Articles focusing on politics

Wife of Florida congressman Alan Grayson drops restraining order against him

rawstory.com Article Reprint ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The wife of Florida Congressman Alan Grayson dropped her request for a permanent restraining order against him, according to a court filing on Wednesday.

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Three more die in Venezuela unrest, students battle troops

By Andrew Cawthorne and Diego Ore Article Reprint   (Reuters) – Protesters battled soldiers in the streets of Caracas again on Wednesday as three more fatal shootings raised to 25 the death toll from a

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EU moves toward sanctions on Russians, Obama meets Ukraine PM

  By Martin Santa and Aleksandar Vasovic Article Reprint   The EU agreed on a framework on Wednesday for its first sanctions on Russia since the Cold War, a stronger response to the Ukraine crisis

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Cabbie Newspaper Threatens to Out ‘Secretly Gay’ Aldermen Over Ridesharing

By Tanveer Ali Article Reprint (HUMBOLDT PARK, CHICAGO) — A newspaper serving the taxi industry threatened to out “five secretly gay aldermen” unless the city meets demands regarding the growing ridesharing business in Chicago.

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Boston is Amping Up Security for Marathon

Marathon officials announce sweeping security precautions ahead of next month’s race, including more than double the number of police officers who were stationed there last year, when two deadly explosions rocked the finish line By:

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Judge Orders NSA to Stop Destroying Phone Records

A federal judge tells the National Security Agency to stop purging the records, collected more than five years ago, and to preserve them until at least March 19 as he considers whether they’ll be used

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A mom at 12: Sex-abuse victim to receive $3M from DSHS

A woman who gave birth at age 12 says she suffered 15 more years of abuse at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend because the state failed to investigate properly. Her legal settlement is one

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NKorea: Not a single vote cast against Kim Jong Un

yahoo.com Article Reprint PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — With no one else on the ballot, state media reported Monday that supreme leader Kim Jong Un was not only elected to the highest legislative body in

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