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A complex, far-reaching overhaul  -  14 Nov 2009
Health care legislation, HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, was passed by the US House of Representatives last weekend. ... Pocono Record

Neb. meatpacker sued over handling of layoffs  -  14 Nov 2009
Premium Protein Products is accused of violating the federal Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act, better known as the WARN Act, ... The Associated Press

Judge's ruling puts legal nail in Psystar's coffin  -  14 Nov 2009
...violated Apple's copyright as well as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) when it installed Apple's operating system on Intel-based computers. ... Computerworld

Next Act's '7 Stories' teeters on craziness  -  14 Nov 2009
Next Act Theatre's production of Morris Panych's comic existential fantasy, which opened Friday night, isn't the gem that its season opener - "Mary's ... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Foreclosing act on Nicolas Cage  -  14 Nov 2009
Cash-crunched actor Nicolas Cage's two homes in New Orleans were auctioned off this week, and movers carted away some of the "National ... New York Post

Long-awaited food safety act would thwart a global threat  -  14 Nov 2009
The Food Safety Modernization Act, the first major overhaul of FDA food safety regulations since the Great Depression, could move to the Senate floor in the ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Obama needs to act soon, Grassley says  -  14 Nov 2009
Charles Grassley has urged President Barack Obama to act soon to grant Gen. Stanley mcchrystal's request for roughly 40000 additional troops for the war in ... DesMoinesRegister.com

Righteous Rick's act at Lions game has him headlining at the Palace  -  14 Nov 2009
Righteous Rick Bastuba of Grand Blanc answered the bell at the Sept. 27 Lions-Redskins game at Ford Field when he subdued a rowdy patron ... Detroit Free Press

Federal Contracts Awarded by Federal Agencies in New Mexico (Nov. 14)  -  14 Nov 2009
NM, for the installation of solar photovoltaic systems under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Contact: Ray A. Fletcher, 505/248-6443, ... Targeted News Service (subscription)

New Gables cameras aim to catch graffiti menace in the act  -  14 Nov 2009
The Coral Gables Police Department will soon buy a camera system to help nab graffiti artists who deface public and private property. ... MiamiHerald.com

Life's Balancing Act  -  14 Nov 2009
Balancing Act." If you have thoughts or comments about balancing the stress in your life, please leave your thoughts either here or on Linda's blog. ... Seattle Post Intelligencer

President faces a delicate balancing act as he makes his first trip to China  -  14 Nov 2009
President Barack Obama's first trip as president to Asia includes stops in Japan, Singapore and South Korea. ... The Hill

Tickets go on sale for Intrust Arena opening act  -  14 Nov 2009
Paisley was a great choice to open the arena, he said, because he's a great guitarist and a top act. "This community has gone through a lot to get this ... Kansas.com

Dual roles as athlete, businessman present tough balancing act for Heath Shuler  -  14 Nov 2009
By then, Shuler already had launched the second act of his Knoxville career, founding a company in 1998 - Heath Shuler Real Estate - that would put his name ... Knoxville News Sentinel

Marijuana act clearly spells out how employers should act  -  14 Nov 2009
The voter-enacted law specifies that "Nothing in this act shall be construed to require: An employer to accommodate the ingestion of marijuana in any ... Detroit Free Press

Amendments to Right to Information Act on the anvil  -  14 Nov 2009
The letter said: “This government gave its citizens the RTI Act, and there has been no crisis in government as a result of its enactment. ... Hindu

Hartman: Don't let lobbyists undermine the Texas Open Meetings Act  -  14 Nov 2009
The Open Meetings Act states that it's illegal if a member or members of a governmental body conspire to circumvent the law "by meeting in numbers less than ... Austin American-Statesman

Sessions help students prepare for taking ACT  -  14 Nov 2009
The knowhow2go Initiative is sponsoring a series of workshops designed to help high school juniors succeed on the ACT. Free ACT practice tests will be ... Port Huron Times Herald

Lucie: Cowell act should go  -  14 Nov 2009
LUCIE JONES has tipped one of Simon Cowell's acts to be voted off X Factor this weekend, following her controversial exit from the show. ... News of the World

Home Builders (You Heard That Right) Get a Gift  -  14 Nov 2009
6, President Obama signed the Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009 into law, extending unemployment benefits by 20 weeks and renewing ... New York Times

