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From partisan perspective,
‘cliff’ may not be that scary
Washington Post, by Zachary A Goldfarb &Rosalind S Helderman
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 12/30/2012 11:45:55 PM
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| To many Americans, what’s going on in Washington looks like a circus show that isn’t the least bit entertaining — the nation’s leaders seemingly unable to come up with a deal that keeps most people from paying higher taxes. But there is a logic to it. For all the posturing of the last few weeks, both sides see a measure of political upside in going over the “fiscal cliff” — or, at the least, an advantage in waiting until the last minute, since they want to avoid drawing the ire of their most loyal
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Spidey, 12/31/2012 5:56:35 AM (No. 9090920)
Yeah,both sides will cave to some extent and will get out of town before a citizen backlash could derail the deal.
I really don´t understand why every gov´t dept. can´t take a 5% cut a year for 5 years. Everybody else in the country has had to make due with less,why can´t these greedy morons?
Probably the main obstruction to such a deal would be the civil servants union who would rather have their eyes gouged out than lay off one unionized employee.A hiring freeze,retirement buyots and attrition could probably do the job.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 12/31/2012 6:21:21 AM (No. 9090927)
FTA:"..the nation’s leaders seemingly unable to come up with a deal that keeps most people from paying higher taxes. "
Therein lies the dirty little secret. Both sides know that the flow of revenue to the US Treasury is a number so low that it would scare people even more than they already are. So what happens? The middle class or ,in other words, all of us that toil as the huge majority that fall between the Takers and the very rich ( bless them)are the easy marks. The former will never be asked to pay taxes and the latter have the wherewithall to minimize their tax burden. Those that live on their paycheck are the easiest targets, thanks to the government´s ability to withhold ´their´ money from your check. Were he still alive, Willie Sutton would concur.
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Boston on Lockdown
as Manhunt Intensifies
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Kerry Picket
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/19/2013 7:56:14 AM
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"We believe this to be a terrorist," Boston Police Commissioner Ed David told reporters early Friday morning. "We believe this to be a man who´s come here to kill people. We need to get him in custody." Public transportation all over the Boston area has been shut down. Authorities are speaking to the residents of Watertown, Newton, Belmont, Cambridge, and the Allston/Brighton neighborhoods and asking them to stay indoors for the time being. They are also asking businesses in those areas to cooperate and not open today until law enforcement can provide more guidance and information.
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FBI releases photos and
video of two suspects in
Boston Marathon bombing
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Washington Times, by Jerry Seper
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/18/2013 11:40:01 PM
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The FBI released photos and a brief videotape Thursday of two men it described as “Suspect No. 1 and Suspect No. 2” in the bombing Monday at the Boston Marathon that killed three and injured nearly 180, and appealed to the public to help identify them. The men, walking single file on Boylston Street toward the marathon’s finish line, were seen in photos and a 30-second video carrying black backpacks as they walked briskly along the marathon route. Both wore dark jackets. One wore a white baseball cap, turned backward, and the other wore a black one.
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The Getaway: Non-FBI Image
Surfaces of ´Suspect 2´?
