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Garcetti Defeats Greuel in L.A. Mayor's Race; IRS Official To Take the Fifth; Weiner's Officially In

Wake-Up Call! is Hotline's daily morning briefing on campaigns and elections. Click here to subscribe.WHAT'S NEWSAn atty for IRS dir. of exempt organizations Lois Lerner "said she would invoke the 5th Amendment rather than answer questions" about the IRS's "improper scrutiny of conservative groups" and "why she didn't tell Congress about it." Lerner is scheduled to testify Wednesday before the ...

Why You Won’t Own Your Road

RICHMOND, Va.—Dusty Holcombe had to look up his new boss on Google when he learned in 2011 that he would be transferred to a small government office with the sole mission of making deals with the private sector. Holcombe, a 13-year veteran of the Virginia Transportation Department, had never heard of Tony Kinn, the man tapped to head the commonwealth’s newly minted Office of Transportation ...

Postal Service Releases Top Dog Attack City Rankings

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As a prelude to National Dog Bite Prevention Week, the Postal Service released its dog attack city rankings today and urged pet owners to help reduce the incidence of dog bites to letter carriers."If our letter carriers deem your loose dog to be a threat, you'll be asked to pick up your mail at the Post Office until it's safe to deliver," said ...

Budget cuts pare real-time monitoring of volcanoes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations that provide real-time tracking of eruptions and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts — moves that could mean delays in getting vital information to airline pilots and emergency planners.

BLOOD AND VIOLENCE RUIN SPRING'S SUNNY PROMISE

WASHINGTON -- Strange that I had taken a week off, thinking, "This will be the most beautiful week in May, and I shall be free to bird-watch and perhaps even dangle my wintered toes in the Potomac." For this is the time in our nation's capital when every miserable barren bush, every poor droopy tree and every hopeful sprout suddenly blooms forth in red, yellow and orange.Moreover, Washingtonians ...

Insight: Housing improvement may herald return of U.S. workforce mobility

By Steven C. Johnson and Margaret Chadbourn NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When David Pendery, a corporate public relations specialist, decided to move his family from Colorado to Illinois this year for work, his biggest worry was whether he would be able to sell his home quickly. It took just three days. "We certainly thought selling our house would take longer," said Pendery, who started in ...

Immigration Bill's Uphill Climb; Super PAC on the Air for McConnell; Stupak Backs Schauer for MI GOV

Wake-Up Call! is Hotline's daily morning briefing on campaigns and elections. Click here to subscribe.WHAT'S NEWSPres. Obama "plans to deliver a speech Friday afternoon about how the Affordable Care Act will benefit women and their families" (Washington Post)."The difficult road ahead for comprehensive immigration reform became more evident Thursday" as Senate GOP "critics mounted a sustained ...

Prosecutor may seek death penalty in US kidnap case

A US prosecutor said Thursday he would seek to press charges that carry the death penalty against a man accused of kidnapping three Ohio women, raping them and forcibly ending their pregnancies.

Moms, Children To Hold Mother's Day Events In Eight States To Raise Gun Violence Awareness On Friday And Saturday

NEW YORK, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This release is from Mayors Against Illegal Guns:     Mothers, children, and others who have been affected by gun violence will gather in eight states for Mother's Day events this Friday and Saturday to raise gun violence awareness. This week those affected by gun violence gathered to create Mother's Day cards for their U.S. Senators, urging them ...

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