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Judge OKs deal for BP to plead guilty, pay $4 billion in penalties for role in oil spill
Associated PressA federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Before she ruled, U.S....Tags: Trials, BP Plc, Politics, Government, U.S. Congress
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Clinton, Reagan took their half in the middle
timr@herald-mail.comYou wonder how Ken Starr and the House managers felt this week. Seeing the man they so desperately tried to drive from office swagger onstage at the Democratic National Convention sporting a 70 percent approval rating, grinning like the cat that ate the...Tags: Politics, Parties and Movements, Government, Republican Party, Elections
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Allan Powell: Kick the tires before buying into Mitt Romney
What is newsworthy for mainline media must be a puzzle for those who depend on the media for vital information about public affairs. How is it possible for so many trained and equipped analysts and reporters to give such minimal attention to the serious...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Talk Shows (genre), Automotive Equipment, Mitt Romney, Politics
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Correction: Honduras-Death Squads story
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that...Tags: Law Enforcement, Human Rights, Reyes, Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senate
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With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting
WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...Tags: IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Political Fundraising, Taxation, Politics, Parties and Movements
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Supreme Court weighs 'loyalty oaths' for groups fighting AIDS
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was asked Monday whether Congress violated the 1st Amendment when it required global groups fighting AIDS to explicitly oppose prostitution and sexual trafficking as a condition of receiving federal grants. Several...Tags: Sex Crimes, Boy Scouts of America, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Government
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Hopkins eventually gets it right on anti-abortion group
The bright young people in student government at the Johns Hopkins University no doubt pride themselves on their openness to a diversity of views and their commitment to the free exchange of ideas. That's why the school's Student Government Association'...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Johns Hopkins University, Abortion, Abortion Issue
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The Improvisers
WASHINGTON -- The bailout of Cyprus -- if it can be called that -- bore all the trappings of Europe's standard response to its economic crisis. The last-minute, melodramatic rescue was complex, contentious and controversial. Decisions were taken that, for...
Tags: Financial Markets, Market and Exchange, Politics, The Washington Post, Central Bank
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Taxpayers, revolt!
Congress returned to "work" this week (now there's a laugh) to complete its lame-duck session before taking another holiday. Spending other people's money is a taxing experience. Their task is to avoid the "fiscal cliff," a geological construct of their...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Senate, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Government
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US military expands its drug war in Latin America
The crew members aboard the USS Underwood could see through their night goggles what was happening on the fleeing go-fast boat: Someone was dumping bales. When the Navy guided-missile frigate later dropped anchor in Panamanian waters on that sunny August...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Guatemala, Law Enforcement, Central America, U.S. Navy
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Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the 2010 rig explosion and oil spill in...
Tags: Explosions, Trials, BP Plc, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Pollution
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Twitter says government requests for user information are rising
Twitter said Monday that requests from governments around the globe for information on its users jumped nearly 20% in the second half of 2012. The company said it received 1,009 requests from July through December, up from 849 in the first half of the...
Tags: Social Media, Google Inc., Data Privacy Day, Politics, Government
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