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Staff
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/18/2013 11:37:22 PM
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This evening, an image was posted on the social news site reddit who appears to be the Federal Bureau of Investigation´s "Suspect 2" in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. The image is high resolution and more clear than many of the photos released by the FBI. Here it is at different aspect ratios: Earlier Thursday, the FBI released photographs and video of two suspects. One of the suspects can be seen wearing a white hat backwards, a dark jacket, and what appears to be a gray sweatshirt or hoodie. The logo
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FBI releases images
of two suspects in
Boston Marathon bombings
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Washington Post, by David Montgomery*
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/18/2013 11:23:15 PM
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BOSTON — The FBI released video and photos on Thursday of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings who were seen carrying backpacks and walking casually among spectators shortly before the blasts. Officials hope the release of images culled from a trove of digital information will help them identify and capture the men who were described by Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston division, as “armed and extremely dangerous.” DesLauriers said at a Boston news conference that investigators identified one person of interest
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Man accused in case of
poison-laced letters has
history of legal
and other troubles
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Washington Post, by Aaron C. Davis and Stephanie McCrummen
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/18/2013 11:20:49 PM
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CORINTH, Miss. — The Mississippi man charged with threatening the lives of President Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge by mailing them poison-laced letters had grandiose ambitions as an Elvis impersonator, believed that government drones were spying on him and harbored conspiracy theories about black-market trafficking in human body parts, according to court documents and people who know him. Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, who appeared Thursday in an Oxford, Miss., courtroom wearing shackles and a Johnny Cash T-shirt
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Fox Slaps Back When MSNBC´s
Griffin Denounced the ´Disgrace´
of Skipping Obama´s Sore-
Loser Denunciations
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Newsbusters, by Tim Graham
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/18/2013 11:10:26 PM
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"The Five" on Fox News Channel didn´t cover more than a few seconds of President Obama´s petulant Rose Garden attack on conservatives making Wednesday "a shameful day for Washington." The other networks, which define "news" as anything their Heroic President chooses to utter, including his March Madness picks, were shocked and appalled. In Thursday´s New York Times, Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, noted that ABC, CBS and NBC had broadcast special reports because they deemed the president’s remarks important. Griffin denounced Fox’s decision to skip it as “a disgrace.”
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IL Dems Revolt Against Gun Control Law
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Mike Flynn
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/18/2013 10:46:39 PM
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Democrats enjoy a supermajority in the Illinois House of Representatives, holding 71 seats to the GOP´s 47. On Wednesday, the same day the US Senate voted down gun control legislation, powerful Democrat Speaker Michael Madigan tried to push a restrictive gun control measure through his chamber. The result was an open revolt by downstate Democrats, with almost half the Democrat caucus joining the GOP to kill the measure. The bill went down 31-76, a rare defeat for the legendary Madigan. Illinois is currently
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*Eyewitness Updates* West, Texas Explosion
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Brandon Darby
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/18/2013 7:47:38 AM
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UPDATE: Darby will appear on BBC World Service Radio at 6:30 AM EDT to discuss the information he has received in Waco. Listen here. Breitbart News´s Brandon Darby is on the scene as an eyewitness in West, Texas in the aftermath of a fertilizer plant explosion early Wednesday evening. Breitbart News will provide updates on the situation throughout the night. 1:00 AM EDT: The triage location for wounded and evacuees has been moved from a local high school football field to West´s Community Center. 1:06 AM EDT: Mass confusion, echoing Hurricane Katrina. Remaining residents
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Obama loses 2014 wedge
issue in Senate gun vote
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Daily Caller, by Neil Munro
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:45:27 PM
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The Senate’s effective rejection of President Barack Obama’s post-Newtown gun control bill robs the Democratic Party of an important tool for trying to regain a majority in the House in November 2014. “Are they serious?” a visibly angry Obama demanded of opponents of the Toomey/Manchin Senate bill. In a late-afternoon announcement outside the White House, the president added that if Congress continues not to pass a gun control bill, “the answer will have to come from the voters.” But without a Senate bill, there’s little chance
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A Stirring Send-Off For
the Iron Lady – And No
One Missed the Obamas
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PJ Media, by Mike McNally
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:39:38 PM
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After all the controversy – it was too much, and too expensive; it would be marred by protests – this morning’s funeral for Lady Thatcher in London was a splendid and memorable affair, which did her memory, and her country, proud. It was a moving, dignified and pitch-perfect occasion: unmistakably British, and a fitting send-off for the country’s greatest post-war prime minister. Big Ben fell silent – for the first time since the funeral of wartime leader Winston Churchill – and tens of thousands of admirers lined the streets to applaud Lady Thatcher’s coffin
