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Sen. Feinstein will not become Judiciary Committee chair
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s hopes of taking over the panel that will be crucial to her efforts to renew an assault weapons ban and overhaul immigration laws were dashed Wednesday when Sen. Patrick J. Leahy decided to remain chairman...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Justice System, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara A. Mikulski
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Email privacy bill passes committee in the Senate
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation requiring that police obtain a search warrant to gain access to private emails and other forms of electronic communication. The bill, championed by committee Chairman Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.),...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Media Industry, Email
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Senate committee approves sweeping update to digital privacy law
Digital privacy laws in the United States just got one step closer to the 21st century. A Senate committee on Thursday backed privacy protections that would require the government to obtain a search warrant before gaining access to email and other...Tags: Politics, Paula Broadwell, Government, Laws, Justice System
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Sen. Feinstein expected to head Judiciary Committee
WASHINGTON -- When Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) launched her drive in 1994 to win approval for an assault weapons ban, the relative newcomer to Capitol Hill walked the hallways trying to drum up support. Now, as she prepares for a new fight to pass...
Tags: Shootings, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Interior Policy
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3 GOP senators join call for action on toxic flame retardants
The first signs of bipartisan support for overhauling the nation's chemical safety law emerged Monday, as three Republicans joined 23 other senators calling for tough restrictions on toxic flame retardants. Citing the Tribune's "Playing With Fire"...
Tags: Sherrod Brown, Politics, Olympia J. Snowe, Amy Klobuchar, Jeff Merkley
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Fast track to the American dream
— Amid the skyscrapers and coal power plants in this fast-growing manufacturing city of nearly 13 million people, eager investors filed into a convention center that thumped with dance music from a Florida beach party video. On sale was the dream...
Tags: Politics, China, Grant Park, Beijing (China), O'Hare International Airport
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Film review: 'Dark Knight Rises' is a promise fulfilled
And so the Christopher Nolan rendition of Batman — started in “Batman Begins” (2005) and continued in “The Dark Knight” (2008) — comes to an end, in “The Dark Knight Rises.” It stands proudly alongside...
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Entertainment, Anne Hathaway, Spider-Man (fictional character), Halle Berry
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The 'boring' 2012 campaign
PLYMOUTH NOTCH, Vt. - Two of my pundit colleagues - David Brooks of The New York Times and Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal - have written about this "boring" and "inconsequential" presidential campaign. Perhaps the reason is that we've heard...Tags: Howard Dean, Politics, Business, The New York Times, Democratic Party
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The 'boring' 2012 campaign
Cal ThomasPLYMOUTH NOTCH, Vt. -- Two of my pundit colleagues -- David Brooks of The New York Times and Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal -- have written about this "boring" and "inconsequential" presidential campaign. Perhaps the reason is that we've heard...Tags: Cal Thomas, Howard Dean, Business, Politics, The New York Times
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House panel recommends Holder contempt citation
CNNVoting on strictly partisan lines, a House committee recommended Wednesday that Attorney General Eric Holder be cited for contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents relating to the botched Fast and Furious weapons sting operation. The...Tags: U.S. Senate, Voting, White House, Politics, Executive Branch
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DEA Agents Accused of Hiring Hookers
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON -- Three Drug Enforcement Administration agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia, a congressional source confirms to CNN. According to this source, House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King, R-...Tags: U.S. Senate, Colombia, Prostitution, Mark J. Sullivan, Sex Crimes
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The false modesty of 'nerds'
Jonah GoldbergWashington is full of nerds. I know. I speak nerd, not fluently mind you, at least not anymore. But I certainly know more than a few phrases memorized from a Berlitz nerd-to-English phrase book. I can talk Dungeons & Dragons (both D&D and AD&D). I know...Tags: Jimmy Kimmel, Entertainment, The New York Times, Tina Fey, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (tv program)
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May 2, 2012
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