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High-flying Holder: Report shows AG, FBI director used luxury jets for personal travel
Published February 28, 2013
Two high-tech luxury jets that the FBI convinced Congress were needed for the fight against global terrorism have instead been used to ferry around Attorney General Eric Holder and his predecessors, as well as FBI Director Robert Mueller, according to a government report released Thursday.
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Colorado Republicans bristle as White House meddles in state's gun control debate
Published February 27, 2013
Republican lawmakers in Colorado say they want the White House to stay out of their state battle over gun control, accusing Vice President Biden of personally leaning on Democratic legislators for their votes in a tight campaign that could change the national conversation on gun rights.
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Red-light reversal? Lawmakers push to rein in traffic cameras
Published February 22, 2013
Red-light cameras have steadily popped up across the country, snagging supposed scofflaws and generating untold numbers of traffic tickets. But despite the revenue boost, some state and local lawmakers are beginning to fall out of love with these electronic tattle-tales.
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Small firm hit by 3-year hacking campaign puts face on growing cyber problem
Published February 22, 2013
Solid Oak is one of the few small companies that have spoken out in detail about being victimized by hackers -- but the threat of cyber-assault has become all too common.
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US officials addressing cyber threat at 'highest levels' with China, on heels of hacker report
Published February 19, 2013
Obama administration officials said Tuesday they have "serious concern" with China's alleged cyber-snooping and are raising the issue "at the highest levels" in Beijing, on the heels of a report that claimed China's People's Liberation Army had stolen data from 115 U.S. companies over a seven-year period.
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Georgia pols ramp up campaign to shift Tennessee border, siphon water supply
Published February 17, 2013
Georgia residents are thirsty for Tennessee water. And state lawmakers are willing to try and move the border in order to get it.
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VFW slams Pentagon's drone medal, complains it would outrank Purple Heart
Published February 14, 2013
America’s largest combat veterans group is worried the creation of a new medal for drone strikes and cyber-warfare could bestow higher honor on those using a joystick to kill terrorists than soldiers wounded on the battlefield.
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Georgia pol wants to make lewd photoshopping a crime after being mocked in porn star pic
Published February 13, 2013
A Georgia state lawmaker with an unconventional grasp of the First Amendment is backing a bill that would make photoshopping a person’s head onto someone else’s body a crime punishable by a $1,000 fine.
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Maryland proposal to claim copyright on students' work prompts backlash, legal review
Published February 12, 2013
A proposal recently floated by the Prince George's County Board of Education would give the government the copyright to anything created by teachers, students and employees before, during and after school hours.
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Lawmakers accuse VA of covering up veterans' deaths
Published February 11, 2013
A group of lawmakers is accusing the government of engaging in a high-stakes cover-up that includes hiding the real reason why five veterans died in a Pittsburgh-area hospital of Legionnaires’ disease – an outbreak they say could have been prevented -- and how thousands more could still be at risk.
