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Schools, parents try to keep pace with cyber-bullying tactics
Katie Anger, a bright-eyed redhead from West Friendship, opened the door for cyber-bullying as a middle-schooler, when she installed the "Honesty Box" app on her Facebook page.
Some teens used the now-defunct Facebook feature to criticize her...Tags: PTA, Rutgers University, Pikesville, Benjamin L. Cardin, Health and Safety at School
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Harris seeks to ban low-ceiling horse trailers
— Rep. Andy Harris, whose district is home to last year's Kentucky Derby winner, has tucked a ban on cramped horse trailers into a massive transportation bill pending in Congress, pitting him against lawmakers in his own party, farming interests and...Tags: Natural Gas, Environmental Politics, Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Highway Transportation
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Five steps to isolate Iran without dooming the economy
With economies around the world teetering, we must solve our security threats with an eye not only on reducing danger but also on how our actions affect job creation and retention. This applies especially to Iran. A war with Tehran — or an Iran with...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Tehran (Iran), Terrorism, Civil Rights, Robert Menendez
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Advocates, lawmakers plan fight to restore commuter tax break
Commuter advocates and Maryland lawmakers say they will fight to renew an expiring tax credit that benefits mass-transit users, including MARC riders.
Current federal law allows commuters to withhold up to $230 in pre-tax income each month that can be...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Tax Credits, Pikesville, Lobbying, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Environmental education belongs in the classroom
As Congress continues its rewrite of the No Child Left Behind law, there is one proposed change that should draw overwhelming approval. That's the mandate — added to the bill last week by a Senate committee — to require U.S. public schools...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Environmental Politics, Jack Reed, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Senate
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Plain talk from GOP senator
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON -- Twenty years ago, a young military lawyer defending an Air Force pilot on a drug charge landed himself on 60 Minutes, exposing widespread flaws in the Air Force drug-testing system that led to an overhaul of the program. Today, the same...Tags: Lawyers, Steve Buyer, Strom Thurmond, Judges, Defense
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Sen. Kirk co-sponsored bills helping onetime girlfriend’s clients
TribLocal - Winnetka & Northfield » NewsU.S. Sen. Mark Kirk was a leading sponsor of congressional legislation that has meant $5.3 million for two clients of his onetime girlfriend, and he …... -
Kirk co-sponsored bills helping ex-girlfriend's clients
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk was a leading sponsor of congressional legislation that has meant $5.3 million for two clients of his onetime girlfriend, and he is backing another bill that could bring millions of dollars to a third group she represented.
Kirk...Tags: Federal Election Commission, U.S. House of Representatives, Birth Defects, Awards and Prizes, Corporate Officers
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Voice of the People, Jun. 01
Thanks to Fitzgerald This is in response to "Fitzgerald bids farewell; Longtime U.S. attorney tells news conference he's '100% confident' about decision" (News, May 25). Thank you to Patrick Fitzgerald for the outstanding job he did during his tenure...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Murder, Peter Fitzgerald, NATO Summit, Waukegan
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U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk’s ex-wife files FEC complaint about campaign payments to his girlfriend
TribLocal - EvanstonSoon after Mark Kirk's ex-wife announced she would no longer support his 2010 run for the U.S. Senate, he brought her onto his campaign team, …... -
Sen. Kirk's ex-wife files campaign finance complaint
Chicago TribuneSoon after Mark Kirk's ex-wife announced she would no longer support his 2010 run for the U.S. Senate, he brought her onto his campaign team, then quietly paid her after his victory. But Kimberly Vertolli, a lawyer who received $40,000 from the campaign,...Tags: Northwestern University, Stroke, Federal Election Commission, NATO Summit, Washington, DC
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Ex-senator tells how he picked an untouchable, Patrick Fitzgerald, to be U.S. attorney in Chicago
Politicians were dancing and singing all along the Chicago Way on Wednesday, after U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald announced he would step down. "I can hear the champagne corks popping all the way over here, and I'm in Virginia," said banker and...
Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Lawyers, Chicago City Hall, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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