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‘Operation Swill’: Untold Number Of NJ Patrons Served Rubbing Alcohol, Dirty Water, According To Investigation

Leon Lovett — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:08:24 +0000

According to the results of an investigation, patrons at a variety of New Jersey bars have been served fake hooch dressed up to look like premium liquor. One bar served patrons diluted rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring and sold it as scotch. Another bar served customers watered down liquor – and not the kind of... Read more »

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Concealed handgun measure triggers fight among Texas lawmakers

Leon Lovett — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:49:30 +0000

A move to give lawmakers the right to carry handguns anywhere they wish sparked an angry debate among Republicans in the Texas House on Thursday, with conservatives lambasting their colleagues for giving themselves special privileges. Source: FOXNews.com

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Commerce Nominee Penny Pritzker Sails Through Senate Confirmation Hearing

Leon Lovett — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:47:15 +0000

Secretary of Commerce nominee Penny Pritzker coasted through her Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C. Thursday. Members of both parties on the committee largely ignored Pritzker’s questionable business practices, offshore investments, and tax problems, as well as the problematic history of her family’s failed subprime-lending Superior Bank, which has left hundreds senior citizens... Read more »

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NYT’s Shear Laments How Congress Grilled IRS Over Tea Party Handling

Leon Lovett — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:45:37 +0000

In real life it's near impossible to find anyone who pities the IRS. That's what the New York Times is for. In a Business Day section front-pager for Thursday's paper, the Times's Michael Shear lamented that the CEO of Apple received relatively kind treatment from a Senate panel this week while IRS officials have been... Read more »

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Tennessee now evenly split on marriage equality; nearly 2/3 support benefits to same-sex partners

Leon Lovett — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:43:21 +0000

It’s going to take a while, but the trends are clear: A poll conducted this month for Vanderbilt University found that 49 percent of Tennesseans support gay marriage or civil unions while 46 percent are opposed to both, suggesting the state is now evenly divided on whether to extend legal recognition to same-sex couples. Meanwhile,... Read more »

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Marc Lamont Hill Clashes With Bill O’Reilly Over IRS Scandal, Obama’s ‘Very Dangerous Foreign Policy’

Leon Lovett — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:08:19 +0000

Marc Lamont Hill sat down with Bill O’Reilly tonight to react to the latest developments in the IRS targeting scandal and President Obama‘s big national security speech earlier today. Hill agreed with O’Reilly that someone needs to go over the IRS scandal, and told him that Obama’s big speech was meant to distract from scandal... Read more »

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Details Released on California Health Exchange

Leon Lovett — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:51:57 +0000

Average premiums in California’s new online health-insurance marketplace won’t be as high as predicted by actuaries, though they will vary widely, according to the agency setting up the exchange. Source: WSJ.com: Politics And Policy

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New York sheriffs voice opposition to strict gun law, seek to join lawsuit

Leon Lovett — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:49:26 +0000

County sheriffs have asked to join the federal lawsuit challenging New York’s tough new gun restrictions, calling some provisions vague and impossible to enforce fairly. Source: FOXNews.com

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Zimmerman Defense Wants Pictures of Pot-Smoking Trayvon Admitted

Leon Lovett — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:47:11 +0000

The George Zimmerman defense team in the case of Trayvon Martin, whom Zimmerman killed during an altercation in March 2012 in Sanford, Florida, is contending that evidence of Martin’s possible drug use and gun involvement should be admitted into court. On Thursday, Zimmerman’s attorney’s released pictures and texts from Martin’s cellphone, including pictures of a... Read more »

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Andrea Mitchell: ‘More Than Any of Its Predecessors,’ Obama Administration Has Targeted Journalists

Leon Lovett — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:45:38 +0000

Longtime MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell on Thursday lashed out at the Obama administration, complaining that "more than any of its predecessors in recent years [they have], gone after journalists." The usually Obama-friendly journalist complained that the White House "has not" challenged journalists in a restrained way, but "has done it in a very broad, sweeping... Read more »

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