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Saudi foreign minister
consoles Obama on Boston
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Washington Times, by Dave Boyer
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:27:45 PM
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Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister offered condolences to President Obama Wednesday for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Prince Saud Al-Faisal made the gesture during a meeting at the White House that included National Security Advisor Tom Donilon. The White House didn’t report Mr. Obama’s response about the Boston tragedy, but said the president asked Mr. Al-Faisal “to convey his best wishes to King Abdullah bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud.” Although Saudi Arabia is a longtime ally of the U.S., terrorism is a complicated issue between the two nations
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Gun vote shows gulf
between Washington, country
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Washington Post, by Dan Balz
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:23:31 PM
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If there was ever a moment that symbolized the difference between the power of public opinion and the strength of a concerted minority, it came Wednesday when the Senate defeated a bipartisan measure to expand background checks on gun purchases. By the time the vote took place, the outcome was expected. Nonetheless, the result was stunning, as was made clear by the angry reaction of President Obama, who had invested so much capital on getting gun legislation passed after the shootings in Newtown, Conn., only to see those efforts crushed
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Barack Obama can´t pass gun control
despite 90 per cent support. Truly,
he is a lame-duck president
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Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/18/2013 6:42:40 AM
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Yesterday, the most modest of gun control proposals died in the Senate. It would have expanded background checks to people purchasing weapons at gun shows and online sales, enjoyed 90 per cent support among the public and came on the back of the tragedy at Newtown. Yet, despite all that it had going for it, the Toomey-Manchin bill raised just 54 votes--six short of the number necessary for passage. “This is a pretty shameful day for Washington,” said Obama afterwards. It wasn’t exactly a red letter day for him, either. Why did the no-brainer bill fail? Four reasons:
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Obama angrily denounces
gun-rights groups as willful liars
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Washington Times, by Dave Boyer
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/17/2013 6:37:42 PM
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President Obama angrily blamed the defeat Wednesday of his centerpiece gun-control proposal on lies spread by the National Rifle Association, calling it “a pretty shameful day for Washington.” “The gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill,” Mr. Obama said in the White House rose garden about 90 minutes after the vote. “It came down to politics.” As he spoke, Mr. Obama was surrounded by family members of victims of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Also with him was former Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona, wounded in an assassination attempt.
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Senate rejects background checks
on gun purchases in 54-46 vote
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Hill [Washington,DC], by Alexander Bolton
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/17/2013 4:41:19 PM
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The Senate delivered a devastating blow to President Obama’s agenda to regulate guns Wednesday by defeating a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks. It failed by a vote of 54 to 46, with 5 Democrats voting against it. Only 4 Republicans supported it. Democratic Sens. Mark Pryor (Ark.), Max Baucus (Mont.), Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Mark Begich (Alaska) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) voted against it. Reid supported the measure but voted against it to preserve his ability to bring the measure up again. GOP Sens. John McCain (Ariz.), Susan Collins (Maine), Pat Toomey (Pa.) and Mark Kirk
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A growing sense that we´re not
getting the truth about Boston bombing
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American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 4/18/2013 10:48:34 AM
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While the media are bearing the brunt of public skepticism over the handling of the Boston bombing, the behavior of government is also eroding public trust. Yesterday´s promised but cancelled news briefing is just one symptom. Andrew McCarthy of PJM notes that "Misinformation rather than enlightenment has been the order of the day in the investigation of Monday´s terrorist bombing of the Boston Marathon," and that part of it is the natural outgrowth of the desire of investigators to keep the details of their investigations secret, so as not to alert suspects.
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Mark Kelly says senators voted
down gun legislation ‘out of fear’
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Washington Post, by Philip Rucker
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Posted By: toledo- 4/18/2013 11:50:49 AM
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Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, on Thursday upbraided senators who voted against gun legislation by saying they voted “out of fear.” ”If that vote had been a secret ballot, I bet you it would have passed with 80 votes,” Kelly told reporters. He was referencing the compromise authored by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to expand background checks for gun buyers. It failed to advance in the Senate, with a vote Wednesday afternoon of 54 to 46.
