Tuesday, March 26, 2013

[U.S.] Bachmann Is Subject of Ethics Investigation

Bachmann Is Subject of Ethics Investigation
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bachmann-presidential-campaign-target-ethics-probe-article-1.1298906
WASHINGTON - Representative Michelle Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota, is the subject of an ethics investigation examining allegations of wrongdoing that emerged in the aftermath of her failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, ...

Nevada Assembly considers first-ever expulsion
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/mar/26/committee-considering-brooks-ouster-convenes-today/
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A lawmaker who has been arrested twice in two months, hospitalized for a mental evaluation and accused of threatening to harm a Democratic Party leader could become the first person in Nevada history to be kicked out of the Legislature ...

Obama calls for 'political courage' in immigration
http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/president-obama-immigration-reform-finish-job/story?id=18807458
Pres. Obama. AP photo LOS ANGELES - President Barack Obama on Monday pushed for immigration reform at a citizenship oath-taking ceremony for 28 immigrants, and called for 'political courage' in doing 'what's required' in making lasting changes to the ...

Tucson gun store owner halts purchase of semiautomatic rifle by Kelly
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/national/tucson-gun-store-owner-cancels-mark-kellys-ar-15-buy
The owner of a Tucson gun store where Mark Kelly recently purchased an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle canceled the transaction because Kelly did not plan to keep the rifle for his personal use.

HFR My View: Students, find the 'best value' college for you
http://www.wschronicle.com/2013/03/more-youth-priced-out-of-college/
Editor's note: David J. Skorton is president of Cornell University and professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College and in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell's College of Engineering.

Park system in disarray and disrepair, report says
http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/03/25/36540/report-california-parks-need-new-operating-model-t/
SACRAMENTO -- California's park system has been marred by management problems that run much deeper than an accounting scandal revealed last year, according to a new report released by a government oversight agency on Monday morning.

Filibuster Part 2? Rand Paul Threatening To Block Harry Reid's Senate Gun ...
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/rand-paul-and-ted-cruz-threaten-filibuster-on-guns-89299.html?hp=f1
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has been on a political high ever since he finished his nearly 13-hour-long filibuster against the Obama administration's drones policy less than three weeks ago.

Anthony Lewis, Supreme Court Reporter Who Brought Law to Life, Dies at 85
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/us/anthony-lewis-pulitzer-prize-winning-columnist-dies-at-85.html
Anthony Lewis, a former New York Times reporter and columnist whose work won two Pulitzer Prizes and transformed American legal journalism, died on Monday at his home in Cambridge, Mass.

Chinese citizen sentenced in military data-theft case
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/03/201332654654944270.html
NEWARK, N.J. - Measured in millimeters, the tiny device was designed to allow drones, missiles and rockets to hit targets without satellite guidance.

NJ professor's quixotic quest to be Iran president
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jjpicB_obwqrL-0viuJP-_URBrGA?docId=5dddf31ae34d4f00a9fd9b8c3738e617
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - An Iranian-American who has lived in the United States for 40 years wants to be the next president of Iran.

Hiker and dog save man trapped for days in hole on California mountain
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=9040718
A California man and his dog are being credited with saving a man who was trapped for days in a hole on a mountain. Ramon Llamas says he and his dog, a mixed breed named Mole, were hiking as they often do on a trail in Riverside, Calif.

Somali pleads guilty in US to aiding Al-Qaeda
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGmmh9LVgvgmvC7IN09n8n6BAutw?docId=CNG.754893fced985108155ea2031e35a489.5a1
NEW YORK - A Somali man detained two years ago by the US military in the Gulf of Aden has pleaded guilty to supporting Islamist militants in the region, officials said Monday.

Chicago students protest closings plan
http://www.wbez.org/news/chicago-students-protest-closings-plan-106282
Students march from CPS headquarters to City Hall to present a letter to Mayor Rahm Emanuel asking him not to close any of the city's public schools.

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