GOVERNMENT

Illinois Dems Advance Ban on Most Modern Firearms

01/03/2013 0

Illinois Senate Democrats advanced legislation late Wednesday to restrict semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, pressing forward with new gun control measures in the waning days of the session over the objections of firearms groups. Amid […]

GOVERNMENT

Obama Vows More Tax Increases

01/02/2013 0

President Obama this morning pocketed the Republican concessions on tax hikes included in the Fiscal Cliff deal and promised that it was only the beginning of new taxation to be assessed on the American people. […]

GOVERNMENT

Pentagon Spending on Drugs Soars

12/31/2012 0

(AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN) Last year, the Pentagon spent more on pills, injections and vaccines than it did on Black Hawk helicopters, Abrams tanks, Hercules C-130 cargo planes and Patriot missiles — combined. Some of the prescription […]

GOVERNMENT

NBC Reporter Raises Hillary Clinton Questions

12/31/2012 1

The top science reporter for NBC News raised questions Monday about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s hospitalization, raising the possibility the blood clot causing isn’t linked to an earlier concussion. “It’s not exactly clear what […]

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