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April 28, 2012

Dutch judge upholds plan to prohibit tourists from purchasing marijuana

AMSTERDAM – This country of canals and tulips is also famous for “coffee shops” where joints and cappuccinos share the menu. Now, the Netherlands’ famed tolerance for drugs could be going up in smoke. A judge on Friday upheld a government plan to ban foreign tourists from buying marijuana by introducing a “weed pass” available […]
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April 28, 2012

‘Political hay’ kills child labor proposal

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s move to scrap a plan that would prevent some children from working in dangerous farm jobs drew sharp rebukes Friday from child welfare advocates who claim the president caved to election-year pressure from farmers and Republicans. The Labor Department spent more than a year working on the proposal to ban […]
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April 28, 2012

$200,000 omission was ‘oversight’

George Zimmerman raised the money on his website but failed to disclose it.
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April 28, 2012

Alaskan governor fails again in bid for oil tax break

JUNEAU, Alaska – Oil has long been king in Alaska, but the state’s Republican governor is having trouble finding support for a tax break he believes is critical to ensuring it remains so. With a stunning defeat in the state Legislature this week, Gov. Sean Parnell has failed twice since last year to reduce production […]
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April 28, 2012

Convention cities cope with gun laws

State laws in Florida and North Carolina allow concealed weapons, including handguns.

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April 28, 2012

World/Nation Dispatches

BEIRUT U.N. chief: Syria crackdown reaches ‘intolerable stage’ Two weeks into Syria’s cease-fire agreement, security agents in Damascus collected the remains of 10 people killed in a suicide bombing. Tens of thousands of people poured into the streets for weekly anti-regime marches after Muslim noon prayers Friday, and activists reported troops firing on protesters. Video […]
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April 28, 2012

Conduct rules tightened for Secret Service agents

WASHINGTON – Seeking to shake the disgrace of a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service late Friday tightened conduct rules for its agents to prohibit them from drinking excessively, visiting disreputable establishments while traveling or bringing foreigners to their hotel rooms. The new behavior policies apply to Secret Service agents even when they are off duty […]
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April 28, 2012

FBI: Tax trickery financed bookkeeper’s dream farms

A tiny Illinois city is stunned when its comptroller is charged with funding her illustrious hobby with its tax money.
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April 28, 2012

After ‘a perfect landing,’ bear returned to the wild

BOULDER, Colo. – A 200-pound black bear that wandered onto the University of Colorado campus and caused a stir before falling 15-feet from a tree has been returned to the wild, officials said Friday. State wildlife official Jennifer Churchill said that the male bear was tagged and taken to a remote Rocky Mountain area of […]
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April 28, 2012

New Yorkers applaud low-flying space shuttle

NEW YORK – In a city understandably wary of low-flying aircraft, New Yorkers and tourists alike watched with joy and excitement Friday as space shuttle Enterprise sailed over the skyline on its final flight before it becomes a museum piece. Ten years after 9/11, people gathered on rooftops and the banks of the Hudson River […]

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