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Congress votes to remove word 'lunatic' from law

Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune, Dec 5 2012, 1:16pm CST

WASHINGTON — You can say "lunatic" all you want, but you probably won't have the government's blessing. 'That word will be stricken from federal law under legislation that passed the House Wednesday and is heade ...

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Federal media shield law would not obstruct Obama war on journalism (Other Views)

Source: The Saratogian  |   May 24 2013, 6:27pm CDT

The point of media shield laws is to protect reporters from legal efforts to force them to disclose the identities of confidential sources, and their means of communicating with them. That might not be important for the majority of new stories, but it f ...

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The other IRS scandal

Source: HutchNews.com  |   May 24 2013, 4:55pm CDT

Published: 5/24/2013 4:05 PM | Last update: 5/24/2013 4:05 PM WASHINGTON - Let us stipulate that now might not be the best time - with IRS officials exposed for abusing power, caught in self-serving deceptions ...

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President Obama: Put Words Into Action

Source: Humanitarian News  |   May 24 2013, 3:22pm CDT

President Barack Obama’s national security speech yesterday addressed the need to close Guantanamo, address the need for greater transparency, and acknowledge the troubling issues surrounding his killer drone program (Photo Credit: Getty Ima ...

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Gun control group focuses on Ark. senator with ad

Source: KATV  |   May 24 2013, 2:47pm CDT

Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement are receiving the highest honor Congress gives to civilians.More >> Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement are receiving ...

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After failure on gun legislation, Obama learning limits of his power

Source: Charlotte Observer  |   May 24 2013, 2:44pm CDT

WASHINGTON Six months after his triumphant re-election, President Barack Obama has run into the hard reality of the modern presidency. The cheering crowds that helped vault him into a second term in the White House mean littl ...

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Obama wants to end 'war on terror' but Congress balks

Source: Reuters.co.uk  |   May 24 2013, 2:34pm CDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the U.S. Naval Academy commencement ceremony in Annapolis, May 24, 2013. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants to roll back some of the most controversial aspect ...

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Ending the war on terror, committing to peacetime values (Other Views)

Source: The Register Citizen  |   May 24 2013, 2:04pm CDT

An X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft is launched for the first time off an aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia. (Jason Reed/Reuters) Holding a single flower each, two protesters wearing black ...

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The rise of the fourth branch of government

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 24 2013, 1:55pm CDT

Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University. There were times this past week when it seemed like the 19th-century Know-Nothing Party had returned to Washington. President Obama insisted he ...

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10 hours ago

John W. Whitehead: The Age of Authoritarianism: Government of the Politicians, by the Military, for the Corporations

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 24 2013, 1:08pm CDT

"[F]orce alone cannot make us safe. We cannot use force everywhere that a radical ideology takes root; and in the absence of a strategy that reduces the well-spring of extremism, a perpetual war -- through drones ...

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Barack Obama calls on military to stamp out sexual assault

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 24 2013, 12:04pm CDT

On a day of celebration for the graduating class of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland the president used his commencement address to newly-minted naval and marine officers to confront a problem that ...

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