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Too much secrecy threatens our security
After I downgraded the scandal value of the National Security Agency's massive gathering of our phone records and email data, a curious reader raised a thoughtful question: Would I "have the same tone if this story broke while (George W.) Bush was prez?"...Tags: Politics, National Security Agency, Justice System, PRISM (surveillance program), Edward Snowden
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PASSINGS: Gene Mako, Thomas Penfield Jackson
Gene Mako Champion tennis player in 1930s Gene Mako, 97, a champion tennis player who paired with the legendary Don Budge to win four doubles titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the 1930s, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Wimbledon Championships, Washington, DC, Human Interest, French Open
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Political optics overlooked in 'Tea Party' review: IRS official
Reuters(Reuters) - Internal Revenue Service employees in Ohio, who singled out conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny, likely did not consider the political implications, an IRS official in Washington has told congressional...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, FBI, U.S. Congress, Lawyers
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Final defendants in Lehigh Valley meth ring sentenced
The final two defendants in what state prosecutors called a multimillion-dollar Lehigh Valley methamphetamine ring were sentenced Friday to state prison. Edward W. Pope Jr., 34, of Easton will serve four to 10 years after earlier pleading guilty to...Tags: Trials, Punishment, Justice System, Prisons, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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55K 'high-3' retirees due back pay might never see it
Last November an independent audit of the Military Retirement Fund uncovered a "significant deficiency" in the way the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) has been calculating retired pay for about 15 percent of 370,000 retirees who are under...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Economy, Business and Finance, Defense, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Congress
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Road Warrior: Security officers, not police, at Fairgrounds
Q: The concern I have is with the security company at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Lehigh Law Enforcement Officers Association. When you read that title, what comes to mind? Police officers, right? This a group of security officers, not police. Aren't...Tags: Festive Events, Lawyers, Justice System, Business Enterprises, Law Enforcement
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Scott blocks paid sick-time vote in Orange, statewide
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday that would block local governments from enacting mandatory paid-sick-time measures, such as the one pending in Orange County. The Republican governor sided with Walt Disney World, Darden Restaurants, the...
Tags: Politics, Rick Scott, Voting, Executive Branch, Elections
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After opening gambit, Detroit manager's next move vexes creditors
Reuters(Reuters) - Now that Detroit's emergency manager has laid out a tough road that could include a bankruptcy filing for the city, the bondholders, pension managers and others with a stake in the outcome are left to assess his next steps while seeking to...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Bonds, Politics, Rick Snyder, Lawyers
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Judge shot dead outside court in eastern Libyan city
ReutersTRIPOLI (Reuters) - A judge was shot dead outside a court in the eastern Libyan city of Derna on Sunday, an official said, just weeks after courts resumed work there following the 2011 war. Assailants killed Mohammed Houidi on Sunday morning as he came...Tags: Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Religious Conflicts
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Religious freedom under threat at home
On Friday, Catholics throughout the United States will begin observing two weeks known as the Fortnight for Freedom. For a second consecutive year, the U.S. Catholic Church has set aside this time leading up to Independence Day to draw attention to the...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Social Issues, Politics, Religion and Belief, Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Judgment time in ballot case
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Once a prominent force in local politics, with his stout figure and bespectacled face a given at events like Dyngus Day, former chairman of the county's Democratic Party Owen "Butch" Morgan will be sentenced Monday for his role in a ballot...Tags: Politics, Trials, Punishment, Voting, Justice System
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Congress Erodes Sovereignty Of States
The Hartford CourantIn May 1918, with America embroiled in the First World War, Iowa's Gov. William Lloyd Harding dealt a blow against Germany. His Babel Proclamation — that was its title; you cannot make this stuff up — decreed: "Conversation in public places,...Tags: Politics, Lotteries, Religion and Belief, Physical Fitness and Exercise, National Security Agency
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