Bankruptcy Reform Bill Clears House in Bipartisan Vote
The House approved a bill to tighten bankruptcy rules with a 313 to 108 vote, despite a White House veto threat. It includes a means test based on income to decide repayment vs erasure, backed by credit card companies and many Republicans, while Democrats split. The Senate has not yet acted.
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Father and son honored on Vietnam Memorial
The name of Air Force sergeant Richard B. Fitzgibbon Jr. added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial marks the first father son honor there. His son Marines Lance Cpl. Richard B. Fitzgibbon III was killed in action, with Pentagon and memorial officials revising eligibility to include November 1955.
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Lawmakers push for crackdown on porn
Lawmakers push for crackdown on porn as prosecutions rise and activists say pornography fuels sexual offenses. Rep. Joe Pitts cites research linking pornography to sexual assault and child molestation and spoke at a May Victims of Pornography Month news conference.
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Sleepy Cubans Trigger international brouhaha
More than 300 Cubans including an all star baseball team left Baltimore Washington International Airport on Tuesday. Six compatriots reportedly overslept and missed the flight, later returning to Cuba after informing U.S. immigration agents they wished to go back and were not defectors. They arrived 24 hours late missing Havana’s celebration of the team’s 12 to 6 win over the Orioles.
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