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NPR, 23.04.13 21:10 UTC

Online Retailers Take Opposite Sides On Sales Tax Bill

More online retailers would have to collect sales tax under a bill making its way through the U.S. Senate this week. The measure won strong bipartisan backing on a procedural vote Monday, and ...

USD  United States Senate  Supreme Court  Senate  Tax Foundation  Obama  +13 more

Chigago Tribune, 23.04.13 20:58 UTC

Tribune 'Playing With Fire' series wins 2 more national awards

Chicago Tribune reporters have earned two more national awards for their series "Playing With Fire," an investigation of toxic flame retardants and the deceptive campaigns that two powerful ...

toxic chemical reform legislation  chemicals  media world  California  United States Senate  Sidney Hillman Foundation  +8 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 19:34 UTC

Robert Edgar, former Pa. congressman, dies at 69

Robert W. Edgar, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives and went on to lead the public interest group Common Cause, died Tuesday. He was 69.

congressman   President and CEO  Washington  United States Senate  House of Representatives  Merle Edgar  +8 more

CNN Top Stories, 23.04.13 13:39 UTC

Why not all terrorism is equal

Editor's note: David Rothkopf writes regularly for CNN.com. He is CEO and editor-at-large of the FP Group, publishers of Foreign Policy magazine, and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for ...

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace  David Rothkopf  United States  China  Texas  FP GROUP LIMITED  +11 more

CNN Top Stories, 22.04.13 21:29 UTC

At the moment of the bombings, silence

(CNN) -- Last Monday the cheers and celebration of crowds lining Boylston Street for the Boston Marathon were overwhelmed by the blasts of two bombs. Today, at the moment the bombs went off, silence. ...

bank  NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE LLC  CNN International  the Boston Marathon  President   Boston  +6 more

The Register, 22.04.13 20:05 UTC

US Senate vote to add internet sales tax this week

The US Senate is set to vote on the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) on Monday, legislation that would force internet retailers to collect state and local sales taxes while giving overseas online ...

e - commerce  city law  e-commerce  Internet retailers  online retailers  online purchases  +16 more

Telegraph, 22.04.13 14:33 UTC

Five dead in shooting near Seattle

Five people are dead - including a suspect - following a shooting at an apartment complex in Washington state.

Washington  United States Senate  Federal Way police  Seattle Police  Senate  Cathy Schrock  +4 more

CNN Top Stories, 22.04.13 11:25 UTC

'No more hurting people'

Editor's note: Donna Brazile, a CNN contributor and a Democratic strategist, is vice chairwoman for voter registration and participation at the Democratic National Committee. She is a nationally ...

Democratic strategist   Martin Richard  Donna Brazile  Sean Collier  Krystal Campbell  Rachel Moo  +23 more

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 17:26 UTC

Big scramble seen in open Senate seat in Georgia

A rare open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia promises a scrambled 2014 campaign that already has some Republicans quietly nervous about retaining it.

Mitt Romney  Barack Obama  Sue Everhart  Karen Handel  United States  Paul Broun  +44 more

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 01:25 UTC

Immigration reform has a prayer

Immigration reform introduced in the U.S. Senate enters the legislative process with the political energy and support of U.S. religious leaders.

Charles Schumer  New York  USD  United States Senate  Connecticut  Newtown 
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