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St. Paul pastor at center of U.S. labor secretary confirmation battle
Star TribuneWASHINGTON, D.C. -- In the fractious congressional battle over labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez, St. Paul pastor Fredrick Newell is the star witness caught in the middle. Newell, a longtime neighborhood jobs activist, became an unlikely witness...Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Justice and Rights, Barack Obama
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GOP ramps up criticism of Perez
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans, including Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, stepped up their criticism of Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez on Tuesday, amplifying their concerns a day before the former state official faces a Senate committee vote on his...
Tags: David Vitter, Takoma Park (Montgomery, Maryland), Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace
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Boston bombing inquiries prompt new look at student visas
The federal government will tighten oversight to help ensure that foreign students seeking to enter the United States have valid student visas — the latest step to increase security after the Boston Marathon bombings. The heightened scrutiny by U....
Tags: Prosecution, Janet Napolitano, National Security, National Government, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Penny Pritzker is pick as commerce secretary
President Barack Obama lauded her skills, several prominent business groups quickly heaped praise and critics remained generally quiet after Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker was introduced Thursday as Obama's nominee to lead the Commerce...Tags: U.S. Senate, American Enterprise Institute, Hyatt Hotels Corp., U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace
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Remains of Boston Marathon bombing suspect claimed
The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was the subject of a massive manhunt and died in a gunbattle with police, was claimed on Thursday. Department of Public Safety spokesman Terrel Harris said a funeral home retained by...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Prosecution, Janet Napolitano, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Boston bombing brings out the new xenophobes
The Boston Marathon bombing has brought out the xenophobes. Often when America suffers some large, inexplicable tragedy, we want to blame "foreigners" and look for ways to fortify ourselves against them. It's more reassuring to believe that an evil lies...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice and Rights, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Harry Reid
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Opponents say Common Core oversimplifies education, lessens local control
Daily American Staff WriterPeople opposed to Common Core State Standards say that it is a "one-size-fits-all" approach to education and that it takes away local control of schools. Some states have halted the standards' implementation. The Republican National Committee in early...Tags: Students, Tea Party Movement, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Teaching and Learning
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Robert B. Reich: The new xenophobes
American VoicesThe Boston Marathon bombing has brought out the xenophobes. Often when America suffers some large, inexplicable tragedy, we want to blame "foreigners" and look for ways to fortify ourselves against them. It's more reassuring to believe that an evil...Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice and Rights, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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U.S. Senate doesn't need 'another congressman,' Branstad says
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IowaGov. Terry Branstad's political shot at U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Waterloo, may have inadvertently winged GOP ally, U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, as well. The five-term GOP governor told reporters at his weekly news conference Monday that he was...Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Terry Branstad, Steve King, Elections
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Counting on new workers as immigration debate brews
The Buffalo NewsIn the hallways of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and on the farms of Niagara County, Washington's brewing debate about immigration reform isn't about "amnesty," or about the fear that someone from far away will come to America to do us harm. It's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Chuck Schumer, Justice and Rights, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace
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Sides weigh in on Internet sales tax issue
The Hawk Eye, Burlington, IowaEver since online businesses arrived in the 1990s, the collection of sales tax has been a sore spot of contention between brick-and-mortar retail stores and their Internet counterparts. The issue of allowing states to collect sales tax on Internet sales...Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Terry Branstad, Business, Amazon.com Inc.
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Common Core topic of schools workshop
The Spokesman-ReviewIdaho schools will switch this fall to Common Core State Standards designed to raise student achievement, and the Coeur d'Alene School Board will take a closer look Monday at what that means for local schools. The board workshop was prompted by...Tags: Glenn Beck, Jeb Bush, Students, Regional Authority, Government
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