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Use California program as mental health model? That's 'crazy,' lawmaker says
Published January 09, 2013
Hip-hop car washes. Lunchtime yoga. Horseback riding, tai-chi and Zumba classes. These are all part of California’s “mental health” program, one that has come under scrutiny for being wasteful and is currently being audited by the state. But that hasn’t stopped one state lawmaker from offering it up as a national solution.
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California lawmakers look to close rape loophole for unwed women
Published January 07, 2013
California lawmakers said Monday they have started drafting legislation that would close a loophole in a century-old rape law that fails to protect unmarried women.
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Barney Frank crafts return to Congress -- days after retiring
Published January 07, 2013
One day after retiring as a 16-term Democratic representative from Massachusetts, Barney Frank announced that he had asked Gov. Deval Patrick to send him back to D.C. – this time as in interim senator to fill the seat of Sen. John Kerry, who was nominated for secretary of state.
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Connecticut lawmaker wants names of gun owners to be made public
Published January 06, 2013
Lawmakers in Connecticut – still stunned from the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting – are moving forward with legislation that could make the names and addresses of 170,000 handgun permit holders in the state public.
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Could restoring relations with Venezuela be Kerry’s first test?
Published January 05, 2013
America’s decades-old political and economic deep-freeze with Venezuela could be thawing. As the world waits for word on President Hugo Chavez’s health after his recent cancer surgery, there have been whispers in Washington that efforts to restore ties between the two nations could be on their way.
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Arizona lawmaker's push to criminalize fake Web identities raises free speech concerns
Published January 04, 2013
Posers beware: Arizona’s tolerance for Internet bullies, brats and liars is at an all-time low. And now one lawmaker in the Grand Canyon state says she wants to crack down on people faking their identity on popular social media sites like Facebook and Twitter – and she wants to send them to prison if they get caught.
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Firearms groups fight sweeping Illinois gun ban, Dems weigh options
Published January 03, 2013
National and state firearms groups are fighting back against a pair of sweeping and controversial gun control bills being pushed through the Illinois state legislature during the final days of a lame-duck session.
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Illinois Dems advance ban on most modern firearms
Published January 03, 2013
Illinois Senate Democrats advanced legislation late Wednesday to restrict semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, pressing forward with new gun control measures in the waning days of the session over the objections of firearms groups.
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US officials taking Al Qaeda threat to US ambassador 'very seriously'
Published January 02, 2013
Intelligence sources told Fox News on Wednesday that they believe an Al Qaeda threat against a U.S. diplomat, as well as a call to kill American soldiers, in Yemen is credible.
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Fiscal deal emboldens Obama to seek more tax increases
Published January 02, 2013
President Obama and congressional Democrats signaled they plan to push Republicans for more tax hikes in the months ahead, after getting them to agree to an 11th-hour deal that let taxes rise on top earners.
