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Last Endeavour crew to speak Thurs. at Hopkins
Maryland WeatherThe last NASA crew to fly the space shuttle Endeavour will speak at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg Center on Thursday, Aug. 4. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.Astronauts scheduled to participate include Commander........Tags: NASA, Johns Hopkins University, Arizona, Science and Technology, Mark Kelly
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Palm Beach County drops proposal for local ban on extended-size ammunition magazines
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County Commissioner Burt Aaronson Tuesday gave up his push for a local ban on the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines, like those used in last month???s Tucson shooting. Aaronson just four days earlier had called for a local......Tags: Defense, Palm Beach County, Unrest, Conflicts and War, South Miami, Firearms
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Did inflammatory speech fuel Arizona rampage?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAfter the tragic events in Arizona last weekend, would it be too much to expect a broadcaster to ditch her usual introduction, the one that hypes her as, "The most heavily-armed talk show host in South Florida?" In the case......Tags: Andrew Jackson, Rush Limbaugh, Entertainment, Voting, Arizona
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More setbacks for Palm Beach County gun control measures
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County???s struggle to impose tougher local gun control measures continued Tuesday. First the County Commission did away with a long-standing prohibition against allowing guns in local parks, because the rule conflicted with state law. Then the...Tags: Social Issues, Palm Beach County, Florida, South Miami, Local Government
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Immigration votes lacking: White House
The Swampby Peter Nicholas and Peter Wallsten White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said today that there is not enough support in Congress now to pass a comprehensive immigration bill providing a path to citizenship for the nation's illegal immigrants,......Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Government, Jon Kyl, Janet Napolitano, Social Issues
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Vulnerable Arizona Dems against suit
The Swampby Mike Memoli The Justice Department's decision to file suit against the state of Arizona over its anti-illegal immigration law is being repudiated by Democrats in the state's Congressional Delegation, each of whom face tough re-election battles. "A...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Arizona, Crime, Law and Justice, Migration
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Stephen Goldstein: Think NRA was winner? Not so fast
The NRA has won the battle but lost the war. The best thing that happened to gun control is its defeat in Congress. Today's losers (Obama, Democrats, the 90 percent of Americans who support sane legislation) will be tomorrow's winners. Today's winners...Tags: Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senate, Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio, Michael Bloomberg
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Obama minces words in addressing the Boston bombing
WASHINGTON - Terrorism is speech -- speech that gathers its audience by killing innocents as theatrically as possible. The 19th-century anarchist Paul Brousse called it "propaganda by deed." Accordingly, the Boston Marathon attack, the first successful...
Tags: Jihad, Islam, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Religion and Belief, Terrorism
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The language of terror
WASHINGTON -- Terrorism is speech -- speech that gathers its audience by killing innocents as theatrically as possible. The 19th-century anarchist Paul Brousse called it "propaganda by deed." Accordingly, the Boston Marathon attack, the first successful...
Tags: Islam, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Fort Hood Shootings (2009), Terrorism, Religion and Belief
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McManus: Gun control, DOA
President Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December's schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation's gun laws. "Shame on us if we've forgotten," he said. "Don't get squishy." But four months after the...
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Harry Reid, Rand Paul, Tea Party Movement, Kay Hagan
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Remembering Sandy Hook on the way to Congress
From Washington to Annapolis to Hartford, Conn., wherever new gun restrictions are being debated, it's important to remember Sandy Hook. That's not a plea to the emotions. That's a plea to human decency and common sense — a reminder of the...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Annapolis, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Assault
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'They deserve a vote' can be more than rhetoric
State of the Union addresses are traditionally laundry lists of policy proposals. U.S. President Barack Obama's started that way, but it ended as the most emotional speech before a joint session of Congress in modern memory. The theatrics of the event...Tags: State of the Union Address, Chuck Hagel, Voting, Harry Reid, Hadiya Pendleton
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