Articles focusing on politics

Two-Thirds of Criminals Released from Prison are Rearrested within 3 Years

By: Noel Brinkerhoff Article Reprint Recidivism among prisoners is still quite common in the United States, with 67.8% winding up back behind bars within three years of being released.

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IRS Paid Bonuses to 1,100 Employees who Underpaid or Didn’t Pay Their Own Taxes

By: Noel Brinkerhoff Article Reprint The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) awarded more than a thousand workers with cash bonuses even though they hadn’t paid their taxes or underpaid them.

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Military Judge Orders Release of Information about CIA Torture at Secret Prison

By: Noel Brinkerhoff Article Reprint The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been ordered by a military judge to turn over classified information regarding its secret prisons used last decade to hold and interrogate suspected terrorists.

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FDA proposes first regulations for e-cigarettes

  By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM Article Reprint WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health warning labels.

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What Will You Do When You Can No Longer Buy Or Sell Without Submitting To Biometric Identification?

by Michael T. Snyder Article Reprint In some areas of the world, payment systems that require palm scanning or face scanning are already being tested. We have entered an era where biometric security is being

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President Obama Wrote a Letter to the Family and Friends of Frankie Knuckles

By Forrest Wickman Article Reprint The death of house pioneer Frankie Knuckles has led to a number of tributes in recent weeks, but now he has received a special one from a fellow Chicagoan: President

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Dallas Police Chief Halts Field Sobriety Training Because Minority Recruits Keep Failing

By Eric Nicholson Article Reprint Dallas Police Chief David Brown is once again denying accusations that DPD has watered down recruit training standards.

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U.S. Government to Argue Against Aereo in Supreme Court Tuesday

The move was expected, in light of the government’s brief filed in support of the broadcasters. by Jonathan Handel Article Reprint The Supreme Court has granted the U.S. government’s motion to argue against Aereo in

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