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House votes to keep interest on student loans from doubling
Here's good news for college students in debt to Uncle Sam. On a mostly party-line vote of 215-195, the House of Representatives passed a bill to keep the interest rate on the federally guaranteed Stafford Loan from doubling on July first, from the...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Education, Teaching and Learning, Mitt Romney
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Obama announces contraception compromise
CNNPresident Barack Obama announced a compromise Friday in the dispute over whether to require full contraception insurance coverage for female employees at religiously affiliated institutions. Under the new plan, religiously affiliated universities and...Tags: CNN (tv network), Health Treatments, Republican Party, Joe Biden, Planned Parenthood
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Bill that will 'break the Internet' delayed until 2012
CNNMoneyA congressional vote on an anti-piracy bill that Internet heavyweights like Google say would be an online Armageddon has been delayed until 2012. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which was introduced in the House of Representatives in late October,...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Entertainment, PROTECT IP Act, U.S. House of Representatives, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Pay Cut
Are you fed up with divisive politics? Well, then you've got yet another reason to complain. If Republicans and Democrats don't come with an agreement on payroll taxes by the end of the year, the taxes you pay will go way up.
Nope, we are not...Tags: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Politics
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ESPN's Craig James weighs Senate bid
CNNThe crowded field of GOP Senate candidates in Texas may soon add one more hopeful to the mix: ESPN broadcaster Craig James. The sports network announced on Friday it granted a short-term leave of absence for the college football analyst as he considers a...Tags: Kay Bailey Hutchison, College Sports, CNN (tv network), Primaries, Republican Party
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'Check here' to support the election on your IRS form? Maybe not for long
CNNRemember the little box you can check off on your federal tax return to donate three dollars to pay for presidential campaigns? House Republicans voted that in this era of e-mailing or texting campaign contributions, it's time to get rid of the federal...Tags: CNN (tv network), Democratic Party, John McCain, Republican Party, Tom Cole
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Magnolia funeral director runs for Senate
KIAHSay what you want about Kay Bailey Hutchison, but one thing's for sure, 19 years after taking office she's still got the hottest seat in the state. Now that that seat's up for grabs with 5 Texas republicans are all vying for their shot, one of them...Tags: Kay Bailey Hutchison, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Wikipedia, Reddit plan blackout in SOPA protest
CNNMoneyA handful of large websites will go dark on Wednesday to protest an anti-piracy bill that critics say will wreck the Internet as we know it. Wikipedia, user-submitted news site Reddit, the blog Boing Boing and the Cheezburger network of comedy sites...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Entertainment, PROTECT IP Act, Rupert Murdoch, Networking
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Federal court clears Texas law requiring pre-abortion sonogram
CNNA three-judge federal appeals panel ruled Friday that the state of Texas can move ahead with enforcement of a law requiring doctors to provide a sonogram to pregnant women before they get an abortion. The mandate follows a ruling Tuesday from the 5th U....Tags: CNN (tv network), Abortion Issue, Republican Party, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health
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Postal Service deal clears Senate panel
CNNA Senate panel passed a bipartisan deal to save the U.S. Postal Service. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 9-to-1 to pass the deal, which buys out some employees, cuts worker compensation benefits for some retirees and...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Postal Service, Mail Order Industry, Health, Government Postal Delivery
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Escaping The Botnet - Can You?
KIAHU.S. Senate website - hacked Citibank - hacked Sony -- hacked Google - yup! - hacked Those were just the big profile names in the last month, but it`s not just the big boys falling prey to cyber thieves. A survey from the cyber group Symantec found...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Computer Crime, Social Issues, Juvenile Delinquency
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Teen's Accused Killer Illegally In The U.S.
KIAHThe murder of 14-year-old Shatavia Anderson has cast the teen's death into the immigration debate. On Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Anderson's accused killer, Melvin Alvarado, was not in the country legally. The 22-year-old...Tags: Lobbying, Arizona, Executive Branch, Crimes, Laws
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