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  1. Senator Barbara Mikulski: Mikulski, Bipartisan Senate Women Call on Boehner to Pass Senate's Violence Against Women Act
    Mikulski, Bipartisan Senate Women Call on Boehner to Pass Senate's Violence Against Women Act
  2. Opinion: GOP is the real party of American women
    There’s an old joke about a married couple that’s asked about their hobbies and interests. The husband says he’s focused on “important things” — like the federal budget, health care reform and peace in the Middle East. The wife says she’s focused on the “small things” — like their household...
  3. Same-sex marriage and Boulder
    It`s a confusing time. Gay men and lesbians are demanding equal civil rights. People who favor the status quo and others who think homosexuality is an abomination -- the latter group predominently filled with religious groups -- push back.
  4. California.. Environmental "Exemptions" .. For Bullet Train?
    California.. Environmental "Exemptions" .. For Bullet Train? Virtually every major construction project here in California - from shopping centers to large solar farms - have to meet strict environmental laws. Except maybe the
  5. Bipartisan debt relief update
    Last year, a group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators, known as "The Gang of Six," united in an effort to put forth a bipartisan debt reduction proposal. Nancy Cordes checks in on their progress.
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  7. DECKER: 5 Questions with Rep. Ben Quayle
    An interview with Rep. Ben Quayle, who was elected in 2010 by Arizona’s 3rd congressional district, which is in the Sonoran Desert in the Valley of the Sun around Phoenix. One of his popular campaign ads stated, “Barack Obama is the worst president in history,” a theme he has brought to Washington through tough, comprehensive criticism of current White House policies.
  8. Letters to the President: The Dreams of Our Daughters
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  9. Bonny Eagle to dedicate theater in honor of professor who succumbed to Alzheimer’s
    STANDISH, Maine — One after another, students of the late P. Michael Bourgoin recalled how he used theater — the art of playing a character — to help unsure teenagers grow comfortable with themselves. On Saturday, the theater at Bonny Eagle High School, where he taught and directed plays for ...
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  11. Committee Passes Mineral Production and Indian Land Energy Bills
  12. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  13. Paralyzed Woman Moves Robotic Arm With Mind
    Cathy Hutchinson used a mind-controlled robotic arm to drink coffee.
  14. Congressman says 9/11-like attack won’t pass through the airport terminal
    The next 9/11-like attack involving a plane will come from the ground — not through airport security — a Republican congressman and former airline pilot told a top TSA official. Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.), a commercial airline pilot for 17 years, said at a Wednesday hearing that he’s gotten several calls telling him that security...
  15. Cost Of Cancer Pills Can Be Hard For Medicare Patients To Swallow
    How some insurers pay for treatments means that cancer pills can wind up costing a patient more than an IV. Some states have passed laws to make sure that patients don't have to pay more to take pills. But those laws don't apply to Medicare.

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