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A major storm could ruin the coast's tourism
The Brunswick News, Ga.When Scott McQuade thinks about the Jersey Shore these days, he envisions something he hopes he never sees here. To the director of the Golden Isles Convention and Visitors Bureau, the images are haunting -- oceanside attractions like roller coasters...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Atlantic Ocean
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Kingsley Guy: Florida still needs election changes
This year, the Legislature enacted "ethics reform" in an effort to improve Florida's political climate. That's all well and good, but it's time now for lawmakers and the electorate to consider far-reaching structural reforms to upgrade Sunshine State...Tags: Bob Graham, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, U.S. Senate, Regional Elections
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Annual 'Click It Or Ticket' campaign begins
Odessa American, TexasPolice and regional transportation officials announced drivers and passengers not wearing seat belts will be targets of increased enforcement beginning this month as part of the "Click It or Ticket" public awareness campaign. The heightened...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Judges, Justice System
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Billie Sol Estes, the 'king of Texas wheeler-dealers,' dies
Fort Worth Star-TelegramBillie Sol Estes, a West Texas millionaire, con man and friend of politicians, was found dead Tuesday morning at his home in DeCordova, daughter Pamela Padget said. He was 88. Mr. Estes was a legendary wheeler-dealer who went to prison three times,...Tags: Chemical Industry, Prisons, Fertilizer, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), France
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Child-porn subscriber charged with having 8 illegal videos, deputies say
A 48-year-old Osceola County man who has been under investigation last summer was charged recently with eight crimes related child pornography, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said today. Matthew Lyndon Johnson of St. Cloud is accused of...
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ANALYSIS-Once a beacon, Obama under fire over civil liberties
ReutersBy Joan Biskupic and David Ingram WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - He may have been the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He may have written a book extolling...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Ronald Reagan, University of Chicago, Terrorism, Civil Rights
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Texas swindler Billie Sol Estes dead at 88
ReutersDALLAS (Reuters) - Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texan who was convicted of bilking millions of dollars from a federal crop subsidy program, died on Tuesday at age 88, police said. Estes, whose exploits in the 1960s captured headlines across the...Tags: John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963)
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Analysis: Once a beacon, Obama under fire over civil liberties
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - He may have been the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He may have written a book extolling constitutional values in a democracy. And he may have...Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Crime, Law and Justice, Ronald Reagan, University of Chicago, Terrorism
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Barbara Walters: Let the victory lap begin!
Let the Barbara Walter's farewell tour begin! Monday's edition of "The View" opened with the show's founder and star fixing the camera with that fearless don't-let-the-strange-absence-of-wrinkles-fool-you-I've-been-on-television-for-50-years gaze and...Tags: Journalism, ABC (tv network), Fidel Castro, Barbara Walters, Brad Paisley
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Dover stayed 'near and dear' to former Gov. George Leader
York Daily Record, Pa.Decades ago, Betty Seiple's uncles would buy chickens from George Leader. In more recent years, she knew him as the owner of the retirement community where she lived. When he came to visit, which people said he did regularly, he would talk to everybody,...Tags: Religion and Belief, York (York, Pennsylvania), York County (Pennsylvania), Government, Politics
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OPINION: Republicans continue to lose minority voters
Tulsa WorldIf anyone was unsure before, the report last week from the U.S. Census Bureau ought to send a clear signal: Minorities are gaining muscle in elections. According to the Census Bureau, in the 2012 presidential election, for the first time on record,...Tags: Marco Rubio, Crime, Law and Justice, Chuck Schumer, Social Issues, U.S. Senate
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Art Callaham: O'Reilly's book on Kennedy a good read
I was never a “Kennedyphile” — lifelong southern conservative Republicans usually are not. Sure, I was a starry-eyed 15-year-old who understood “Camelot,” liked the pictures of bikini clad Jackie-O (as she was later to be...Tags: Elections, Gun Control, Central Intelligence Agency, Fidel Castro, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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