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Jun
17
Video: BP’s Congressional Grilling
John Dickerson spoke with CBS News Capitol Hill Producer Jill Jackson about the reaction to Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-Texas) apology to BP executives, and CBSNews.com’s Brian Montopoli discussed controversial lobbyist protections.
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Jun
17
GOP lawyer to represent Texas Green Party in Democrats’ lawsuit to reveal donor
AUSTIN – A top Republican lawyer has been hired to represent the Texas Green Party against efforts to identify a mystery donor who paid to put the party on the fall ballot.
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Jun
16
Politics blog: Top GOP lawyer to represent Texas Green Party in Democrats’ lawsuit
AP File 2003Andy Taylor – a Republican with ties of Tom DeLay , John Cornyn and Rick Perry – will fight Democrats’ efforts to learn who bankrolled a petition drive to get the Green Party on the November ballot in Texas.
Read more on Dallas Morning News
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Jun
16
Silicon Valley readies for privacy battle
In the wake of a series of privacy missteps by Google, Facebook and other companies, a growing chorus on Capitol Hill is calling for major online privacy legislation.
Read more on San Jose Mercury News
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Jun
15
Apple secrecy is bitter fruit on Hill
Apple is famous for its veil of secrecy around the new iPads and iPhones. But Sen. John Rockefeller and others in Congress wonder whether the company has more than technological innovations to hide.
Read more on Politico via Yahoo! News
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Jun
15
Pac-10 Expansion: Baylor Emails Released; Mountain West Eyes Colorado
Baylor and Colorado have seldom found reasons play dirty. But now that each is at the epicenter of rumored conference realignment in college football, the gloves have been taken off. No, make that ripped off and tossed to the farthest corner of the ring. The thing is, though, it seems to be a fight in which only one party is interested. That would be Baylor, a tiny-sized private institution that …
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Jun
14
Rahall demands docs from Transocean
House Democrats expanded their inquiries into the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Tuesday.
Read more on The Politico
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Jun
14
Big Ten Expansion: Could A Hawkeye-Husker Rivalry Be on the Horizon?
If news reports are correct, the Iowa Hawkeyes could be on the verge of gaining a new rivalry. On Tuesday, a Big 12 school’s executive told the Omaha World-Herald that he expects Nebraska to leave the Big 12 for the Big Ten as early as Friday, ahead of the Big 12’s previously reported deadline. The reporter behind the story, Lee Barfknecht, has covered Nebraska football for about 25 years …
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Jun
13
BP oil collection ramps up; so do claims questions
BP plans to bring in an oil-burning device and a tanker from the North Sea as it tries to contain the crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, a disaster creating headaches for people who make their money off the sea and those processing their claims of financial loss.
Read more on CTV Winnipeg
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Jun
13
Texas gas explosion a warning for Qld
Farmers and environmentalists fear rapid growth in the natural gas industry in Queensland could put communities at risk from pipeline explosions.
Read more on Brisbane Times