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Internet Kill Switch Here? Lieberman Bill Causes Worry
FOX CTShould the president be given emergency powers to control the Internet in a crisis? The recent Internet shut-off in Egypt has some wondering whether legislation recently introduced by Joe Lieberman and other senators hands the government a "kill switch."...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Elections, Egypt, WTIC
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Letters to the editor: Obesity, scandals, and McCartney
I am a retired physical-education teacher who worked with students from kindergarten through eighth grade. A majority of my students could not do one pull-up. I tried to be creative and make exercising fun, for which I had a fair amount of success. I am...Tags: Periodicals, Services and Shopping, Taxation, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Politics
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The NLRB's school-door stand
WASHINGTON — Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolph says: "Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be...Tags: U.S. Congress, Justice System, Washington, DC, Employment Opportunities, University of Alabama
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Drew Sharp: Red Wings-Blackhawks series proves Presidents' Trophy has lost its luster
Detroit Free PressDETROIT It's time the NHL retired the Presidents' Trophy. What's it good for? It's unnecessarily treated as a regular-season achievement worthy of raising banners. But all it has done is harvest a false sense of accomplishment in a sport designed for...Tags: National Football League, National Hockey League, Detroit Free Press, Jonathan Toews, Stanley Cup Playoffs
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Preview: Blackhawks at Red Wings
ReutersSportsDirect Inc. Preview: Blackhawks at Red Wings After dispatching the eighth-seeded Minnesota Wild rather easily in the first round, the Chicago Blackhawks were expected to produce similar results against the Detroit Red Wings, who advanced after a...Tags: St. Louis Blues, Detroit Free Press, Joe Louis Arena, Jonathan Toews, Brandon Saad
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Red Wings' Daniel Cleary a pest, but teammates welcome it
Detroit Free PressDETROIT Daniel Cleary drives people crazy. He gets under their skin and he rattles them and he won't just go away. And this is just how his own teammates feel about him. To their delight, and the satisfaction of the Detroit Red Wings' front office,...Tags: Detroit Free Press, Joe Louis Arena, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Patrick Kane, Sports
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Drew Sharp: Pistons should consider drafting Indiana's Zeller, trading Greg Monroe
Detroit Free PressDETROIT The Pistons got good news Tuesday night. They didn't win the draft lottery. They didn't even come close. This was a Powerball drawing in which those who didn't get the exact six ping-pong balls were the happiest. This is a basketball draft in...Tags: Detroit Free Press, Victor Oladipo, Detroit Pistons, Big Ten Conference, Ben McLemore
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Ford boosting production, limiting summer shutdowns
Detroit Free PressDETROIT Because Ford needs to keep up with Americans' appetite for new cars and trucks, the company will add 200,000 vehicles of annual capacity, and get another 40,000 vehicles by cutting the traditional two-week summer shutdown in half. Getting more...Tags: General Motors Corp., Gardening, Plant Closings, Detroit Free Press, Career and Workplace
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Is Obama Richard Nixon?
Despite what you may hear from some of his more fevered critics, President Barack Obama's recent scandal-quakes don't appear to fall anywhere near the level of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. But by another Nixonian yardstick, trying to muzzle on press...
Tags: Pentagon Papers Release (2011), Justice System, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Barack Obama
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Pence, Schumer on right side of press issue
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Disclosure last week that the U.S. Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press rocked the journalism community. Commandeering the work and personal phone records of individual...Tags: U.S. Congress, Chuck Schumer, Richard Lugar, Justice System, Laws
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Ukraine PM bars reporters from government meetings after protest
Reuters* Journalists protesting over attacks on media at rallies * Relations with media have deteriorated under Yanukovich KIEV, May 22 (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov ordered a dozen local reporters to be barred from covering government...Tags: Robin Williams, Government, Journalism, Ukraine, Politics
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Few convictions for Mexico's special prosecutor for crimes against journalists
McClatchy Foreign StaffMEXICO CITY Complacent. Ineffective. Bungling. Inept. The adjectives pile up as top editors, writers and free press advocates level their aim at the division of the Attorney General's Office in Mexico responsible for prosecuting crimes against...Tags: U.S. Congress, Justice System, Laws, Murder, National Government
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