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9 hrs ago | BusinessWeek

Fashion Models Vie With Engineers for Skilled-Worker Visas

If the tech industry gets what it wants from immigration reform, the U.S. will allot thousands more visas for software engineers and other highly skilled workers every year.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Anthony Weiner

13 hrs ago | Columbia Journalism Review

How extreme is that legislator, really?

When Republican Scott Brown faced Democrat Martha Coakley in a January 2010 special election for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat, he was criticized by Coakley and other Democrats as being too conservative.

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Related Topix: US News, Scott Brown, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, University of Chicago, Susan Collins, US Politics, Olympia Snowe

17 hrs ago | Saipan Tribune

FLASHBACK - May 24, 2013

May 24, 2004 'Wage bill may lead to takeover try' Any attempt to increase the CNMI minimum wage level-may it be local or federal-would spell economic disaster to the already eroding economy of the Northern Marianas.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Democrat, US News

21 hrs ago | PhysOrg Weblog

Researchers find possible 'master switch' in deadly brain cancer

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a promising target for treating glioblastoma, one that appears to avoid many of the obstacles that typically frustrate efforts to develop effective treatments for this deadliest of cancers.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Democrat, Healthcare Law, Law

Yesterday | Canada Updates

U.S. Green Card Lottery at the verge of elimination

May is the month when several immigrants wait for their fate on immigrating to US through Green Card Lottery System.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Senate, Democrat, US News

Wed May 22, 2013

Daily Mail

The Obamas 'plan summer vacation on Martha's Vineyard again' after...

The First Family are believed to be planing a return to the exclusive retreat of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts this summer for their fourth stay on the island.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Democrat, West Tisbury, MA

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Cancer Society hits 100 as US cancer rate falls

This undated photo provided by the American Cancer Society shows a mammogram procedure.

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Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, American Cancer Society, Cervical Cancer, Health, US News, US Senate, Democrat, New York, Infectious Diseases, Medicine

IBerkshires

State Democratic Chairman Rallies Berkshire Voters

John Walsh delivered a dose of adrenaline to Berkshire Democrats on Sunday as the party ramps up campaigning for Edward Markey.

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Related Topix: US News, Edward Markey, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ron Paul, Republican, US Senate, John Kerry

Tue May 21, 2013

MSNBC

August

After Ted Kennedy was elected for the first time, at age 30, his home state sent him back to the Senate eight times, all but once by unassailable margins.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Democrat, Ted Kennedy, Immigration Reform, US Military, Hanscom Air Force Base, US Air Force, Liberal Political News

Cape Cod Times

Mass. US Senate race focuses on 9/11 resolutions

In their contest for a U.S. Senate seat, Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey continued to clash Tuesday over votes Markey cast against two resolutions honoring the victims of the Sept.

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Related Topix: US News, Edward Markey, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, John Kerry, Representative Betsy Markey

Fri May 17, 2013

Go Local

Mathew Helman

Stop me if you've heard this one before. A "fresh face" in Massachusetts politics decides to run for U.S. Senate.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Scott Brown, John Kerry, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Republican

Thu May 16, 2013

Voice of America

Green Card Lottery Faces Elimination Under US Immigration Reform

The lottery was set up as a way to give anyone a chance at the "American dream." But the new plan will focus instead on adding more highly-educated workers in science, technology, engineering and math.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Lottery, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Wed May 15, 2013

The Hill

Obama's rough run

Spring in Washington has been chilly for everyone, but for no one more than President Obama - and there are few hints that more clement political weather will arrive soon at the White House.

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Related Topix: US News, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, Tax, Tea Party, Scott Brown, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Opinion

Tue May 14, 2013

Real Clear Politics

Gomez to Get Money Boost, But Will It Be Enough?

Behind in the polls in a solidly Democratic state, heavily underfunded against a formidable opponent, and suffering from a barrage of attacks over a questionable tax break he once received, Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez nonetheless brims with a preternatural confidence -- the kind found only in a candidate whose political career is just ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Scott Brown, John Kerry, US Senate, Republican, Democrat, Massachusetts

IndyMedia

Did You Know! Hillary Clinton Fired From Watergate Committee for Fraud, Ethics Violations

This is TYPICAL of Attorneys in Politics. Our Constitution clearly states Art. 1. Sec.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, 9

Patch.com

Opinion: The Next Challenge for Obamacare -- Finding and Enrolling the Uninsured

By Joel C. Cantor [Joel C. Cantor is the director of the Center for State Health Policy and professor of public policy at Rutgers University.

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Related Topix: Health Care Policy, Health, Rutgers University, Health Insurance, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Medicaid, Opinion

MSNBC

Recommended: Meet Kenneth Feinberg: The man who puts a price on pain

Blunt yet sympathetic. Good with a calculator under pressure. Loves doing pro-bono work as a hobby.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Kenneth Cole Productions, Footwear, Terrorism, Financial Services, BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust, Energy, Oil & Gas, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Mon May 13, 2013

VDARE.com

Rubin: The Eight Banditos Have Better Marketing And Thus Deserve To Win

So it is natural to wonder if the effort in 2013 won't collapse as well. But much has changed in six years, and those changes work to the benefit of immigration reform.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Democrat, Senator Marco Rubio

Forbes.com

Outrage Incorporated: The IRS And Bloomberg

There was considerable outrage back in 1974 when the IRS acted at President Richard Nixon's behest to begin audits and investigations of several alleged "enemies" such as Sen.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Democrat, US News

MSNBC

August

After Ted Kennedy was elected for the first time, at age 30, his home state sent him back to the Senate eight times, all but once by unassailable margins.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Democrat, Ted Kennedy, Immigration Reform, US Military, Hanscom Air Force Base, US Air Force, Liberal Political News