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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: Judges, Laws, Gray Davis, Theft, David Kramer
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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: Julia Brownley, Barack Obama, MSNBC (tv network), Henry A Waxman, U.S. Senate
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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: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), U.S. Military, Assault, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress
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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: Carolyn B. Maloney, HIV, Earth Day, Global Change, Ecosystems
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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: White House, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Epidemics and Plagues, U.S. Military
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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: Bob Goodlatte, Finance, Global Expansion, Steve Womack, 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: Max Baucus, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, E-Commerce Industry
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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: Bob Goodlatte, Steve Womack, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Local Government, E-Commerce Industry
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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: U.S. Congress, Conservation, Sexual Misconduct, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Sex Crimes
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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: Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, Foods and Beverages, Salads, Social Security
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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: Laws, Fiscal Cliff, Weaponry, Joe Manchin III, Barack Obama
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Duckworth criticizes Walsh on abortion
Clout StreetDemocrat Tammy Duckworth today campaigned with a California congresswoman who said she had to have an abortion to save her life as part of Duckworth's ongoing effort to highlight her differences with Republican Rep. Joe Walsh. The appearance with...Tags: Women's Health, U.S. Senate, Joe Walsh, Tammy Duckworth, Abortion
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