Romance all an act?  -  14 Nov 2009
It doesn't take long for Robert Pattinson, looking more unmade than undead, to put a stake through his own heartthrob image. "I can't think of a romantic ... Welland Tribune

Freedom of Information Act & Public Records Requests  -  14 Nov 2009
State public records laws are not identical to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) nor are state court interpretations of similar language in state ... Examiner.com

GALLIGAN: Sewer rate increases are a must  -  14 Nov 2009
Combined sewer overflows violate the Clean Water Act and the US Environmental Protection Agency is making every CSO community – all 107 of us in Indiana and ... New Albany Tribune

Politician introduces logical 'Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist' Act  -  14 Nov 2009
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the “Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act� last week. In just two pages, he outlined a simple way to prevent a repeat of ... True/Slant

Effort at reform keeps taxpayers on the hook  -  14 Nov 2009
The Clinton administration supported the repeal of the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act,replacing it with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. GLB allowed banks to ... Houston Chronicle

The Act Is Up for This Week's NFL Picks  -  14 Nov 2009
I think Chad Ochocinco's act ends right here. The Steelers are focused and ready. Go Pittsburgh. No Clinton Portis means no win for Jim Zorn and the Bingo ... NESN.com

The 5 Worst Cities for Urban Youth  -  14 Nov 2009
After typing in Cleveland's zip code of 44101 at Recovery.gov, over $27000000 in Recovery Act funds has been received, with zero jobs created to show for it ... ABC News

SHOW REVIEW: Energetic Tomlin's act more than mere nostalgia  -  14 Nov 2009
But it didn't seem to be part of the act when, no sooner had she climbed into her oversized Edith Ann chair, she climbed back out again and headed for some ... Las Vegas Review - Journal

Now - not March - is time for NHL to act in getting rid of head shots  -  14 Nov 2009
As you know, the NHL's general managers decided on Wednesday to make recommendations dedicated to reducing hits to the head. By Montreal GazetteNovember 14, ... The Province

Assets: 'SC judges need not reveal more'  -  14 Nov 2009
The reason, simply put, is that the RTI Act, 2005, does not ask for more. The Bench of Chief Justice AP Shah and Justices Vikramjit Sen and S Muralidhar ... Expressindia.com

Never Too Old to Act Young  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
A JUGGLER on a unicycle wobbles past a cluster of clubgoers, deftly avoiding a collision that might spill their candy-color cocktails down ... New York Times

Syria: Paris should act in region  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
..."France must act," said Mr Assad ahead of Friday's talks with his French counterpart. He criticised what he called the US "weak link" in efforts for renewed ... BBC News

Reading joins state's Act 47 protection program  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
He said the Act 47 program was only a stopgap until the legislature changed regulations that he said handcuffed cities. Act 47 provides state oversight to ... Philadelphia Inquirer

Ft. Hood was a terrorist act period!  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
...committed the worst act of terror on American soil since 9/11. And no one wants to call it an act of terror or associate it with the Islamic faith. ... Examiner.com

Groups challenge TVA river discharge from plant  -  ‎Nov 12, 2009‎
Representatives of Earthjustice and other groups told reporters Thursday they are challenging a Clean Water Act permit issued by the Tennessee Department of ... The Associated Press

Rutgers can write successful second act to '09 season  -  ‎Nov 12, 2009‎
Rutgers went from early-season disappointment to mid-season afterthought. Now, in the final quarter of year, the Scarlet Knights can define ... ESPN

Total UK Admits Buncefield Blast Safety Breaches  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
...at Work Act and one charge of violating the Water Resources Act related to a huge explosion at the Buncefield fuel storage depot in Hertfordshire, ... Wall Street Journal

A Gallery Gadfly Revives His Act  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
...well as freshly made episodes and other new material, like a video advice column by Dr. Lisa Levy, a performance artist known for her psychoanalyst act. ... New York Times

Rucker bringing country act to Tunica  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
Most of his music with Hootie & The Blowfish was rooted in country music elements. Hootie fans will find Rucker's country act familiar. DeSoto Times Today

Philippines leader signs act outlawing torture  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
MANILA — Philippines President Gloria Arroyo signed a law on Friday that made torture a criminal offence punishable by up to 30 years in prison, ... AFP

