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Carroll County's gun law nullification fantasy
Nullification fever is spreading across the rural counties along the Mason-Dixon Line, with Cecil, Harford and Carroll counties passing resolutions in the last month declaring their view that Maryland's new gun control law is unconstitutional. Cecil's...
Tags: Laws, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Antonin Scalia, Judges
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Maine governor moves out of State House office over TV screen dispute with lawmakers
Associated PressAUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the IRS to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of governor's mansion...Tags: Business, Government, Unemployment Benefits, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Young people fascinated with history
History is for old fogeys, right? Well, then, what are all these young people doing volunteering at the Washington County Historical Society? And, why are high and middle school students engaged with in-depth historical research projects? Interns and...Tags: Heart Surgery, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Crime, Law and Justice, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Colleges and Universities
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Law-firm partner, ex-federal prosecutor Fardon nominated to head Chicago US attorney's office
CHICAGO (AP) — Law-firm partner, ex-federal prosecutor Fardon nominated to head Chicago US attorney's office.Tags: Yemen, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Paranoid or prescient?
Victor Davis HansonGovernment is now so huge, powerful and callous that citizens risk becoming proverbial serfs without the freedoms guaranteed by the Founders. Is that perennial fear an exaggeration? Survey the current news. We have just learned that the Internal Revenue...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Abortion Issue, Justice System, Security
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Life's work honored
Special to The TribuneWASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took turns Wednesday leading an often humorous but sometimes emotional celebration of the decades-long service of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh as the University of Notre Dame's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Donnelly, U.S. House of Representatives, Colleges and Universities, Tim Roemer
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O.C. hate crimes fall; attacks based on sexual orientation rise
The number of reported hate crimes in Orange County fell by 21% last year, even though such crimes based on sexual orientation almost doubled, according to a report released Thursday. The Orange County Human Relations Commission found that 61 hate...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Minority Groups
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Julian Bond: Race relations progress still has long way to go
I have always suspected racists didn't like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof. When I told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on May 14th that the tea party was "the Taliban wing of American politics", a firestorm erupted. Arguing the IRS was...Tags: Social Issues, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party, Racism
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Illinois business urges federal court to lift contraception mandate
Lawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First...
Tags: Business, Crime, Law and Justice, Roman Catholicism, Belief and Faith, Labor Legislation
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Author Michelle Alexander To Be Honored At Stowe's Big Tent Jubilee
The Hartford CourantRegistration is open for the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center's big event, the Stowe Prize Big Tent Jubilee, which will take place on May 30 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on the Stowe Center grounds, 77 Forest St., Hartford. The event will honor the 2013 Stowe...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Burlington (Hartford, Connecticut), Haddam, Literature
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U.S. for first time acknowledges role in deaths of Americans in drone strikes
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The Obama administration confirmed for the first time on Wednesday that four Americans have died in U.S. drone strikes since 2009, but it sought to justify the killing of only one a senior leader of al-Qaida's Yemen-based affiliate and said...Tags: Politics, Yemen, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, George W. Bush
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Connecticut bill would allow Newtown families to decide fate of massacre records
Associated PressHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The public release of any photograph, videotape or digital recording related to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting would require the written consent of victims' family members, according to a working draft...Tags: Government, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Freedom of Information Laws
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