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Booker pulling in the cash from outside N.J.
The Philadelphia InquirerHow do you raise $1.9 million in three months? If you're Newark Mayor Cory Booker, you tap into a network of admirers that includes some of Hollywood's biggest producers, media moguls, and name-brand developers. Then you bring in Wolfgang Puck to...Tags: Media Industry, New York Knicks, Mark Zuckerberg, Celebrities, Ron Howard
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EPA probes flame retardants but lacks power to ban
As the Obama administration launches a broad investigation of flame retardants used in furniture and other household goods, the nation's top environmental regulators are running into the limitations of a federal law that makes it practically impossible to...
Tags: National Government, American Academy of Pediatrics, Judges, Barack Obama, Science
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Give 'bomb control' a chance
He thought his wife was in love with another man, police say, so James L. McFillin of Baltimore decided to blow up the other man. It was 1979. McFillin wired two sticks of an explosive called Tovex 220 into the electrical system of a truck belonging...Tags: Firearms, U.S. Supreme Court, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Bill Clinton, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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Courage in short supply
WASHINGTON -- The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try. In an unorthodox tactic, he appealed directly...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Lobbying, Kelly Ayotte, Parties and Movements, Heidi Heitkamp
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Johnson to retire in 2014
Tribune Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Democrats’ efforts to maintain a majority in the U.S. Senate after next year’s midterm elections were thrown into further doubt Tuesday when Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., became the fifth senior member of the party to announce his...Tags: Mike Rounds, Jim DeMint, Tom Harkin, John D. Rockefeller IV, Tim Johnson
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SD Sen. Tim Johnson retirement opens door for GOP
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson was expected to announce his retirement Tuesday, making the state the fifth where Democrats will have to defend a seat without an incumbent seeking re-election. The decision opens up a 2014 race...
Tags: Mike Rounds, Primaries, Tom Harkin, Tim Johnson, John D. Rockefeller IV
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Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...Tags: Mike Rounds, Tom Latham, Mike J. Rogers, Tom Harkin, John D. Rockefeller IV
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The operatic governor
TRENTON, N.J. -- Coyness is not part of Chris Christie's repertoire, which does not stress subtlety, delicacy and intimation. New Jersey's governor is more Mickey Spillane than Jane Austen and his persona, which sometimes is that of a bulldog who got up...
Tags: Chris Christie, Jane Austen, John Boehner, Tony Soprano (fictional character), Barack Obama
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Column: The operatic governor
Coyness is not part of Chris Christie’s repertoire, which also does not stress subtlety, delicacy and intimation. New Jersey’s governor is more Mickey Spillane than Jane Austen and his persona, which sometimes is that of a bulldog who got up...Tags: Chris Christie, Mark Zuckerberg, Jane Austen, Tony Soprano (fictional character), John Boehner
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Broward Dems to hear from Newark's Cory Booker at annual fundraiser
Sun SentinelCory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., and Democratic wunderkind, is the headliner for the Broward Democratic Party’s annual fundraising dinner. Booker, 43, received rave reviews from Democrats after his speech last year to...Tags: Chris Christie, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Coral Springs, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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In State With 'Assault Weapons' Ban, Lanza's Rifle Still Legal
Adam Lanza blasted through the glass doors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School clutching a military-style Bushmaster rifle with 30 rounds in the clip and hundreds more at the ready. When his chilling rampage was over minutes later, Lanza had used the...Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Firearms, MSNBC (tv network), Adam Lanza, Crime, Law and Justice
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Chemical companies are grilled about flame retardants
— The world's leading manufacturers of flame retardants faced scathing criticism Tuesday from U.S. senators angered by what they called the industry's misuse of science, misleading testimony and creation of a phony consumer group that stoked the...
Tags: Chemtura Corporation, Jeff Merkley, Parties and Movements, Consumer Goods Industries, Republican Party
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Jan 31, 2013
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Jan 7, 2013
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Dec 18, 2012
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