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MIA: Obama’s New Common-Sense Immigration Policy
Matias Ramos shows the ankle monitoring device he had to wear for ten days. (Photo: Michael Vanacore) Now that the electronic shackle is off, it's really nice …
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Senate O.K.’s Funding Bill That May Prevent Government Shutdown
Reporting from Washington— Retreating from partisan stalemate days before a potential government shutdown, the Senate passed a temporary 2012 funding bill that also replenishes federal disaster aid. …
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For Economic Reasons, Israel, US, Should Support Palestinian Statehood
Who could have imagined even a year ago that the Arab Spring would blow a fresh wind across the Middle East, opening minds and hearts to new possibilities? Now, …
Freedom Isn’t Free at the State Department
On the same day that more than 250,000 unredacted State Department cables hemorrhaged out onto the Internet, I was interrogated for the first time in my 23-year State Department …
Is Scott Walker John Doe?
Wisconsin has been riveted in recent days by reports that more of Governor Scott Walker's top aides may be implicated in a secret “John Doe” investigation into potentially illegal …
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Corporations Couldn’t Wait to “Check the Box” on Huge Tax Break
A simple rule meant to cut paperwork for U.S. companies has grown into one of the biggest multinational tax breaks around, costing the United States and other governments billions …
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Hey, We’re Number … Uh … 36!
Fidelia Perez sits in a hospital room after receiving emergency dialysis treatment at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, in this October 13, 2009, file photo. (Photo: David Walter …
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Only Conservatives Can End the Death Penalty
Washington - How can we end the death penalty in the United States? Every so often, one capital case receives wide attention and makes a public spectacle …
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Nothing but Dogs in This Hunt
Washington - Here's my question for the Republican Party: How's that Rick Perry stuff workin' out for ya? You'll recall that Sarah Palin asked a similar question …