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No central agency oversees, inspects cruise ships
MIAMI (AP) — A byzantine maze of maritime rules and regulations, fragmented oversight and a patchwork quilt of nations that do business with cruise lines make it tough for consumers to assess the health and safety record of the ship they're about to...
Tags: Maritime (music group), Disease Prevention, Gulf of Mexico, United Nations, Mexico
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Rockefeller meeting puts face on domestic violence issue
matthewu@herald-mail.comPatricia Greenlee never thought she would be a victim of domestic violence. She never witnessed a domestic violence in her life. Her parents had been married for 52 years, and she and her four siblings all were college educated. “I always...Tags: U.S. Congress, Chuck Grassley, Elections, U.S. Senate, Labor Legislation
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Senators use hearing to air CIA controversies
WASHINGTON - The confirmation hearing Thursday of John Brennan to be CIA director reopened scrutiny of a wide range of controversies that have dogged the country for more than a decade, ranging from the Obama administration's embrace of targeted...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Murder, Anwar al-Awlaki, Police Investigations, Washington, DC
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Brennan criticizes CIA interrogations
WASHINGTON -- A secret Senate report on harsh CIA interrogations of terrorism suspects makes “rather damning” allegations of mismanagement and misrepresentation by CIA officers that must be investigated, President Obama’s nominee to be...
Tags: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Police Investigations, U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC
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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Lamar Alexander, Ron Wyden, Richard Shelby, John Kerry, Carl Levin
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Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, a liberal stalwart, won't seek reelection
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, a liberal Democrat and a champion for Americans with disabilities, announced Saturday that he will not run for reelection next year, deciding that 40 years in Congress is enough. Harkin’s retirement gives Republicans a chance...Tags: U.S. Congress, Saxby Chambliss, U.S. House of Representatives, Elections, U.S. Senate
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Unions suffer sharp decline in membership
WASHINGTON (AP) — Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had difficulty organizing new members in the private sector despite signs of an improving...
Tags: AFL-CIO, Washington, DC, Employment, Barack Obama, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Former Del. Larry V. Faircloth to run for Capito's congressional seat
matthewu@herald-mail.comFormer Del. Larry V. Faircloth, R-Berkeley, announced Wednesday that he will run next year for the congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito. Faircloth, 64, of Inwood, W.Va., said in a news release that he has been encouraged by...Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Washington, DC, David McKinley, Larry V. Faircloth
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'Fiscal cliff' deal delivers $64 billion in tax breaks
When President Obama signed the "fiscal cliff" legislation, the middle class wasn't the only group saved from tax hikes. The new law, which rescinded the automatic tax increases and spending cuts that would have gone into effect beginning Jan. 1,...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Credit and Debt, Personal Income, Business, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, to retire from Senate
WASHINGTON -- Facing the prospect of a tough reelection fight, veteran West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, 75, announced Friday that he will leave the Senate when his current term ends. His decision makes him the first senator in either party whose term...Tags: Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry, New York City, Parties and Movements, Politics
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A rally cry to tame spending
"Even victors are by victories undone." — John Dryden WASHINGTON — Democrats not allergic to arithmetic must know the cost of their "fiscal cliff" victory. When they flinched from allowing all of George W. Bush’s tax rates,...Tags: Services and Shopping, George W. Bush, Ron Wyden, Tim Johnson, Mary L. Landrieu
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Mail Call - Jan. 11
“I see the top tax rate has now climbed to 39.5 percent. The 1913 federal tax rate (adjusted for inflation) was 1 percent for citizens earning zero to $453,000. The top rate was 7 percent for those making over $11 million. Of course, this was when...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Congress, Mitt Romney, Elections, Democratic Party
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Jan 11, 2013
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