Obama pushes paid leave for more workers in new proposal
President Obama urged Congress to require paid sick and family leave for private sector workers, aiming at up to seven days per year, plus federal workers' extended leave. He cited 43 million without sick leave and urged state city measures backed by a $2 billion funding plan, with details to follow.
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Barack Obama
White House
Congress
Obama
Maryland
Valerie Jarrett
National Federation of Independent Business
Jack Morloom
Mazloom
Rosa de Lauro
D-Conn
Amanda Rothschild
Mary Stein
Charmington's
Romney faces empathy hurdle as 2016 talk heats up
AP reports Republicans worry Romney’s image as an out of touch millionaire could hurt a 2016 bid. Even supporters note an empathy gap as he weighs a return, with critics citing past missteps like the 47 percent remark. Romney aides outline a platform prioritizing safety, the middle class, and poverty reduction.
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Coronado
Calif
Mitt Romney
Romney
White House
Bill Kunkler
Barack Obama
Florida
Republican National Committee
Steve Scheffler
RNC
Iowa
Death notice for Ethel A Kymer January 13 2015
Death notice for Ethel A Kymer dated January 13 2015. Calling hours are 2 to 4 p.m. today at Dowdle Funeral Home with a service to follow.
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Kymer
Ethel A
Dowdle Funeral Home
Holder urges better data on police use of force
Attorney General Eric Holder called for improved record-keeping on police use of force and officer attacks, saying current data are incomplete. He cited the FBI figures on justifiable homicides and assaults, noting voluntary local reporting skews accuracy, and tied the issue to recent high profile police deaths and public safety.
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Washington
Eric Holder
Holder
Justice Department
Martin Luther King
FBI
Congress
New York City
Ferguson
Missouri
New York
Fraternal Order of Police
Sais
Pey
Judge presses government over Obama immigration orders in Texas
In Brownsville, US District Judge Andrew Hanen pressed the government to justify executive actions on immigration amid a coalition of 25 states seeking a preliminary injunction. The hearing explored if Obama can shield up to 5 million people from deportation, with a ruling not expected before January 30.
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Texas
South Texas
Barack Obama
Andrew Hanen
Coalition
Obama
Han
Executive Branch
Noah
Hanen
U.S
South
Midwest
Andrew Oldham
Oldham
Oswego County Police Blotter Plays Out On Warrant Flights
Deputies and city police arrested or charged multiple Oswego area residents on Wednesday and Tuesday in Liverpool Oswego and Volney. Names include Eric Meaker Jasmine Redhead Stephen Taylor and Joseph Merritt with offenses ranging from warrants for criminal possession of a controlled substance to petit larceny burglary and multiple misdemeanors.
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Eric W. Meaker
Old
Liverpool Road
Liverpool
Oswego County
Oswego City
Dennis R. Schmitt Jr
W. First St
Oswego
Nikolas J. Graham
Liberty St
Oswegoity Court
Fulton-based
Jasmine M. Redhead
Scriba
Jolena E. Raymond
Volney
Stephen C. Taylor
E. Utica St
Taylor
Russell P. Weber
Oak Rd
Patricia A. Harvey
Rathburn Road
Joseph M. Merritt
Maiden Lane
Oswego City Court
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the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection
West Fifth Street
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