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Obama Looking For Ways Around Congress On Gun Policy
The Department of Justice held the first in what is expected to be a series of meetings on Tuesday afternoon with a group of stakeholders in the ongoing gun-policy debates. Before the meeting, officials said part of the discussion was expected to
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:38P
Eva Longoria Talks To Allure Magazine About Her Divorce
Longoria also credits important women in her life – friends and family – with helping her get her through the difficult times. She says she “collects people” in her life, particularly “amazing, smart, interesting women.” The actress is also taking
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:38P
Prison escape used smuggled cell phone
A Texas convict who escaped a week ago from a Beaumont prison used a smuggled cell phone to arrange his freedom — the first time one has been using in an escape, authorities confirmed this afternoon.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:37P
UK prisoners seek right to vote in increasing numbers
But this week in a written answer to the Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan, he said that the figure had risen to 3500. While the government considers its position on the issue the ECHR is also deciding whether to reconsider the cases which prompted
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:37P
Fred Meyer makes a deal to pay deployed employees
The Department of Justice in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs launched an investigation after receiving complaints from veterans that they had not received step increases and pension benefits during their periods of military
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:37P
Michigan set to allow voiding of unions contracts
“For years we have allowed cities and schools to be on the verge of bankruptcy without any intervention,” Pscholka said. “When the state finally does arrive, in many cases we find the financial records in disarray and leave emergency managers with very
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:37P
Michigan set to allow voiding of union contracts
“For years we have allowed cities and schools to be on the verge of bankruptcy without any intervention,” Pscholka said. “When the state finally does arrive, in many cases we find the financial records in disarray and leave emergency managers with very
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:37P
Exclusive: Religious Leaders for Immigration Equality for Gay and Lesbian Couples
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in the Senate. Nadler told me last year he considered the current state of the law "cruelty." Of the many great injustices in this broken immigration system, family separation is one of the most egregious.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:36P
Deal Signs HOPE
"I don't think that it was a choice between change and the status quo," said Deal. "It was a choice between change and bankruptcy." The new law cuts the scholarship for current college students with HOPE by 10% starting in the fall.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:36P
Illinois man gets life in stepdaughter's slaying
Judge Kathryn Creswell said Erin Justice "had her whole life ahead of her" when she sentenced 44-year-old Laurence Lovejoy on Tuesday. The judge called the crime "shockingly evil." Lovejoy was convicted of the murder and sentenced to death in 2007,
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:36P
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