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LGBT activists in Doral protest Rubio after gay couples left out of immigration plan
The Miami HeraldMIAMI Gay activists gathered Wednesday in front of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's Doral office to protest the Senate Judiciary Committee's failure to include undocumented gay foreign nationals in a bipartisan immigration reform bill the panel approved late...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Memorial Day, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Illegal Immigrants
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CEO compensation from stock keeps growing as companies respond to shareholder activists
AP Business WriterCEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up. The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by...Tags: Big Lots Incorporated, Jamie Dimon, Viacom Inc., Citigroup Incorporated, Kent J. Thiry
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Chanting 'Stop the IRS,' protesters rally over agency's scrutiny of tea party groups
Associated PressCINCINNATI (AP) — Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings across the country to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups. A crowd...Tags: Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Music
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For Nappier And Other Activists, Only A Moral Victory in Dimon Vote At JPMorgan Chase
Shareholder activists including state Treasurer Denise L. Nappier, who tried to force JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon to give up his chairman post, will have to be satisfied with a moral victory. Their bid fell short Tuesday at the company's...Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Jamie Dimon, Tampa, Companies and Corporations, The Walt Disney Co.
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People protesting planned school closings arrested at City Hall
Tribune reporterMore than 20 people protesting Chicago Public School plans to close 53 elementary schools were arrested this afternoon at City Hall, officials said. The protesters were arrested after sitting and blocking elevators on the main floor of the building...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Teachers Union, Unions, Career and Workplace, Police Arrests
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Activists seek to keep PA chief justice Castille from another 10-year term
HARRISBURG — Printed on the front of the activists' binder was "PA Chief Justice Ron Castille" inside a red caution symbol over the phrase "Put the 'NO' In November." Activists Tim Potts and Eric Epstein said the binder — filled with news...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials
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Pot activists reportedly arrested
Philadelphia Daily NewsALUMINUM BASEBALL bats, frying pans and bullhorns made 7th and Arch streets one noisy corner yesterday, as dozens of activists gathered outside the Federal Detention Center to protest arrests they said were made at a marijuana event Saturday. "No...Tags: The Washington Post, Prisons, Police Arrests, Politics
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of State, Marco Rubio, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress
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Seattle labor activist Will Parry dies at 93
Seattle TimesWill Parry, a labor activist and writer whose commitment to working people and social justice made him an inspiration to generations of progressive leaders, died May 13 at age 93. Mr. Parry was a gifted writer and a passionate activist. He worked to...Tags: Politics
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Shady links of the opposition
Gulf Daily News, Manama, BahrainA GROUP that provides a platform for Bahraini opposition activists has been accused of accepting cash donations from right-wing organisations that campaign against Muslims. This includes $600,000 in donations from the US-based Donors Capital Fund, which...Tags: Anders Breivik, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Trials, Justice and Rights
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NC General Assembly police defend arrests of demonstrators
The News & ObserverRetired Methodist minister Vernon Tyson of Raleigh was among the 200 demonstrators at the Legislative Building last week for the weekly Moral Monday demonstration, protesting new initiatives from the GOP-led General Assembly. Many of the demonstrators...Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Police Arrests, Political Dissent
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Eritrean youth face most harrowing atrocities: activist
Sudan TribuneRenowned Eritrean activist Meron Estefanos has told an international conference in Oslo that of all the atrocities taking place in the repressive Red Sea nation, the plight of its youth is the most harrowing. In an eloquent and quietly emotive speech at...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Journalism
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