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Suspect 1 dead, search is on
for suspect 2 in Watertown
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WFXT-TV [Boston, MA] & Fox News, by Staff
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/19/2013 4:15:42 AM
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Boston--FOX 25 has confirmed suspect #1 in the Boston Marathon bombings is dead and the search for suspect #2 is ongoing. FOX 25 has confirmed through sources that suspect #1 is dead and police are searching for suspect #2. Mass. State Police asked Watertown residents not to answer the door unless it is an announced police official. Police in Watertown, Mass., began searching for a heavily armed suspect who may have been involved in the shooting death of an MIT police officer after reportedly taking another suspect into custody early Friday. Local reports say the suspects threw and
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A Stirring Send-Off For
the Iron Lady – And No
One Missed the Obamas
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PJ Media, by Mike McNally
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:39:38 PM
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After all the controversy – it was too much, and too expensive; it would be marred by protests – this morning’s funeral for Lady Thatcher in London was a splendid and memorable affair, which did her memory, and her country, proud. It was a moving, dignified and pitch-perfect occasion: unmistakably British, and a fitting send-off for the country’s greatest post-war prime minister. Big Ben fell silent – for the first time since the funeral of wartime leader Winston Churchill – and tens of thousands of admirers lined the streets to applaud Lady Thatcher’s coffin
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Obama: Gun lobby ´lied´ about
background check bill
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/17/2013 6:09:57 PM
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Washington — President Barack Obama says the Senate’s opposition to a bill that would have expanded background checks for gun buyers marks a “shameful day” in Washington. He says a minority of senators decided “it wasn’t worth it” to protect the nation’s children. Obama spoke in the Rose Garden shortly after the Senate vote rejecting a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers. (Snip) The president pinned the blame for the measures failure, though five Democrats also opposed the plan. He also said the gun lobby and its allies “willfully lied” about background check bill.
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Misinformation and Anxiety in
Boston Terrorism Investigation
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PJ Media, by Andrew C. McCarthy
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 10:38:32 PM
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Misinformation rather than enlightenment has been the order of the day in the investigation of Monday’s terrorist bombing of the Boston Marathon. The anxiety stemming from the attack and the stream of inaccurate news about it is further freighted, moreover, by the FBI’s confirmation that two letters addressed to top political officials — President Obama and Senator Richard Wicker (R., MS) — tested positive for ricin, a deadly poison. As noted below, a man identified as Kenneth Curtis of Tupelo, Mississippi, has reportedly been arrested in connection with the mailings. Early this afternoon, massive confusion
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Top Dem sees ´train wreck´
for Obama health law
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Associated Press, by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/17/2013 4:11:03 PM
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WASHINGTON -- A senior Democratic senator who helped write President Barack Obama´s health care law stunned administration officials Wednesday, saying openly he thinks it´s headed for a "train wreck" because of bumbling implementation. "I just see a huge train wreck coming down," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., told Obama´s health care chief during a routine budget hearing that suddenly turned tense. Baucus is the first top Democrat to publicly voice fears about the rollout of the new health care law, designed to bring coverage to some 30 million uninsured Americans through a mix
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Boston Marathon bombs: live
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Telegraph [UK], by Raf Sanchez
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/19/2013 6:52:32 AM
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Latest 11.42 (06.42) The two suspects may be foreign nationals, according to NBC´s Pete Williams. Quote They were legal permanent residents... They were in this country legally, at least a year. They appear to be from Turkey, possibly Chechens from Turkey. That seems to be the nationality here. We´re told they were not students, in their early twenties. One 20, one 21. We don´t have their names yet. The Associated Press has also said the suspects are from Russian region near Chechnya, and had lived in the US at least one year. 11.25 (06.25) A woman in Watertown has snipers
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