DOT: Recovery Act reaches 10000 transportation projects  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
...“From the beginning of the Recovery Act, it has been our top priority to get money out the door quickly to create jobs and boost the economy,� lahood said. ... Pit & Quarry

Black is back: Lewis Black brings his angry comic act to The Fox  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
..."The core of it is I'm really upset, but if you're going to go on stage and just be upset, the audience has to know it is an act or it gets scary," Black ... San Jose Mercury News

Cleaning Up the Act at Shinsei, Aozora  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
To be sure, both Shinsei and Aozora are quickly putting their financial high-wire act behind them, shrinking overhead costs and risk assets, and expanding ... Wall Street Journal

NFL takes some late hits over Super Bowl halftime act  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
Reaction to the announcement that the Who would be playing at halftime of the Super Bowl was hardly music to the ears of the National Football ... PennLive.com

Obama Aide: “Congress Will Have to Actâ€? on Immigration Reform  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
...“When Congress is ready to act, we will be ready to support them,� the secretary said. Throughout her hour-long presentation, Napolitano repeated the ... Latin American Herald Tribune

Swiss act on Google Street View pictures  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
The Swiss data protection watchdog is taking Google to the country's Federal Administrative Court over ... Financial Times

A nuclear power's act of proliferation  -  ‎Nov 12, 2009‎
...in an exceptional, deliberate act of proliferation by a nuclear power, according to the accounts by Khan, who is under house arrest in Pakistan. ... Washington Post

Charles Wang's Messy Second Act  -  ‎Nov 12, 2009‎
Wang has proven Fitzgerald wrong, but it remains to be seen whether his second act will end better than his first. Hamm is a senior writer for BusinessWeek ... BusinessWeek

Release hold on vet bill  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
Supporters of the Veterans' Caregiver and Omnibus Health Benefits Act of 2009 hoped to have the bill passed by Veterans Day. It hasn't been voted on in the ... Muskogee Daily Phoenix

President Pratibha Patil calls for effective monitoring of domestic violence act  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil on Friday called for effective monitoring of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, as a government ... Times of India

Senate gives Patriot Act six more months  -  Dec 22, 2005
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Senators voted late Wednesday night to extend some expiring and contentious provisions of the Patriot Act for six months after leaders ... CNN International

Senate Blocks Vote to Extend Patriot Act  -  Dec 17, 2005
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Friday blocked a vote to reauthorize 16 expiring provisions of the controversial USA Patriot Act. ... FOXNews

House prepares to debate renewal of Voting Rights Act.  -  Jul 12, 2006
WASHINGTON _ When it comes to renewing key parts of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 law that allowed many African-Americans to cast ballots in ... Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.com

Bald Eagles Soar Off Endangered Species List, But Will Act Be...  -  Jun 28, 2007
The bald eagle has rebounded from the brink of extinction, US officials say, and in an announcement this morning the government removed it from the list of ... National Geographic

Bush Speaks After Signing Patriot Act  -  Mar 9, 2006
In a few moments I'll be signing the USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act. This is a really important piece of legislation. ... Washington Post

House votes to repeal part of Patriot Act | csmonitor.com  -  Jun 16, 2005
Vote may signal that Bush campaign to renew and extend Act isn't winning over Congress. By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com. In a move that may signal a tougher ... Christian Science Monitor

Deal Could Break Deadlock in Senate on Patriot Act  -  Feb 9, 2006
By DAVID STOUT. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 — Several senators who have been fighting for changes in the USA Patriot Act have reached a compromise with the White ... New York Times

Bush Delivers Remarks on Protect America Act  -  Feb 14, 2008
This Saturday, at midnight, legislation authorizing intelligence professionals to quickly and effectively monitor terrorist communications will expire. ... Washington Post

Deal reached to extend Patriot Act  -  Dec 9, 2005
Sen. Arlen Specter announces a compromise that will extend key provisions of the Patriot Act. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Congressional leaders reached a deal ... CNN

Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act  -  Sep 7, 2007
A US district judge struck down the section of the act that requires telephone and ISPs to turn over records to the government without telling customers. ... ABC News

An Endangered Act  -  Aug 12, 2008
The Bush administration has never masked its distaste for most environmental laws or its ambitions to thwart Congress's will. Now in its waning months, ... New York Times

THE NATION; Renewal of Patriot Act Passes Senate; Lawmakers approve …  -  Mar 3, 2006
..."Our support for the Patriot Act does not mean a blank check for the president," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). ... Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver

