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NYTimes.com: "Bloomberg Backs Plan to Limit Arrests for Marijuana"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:43

NYTimes.com: Bloomberg Backs Plan to Limit Arrests for Marijuana by Thomas Kaplan:

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said on Monday that he would support a proposal by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to significantly curb the number of people who could be arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.

Why the Chinese are flocking to U.S. colleges

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:43
American higher education is in the cross hairs of a heated national debate over the value and cost of a college degree. Yet in China, our fiercest global economic competitor, the popularity of American colleges and universities might be at an all-time high.
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Fierce Wisconsin recall campaign winds up

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:43
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican hero for austerity measures that stripped collective bargaining rights from most public unions, spent a final day campaigning before Tuesday's recall election that brought lots of outside interest and money to the state.
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West New York commissioners approve surveillance cameras in streets

TruthNews.US - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:43
Jersey Journal | "In an effort to improve public safety..." surveillance cameras are being installed that can read "a guy's license plate from three blocks."

DOJ: Watergate Wiretap Records Should Remain Sealed

TruthNews.US - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:43
Blog of Legal Times | Watergate back in the news as DOJ attempts to derail historian's request for wiretap recordings rooted in notorious scandal.

What's at stake in Wisconsin?

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:43
Embattled Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, an anti-union darling of the tea party and other fiscal conservatives, faces off Tuesday against Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in a high-stakes recall election that politicos say could foreshadow the contentious November general contest.
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A gridlocked Congress

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:43
Sens. Dick Lugar and Mark Warner on the chances of bipartisan action by Congress in this election year.
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New duty-free rules worry Canadian businesses

TruthNews.US - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:43
Chronicle Herald Canada | New Duty-free rules increase limits that can be spent on U.S. goods. Why is the Canadian government encouraging cross-border shopping?

Obama urges Senate passage of equal pay bill

AP - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on the Senate to pass legislation that aims to assist women to earn the same pay as men. The bill is not expected to win the support it needs to advance....

More minors trying to illegally cross U.S.-Mexico border alone

TruthNews.US - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:43
EFE | Minors trying to make the journey alone are more likely to be sexually assaulted, organize with crime gangs, or suffer drug abuse or other health problems.

Michigan's McCotter Bows Out

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 00:43
By Mary Anastasia O'Grady Only a week ago Michigan's 11th congressional district was considered a safe seat for five-term incumbent Republican Thaddeus McCotter. Now Mr. McCotter is not even a candidate.


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