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State Sen. Malcolm Smith, city Councilman Halloran arrested in ‘bribery plot’ to rig mayor race — State Senator Malcolm Smith was arrested at his home in Queens today. — State Sen. Malcolm Smith and city Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested this morning on charges they were plotting …
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Lawmakers Charged in Plot to Buy Spot on Mayoral Ballot — State Senator Malcolm A. Smith, a contractor and real estate developer who rose to become the first black president of the State Senate, and City Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III were arrested early Tuesday on charges of trying …
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Outrage 101: Radical jailed in slay now Columbia prof — Former Weather Underground radical Kathy Boudin — who spent 22 years in prison for an armored-car robbery that killed two cops and a Brinks guard — now holds a prestigious adjunct professorship at Columbia University's School of Social Work, The Post has learned.
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Firearms advocates target gun-control measures — Gun-control measures that seemed destined to become law after the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., are in jeopardy amid a fierce lobbying campaign by firearms advocates. — Despite months of negotiations, key senators have been unable …
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Peter Applebome / New York Times:
Legislators in Connecticut Agree on Broad New Gun Laws — HARTFORD — More than three months after the massacre of 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., state legislative leaders announced on Monday that they had agreed on what they called the most far-reaching gun-legislation package in the country.
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Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Conn. lawmakers unveil bipartisan gun control plan
Conn. lawmakers unveil bipartisan gun control plan
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Senator Tom Carper · 2,803 like this — As our society has changed and evolved, so too has the public's opinion on gay marriage - and so has mine. I pray every day for God to grant me the wisdom to do what is right. Through my prayers and conversations with my family …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Delaware Sen. Tom Carper Endorses Marriage Equality — “[A]ll Americans ultimately should be free to marry the people they love and intend to share their lives with, regardless of their sexual orientation, and that's why today, after a great deal of soul searching, I'm endorsing marriage equality,” Carper says.
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Colby Itkowitz / Morning Call:
Casey: I support gay marriage
Casey: I support gay marriage
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Cruz to test 2016 waters with South Carolina trip — Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) - He's been in Washington only three months, but U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is already planning a pilgrimage to a critical presidential primary state. — The outspoken Cruz, a conservative attorney …
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Adam Beam / The State:
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz to keynote S.C. GOP's Silver Elephant Celebration in May
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz to keynote S.C. GOP's Silver Elephant Celebration in May
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Graham's Immigration Bid Starts in South Carolina
Graham's Immigration Bid Starts in South Carolina
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Kate Brumback / Talking Points Memo:
Guns Are Now Required For Citizens Of Nelson, Georgia — NELSON, Ga. (AP) — Backers of a newly adopted ordinance requiring gun ownership in a small north Georgia town acknowledge they were largely seeking to make a point about gun rights. — The ordinance in the city of Nelson …
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Georgia Town Passes Mandatory Gun Bill — Late Monday, Nelson, Georgia passed a law called the “Family Protection Ordinance” that requires every adult in the 1,300-person town to own a gun “for purposes of emergency management and general safety of the city.”
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Politico:
What Marco Rubio is thinking — Immigration reform is alive and kicking because Sen. Marco Rubio was there at conception. It will likely die if Rubio bolts in the end. — The possibility that Rubio could walk away, more than any other dynamic, is shaping the final details of new immigration laws, participants tell us.
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The Week:
Marco Rubio is right: Don't rush immigration reform
Marco Rubio is right: Don't rush immigration reform
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New York Times:
Obama to Unveil Initiative to Map the Human Brain — President Obama on Tuesday will announce a broad new research initiative, starting with $100 million in 2014, to invent and refine new technologies to understand the human brain, senior administration officials said Monday.
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Obama to announce new research initiative to map the human brain
Jethro Mullen / CNN:
North Korea says it plans to restart shuttered nuclear reactor — On the wall is a map titled “Plan for the strategic forces to target mainland U.S.” — Kim Jong Un and North Korea's military … (CNN) — After weeks of hurling threats at the United States and its allies …
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David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Donor Says He Sought Menendez on Medicare Without Breaking Law — Salomon Melgen, the Florida political donor at the center of a criminal probe, said he and Senator Robert Menendez are “like brothers” who spoke weekly, yet his companies never benefited and he broke no laws.
Kevin Diaz / StarTribune.com:
‘Man of mystery’ is behind Michele Bachmann campaign cases — From a Ugandan jail cell to the Iowa presidential campaign, secretive evangelist Peter Waldron is no stranger to conflict. — Peter Waldron's journey from a jail cell in Uganda to the inner circle of Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign …
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
McAuliffe 2013 = Clinton 2016? — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign begins this year in Virginia. — She hasn't said anything about 2016, but Terry McAuliffe's 2013 gubernatorial campaign is serving as a testing ground for Clinton's clout, operatives and donors.
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Jean Eaglesham / Wall Street Journal:
SEC Ex-Chief Lands at Consultant — Schapiro Is Latest Former U.S. Regulator to Join Promontory Financial; ‘No Revolving Door’ — Less than four months after stepping down as the top U.S. securities regulator, Mary Schapiro is joining a consulting firm that has built a reputation …
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David Rogers / Politico:
Big Agriculture flexes its muscle — Yet for all the anger — and belated legal reviews — no one can truly be surprised by the packers' success nor Monsanto's. Indeed the collapse of the traditional appropriations process in Congress may magnify the power of single-interest lobbies …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Sequestration Effects: Cuts Sting Communities Nationwide — WASHINGTON — It's now an article of faith that dire sequestration warnings were overblown. — New studies downsize potential job losses because of the federal budget cuts. Agencies have figured ways to ensure that the more alarming effects …
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David Jolly / New York Times:
Unemployment in Euro Zone Reaches a Record High — PARIS — Unemployment in the euro zone rose to yet another record high in the first two months of the year, official data showed Tuesday, providing confirmation that the economy remains in a deep freeze. — The jobless rate reached 12 percent …
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