Congressional hearings scrutinize Patriot Act  -  Apr 5, 2005
By Tom Curry. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI director Robert Mueller will supply answers to that question this week as they testify before the ... msnbc.com

Court Strikes Down 2 Key Patriot Act Provisions  -  Sep 26, 2007
By Ryan Singel. A federal district court judge struck down two key pillars of the Patriot Act Wednesday, ruling that using a secret spying court to wiretap ... Wired News

ACT Update: Caucasus Conflict, Georgia & Russian Federation - …  -  Aug 29, 2008
Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. ... Reuters AlertNet

Bush pushes Congress to renew Patriot Act 16 provisions of the law...  -  Jun 10, 2005
...(06-10) 04:00 PDT Washington -- President Bush urged Congress on Thursday to renew the USA Patriot Act, which he called an invaluable tool in the war on ... San Francisco Chronicle

Clean Water Act ruling illustrates court's shift  -  Jun 20, 2006
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | June 20, 2006. WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that environmental regulators may have gone too far when ... Boston Globe

FBI Misused Patriot Act On US Citizens, Internal Probe Finds  -  Mar 9, 2007
Several of the probes requested were for non-US residents although their files stated that the targets were believed to be legally residing in the United ... InformationWeek

US finance chiefs warn lawmakers to act fast on bail-out fund  -  Sep 23, 2008
US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warned the US Congress of "serious consequences" for the economy if lawmakers ... Telegraph.co.uk

Playing chicken with the Patriot Act  -  Dec 19, 2005
Forty senators are willing to extend the act to avoid the expiration date Bush fears. Why is Bill Frist saying no? Dec 19, 2005 | When he wasn't playing ... Salon

House delays renewal of voting act / Several Southern Republicans...  -  Jun 22, 2006
...beaten during the 1965 voting-rights march in Selma, Ala., said it was "ironic and very troubling" that opposition to the act's renewal should be coming ... Pay-Per-View - Richmond Times - Dispatch - ProQuest Archiver

Jailed Paris Hilton claims 'dumb act is over'  -  Jun 11, 2007
By Paul Willis. Paris Hilton says she has learned that acting dumb is “no longer cute� and claims she is a reformed character after being sent back to jail. ... Telegraph.co.uk

'Gutsy Act'  -  Sep 24, 2008
..." Now to Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat big McCain supporter this is senator Lieberman what do you make. ... FOXNews

As globe warms, can states force the EPA to act?  -  Nov 28, 2006
The agency argues that climate change requires a global solution, not federal regulations. The Supreme Court weighs in this week. ... Christian Science Monitor

House votes to extend Patriot Act, cements 14 provisions  -  Jul 21, 2005
By Toni Locy, USA TODAY. WASHINGTON — The US House passed a bill Thursday night that would make permanent several controversial provisions of the USA ... USA Today

ACT Alert: ACT members in Bangladesh and India prepare for Cyclone …  -  Nov 15, 2007
Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. ... Reuters AlertNet

Iran to Arabs: Now time to act over Gaza attacks  -  Dec 31, 2008
By Zahra Hosseinian. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's president told the Arab League, which began a meeting on Wednesday, it must act quickly to end Israeli ... Reuters

Bush pushes for Patriot Act renewal  -  Jan 3, 2006
By David Jackson, USA TODAY. WASHINGTON — President Bush fired the first shot in the renewed battle over the USA Patriot Act, hosting on Tuesday a group of ... USA Today

Congress Mulls Renewal of Patriot Act  -  Dec 14, 2005
...by David Welna. The House is expected to vote Wednesday on renewing the USA Patriot Act. If lawmakers don't act, 16 temporary provisions in the law will ... NPR

State sees perfect ACT scores double; But overall scores are flat...  -  Aug 15, 2007
Graphic: AVERAGE COMPOSITE ACT SCORESOut of 36 points'03Illinois: 20.2National: 20.8'04Illinois: 20.3National: 20. ... Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest Archiver

ACT scores dip for Class of 2008 - Education - MSNBC.com  -  Aug 13, 2008
AP. Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam dipped slightly for the high school class of 2008 as the number of students taking the exam jumped by 9 ... msnbc.com

