Rarely do small inventors and business owners go to such great lengths to lobby Washington lawmakers, but new patent legislation is proving to be so controversial that small innovators across the country are banding together to form a new lobbying voice.
But the issue is also proving divisive for the ...
"I had to protect my daughter."
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"This is extremely disappointing as the mural does not reflect the Guiding Values of Marquette University."
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The White House on Monday night threatened to veto a House science, technology and innovation funding bill, saying the legislation makes unacceptably steep cuts for the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies.
The administration also argues that the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2015 would undermine efforts ...
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That should have been the title of a National Press Club event this past Friday. This past week, the Press Club featured three shining heroes of American crony-capitalist corporate oligopoly: the CEOs of Delta, United and American Airlines. Insiders love National Press Club events and this one had lots to love. An open forum for ...More
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Hillary Rodham Clinton returned Monday to Iowa, cozying up to grass-roots activists who backed President Obama over her in 2008 and will be key to her campaign in that early-voting state.
Mrs. Clinton met with about 60 supporters at the Mason City home of gay rights activist Dean Genth and ...
"I am asked what it felt like to lose to President Obama."
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"I cried. Everybody cried."
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The restaurant shootout among rival biker gangs in Waco became a last-ditch rallying cry Monday for opponents of a bill that Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is all but certain to soon sign into law: legalizing openly carried handguns in Texas.
The shootout that left nine people ...
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"All allegations against me in these circumstances are 100 percent false."
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"Where were the civil liberties on that day?"
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A former Iowa lawmaker has been arrested at the state Capitol after he refused to leave Gov. Terry Branstad's office because he wanted to discuss eminent domain legislation.
Iowa State Patrol troopers arrested Ed Fallon on Monday without incident after he waited hours to speak ...
Farifax County Public Schools in Virginia, one of the largest school systems in the nation, will start teaching kids lessons on sexual fluidity—the idea that there is no such thing as a human gender and that we are all open to "gender fluidity." The school board of Fairfax County voted to include gender identity in ...More
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"On the one hand, it's a crime. … On the other hand I realized it was done in innocence."
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"This must now stop."
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Under scrutiny for using private email and cellphones for official communications, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said Monday that he has engaged in the practice since he was a U.S. senator.
The Wichita Eagle reported Saturday that the Republican governor has used private emails for official business, ...
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"In any case, the sense of encouraging a commitment to peace was very clear."
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers called on federal investigators Monday to launch a probe into Republican Gov. Scott Walker's job creation agency after a newspaper reported the organization made a questionable loan to one of Walker's top donors five years ago.
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca and Sen. ...
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"[He] shattered every stereotype."
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"Don't insult me, Marc!"
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"This action is not in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ."
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"I can't imagine who would do this."
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It's a family full of con artists. Dominique Sharpton, daughter of noted liberal charlatan and MSNBC host Al Sharpton, is suing New York City for $5 million. What for? She "several" sprained her ankle, according to the New York Post. The lawsuit filed by 28-year-old Sharpton states that she was "severely injured, bruised and wounded" when she ...More
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Germany, France and Italy have pledged cooperation to jointly develop a "Euro-drone" for intelligence-gathering and surveillance of the skies.
The three on Monday committed to a two-year study to have a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System ready within a decade.
They said in a statement that "once operational, ...
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"We don't provide a service that's pretty, we provide a service that's necessary."
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Excerpts of recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers:
The (Steubenville) Herald-Star, May 11
College and high school seniors in the next couple weeks will be preparing to enter another part of their life...
Alcohol and graduation parties just don't mix...
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"There is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement."
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Excessive flames and pyrotechnics.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, says he will announce in his home state on June 1 whether he is running for president in 2016.
"I've got the best job in the world — [a] senator from South Carolina, OK?" Mr. Graham said Monday on "CBS This Morning." "I'm running ...
"I'm embarrassed to own anything with the Under Armour logo."
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"Remind me to never tweet again."
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Americans' satisfaction with the direction of the U.S. has dropped 6 points since the beginning of the year, with government, the economy and unemployment cited as the top problems facing the nation.
Satisfaction with how things are going in the country hit a two-year high in January at 32 percent ...
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"When life gives you lemons…"
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Islamic State killed hundreds as it took Iraq's Ramadi; Shiite militias vow counter-offensive
BAGHDAD (AP) - The Islamic State group killed at least 500 people - both civilians and Iraqi soldiers - and forced 8,000 to flee their homes as it captured the city of Ramadi, a provincial official said ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday accused North Korea of a litany of crimes and atrocities while reassuring South Korea of America's "ironclad" security commitments.
Kerry blamed North Korea for continuing to break promises, make threats and "show flagrant disregard for international law" ...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Legalizing open carry of handguns in Texas is beginning the final approach to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.
The last two weeks of the legislative session begin Monday. It started in January with expanded gun rights ranking among the biggest priorities for Republicans, who swiftly passed ...