Mexico relations....
Tags: Mexico, Trials, Theft, Gulf Cartel, Mexico City
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Ex-LAPD detective sentenced to 20 years for beating wife to death
A former Los Angeles police homicide detective was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in a Hawaii prison for beating his wife to death, authorities said. Dan DeJarnette, 59, pleaded guilty in March to manslaughter. The plea came shortly before he was to...
Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Los Angeles Police Department, Murder, Prosecution
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Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy
Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's...
Tags: Laws, United Nations, Civil Rights, Antonin Scalia, Environmental Issues
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Row between U.S. agencies over Texas plant explosion deepens
Reuters(Reuters) - A dispute between government agencies over the investigation into the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant intensified on Thursday when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives hit back after being criticized by the U.S....Tags: Witnesses, National Transportation Safety Board, Disasters and Accidents, Kennedy Airport, Explosions
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Business' birth control coverage up for federal appeal
DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes...
Tags: Employment, Business, U.S. Department of Justice, Belief and Faith, Family Planning
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Ruppersberger issues statement on audit
The Baltimore SunRep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger on Thursday joined the chorus of lawmakers criticizing Baltimore City schools for spending stimulus money and dollars designated for poor children on $99-per-person fried chicken dinners, a makeover day and two cruises...Tags: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Prince George's County, Inner Harbor, Crime, Law and Justice
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Senate approves Obama nominee to key appeals court
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a break from bipartisan battles over judicial appointments, the U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a White House nominee to the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Senate voted 97-0 to...Tags: Bill Clinton, Defense of Marriage Act, Trials, Chuck Grassley, Barack Obama
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