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Academy to Give More Oscars for Animated Feature
ReutersMay 20 (TheWrap.com) - The Academy has relaxed the rules for winning an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, allowing more individuals to take home statuettes. In rule changes approved by the AMPAS Board of Governors, the filmmaker with producer credit...Tags: Animation (Movie Genre), Regional Authority, Entertainment Events, Government, Awards and Prizes
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Tamarac commissioner responds to recall petition
There is no evidence of improper conduct to justify a recall, embattled City Commissioner Patte Atkins-Grad argued in writing Monday. Atkins-Grad filed her formal response to the recall petition with the city. The short defense — required by state...
Tags: Citizens Initiative and Recall, Tamarac, Elections, Broward County, Justice System
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Political machine flexing its muscles
Philadelphia Daily NewsTOMORROW, a tiny sliver of the city's residents will look at a scroll of names you've probably never heard and grant to a few the power to sentence criminals, negotiate divorces and adjudicate lawsuits for years to come. "This is what I call a...Tags: Kensington, Primaries, Lawyers, Unions, Elections
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Gallen: Ads for Manatee County proposed sales tax increase are misleading
Bradenton HeraldCommissioner Michael Gallen is contending that promotional materials supporting the 1/2-cent sales tax increase on the June special election ballot are misleading. "I'm concerned the Healthy Manatee 1/2 penny sales tax campaign is making promises of tax...Tags: Taxation, Elections, Local Elections
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EDITORIAL: Justice Department drags out voter ID
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloVoter ID has become a contentious issue throughout the nation. Most Republicans see it as a necessary means of combating voter fraud. Most Democrats say it unfairly targets minorities and other Democratic-leaning constituencies and is designed to...Tags: Lawyers, Elections, Justice System, Judges
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OPINION: Ethics reform: At a crossroads
The StateA YEAR AFTER political scandals launched a cluster of competing study panels and catapulted ethics reform to the top of the 2012 campaign agenda, the Legislature has reached a critical crossroads. What happens in the Senate will determine how strong we...Tags: Values, Punishment, U.S. Supreme Court, Ethics, Judges
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California oil tax push would direct new funds to schools
The Sacramento BeeJust months after California voters passed Proposition 30 to stave off education cuts, a push is under way to ensure that the next stream of higher education funding flows out of the ground. The idea of an oil severance tax has been bubbling for years,...Tags: Taxation, Jerry Brown, Conservation, Regional Authority, Elections
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MPs meet for 'decisive' talks at Ain al-Tineh
The Lebanon Daily StarSubcommittee members tackling a new electoral law for the upcoming elections met Monday at the residence of Speaker Nabih Berri for what parliamentary sources described as "decisive" talks. Berri, ahead of the meeting at Ain el-Tineh, said Monday's...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), Elections, Lebanon, Parliament, Michel Suleiman
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L.A. mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel pound the pavement
Los Angeles Daily NewsThe two candidates vying to become Los Angeles' next mayor made the most of Sunday with a frenzy of appearances across the city as they headed into the final stretch of a race that shows they are nearly neck in neck with voters. City Councilman Eric...Tags: Elections, Antonio Villaraigosa, Bill Clinton, Jan Perry, Polls
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PolitiFact: Counting Abbott's 27 lawsuits against Obama administration
Austin American-StatesmanHere's a typical workday for Texas' attorney general: "I go into the office, I sue the federal government and I go home," Greg Abbott was quoted as saying recently. Speaking to FreedomWorks Texas in Austin on April 27, Abbott said, "I've sued the...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, University of Texas at Austin, Litigation, Trials
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota,...
Tags: Phil Gingrey, John Barrow, Barack Obama, Symptoms, Tim Johnson
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Party leaders expect light turnout
Reading Eagle, Pa.As much as Berks County's two party chiefs hope all of the county's nearly 250,000 registered voters cast their ballots Tuesday, they realize most won't. "Folks don't turn out for off-year election primaries," said Tom Herman, chairman of the Berks...Tags: Berks County, Primaries, Elections, Local Elections
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