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Trust our Troops: Texas Senator wants expedited airport security for service men, women and their families
The 33 NewsTravelers have experienced the hassles of airport security screening and troops are not immune. "The only difference is that I don't have to take off my boots," Private William Dodd, who was getting on a flight at DFW Airport headed for training in...Tags: Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tim Hutchinson, Defense, Security Measures
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Sunday's Calendar
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'V-Day Monologues'
The Orange Coast College Repertory Theatre will stage feminist monologues in observance of V-Day, a movement to fight violence against women and girls. Tickets cost $5 in advance and $7 at the door. For showtimes and more...Tags: Arts and Culture, Sandra Hutchens, Ellen M Corbett, Debra Bowen, James Morrison
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The Online-Piracy Mess: How Chris Dodd and Hollywood blew it with SOPA
A cool $1.5 million a year.
That's what the Motion Picture Association of America is reportedly paying Connecticut's formerU.S. Sen. Chris Doddto slide an anti-Internet-piracy bill through Congress. His insider knowledge, his old-fashioned liberal...Tags: Stop Online Piracy Act, Companies and Corporations, Customs and Tradition, Richard Blumenthal, Companies and Corporations
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Carrie Fisher's life worth another look
Tribune NewspapersCarrie Fisher has done an excellent job of reinventing herself, evolving from ingenue actress to tell-it-like-it-is writer and humorist. And she has a lot to say, mostly about her odd but compelling life — enough to add a Part 2 to her memoirs....Tags: Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Behavioral Conditions, Behavioral Conditions, Bipolar Disorder
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The imperial hypocrisy of Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a man whose political success is largely attributable to the aura of befuddled incompetence he uses to disarm his adversaries, was a failed Watergate baby.
In 1974, a slew of often sanctimonious and very liberal...Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Parties and Movements, Richard Cordray
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Krysztoforski taking another shot at Bartlett
andrews@herald-mail.comAfter campaigning in Western Maryland the last three congressional elections, Joseph T. Krysztoforski thinks he has established a “good foothold” in the 6th District and is trying again. Even when Maryland redrew its congressional...Tags: Roscoe G Bartlett, Robert J. Garagiola, Parties and Movements, Primaries, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Wondering aloud: thoughts on religion and politics, energy and athletics
Some things I've been wondering about: Do nervous Mitt Romney supporters remember then-Sen. Hillary Clinton thumping then-Sen. Barack Obama in three major primary states just prior to Obama declaring victory in the 2008 Democratic primaries? Does the...Tags: Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, College Sports, Primaries, Hillary Clinton
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Roll call: Week ending March 9
House - ending March 9 By Voterama in Congress Capital formation, financial deregulation: Voting 390 for and 23 against, the House on March 8 sent the Senate a bill (HR 3606) to ease financial regulations in order to help emerging small and mid-...Tags: Kent Conrad, Financing and Stock Offerings, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Companies and Corporations, CEO Pay
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Allan Powell: Four words we find odious - 'I told you so'
How many times have we become irritated at someone with a haughty grin who blurts out, “I told you so?” We wonder if they were just lucky or if they were bright and informed. One such case comes to mind while reflecting about the present...Tags: Byron Dorgan, Politics, Banking, Occupy Wall Street, Finance
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Self-inflicted wounds: Maturo "taco" quote part of long Connecticut political tradition of bone-headed comments
East Haven Mayor Joseph “Taco” Maturo may well have shot off his own political cojones with his answer to a question about what he planned to do for Latinos in the wake of his town’s police brutality/racial profiling scandal.
But his...Tags: World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Corporate Crime, Government
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Concerns About Online Piracy Act Growing Among State's Congressional Delegation
The Hartford CourantIs the tide shifting on a controversial bill that would give the government and copyright holders broad new powers to stop online piracy? Over the weekend, the White House signaled that it has strong reservations about the controversial Stop Online...Tags: Architecture, Apple iTunes, Stop Online Piracy Act, Companies and Corporations, Richard Blumenthal
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