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Letters to the Editor: Banning pit bulls, Breedlove shooting, downtown parking
Banning pit bulls Regarding the Front Burner guest columns: "Should communities ban pit bulls?" in Friday's Sentinel: The origin of domestic dogs is wolves and DNA-similar beasts. Intentional cross-breeding and selective breeding created the...
Tags: Iron Man 3 (movie), Crime, Law and Justice, Memorial Day, Law Enforcement, Justice System
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Despite threats, Beretta plans to stay in Maryland for now
Maryland's largest gun manufacturer has decided not to leave the state just yet. Beretta USA threatened to abandon its home on the Potomac if Maryland passed a strict new gun-control law, but after the law was signed the company announced that its...Tags: Prince George's County, Washington, DC, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Interior Policy
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Illinois counties can do little but brace for fracking's impact
Tribune reporterCREAL SPRINGS, Ill.-- Oil and gas companies and environmental groups have hashed out legislation they say would make Illinois a national leader in protecting public health and the environment from fracking. The proposal covering the process more...Tags: Arable Farming, Wind Power, Dwayne Johnson, Crime, Law and Justice, Energy Resources
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For Illinois counties, fracking taxes could be too little, too late
Tribune reporterIn Illinois counties with large Amish communities, a $50-a-year buggy license plate tax pays for repairs caused by horse hooves and buggy wheels cutting into roads' soft tar surfaces. Kelly Murray is trying to imagine how those same communities...Tags: Environmental Issues, Water Supply, Crime, Law and Justice, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry
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Letters to the Editor - May 25
A country that can’t defend itself will fall To the editor: Khrushchev said we will conquer you from within. O’Malley and Obama are disarming us through legislation and executive order. They want the U.S. to be ruled by the U.N. “peace...Tags: FBI, Gun Control, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Mexico's telecoms law to rebuild industry 'brick by brick'
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Latin America Investment Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/LatinAmerica13) By Dave Graham and Tomas Sarmiento MEXICO CITY, May 24 (Reuters) - Mexico's new telecommunications law aims to break the hold of...Tags: Carlos Slim, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Mexico
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Emmaus councilman, former manager added to defamation suit
Former Emmaus Councilman Otto Slozer and one-time council candidate John Donches are claiming that a current councilman and former borough manager were behind a website that defamed them during the 2011 election. Slozer and Donches last week amended a...Tags: Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Emmaus, Trials, Justice System
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From death row, Freemansburg cop killer fights foreclosure
George Hitcho Jr. may be on death row for killing a Freemansburg police officer, but he'd like to have a home to return to if he ever gets out. Facing mortgage foreclosure on the New Street property where he shot Robert A. Lasso in the back of the head...
Tags: Prisons, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Kutztown, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Passenger Injured In Train Crash Sues Metro-North
The Hartford CourantA Mystic woman injured in last week's train crash in Bridgeport filed suit Friday against the Metro-North Railroad. The federal lawsuit filed by Elizabeth and Peter Sorensen states that the railroad company's negligence caused the crash. The lawsuit,...Tags: Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Railway Accidents, Justice System, Trials
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Man found guilty in 2006 killing of Burger King manager
Twenty-seven years after his conviction for killing a pregnant woman and her three children in Chicago was overturned on appeal, James Ealy is once again facing a life sentence for murder. A Lake County jury found Ealy guilty Friday in the 2006...Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Death Penalty, Justice System
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Madigan pushes through gun bill over Quinn objections
— Speaker Michael Madigan on Friday pushed a concealed weapons bill through the House over the objections of Gov. Pat Quinn and Senate President John Cullerton, who oppose a provision that would overrule local gun laws in Chicago and other cities....
Tags: FBI, National Rifle Association of America, Mental Health, Brandon W. Phelps, Crime, Law and Justice
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Senate Approves Minimum Wage Hike; Sunday Deer Hunting Approved By House; Racial Profiling Law Strengthened
The Hartford CourantThe state Senate voted Thursday night to raise the minimum wage — after a huge clash between Republicans and Democrats. The latest version calls for raising the wage by 75 cents per hour over two years, with no index for inflation. As such, the...Tags: Minority Groups, Redding (Fairfield, Connecticut), Rentals, Racism, Norwich
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