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U.S. attorney involved in leaking Fast and Furious document
WASHINGTON -- The former top federal prosecutor in Arizona retaliated against the lead whistle blower in the Fast and Furious controversy by leaking an internal report that suggested he too once favored “walking guns” along the Southwest...
Tags: Operation Fast and Furious, Mark J. Sullivan, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System
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Ricin suspect believed he was in 'secret war'
WASHINGTON — In the early-morning hours before he was arrested on suspicion of sending a poison-laced letter to the president of the United States, Paul Kevin Curtis was typing messages on his Facebook profile. Over the previous few days, the 45-...
Tags: Government, Hospitals and Clinics, Barack Obama, Roger F. Wicker, FBI
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Letter sent to Obama tested positive for ricin, official says
WASHINGTON -- An envelope addressed to President Obama and intercepted at a mail processing facility has tested positive for the poison ricin, a law enforcement official said Wednesday. Officials are conducting additional tests to confirm the result,...
Tags: FBI, Barack Obama, Roger F. Wicker, White House
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President Obama: When making nice can be naughty
Does it matter that President Obama was right? That Kamala Harris is “the best-looking attorney general in the country”? Not really. As a quip, it failed; as an attempt at gallantry, it didn’t need saying. The president cushioned his...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Feminism, John McCain, John F. Kennedy
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The new reality at the border
The image of illegal immigration in the minds of most Americans is of poor Mexicans streaming across the Southwest border. This is not entirely wrong, but it is outdated. As Congress debates immigration reform, it is worth taking a look at what's changed....
Tags: FBI, Economic Inequality, Media Industry, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration
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NRA says more guns in schools will protect children
Think of the NRA’s newly proposed National School Shield initiative as a kiddie version of the National Missile Defense program. Star Wars for Schoolyards. A hail of bullets will protect everyone! After the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Religion and Belief, Mental Health, Illegal Immigrants, Wayne LaPierre
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Rex Scouten dies at 88; longtime White House chief usher
Rex Scouten, whose 48-year career in the White House began with the Trumans and ended with the Clintons, and whose duties included helping first families transition to their oversized new home, died Feb. 20 at a hospital near his home in Fairfax, Va. He...
Tags: U.S. Army, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, White House, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan
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'Olympus Has Fallen': Live chat with director Antoine Fuqua
Join director Antoine Fuqua and Times staff writer Glenn Whipp for a live video chat about Fuqua's latest film, "Olympus Has Fallen," and his career at 1:30 p.m. Pacific time Thursday. The action thriller "Olympus Has Fallen" stars Gerard Butler as a...
Tags: Antoine Fuqua, Gerard Butler, Olympus Has Fallen (movie), September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Obama names the first woman to head the Secret Service
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Tuesday named a high-ranking career employee of the U.S. Secret Service to become its first female director. Julia A. Pierson, a veteran of the agency’s Miami and Orlando, Fla., field offices, serves as...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Labor Legislation, Barack Obama
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'The Croods' is weekend's No. 1, 'Olympus' beats expectations
It was a weekend of firsts at the box office. The No. 1 spot went to the first cave-man family in "The Croods," and "Olympus Has Fallen" star Gerard Butler had his first strong showing at the multiplex in years. The 3-D animated family film beat out...
Tags: Vanessa Hudgens, Paul Rudd, Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Nicolas Cage
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'Olympus Has Fallen's' Antoine Fuqua seeks 'truth' amid action
There's a notable moment in "Olympus Has Fallen," director Antoine Fuqua's action thriller that arrives in theaters Friday: a desecrated American flag is discarded from atop the White House by North Korean terrorists and falls, in slow-motion, to the...
Tags: Brooklyn's Finest (movie), Eminem, Entertainment, Terrorism, Antoine Fuqua
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Butler: 'Olympus Has Fallen' is really a tale of 'redemption'
If you head out to see the Gerard Butler action movie “Olympus Has Fallen” this weekend, you’re probably going for the pyrotechnics: The White House is blown to smithereens, the Washington Monument dramatically implodes, many bad guys...
Tags: Antoine Fuqua, Entertainment, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Gerard Butler, Olympus Has Fallen (movie)
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