What Congress Bought Itself With Your $1 Billion
Saturday 31st of July 2010 05:00:27 AM
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| (July 21) -- Congress requires a lot of stuff to keep itself running. Like coffee. And plane tickets. And student loan payments. That's the point underscored (and underscored again) by figures collated by the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit that uses technology to try to make government more transparent. In early June the organization released its latest massive data dump on the expenditures that House representatives make from their Members Representational Allowances, or MRAs. Separate from campaign accounts, which have to be filled through fundraising, these sums -- ranging from $1.3 million to $1.9 million in most cases -- come... |
Beer truck driver arrested on DUI charge in I-70 rollover
Saturday 31st of July 2010 05:00:27 AM
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| A Loveland man was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving and careless driving after his semi-tractor trailer careened off the roadway Monday night on Interstate 70, which started a brush fire and closed traffic lanes several hours. Dale A. Van Vuren, 49, was hauling a truck, owned by Slager Trucking, loaded down with beer when the vehicle went off the roadway westbound around 9:40 p.m., near the interchange with Colorado Highway 65. The semi struck the median wall and rolled onto its left side, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The truck ended up blocking both westbound lanes, which were... |
Moonshine 'tempts new generation'.
Saturday 31st of July 2010 05:00:27 AM
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| A growing number of Americans are thought to be getting involved in moonshining - distilling illegal liquor. Traditionally hidden in the backwoods, stills are now going into production in cities across the nation, as Claire Prentice reports from New York. |
INTERVIEW: Point-counterpoint on guns in restaurants(Poll VA concealed weapons)
Saturday 31st of July 2010 05:00:27 AM
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| RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - It has now been just about two weeks since a new Virginia law went into effect allowing concealed weapons in bars and restaurants. Now, both sides of the issue are already weighing in on its impact. Today we get the opinions of people directly connected to the new law. Phillip Van Cleave is the President of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a group that fought to get the law passed. |
U.S. pockets $20.6 bln in sin taxes in FY'09 (taxes on alcohol, tobacco, firearms and ammunition)
Saturday 31st of July 2010 05:00:27 AM
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| The U.S. federal government collected $20.6 billion in taxes on alcohol, tobacco, firearms and ammunition in fiscal year 2009, up 41 percent from the previous fiscal year, according to the annual report of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Part of the U.S. Treasury Department, the TTB credited most of the $6 billion rise in revenues collected to the increased taxes on the tobacco industry as a result of the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act passed in February 2009. There was also a spike in tax collection from the sale of guns and ammunition, said the report from... |
Lindsay Lohan defends obscene manicure but slams 'perverted' sentencing system
Saturday 31st of July 2010 05:00:27 AM
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| Troubled Lindsay Lohan late Wednesday protested that her controversial obscene manicure "had nothing to do with court" -- as speculation mounted that the marking could lead to a separate charge for contempt. At Tuesday's hearing, during which a sobbing Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail for drug and alcohol offenses, the movie star displayed a not-so-subtle message -- “f*** u” -- scrawled on her middle fingernail, made clearly visible thanks to photographers’ telephoto lenses. Lohan's choice of nail design led to a sea of speculation into the starlet's true level of remorse and could lead to a contempt... |
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