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Calif. bans spam, sets fines
Times Staff WriterSACRAMENTO — Gov. Gray Davis signed into law Tuesday a groundbreaking bill aimed at banning often offensive "spam" advertisements from the online mailboxes of millions of California computer users. The measure, by state Sen. Kevin Murray (D-...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Fines, Culver City, Computer Networking and Internet, Trials
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Rape and winning
Robert KoehlerMaybe the problem is that rape is an extension of military culture. And it's metastasizing, even as legislation to address it stays trapped in congressional subcommittee. Scandals and outrage come and go, but rape is ever-present. In 2011, a Pentagon...Tags: MSNBC (tv network), U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Military, Robert Koehler, Fort Hood (military base)
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Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...
Tags: Adam B. Schiff, MSNBC (tv network), Barack Obama, Darrell Steinberg, Howard Lawrence Berman
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Sexual assaults in military: 'Little monsters' now in charge
Paula Coughlin was grocery shopping in Jacksonville, Fla., when I caught up with her on the phone this week. If anyone has an interesting perspective on the U.S. military’s absurd inability to deal with sexual assault, it’s Coughlin. She is...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Lotteries, U.S. Military, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Military sex crime record should bring shame
Maybe, in the end, we will thank Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinksi, head of the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention Unit, who was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery early Sunday after a woman reported he drunkenly approached her in a parking lot and...Tags: Chuck Hagel, Netflix Inc., Barack Obama, U.S. Military, U.S. Congress
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Key lawmaker: House will be 'more thoughtful' on Internet sales tax
WASHINGTON -- A key House committee chairman said his panel would take a "more thoughtful" approach to legislation allowing states to force retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. His comments signaled that momentum from Monday's easy...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Global Expansion, Finance, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, E-Commerce Industry
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House Speaker Boehner unlikely to support Internet sales tax bill
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. And a key House committee chairman said his panel would take a...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, E-Commerce Industry, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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Senate OKs Internet sales tax
WASHINGTON — The Senate gave strong bipartisan approval to landmark legislation that could largely lead to the end of the nation's decades-long Internet sales tax holiday. Now the issue shifts to the more skeptical, Republican-controlled House,...
Tags: LinkedIn Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Dick Durbin, E-Commerce Industry
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Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains
Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...
Tags: Mike Honda, Betty McCollum, Earth Day, Malaria, Steve Israel
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Officials: Review Merchant Marine Academy's sex-harassment policies
NewsdayTwo members of Congress have asked for a review of the sexual assault and harassment prevention policies and reporting procedures established by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point. The congressional request, from Reps. Elijah E. Cummings...Tags: Sexual Misconduct, Elijah E. Cummings, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault
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Obama wraps up his three-day Capitol Hill tour
WASHINGTON -- After a rough-and-tumble meeting with House Republicans earlier in the week, President Obama wrapped up his Capitol Hill tour Thursday with friendlier crowds in the House and Senate, even as lawmakers signaled opposition to his budget...
Tags: Pete Sessions, Social Security, Salads, Barack Obama, Emanuel Cleaver
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Obama Pushing Broad Gun Control, Focusing On Background Checks
— President Barack Obama on Wednesday will formally announce the most aggressive and expansive national gun-control agenda in generations as he presses Congress to mandate background checks for all firearm buyers and prohibit assault weapons and...Tags: Interior Policy, Barack Obama, Joe Manchin III, U.S. Congress, Gun Control
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