Bush enlists US prosecutors in push for Patriot Act  -  Jan 4, 2006
By Steve Holland. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush opened a 30-day push to gain renewal of the anti-terrorism USA Patriot Act on Tuesday with ... Malaysia Star

Inside the secretive plan to gut the Endangered Species Act  -  Mar 27, 2007
Proposed regulatory changes, obtained by Salon, would destroy the "safety net for animals and plants on the brink of extinction," say environmentalists. ... Salon

Bush defends wiretaps, urges patriot act renewal  -  Dec 18, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush defended a secret order he signed allowing for eavesdropping on people in the United States, as he fought on ... 中国日报 - 中国日报

Rice urges Pakistan to act fast on Mumbai attacks  -  Dec 3, 2008
NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday urged Pakistan to move fast to help catch those responsible for the Mumbai ... Forbes

Voting Rights Act Extension Passes In Senate, 98 to 0  -  Jul 21, 2006
By Charles Babington. The Senate voted 98 to 0 to renew key provisions of the Voting Rights Act yesterday, permitting the federal government to continue its ... Washington Post

Leading article: The desperate act of a weak and rattled president  -  Nov 5, 2007
Occasionally in history, generals scrap constitutions, silence judges, tell the politicians to shut up and get away with it. De Gaulle in the miserable ... Independent

… takes independent scientific reviews out of Endangered Species Act  -  Dec 12, 2008
The rule change is designed to prevent the Endangered Species Act from being used to ... Attempts to revise the Endangered Species Act have been rebuffed by ... Los Angeles Times

Patriot Act reauthorization stalls.  -  Nov 18, 2005
WASHINGTON _ A near-agreement to extend the controversial Patriot Act was blocked Friday by an odd-bedfellows coalition of liberals and conservatives who ... Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.com

Bush Pledges Signature on Voting Rights Act Renewal  -  Jul 20, 2006
WASHINGTON — President Bush offered unrestrained support Thursday for renewing the 1965 Voting Rights Act, giving his audience at the NAACP annual ... FOXNews

We must act together to defeat terror threat  -  Jul 1, 2007
By Crispin Black, a former government intelligence analyst. Baghdad and Basra have, it appears, come to both London and Glasgow. ... Telegraph.co.uk

26/11: 'US will act, if Pakistan doesn't'  -  Dec 6, 2008
Islamabad: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reportedly warned the Pakistan Government that if it does act quickly on the issue of last week's ... सिफी - सिफी

6 senators threaten block to renewal of Patriot Act  -  Nov 17, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of six senators said Thursday that they would try to block a measure to renew the nation's primary anti-terrorism law ... USA Today

Bush Signs Safe Port Act  -  Oct 13, 2006
President George W. Bush signed the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act into law on Friday along with the Secure Fence Act and legislation ... Forbes

Bush says Sudan leader 'must act' on Darfur  -  Apr 19, 2007
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg. WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush invoked the powerful imagery of the Holocaust to intensify pressure on Sudan, warning that the ... New York Times

Catholic could become king under plans to abolish Act of Settlement  -  Sep 25, 2008
Roman Catholics would be permitted to marry into the Royal Family and could even succeed to the throne under plans being considered by Gordon Brown. ... Telegraph.co.uk

'Secret' Senate meeting on Patriot Act  -  Jun 6, 2005
By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com. In a move that could expand the police powers in the Patriot Act, the Senate Intelligence Committee will meet behind close ... Christian Science Monitor

Byrd Says He Regrets Voting For Patriot Act  -  Feb 28, 2006
WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Byrd, the dean of the Senate and its resident constitutional expert, counts only a few regrets in his 48-year Senate career: ... FOXNews

UN chief: World 'must act now' on climate change  -  Dec 15, 2007
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, speaks at the Bali climate change conference. Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP. The time to act on climate change is now, ... guardian.co.uk

Rickrolling turns Rick Astley into an improbable 'best act ever'  -  Nov 7, 2008
It was not quite the expected result given that U2, Britney Spears and even the Beatles were in contention. But in what will serve as a cautionary tale for ... Times Online

ACT Scores Hit Highest Since 1991  -  Aug 16, 2006
The high school class of 2006 posted the biggest score increase on the ACT college entrance exam in 20 years, and recorded the highest scores of any class ... FOXNews

Bernanke's balancing act  -  Nov 1, 2007
Investors expect much of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. He is supposed to determine what the state of the economy will be in the future and act now ... USA Today

