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Senator asks military to step up patrols

Sen. Frank Lautenberg said Tuesday the military has taken a timid approach to fighting piracy and should more aggressively protect U.S. cargo ships instead of responding after an attack.

NJ senator's foundation sues Madoff's brother

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg's family foundation has sued to recoup more than $7 million it says it lost in the alleged $50 billion investment scam run by financier Bernard Madoff.

Alleged Madoff fraud has worldwide exposure

In a Connecticut town, local officials scrambled to get a handle on damage to pension funds held for its police officers and firefighters. A Massachusetts charity announced it was shutting down. In New York, a distinguished economist feared he had lost his $2.2 million nest egg.

Lautenberg drops Boss tix request for fundraiser

Sen. Frank Lautenberg's re-election campaign has dropped its request to get the operator of Giants Stadium to provide it with Bruce Springsteen tickets for a fundraiser event this weekend.

N.M., N.J. voters pick Senate nominees

Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce and Democrat U.S. Rep. Tom Udall won their parties' nominations for New Mexico's soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat, while New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg strolled past primary opposition in his bid to join the winner on Capitol Hill.

3rd-oldest senator seeks nomination for 5th term

NEWARK, N.J. — The third-oldest member of the U.S. Senate sought his party's nomination for re-election Tuesday, trying to overcome questions raised by a challenger who reminded voters that Sen. Frank Lautenberg would be nearly 91 by the end of a fifth term.

Lautenberg: Pressure Bush, GOP to change energy policy

The public should pressure President Bush and his Republican allies in Congress to change energy policies that have led to record gasoline prices and intense economic pressures on working people, veteran Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg said Saturday.

N.J. Congressman to Challenge Lautenberg

Bucking party leaders who urged him not to run, U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews has decided to challenge Frank Lautenberg for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

No Security Clearances Revoked Over Plame

No one in the Bush administration has been stripped of security clearances over the leak of former CIA officer Valerie Plame's identity to reporters three years ago.

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Battle Erupts Over Gun Rights For Terror Suspects
Source: The Huffington Post

In defense of the right to bear arms, the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups seem to have taken up the cause of those on the FBI's terror watch list.

Drudge Report: Pelosi: Let's Vote, I Am Off To Rome!
Source: Drudge Report

In the rushing, Democrats have now broken their promise to have the public see the $790 billion bill for 48 hours before any vote.

U.S. congressman enters Brazil custody fight
Source: msnbc.com

An American man who has waged a four-year custody battle for his son in Brazil brought a U.S. congressman along Thursday to help make his case to the country's courts and politicians.

U.S. congressman enters Brazil custody fight
Source: msnbc.com

An American man who has waged a four-year custody battle for his son in Brazil brought a U.S. congressman along Thursday to help make his case to the country's courts and politicians.

Second man charged in London stabbings
Source: msnbc.com

Police said they charged a second man Saturday over the alleged stabbing murders of two French students in London.

White House censored NASA on climate change
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

POLITICAL appointees in NASA's public affairs office controlled and distorted public accounts of its researchers' findings about climate change for at least two years, the space agency's inspector-general's office has found. More Articles and Seeds From blinkin

Cheney's Halliburton Options Up 3,281% Last Year
Source: CorpWatch

An analysis released by a Democratic senator found that Vice President Dick Cheney's Halliburton stock options have risen 3,281 percent in the last year.

IGs Probe Allegations On Global Warming Data
Source: The Washington Post

Inspectors general at two agencies have begun an investigation into whether the Bush administration has suppressed government scientists' research on global warming, officials at NASA and the Commerce Department confirmed yesterday.

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