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Suspect in 2000 Pilsen killing nabbed in Mexico
For 13 years, the family of Alma Chavez clung to dwindling hopes that law enforcement would catch up to the man accused of killing the soft-spoken nursing student. Chavez's ex-boyfriend, Raul Andrade Tolentino, was out on bail facing murder charges...
Tags: Nursing, Trials, U.S. Department of Justice, Laws, Services and Shopping
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Senators reach agreement on immigration reform
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, including a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country....
Tags: George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Science and Technology, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bipartisan group sees change in politics on immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Declaring that the politics of immigration “have been turned upside down,” a bipartisan group of senators Monday outlined common principles for comprehensive immigration reform and expressed optimism that legislation...Tags: John McCain, Jeff Sessions, George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Justice and Rights
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Senators see path to immigrants' legalization
WASHINGTON (AP) — Illegal immigrants might face around a 10-year wait to become legal permanent U.S. residents under sweeping immigration overhaul legislation taking shape in the Senate, negotiators said Thursday. That's shorter than some current...Tags: Bob Menendez, Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, Justice and Rights, Chuck Schumer
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Obama: Victims of gun violence 'deserve a vote'
As Hadiya Pendleton's parents sat next to the first lady and listened, President Barack Obama told the nation Tuesday that his gun proposals deserve a vote in Congress because of victims like the slain Chicago teen. Delivering his State of the Union...
Tags: Lobbying, Shootings, Career and Workplace, Gun Control, Michelle Obama
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Cliff jumping with Obama
— Why are Republicans playing the Democrats' game that the "fiscal cliff" is all about taxation? House Speaker John Boehner already made the preemptive concession of agreeing to raise revenues. But the insistence on doing so by eliminating...
Tags: George W. Bush, Elections, Social Security, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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Enough talk. Time to act.
President Barack Obama and the National Rifle Association do agree on something: No amount of legislation can prevent every evil act. In his remarks on gun violence Wednesday, Obama acknowledged what gun enthusiasts have been saying for decades:...
Tags: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, James Holmes, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Mental Health
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Community organizers who taught Obama the ropes get an invitation to the inauguration
At their wedding reception in 1992, Barack Obama and his bride, Michelle, made their way to a table to greet three women who had taken him under their wings as a young community organizer. Loretta Augustine-Herron, one of the women in his memoir, "Dreams...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Trips and Vacations, Gun Control, Elections, Interior Policy
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Durbin praises Obama's speech as 'beautiful'
— Monday was a momentous day for President Barack Obama — and not a bad one as well for the president's friend, longtime ally and fellow Illinois Democrat, Sen. Dick Durbin. The Senate's No. 2 leader joined Obama at an early morning church...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Religion and Belief, Mark Kirk, Washington Monument, Buddy Guy
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Washington bitten by the bipartisan bug
After several bitterly partisan battles on fiscal issues, bipartisanship seems to be breaking out on Capitol Hill in two other controversial areas: immigration reform and gun control. While it's too early to know if it will produce significant...Tags: Tom Coburn, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Parties and Movements
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Worker shortages drives farms to embrace of immigration plan
WASHINGTON -- Labor shortages that left crops rotting in fields have farm organizations backing a Senate immigration proposal that would treat workers in agriculture "differently" than in other industries. The American Farm Bureau Federation, the United...Tags: John McCain, Bob Menendez, Food Industry, Career and Workplace, Chuck Schumer
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White House, politicians react to Hadiya Pendleton shooting death
More than once, Hadiya Pendleton and President Obama walked the same streets. Last week, the high school sophomore performed as a majorette at his inauguration in Washington. On Tuesday, she was gunned down in a park a mile from Obama’s...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Shootings, Jay Carney, Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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