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L.A. Salsa Congress gives bachata room to dance
Salsa dancers know that it's crucial to have a partner with good rhythmic chemistry. The same could be said of salsa music, a flamboyant genre that can be picky about sharing the floor with others. So it's noteworthy that at the 15th annual L.A. Salsa...
Tags: Fine Artists, Dance, Aventura (music group), Festive Events, Colombia
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Fed's Dudley says decision on stimulus pullback still months away
WASHINGTON — A top Federal Reserve official said Wednesday that a decision on reducing the central bank's unprecedented economic stimulus efforts still is three to four months away as policymakers first must determine if the recovery is strong...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Jamie Dimon, Labor Markets, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Anthony Weiner in N.Y. mayor race 2 years after 'sexting' scandal
NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose once-shining political career collapsed after lewd online relationships with women forced him to resign from Congress two years ago, entered New York's mayoral race Wednesday with promises to make...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Bill Thompson, Barack Obama, Anthony D. Weiner, Local Elections
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Apple slips billions through loopholes of U.S. tax laws
Apple, America’s richest, most innovative consumer technology company, is also the most creative in hiding billions of dollars in profits from the taxman, according to congressional investigators. But on Tuesday in testimony before the Senate...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, John McCain, Carl Levin, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology
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Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy
 WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Republic of Ireland, John McCain, Tim Cook, Companies and Corporations
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Immigration bill clears hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate next month that could lead to the biggest victory for...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Career and Workplace, Migration
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Rep. Issa tested by the spotlight
WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the White House to do more to help us elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, I send them a picture of Darrell...
Tags: Henry A Waxman, Career and Workplace, Democratic Party, Darrell E Issa, Ethics
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Immigration reform: Closer to reality or destined for failure?
Oh, how much things have changed in just a few months. Last May, Republicans and Democrats couldn't agree on any aspect of immigration reform. But on Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a far-reaching immigration bill, clearing the way for a...
Tags: Migration, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Justice System
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McManus: Obama's IRS choice
Message to the president: Resistance is futile. There are plenty of juicy targets for investigators in the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, but the most dangerous for President Obama is this: Did bureaucrats...
Tags: Prosecution, Jay Carney, Max Baucus, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...
Tags: Jay Carney, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Darrell E Issa, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities
WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of American adults say...
Tags: Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Weather, Global Warming
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Immigration cases make up 40% of federal prosecutions, study says
Immigration-related offenses are now the leading type of federal prosecution, constituting more than 40% of cases compared with 22% for drug crimes, according to federal crime data. Many immigrants are now prosecuted because they try to cross the border...
Tags: Crimes, Prosecution, Migration, Misdemeanors, Crime, Law and Justice
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