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Victims of 1998 Africa bombing still seeking compensation
Fourteen years after a truck bomb ripped through the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, the families of 12 Americans killed in the attack are still fighting for federal compensation that has been granted to other terrorism victims — a struggle that has...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Barbara A. Mikulski, Hillary Clinton, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Embassy
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A pregnant woman with HIV, and the cost of U.S. foreign aid cuts
When I met a woman I'll call "Mary" in Luwingu, a remote district in northern Zambia, she had already seen three of her children die. She did not know that she had contracted HIV until she arrived at the clinic where for the past few months I had been...Tags: Health Organizations, Hillary Clinton, Barbara A. Mikulski, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Conservation
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Fairness for Eastern Shore chicken farmers
Within the poultry industry, company dealings with the farmers they contract with have been one-sided for at least the past 20 years. It's been a long, hard battle for contract farmers to try to gain any fairness in that relationship; I can't count the...Tags: Documentary (genre), Barbara A. Mikulski, Pocomoke City, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Washington, DC
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Ladd has learning experience as Arundel council chairman
Soon after the five new members of the Anne Arundel County Council took office last year, the time came for the body to choose a chairman — not a particularly glamorous job, but a position that comes with the responsibility of setting the council'...Tags: Severna Park, U.S. Army, Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County, International Travel
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Grand Forks' Sen. Holmberg leads interim Legislative Management Committee
Grand Forks HeraldDespite grumbling from some conservative Republicans, Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, said he didn't seek the chairmanship of the Legislative Management Committee, which acts for the North Dakota Legislature between sessions, to deny the post to House...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Ray Holmberg, North Dakota Legislature
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Senate panel OKs funds for pop culture museum, American Indian Cultural Center
Tulsa WorldIn a surprise move, a Senate panel approved a measure Thursday to fund construction of a pop culture museum in Tulsa and another to finish the financially troubled American Indian Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City. The Senate Joint Committee...Tags: Culture, Oklahoma Legislature, Executive Branch, Museums, Mary Fallin
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Presque Isle advisory group hears about federal funding concerns
Erie Times-News, Pa.Presque Isle State Park's annual sand replenishment project isn't in President Barack Obama's budget proposal for 2014. Park Operations Manager Harry Leslie shared the bad news at the Presque Isle Advisory Committee meeting Thursday. However, Leslie...Tags: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Patrick J. Toomey
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Spokesman: Iowa Democrats upset with governor's pay raise conceding Branstad re-election
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IowaIowa Democrats are hitting Republican Gov. Terry Branstad for a proposal he's made to raise the salary of future governors. "Branstad is out of touch proposing a $10,000 pay raise for himself," said Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Rep. Tyler Olson of...Tags: Executive Branch, Terry Branstad, Justice System, Health Insurance, Judges
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U.S. Senate to vote on bill to fund Chickamauga lock repairs
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.A bill that could reignite one of Chattanooga's biggest infrastructure projects may pass the Senate as early as this morning. But, as with nearly everything that may clear the upper chamber these days, the latest Chickamauga lock fix faces delay in the...Tags: Chuck Fleischmann, Ohio River, Republican Party, Bill Shuster, U.S. House of Representatives
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Legislators question funding for teaching program
Several legislators and education lobbyists made clear Tuesday they don’t think Teach For America should have received $250,000 from the Legislature for the coming school year. James Curran, the national nonprofit organization’s executive...Tags: Executive Branch, Accounting and Auditing, National Government, Teachers, Jim Bradford
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Lawmakers, governor settle on overall Iowa budget figure
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IowaUPDATE: Leaders in the split-control Legislature and Gov. Terry Branstad have agreed upon the overall spending level for the fiscal 2014 budget year -- a key development that should begin the process of shutting down the 2013 legislative session....Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Executive Branch, Stock Car Racing, Parties and Movements, Government Health Care
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Bill would regulate 'biosimilar' drugs
SACRAMENTO — Two of the nation's largest biotech companies — Amgen Inc. of Thousand Oaks and Genentech Inc. of South San Francisco — are fighting in Sacramento to keep a tight grip on some of their most lucrative drugs. At stake is a...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Genentech Inc., Food and Drug Administration, Viral Diseases and Infections, Jerry Hill
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