Revising the Patriot Act  -  Apr 10, 2005
When Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who is not exactly a renowned civil libertarian, says the Patriot Act may need some adjustments, it clearly has ... New York Times

Barack Obama to 'act swiftly' to resolve economic crisis  -  Nov 7, 2008
President-Elect Barack Obama said last night that the United States was facing the greatest economic challenge of his lifetime and told Americans "we're ... Telegraph.co.uk

Turkey determined to act against Kurdish rebels: FM  -  Oct 18, 2007
By Aziz El-Kaissouni. CAIRO (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister said on Thursday his country would not hesitate to act against Kurdish rebels waging ... Reuters

Species act gets overhaul in House  -  Sep 30, 2005
By Felicity Barringer. WASHINGTON – The House yesterday moved to undo some of the central provisions of the 32-year-old Endangered Species Act and to ... San Diego Union - Tribune - San Diego Union Tribune

Leading Article: Congress must act, but with more deliberation  -  Oct 1, 2008
The defeat in Congress of the $700bn bank rescue bill left America and much of the world staring into the economic abyss. President Bush warned yesterday ... Independent

After Challenges, House Approves Renewal of Voting Act  -  Jul 14, 2006
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ. WASHINGTON, July 13 — The House voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to renew expiring provisions of the Voting Rights Act after ... New York Times

Senate thwarts Bush over anti-terrorist Patriot Act  -  Dec 17, 2005
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington. The Senate has inflicted a major defeat on the White House by thwarting Bush administration efforts to renew key ... Independent

House votes to extend Patriot Act Lawmakers want time to work out …  -  Feb 1, 2006
Associated Press. Journal Sentinel staf Washington The House on— Wednesday agreed to extend the USA Patriot Act unti March 10 while Republicans and the ... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive

Lawmakers Agree On Patriot Act  -  Dec 8, 2005
By Joel Roberts. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., vowed to "to do everything I can, including a filibuster" to block the Patriot Act from being renewed in its ... CBS News

Bush clarifies "advisory" nature of some sections of Hyde Act  -  Dec 20, 2006
In a statement issued after he signed into law the Henry Hyde Act on December 18, 2006, President George Bush asserted that his approval of the Act "does ... Hindu

Patriot Act on Path to Renewal; GOP congressional leaders hammer out...  -  Dec 9, 2005
One of those two provisions, the so-called library measure, gives the FBI broad leeway in obtaining financial, health and personal information, ... Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver

Bush denounces Iraq's mosque bombing as "an evil act"  -  Feb 23, 2006
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- US President George Bush denounced on Thursday the bombing of a Shiite shrine in Iraq as "an evil act" aimed at creating ... 新�网

David Cameron: Scrap the Human Rights Act  -  Aug 22, 2007
By Christopher Hope and Caroline Gammell. David Cameron last night called for the Human Rights Act to be scrapped outright for the first time amid mounting ... Telegraph.co.uk

Dems Say GOP Trying to Renew Patriot Act  -  Nov 15, 2005
By LAURIE KELLMAN. AP. WASHINGTON -- Democrats complained Tuesday that Republicans are trying to force them to renew the expiring Patriot Act with unrelated ... Washington Post

Cruise ships steer away from disabilities act  -  Feb 28, 2005
WASHINGTON - The cruise ship industry tried on Monday to fend off efforts to make its vessels more accessible to disabled vacationers, telling the Supreme ... msnbc.com

Hunting ban 'not a true' Act of Parliament  -  Jan 26, 2005
By Joshua Rozenberg, Legal Editor. Legislation designed to ban hunting with dogs in England and Wales "is not truly an Act of Parliament", the High Court ... Telegraph.co.uk

Supreme Court Rules That Disabilities Act, in Part, Applies to...  -  Jun 7, 2005
By LINDA GREENHOUSE. WASHINGTON, June 6 - Federal law protects the rights of passengers with disabilities who sail on cruise ships that call at American ... New York Times

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire: What difference does an Act make?  -  Feb 18, 2005
On 18 February 2005, the government hailed a historic victory when the Hunting Act finally came into force. So what effect has the ban on foxhunting had? ... BBC News

'Act now' on Zimbabwe, Zuma urges  -  Nov 24, 2008
The leader of South Africa's ruling party Jacob Zuma says a solution to the crisis in Zimbabwe is urgently needed. The situation was beyond "wait and see", ... BBC News

