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6/14/2012-Hold On Holder
So far, Eric Holder has been the only attorney general in the Obama Administration. President George W. Bush had three, John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales and Michael Mukasey. Controversy seems to follow the office. Ashcroft championed the Patriot Act...
Tags: Lawyers, Republican Party, Michael Mukasey, FBI, Elections
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Sun goes easy on Obama leaks
If this was during President George W. Bush's term, there would have been no "question" about drone and cyber attacks (not to mention leaks by the White House). He would have been vilified by your paper ("The secret wars," June 8). And by the way,...Tags: White House, Eric Holder, George W. Bush
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Iconic Dairy Queen closes after 67 years in business
jscherder@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo -- It's the end of an era. The Dairy Queen in downtown Springfield has become an institution in the Ozarks. Now it's closing up shop on Jefferson Street. "[Our customers have] touched our hearts," said Dairy Queen co-owner Less Rohr. It's... -
Notorious Security Contractor, Blackwater, Changes Its Name Again
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON, DC -- The company once known as the world's most notorious private security contractor, Blackwater, is changing its name and its look once again in a bid to prove that it has outgrown its toxic reputation. Renaming the company "ACADEMI"...Tags: National Security Agency, Economy, Business and Finance, Sales, Politics, Services and Shopping
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Christopher Hitchens dies at 62; engaging, enraging author and essayist
Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was...Tags: Human Rights, Jacobo Timerman, Religion and Belief, Politics, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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In New Hampshire presidential primary victory speech, brittle Massachusetts stiff blasts incumbent as an 'arrogant, inept, reckless ....great divider'
Change of SubjectThough I felt Mitt Romney's speech last night was unnecessarily ugly in its attacks on President Obama, I must admit after now having done my research that it wasn't all that different in tone and approach from the speech given...... -
Republicans refuse to confirm leader for ATF despite its troubles
Congressional Republicans have been upset at the management at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which authorized a botched sting operation near the Mexican border that put guns in the hands of drug criminals.
But Republican...Tags: White House, Lawyers, Civil Rights, Republican Party, Prosecution
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September 2011 Program Guide
Staff reporterTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 TOO CHRISTIAN TO BE ELECTED? Are the Republican presidential candidates too Christian? Bill Keller, Executive Editor of the N.Y. Times said they were in a recent major Times Magazine article. The attack, from him and others , on...Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Political Candidates, Politics, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Brownback sworn-in as 46th governor of Kansas
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsSam Brownback has been sworn in as Kansas' governor, assuming office with the state facing a big budget shortfall. He took the oath of office Monday in the Kansas House chamber. Among the guests were Sen. Pat Roberts, former Atty. General and Senator...Tags: Republican Party, Kansas Legislature, Elections, Politics, Pat Roberts
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Flawed roundup policy suspended
Shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. government established a policy requiring men and boys from 25 countries - almost all Muslim, and all of them in Asia or Africa - to report for "special registration." Turns out it wasn't such a hot idea....Tags: Periodicals, Islam, Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Justice, National Security
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For France's Marianne, big breasts aren't always better
Culture MonsterFrench mayor embarrassed by big-breasted Marianne sculpture... -
Sonia Sotomayor: Court TV
The Swampby Mark Silva This isn't exactly "Judge Sonia.'' But it is video of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a member of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the Supreme Court, questioning a government lawyer......Tags: Heads of State, Lawyers, National Security, Politics, Judges
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