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Officials demand more information about proposed immigration detention center
Special to the TribuneJoliet City Councilman Jim McFarland wants to hear firsthand – and publicly – what Corrections Corp. of America plans to do if it builds an immigration detention center in Joliet. McFarland, who called for a public meeting to learn about...Tags: Migration, Janet Napolitano, Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America, Immigration
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Smart TV: The industry push to keep getting smarter
For decades we've been watching TV. Now a new generation of televisions is beginning to watch us. Technological advances are giving the old clunky "boob tube" an I.Q. injection. Some of the new breed of smart TVs comes equipped with facial recognition...Tags: Marketing, Personal Service, Amazon.com Inc., Computer Networking and Internet, Netflix Inc.
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Florida human-trafficking ring busted, 16 young women enslaved, Bondi says
CLEARWATER -- State and local law enforcement officials announced Friday they have broken up a human trafficking and prostitution ring that operated throughout the Tampa Bay area. The two men accused of running the operation -- Peter Kitt, 41, and...
Tags: Organized Crime, Prostitution, Sex Crimes, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Lawyers
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Gun advocates should take aim at real scandals
Last month, I received emails from two people I know but who don't know each other: one a close friend and Second Amendment supporter, and the other a regular reader who sends me news items she believes the "liberal media" are willfully suppressing....
Tags: Shootings, Personal Weapon Control, Forbes.com LLC, Gun Control, Interior Policy
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Correction: Immigration story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 14 about a Senate immigration bill, The Associated Press erroneously reported that two of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers entered the U.S. on student visas. In fact only one of them did. A corrected version of the...Tags: Chuck Schumer, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Employees, Janet Napolitano, Ted Cruz
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Politics as usual
Bloomberg gun control group thanks Toomey A gun control advocacy group backed by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg began airing a TV ad Thursday that thanks U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey for his work on strengthening background checks. The Mayors Against ...Tags: Tom Corbett, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Jim Ferlo, Gun Control, Correspondents (music group)
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U.S. government begins intelligence review in Boston bombing case
WASHINGTON — The CIA and departments of Justice and Homeland Security have begun a high-level internal review of whether intelligence was mishandled prior to the Boston Marathon bombings, though President Obama and his top advisors said they had...
Tags: Terrorism, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, High Blood Pressure, Politics, National Security
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Intelligence report identified vulnerability before Boston bombing
WASHINGTON -- Five days before two bombs tore through crowds at the Boston Marathon, an intelligence report identified the finish line of the race as an "area of increased vulnerability" and warned Boston police that extremists may use "small scale...Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, FBI, Times Square, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Sports
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Immigration bill survives first day of debate in Senate committee
WASHINGTON — After eight hours of debate, the bipartisan Senate immigration bill emerged mostly intact Thursday, despite Republican-led efforts to make substantial alterations in the first of what is certain to be many long committee meetings to...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Ted Cruz, Immigration, Politics, Mexico
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Federal innovation a matter of perspective
The federal government has an innovation problem — or does it? The answer depends on whom you ask. Federal employees surveyed over the past three years have had a declining view of government innovation. But that doesn't mean Uncle Sam doesn't...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Former Coast Guard officer sentenced on bribe charges
Daily PressA former Coast Guard Petty Officer received a seven-year sentence Wednesday for fraud and receiving bribes, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Nathan Allen Dunn, 30, of Brookwood, Ala., faces three...Tags: Judges, Bribery, Punishment, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Officials to review intelligence on Boston bombings
WASHINGTON – The CIA, Justice Department and Homeland Security Department have launched a high level internal review of whether intelligence was mishandled prior to the bombings of the Boston Marathon, officials said. President Obama told a...Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, FBI, Travel Alerts, U.S. Department of Justice, Sports
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