Senators seek bipartisan pact on expanded background checks
Four senators including two NRA supporters press to broaden background checks for firearm purchases. They discuss state mental health data sharing, possible exemptions for relatives and concealed licenses, and aim to bolster Obama gun control efforts amid resistance to assault weapon bans.
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Washington
Barack Obama
National Rifle Association
Obama
Capitol Hill
Senate
Joe Manchin
D-W.va
Manchin
NRA
Dorner manhunt amid snowstorm in Southern California
More than 100 officers including SWAT searched snow bound mountains near Big Bear Lake for ex LAPD officer Christopher Dorner. Police and U S marshals, with dogs and forensics teams, carried out a warrant at his mother’s La Palma home as targets linked to Dorner remained under guard across California and neighboring states.
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Calif
Christopher Dorner
Los Angeles
Navy
T. Gregory Hall
Pennsylvania
Hall
California
Nevada
Arizona
Mexico
Dorner
LAPD
Cery
la Palma
California Highway Patrol
Worst of flu season may be over says CDC
The worst of the flu season appears over as states report less intense illness and deaths from flu and pneumonia drop in recent weeks. Georgia and New York show low activity while the West Coast and Southwest are hotspots. Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown cut patient inflow from about 100 daily to 25 as tents may be removed.
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U.S
Southeast
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Om Skinner
Georgia
West Coast
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Cedar Crest
Allentown
Terry Burger
Amish beard cutting ringleader gets 15 years in prison
Sam Mullet Sr. 67 the ringleader in a series of hair and beard cutting attacks on Amish followers was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Ten men and six women defendants received 1 to 7 year terms.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U.S. District Court
Dan Aaron Polster
Sam Muller Sr
Mullet
Sam Mullet Sr
Muller
Freeman Burkholder
Anna Miller
Rhonda Kotnik
Kathryn Miller
Privacy Breach Hits Bush Family Accounts In Houston
The Secret Service investigates a hacker attack on Bush family private photos and messages. The intruder, calling themselves Guccifer, accessed materials via friends or relatives, including a photo alleged from George H W Bush hospital stay. Experts warn about the ease of exposing private data despite security.
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Bush
Secret Service
Smoking Gun
Guccifer
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Dan Wallach
Rice University
Houston School
Florida
Jeb Bush
Jim McGrath
Wallach
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