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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Parties and Movements, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama
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3 days of marches against school closings planned
With just over a week before the Chicago Board of Education votes on a proposal to close 54 schools, the Chicago Teachers Union and other activist groups said Monday they would hold marches over three days to protest the plan. The marches will begin...
Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Elections, Chicago Mayor, Karen Lewis
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Former Argentine dictator Jorge Videla dies of natural causes at age 87 serving life in prison
Associated PressBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called "subversives," died...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Prisons, Justice and Rights, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Myanmar frees dissidents before leader's U.S. visit
NEW DELHI — Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, days before a historic summit with President Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups. The ex-general's...
Tags: Media Industry, European Union, Prisons, Political Dissent, Human Rights Watch
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Union protesters urge Morning Call owners not to sell to Koch brothers
About a dozen protesters demonstrated outside The Morning Call's Allentown offices Thursday to urge its parent company, Tribune Co., not to sell its newspapers to conservative businessmen Charles and David Koch. The politically active brothers...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Tribune Company, Peter Liguori, Newspaper and Magazine, Bruce Karsh
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Tea party tax filings show low-budget activism, with some million-dollar exceptions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to...Tags: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, FBI, Parties and Movements, Budgets and Budgeting
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Orthodox priests join thousands of protesters in Georgia's capital and derail gay pride rally
Associated PressTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to...Tags: Religion and Belief, Tbilisi (Georgia), European Union, Arts and Culture, Human Rights
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In Bangladesh, shock may give way to status quo
NEW DELHI — The disaster caused shocking loss of life among young, mostly female garment workers, awoke the conscience of a nation, spotlighted dismal working conditions and spurred loud calls for construction and labor reform. So far, that...Tags: Italy, Religion and Belief, Career and Workplace, Tommy Hilfiger, Exports
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Tribune newspapers attract suitors, 'noise'
Tribune reporterSeeking to tamp down “noise” over the possible sale of its newspapers, Tribune Co. CEO Peter Liguori sent an email to employees Wednesday calling speculation about a transaction premature. “A sale transaction is only one of our...Tags: Tribune Company, Career and Workplace, Employees, Newspaper and Magazine, Bruce Karsh
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Man killed in Englewood neighborhood related to longtime activist
Tribune reportersThe great-nephew of a prominent Englewood community activist was fatally shot as he was driving from his great-grandmother's home Sunday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood, according to family and police. Ronald A. Baskin, 21, of south suburban...Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Local Elections, Hospitals and Clinics, Mother's Day, Gresham
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Relative of Englewood activist Hal Baskin is fatally shot
The great-nephew of a prominent Englewood community activist was fatally shot Sunday in that neighborhood, according to family and police. Ronald Baskin, 21, of Lansing, was leaving his great-grandmother's home after stopping by to wish her a happy...
Tags: Local Elections, Mother's Day, Hal E. Baskin, Shootings, Murder
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Connecticut Moms Take Lead On Social, Political Causes
The Hartford CourantFar from the Hallmark holiday it's turned into, Mother's Day was conceived in the U.S. by female activists interested in expanding women's impact in society. In Connecticut and across the county, women are carrying on that tradition, incorporating their...Tags: Queens (New York City), Newtown, Drunk Driving, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Woodrow Wilson
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