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Life Out Here: To Ruslan with love
In the worst of times we often see the best of people. Expected heroes, such as police officers, firefighters, paramedics, doctors and nurses, usually do what they’re trained to do in emergency situations and do so with valor. Then there are...
Tags: Sports, Heroism, Fox News Channel (tv network), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Congress reacts to Boston Marathon bombings
WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders reflected with grief on the tragic loss of life in the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday, but had few immediate answers as to the nature of the attack. The flag over the U.S. Capitol was at half staff and...
Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Susan Collins, Sports, U.S. Congress, Dianne Feinstein
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Sen. Warren slams regulators' failure to prosecute crooked banks
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants to know: How much money do banks have to launder to get charged with a crime? In a Senate Banking Committee hearing Thursday, Warren asked financial regulators why officials from banks weren't prosecuted even...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Eric Holder
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Gay marriage gets its day in court and on the Web
This post has been updated, as indicated below.Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court arguments over whether gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry in California became a spectacle both in D.C. and on the Web. In Washington, demonstrators expressed both opposition to and support of same-sex...Tags: Justice and Rights, Jim Jordan, Twitter, Inc., U.S. Congress, U.S. Supreme Court
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Tom Coburn's campaign against government waste
Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is a real-life Murray Blum. Blum, played by Charles Grodin, is the president's accountant in the comedy "Dave," which I think of every time we have one of these spending dramas in Washington. In my favorite scene...Tags: Apple iPhone, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Homelessness, White House
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Mitt Romney had 3 of top 2012 search memes, and not in a good way
Online news giant Yahoo! announced its top search terms of 2012 Monday and, no surprise, the 2012 election topped all other topics, including the iPhone 5, which registered the second-most searches; Kim Kardashian, who attracted the third most and...
Tags: Kim Kardashian, Apple iPhone, Barack Obama, 2012 Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney
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Elizabeth Warren's first grilling of regulators is a YouTube hit
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a darling of liberals who has been mentioned as a potential 2016 presidential contender, had kept a deliberately low profile since her election in November. In less than five minutes last week,...
Tags: Judges, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Trials, Barack Obama
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Senate Democrats are united against GOP push to weaken consumer bureau
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats said Thursday they were united in opposing Republican efforts to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and told President Obama they supported the renomination of Richard Cordray to head the agency. "It is...
Tags: U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Work Relations, Consumers, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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'Mo' Cowan sworn in, giving Senate a record number of blacks -- 2
WASHINGTON — The usually pin-drop-quiet Senate gallery erupted in applause Thursday after William “Mo” Cowan was sworn in as the newest senator from Massachusetts. Vice President Joe Biden administered the noontime oath to Cowan, a...
Tags: Executive Branch, Deval Patrick, Stephen F. Lynch, Scott P. Brown, Tim Scott
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Scott Brown won't seek Senate comeback
WASHINGTON – Scott Brown, defeated last November in a marquee election battle for a Massachusetts Senate seat by Elizabeth Warren, has opted against seeking a return to Congress this June in the special election to replace John F. Kerry. The...
Tags: Marth Coakley, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, White House, Democratic Party
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Mass. governor names ex-aide as interim senator to replace Kerry
WASHINGTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has named his former chief of staff to temporarily fill the Senate seat being vacated by John Kerry, and called a special election for June 25 for voters to choose a permanent replacement for the incoming...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Scott P. Brown, Tim Scott, Regional Authority, Barney Frank
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Mary Jo White won't be intimidated as SEC chief, Obama says
WASHINGTON -- President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to be the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying her track record as a hard-nosed prosecutor means she won't be easily intimidated as Wall Street's new top watchdog. "You don't...
Tags: Consumers, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Mary Schapiro, Barack Obama, Richard Cordray
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