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Yesterday | Monterey County Herald

Your Town: Accused NPS professor's slay trial on hold

A preliminary hearing for former Naval Postgraduate School professor Lawrence Jones, accused of killing his wife around the time of their divorce, has been put off until fall.

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Related Topix: Naval Postgraduate School, Bill Richardson, US Governors, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Tue May 21, 2013

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Viewpoints: Federal shield law would protect reporters with confidential sources

Good news: President Barack Obama asked Sen. Chuck Schumer to reintroduce the federal media shield law that failed in the Senate in 2009.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Chuck Schumer, US News, US Senate, Barack Obama, Journalism, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, US Governors, Opinion

Mon May 13, 2013

The Indianapolis Star

Seeking Indianapolis celebs? See their yearbook photos online

It's interesting to see what celebrities looked like before they were celebrities, like when they were kids, and now you can do that at your leisure.

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Related Topix: Indianapolis, IN, Purdue University Indianapolis, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, Mission: Impossible, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Cool Hand Luke, Drama Movies

Tribune-Star

Restaurant Inspections: May 13, 2013

April 22-26: MCL Cafeteria, 3 Meadows Lane Dirty knives stored in buckets with clean knives, mold observed in soda nozzle cup holder; cold items on salad bar held at 51 to 58 degrees; should be 41 degrees or less.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, Indiana, Terre Haute, IN, West Terre Haute, IN

Sun May 12, 2013

Journal Gazette

Councilman tries to delay project already in works

At Tuesday's Fort Wayne City Council meeting, John Shoaff, D-at large, went out of his way to derail an otherwise routine matter.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, Mitch Daniels, US Governors

Tue May 07, 2013

Journalgazette.net

More honors for Lugar

Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar will receive two more awards this week for his 36-year career on Capitol Hill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Indianapolis, IN, Mitch Daniels, US Governors, Speedway, IN

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly returns from Middle East trip

Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly says Syrian opposition leaders he met with last week told him they don't want American troops involved in their civil war against President Bashar Assad's forces.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Joe Donnelly, US News, US Senate, Republican, Indiana, US Governors, Mike Pence

Mon May 06, 2013

The Republic

Kagan thanks Lugar, cites 'courage' in vote

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is thanking former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar for voting to put her on the bench.

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Related Topix: US News, Elena Kagan, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Sonia Sotomayor

Sun May 05, 2013

The Indianapolis Star

Indiana's Otis 'Doc' Bowen described as modest, committed public servant

Noted Indiana leaders paid tribute Sunday to the passing of Otis “Doc” Bown, the former Republican Indiana governor who went on to serve under President Ronald Reagan as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, US Senate, US Governors, Mitch Daniels

Fri May 03, 2013

The Indianapolis Star

Behind Closed Doors: Bosma says death of 'ag-gag' bill was unintended

It wasn’t what the House speaker says he intended. In the final hours of the legislative session, Brian Bosma pulled the so-called “ag-gag” bill.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Indiana, Indiana Government

Bloomberg

Brzezinski Joins Lugar Warning Against U.S. Role in Syria

President Barack Obama 's declaration that a Syrian use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line" was a mistake, according to two veteran U.S. foreign policy leaders who warned against deeper U.S. engagement there.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican

The Indianapolis Star

Matthew Tully: From guns to gay marriage, it's clear Indiana got it right with Joe Donnelly

Six months after the 2012 elections it remains clear that Indiana did the nation a favor when it made an exception to its current Republican leanings and sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Joe Donnelly, Representative Joe Donnelly, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Indiana, Republican, Wedding, Immigration Reform

Medical News

Stakeholders must work together on U.S. food aid reform

"Congress should put aside partisanship and turf protection as it considers bold changes to a decades-old and increasingly inefficient international food aid program," former Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Agriculture, Science, Health

Thu May 02, 2013

Christian Science Monitor

How Obama's Mexico trip sends a message back home on immigration, too

President Obama is welcomed as he alights from Air Force One to begin his visit to Mexico City on Thursday.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican

Mon Apr 29, 2013

AlertNet

U.S.-Mexico deal on expanded Gulf oil drilling still in limbo

More than a year after the United States and Mexico signed a much-lauded deal that would remove obstacles to expanding deepwater drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, the agreement still has not been finalized by the United States.

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Related Topix: US News, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, Barack Obama, World News, Mexico, Representative Doug Lamborn, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate

The Indianapolis Star

Hochoy joins revered Indiana Historical Society list

The Indiana Historical Society is adding four people to its growing list of Living Legends, which started in 1999 with 13 famous Hoosiers, including David Letterman, Kurt Vonnegut, Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Journal Gazette

House lawmakers enjoy old-style vote

As the last evening of the legislative session was wearing on Friday night, lawmakers got a peek into life as a legislator before computers and other technological advancements.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Marlin Stutzman, Republican, US House of Representatives, Allen County, IN, US Senate, Representative Joe Donnelly, Democrat, Senator Joe Donnelly

Fri Apr 26, 2013

Forbes.com

Former CIA Director: The Grid Is Vulnerable To Attack

The electric power grid in the United States is vulnerable to attacks that have already begun, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey said in Chicago Thursday night, and America needs distributed generation as backup-primarily in the form of natural-gas cogeneration and solar power.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Business News

Wed Apr 24, 2013

Journal Gazette

Donnelly gives maiden speech in Senate

U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly called for an "opportunity agenda" based on "Hoosier common sense" to create jobs during his maiden speech Wednesday afternoon on the Senate floor.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Joe Donnelly, Representative Joe Donnelly, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Indiana, Senator Dan Coats, Republican, Evan Bayh

Tue Apr 23, 2013

Journal Gazette

Mourdock not gone but forgotten

U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor mentioned a 2012 national election "that didn't go our way" during his speech Monday at the Allen County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day Dinner.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Marlin Stutzman, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Representative Joe Donnelly, Democrat, Senator Joe Donnelly, Indiana