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Judge orders JPL to drop discipline over scientists' email
A National Labor Relations Board judge has ordered NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to rescind disciplinary actions against five scientists who shared emails at work about a Supreme Court decision on background security checks for JPL employees....Tags: Science, Labor Legislation, NASA, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ridiculous Republican rhetoric undermines Benghazi probe
Republicans could make an easy hit on the Obama administration by highlighting the State Department’s apparent bureaucratic blundering during and after the deadly terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last fall, but they...
Tags: Iran, Mike Huckabee, Politics, Barack Obama, Glenn Beck
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Bringing drones out of the shadows
The use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists, a practice that has dramatically escalated during the Obama administration, is receiving fresh and welcome scrutiny in Congress and elsewhere even as the number of drone strikes seems to be on the...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics, U.S. Department of State, Yemen
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Letters: Benghazi and partisanship
Re "Lawmakers hear official's account of Benghazi events," May 8 After failing to connect President Obama to any real scandals, Republicans have resurrected the 8-month-old attack in Benghazi, Libya. This, while also taking a shot at Hillary Rodham...Tags: U.S. Military, Politics, Barack Obama, Benghazi, Hillary Clinton
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New York's One World Trade Center spire finally goes up
New York City can once again claim to be home to the tallest building in the country, and the Western Hemisphere for that matter. On Friday, workers topped off the new One World Trade Center building with a spire making the structure 1,776 feet tall,...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Government, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Andrew Cuomo
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Christopher Shinn's plays explore what victims do next
NEW YORK — David Mamet has his hustlers, Edward Albee his domestic warriors, Tony Kushner his brilliant self-flagellators. If playwright Christopher Shinn has a signature character, it is the manipulative victim — the half-sympathetic, half-...
Tags: New York University, International Military Interventions, Iraq War (2003-2011), Biology, Iraq
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Catholic 'Sharia' in Pittsburgh
In the post-9/11 culture wars over Islamic fundamentalism, American conservatives — properly — have condemned attempts in Muslim countries to punish blasphemy or insults to the prophet Muhammad. It will be interesting to see if they are...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Festive Events, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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World Trade Center reaches new heights with permanent spire
A spire set atop One World Trade Center on Friday was greeted with cheers from workers high in the air and spectators from the street below. The 408-foot spire, draped in an American flag, brought the New York City structure to a height of 1,776 feet,...
Tags: Statue of Liberty, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Today (tv program), One World Trade Center
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Suspect in ricin-letter case ordered held without bail in Mississippi
A karate instructor appeared in federal court in Mississippi and was ordered held on a charge that he produced the poison ricin and sent it in letters to President Obama and others. Wearing an orange jumpsuit and with his hands shackled, James Everett...
Tags: Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Stephen Breyer, Punishment
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Four people hurt in Albuquerque church stabbing
This post has been updated, as indicated below.At least four people were hurt at an Albuquerque church Sunday when a visitor jumped out of the pews and stabbed a choir member during a song, police and witnesses said. The victims did not appear to have life-threatening injuries, police said. Two...Tags: Prosecution, Witnesses, Stephen Breyer
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New York's 9/11 museum to charge fee for admission
Visitors to National 9/11 Memorial and Museum could pay as much as $25 for admission. While the exact entrance price has yet to be set, museum officials have agreed to charge guests a flat rate, as opposed to a suggested donation used by other area...
Tags: Human Interest, Museums, Arts and Culture, National September 11 Memorial & Museum
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Trayvon Martin case: Zimmerman waives 'stand your ground' hearing
SANFORD, Fla. — The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin told a judge Tuesday that he agrees with his defense attorneys' decision not to seek an immunity hearing under the state's “stand your ground&...
Tags: Mark O'Mara, Murder, Litigation, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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