The groups tailor their message to what they see as the most glaring legal loophole: the largely unregulated private firearms market on the Internet and at gun shows.
August 2013
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Postal Service revamps priority mail program
Postal officials expect the changes, which are effective immediately, to generate more than $500 million in new annual revenue.
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A difference this Obama vacation: No daughters yet
They are older now – Malia is 15 and Sasha is 12 – and increasingly leading lives more independent of their parents and with hectic schedules of their own.
Posted inNation & World, News
Tensions high, expectations low as Israelis, Palestinians start talks
The meeting is the result of months of intense diplomacy by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Posted inNews
Gun used in street brawl found in Maine river
A gunshot victim and three other people were hospitalized Monday night following the brawl in Guilford between people armed with baseball bats, knives, a Rottweiler and a gun.
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NYC officials cool to judge’s order for police body cameras
A federal judge ordered a pilot program of the cameras and other major reforms to the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy this week.
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Pentagon to permit benefits for same-sex spouses
The benefits will be made available to same-sex spouses as long as the service member provides a valid marriage certificate.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Jesse Jackson Jr., wife, both sentenced to prison
The former congressman gets 30 months for scheming to spend campaign funds on personal items, and his wife gets one year for filing false income tax returns.
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Grant to provide 20 to 40 volunteers in North Anson school this year
Carrabec High School, in North Anson, announced this morning that they have received a federal grant that will bring 20 to 40 AmeriCorps volunteers to the school.
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British cat DNA database helps convict killer
A university says its database helped convict a man of manslaughter, illustrating how the genetic material of pets can be used by crime scene investigators.