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Searching for answers, Obama tells public to ‘speak up’ about Boston bombings
Brian Hughes
Published: Tue, Apr 16, 2013
President Obama on Tuesday morning said it was still not clear who was responsible for a pair of explosions that killed three people and injured dozens more at the Boston Marathon but vowed his administration would “get to the bottom of what happened.” “This was a heinous and cowardly...
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Critics doubt President Obama's commitment to tax reform
Brian Hughes
Published: Mon, Apr 15, 2013
President Obama has used "tax fairness" as a rallying cry amid unrelenting fiscal feuds with Republicans, but critics say the president has less interest in making the tax code less burdensome than in using the phrase to fire up his supporters. When Obama talks about taxes, it's usually to...
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Republican Rubio pushes immigration reforms his party opposes
Brian Hughes
Published: Sun, Apr 14, 2013
Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio launched an aggressive campaign Sunday for an immigration-reform plan that is being unveiled this week, trying to blunt fierce opposition from his own party to any blueprint that creates a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants now living in the...
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Obama reports $600k in income, paid 18.4 percent tax rate
Brian Hughes
Published: Fri, Apr 12, 2013
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama reported an adjusted gross income of $608,611 for 2012 and paid an 18.4 percent income tax rate, the White House said on Friday. In total, the first couple paid $112,214 in taxes. The administration made the tax figures public just...
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Newtown mom to give White House weekly address
Brian Hughes
Published: Fri, Apr 12, 2013
The White House on Friday announced that the mother of a six-year-old killed during the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School will deliver the weekly address in place of President Obama. Francine Wheeler’s son, Ben, was among the 20 children and six adults killed in Newtown, Conn. in...
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President Obama's tobacco tax hike: Is it about health or cash?
Brian Hughes
Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
President Obama's proposal to nearly double the federal tax on cigarettes, portrayed by the White House as a way to improve public health, is nothing more than a smoke screen to raise money, critics say. Obama wants to increase the federal cigarette tax from $1.01 to $1.95 a pack and use the...
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'42' dilutes an American sports hero
Brian Hughes
Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
It's a shame that one of the great American sports stories was the impetus for such an ordinary sports movie. In this retelling of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball, we're given a glossy portrayal that strives for sentimentality where none is needed. Rather than simply...
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