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Light Must Shine On Government Secrecy
The Hartford CourantMamie Till did the unspeakable almost 60 years ago. She opened the casket at her son Emmett's funeral so the world could see how this 14-year-old was shot, bludgeoned, mutilated and then drowned in Mississippi's Tallahatchie River with a cotton gin fan...Tags: Executive Branch, Racism, Justice and Rights, Emmett Till, Justice System
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Brown administration says prison complaints are blame-shifting
Gov. Jerry Brown's administration disputes complaints that the governor's vocal legal challenges to orders to improve prison conditions has brought progress to a halt. The federal court-appointed medical receiver in charge of prison healthcare filed a...Tags: Executive Branch, Jerry Brown, Prisons, Politics, Coccidioidomycosis
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Three In Connecticut To Receive Governor's Arts Awards
Hartford CourantA writer, a musician and and artist are the three Connecticut residents who will receive the 2013 Governor’s Arts Awards. They are: Elizabeth Alexander: poet, essayist, playwright. Alexander is chairwoman of the African-American studies...Tags: Yale University, New Haven Green, Executive Branch, Music, Politics
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EU probes ally of Kosovo PM, ambassador for war crimes
ReutersPRISTINA (Reuters) - European Union police said on Thursday they had arrested five people, including a wartime ally of Kosovo's prime minister, and were investigating the ambassador to Albania on suspicion of war crimes during Kosovo's 1998-99 conflict....Tags: International Organizations, European Union, Prisons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts
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Maine lawmakers, governor in stand-off on Medicaid expansion
ReutersBy Dave Sherwood BOWDOINHAM, Maine, May 23 (Reuters) - Maine's Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill that would expand access to its Medicaid program as outlined by the Affordable Care Act, setting up a showdown with the state's...Tags: Executive Branch, Career and Workplace, Health Insurance, U.S. House of Representatives, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Trudeau's Liberals would win big majority in Canada election -poll
Reuters* Conservative government struggling with expenses scandal * Liberals were pushed into third place in May 2011 election OTTAWA, May 23 (Reuters) - Canada's opposition Liberals would win a big majority under new leader Justin Trudeau if an election...Tags: Elections, Politics, Canada, Montreal (Canada), National Government
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Kerry meets Israelis, Palestinians to revive talks
ReutersJERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace negotiations. There were no signs...Tags: Religion and Belief, John Kerry, European Union, Mahmoud Abbas, Peace Negotiations
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COLUMN-Some cracks in the technocrat cult-Chrystia Freeland
Reuters(Chrystia Freeland is a Reuters columnist. Any opinions expressed are her own.) By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In...Tags: Science and Technology, Antitrust Issues, Thomson Corporation, Book, The Washington Post
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Column: Some cracks in the technocrat cult
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In government, the technocrats are on top, too. From Washington to Frankfurt to Rome, technocrats have stepped in where...Tags: Science and Technology, Antitrust Issues, Thomson Corporation, Book, The Washington Post
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Syrian refugee exodus to Jordan has slowed to trickle, U.N. says
McClatchy Foreign StaffBAGHDAD The flow of refugees crossing from Syria into Jordan has all but stopped in the last six days amid heavy fighting in the area and claims by Syrians that Jordanian border guards are preventing them from entering. The Jordanian foreign minister has...Tags: Bashar Assad, John Kerry, Israel, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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