The Nation; Bush's Clear Skies Act Stalls in the Senate; A 9-9...  -  Mar 10, 2005
..."These rules provide some of the same benefits as Clear Skies, but they are not a substitute for effective legislation," [Bush] said in his Columbus speech. ... Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver

Senate passes stem cell Act, but Bush may veto it  -  Jul 19, 2006
Just one man - President George W Bush - now stands in the way of widening US federal funding for stem-cell research, following a vote in the Senate. ... New Scientist

SAT, ACT See Number of Test-Takers Rise  -  Oct 18, 2006
By JUSTIN POPE, AP Education Writer. The SAT and ACT college entrance exams each report the number of students taking their test this month is up sharply ... FOXNews

Congress Considers Limits to Some Patriot Act Powers  -  Nov 9, 2005
WASHINGTON — Congress is moving to curb some of the police powers it gave the Bush administration after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, including imposing ... FOXNews

The Criminals' Rights Act 1998  -  May 14, 2006
The House of Lords was unusually packed on November 3, 1997 for the debate on the Government's Human Rights Bill, which would incorporate the European ... Telegraph.co.uk

… forecast: economic disaster British study says failure to act could...  -  Oct 31, 2006
It warns that failure to act could cost the world up to 20 percent a year in lost ... British officials said they would act immediately to legislate carbon ... San Francisco Chronicle

What the Government Knows - Patriot Act Also Reveals Bank Data  -  Jun 26, 2006
Over the last four years, US law enforcement agencies have gained access to over 28000 financial records inside the United States under a little known ... $2.95 - Newsweek - NewsBank

EDITORIAL: The third act in Iraq.(Editorial)  -  Dec 15, 2005
Dec. 15--Over the last couple of days, Iraqi expatriates made the pilgrimage to a makeshift polling place on Niles Center Road in Skokie. ... Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.com

Legal Analyst Andrew Cohen: New Domestic Surveillance Act Is Bad Law  -  Mar 9, 2006
By Lloyd de Vries. Key Senate Republicans told administration officials that unless they agree to more congressional oversight, the Senate will investigate ... CBS News

Hunting Act is 'law of the land', says Goldsmith  -  Oct 13, 2005
The Countryside Alliance argued at the high court today that the impending total ban on hunting with dogs was illegal, while the attorney general, ... guardian.co.uk

Georgia seeks UN meeting on Russian 'act of aggression'  -  Aug 9, 2007
Georgia has urged the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on "an act of aggression" by Russia, saying it has "incontrovertible evidence" that ... Brisbane Times

Government loses key court test of Patriot Act  -  Dec 7, 2005
Acquittal, hung jury for Florida professor accused of terrorism called 'serious setback' for Justice Department. By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com ... Christian Science Monitor

Labour hails 'class act' Blair  -  Sep 26, 2006
Tony Blair has given his final speech at a Labour Party conference as prime minister. It was an emotional farewell prompting a standing ovation of nearly 10 ... BBC News

The Nation; Justices push EPA to act on car emissions; The court...  -  Apr 3, 2007
In scolding the EPA for not moving to regulate greenhouse gases, he said the emissions fit well within the law's definition of air pollutants and that the ... Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver

Iraq's third and final act? | Salon  -  Nov 25, 2006
On the day after the election the President, stripped of his majorities in Congress, came forward to offer a still more modest definition: Victory would ... Salon

ACT News Update: Indonesia: Relief supplies on their way to Nias  -  Mar 30, 2005
Geneva, March 30, 2005--Members of the global alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) International in Indonesia, responding to the powerful earthquake ... Reuters AlertNet

Final act for an extra in the 9/11 plot  -  May 3, 2006
By Richard Allen Greene. And perhaps - despite his testimony in court that he had planned to fly a plane into the White House on 11 September - he never ... BBC News

Bernard Madoff 'fraud': Top regulator SEC admits it failed to act  -  Dec 17, 2008
America's chief financial watchdog has admitted it failed to act on "credible and specific" allegations regarding Bernard Madoff dating back to at least ... Telegraph.co.uk

ACT Dateline, OPT: As year nears end, a call for a "just peace on...  -  Dec 22, 2006
Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. ... Reuters AlertNet

'We Needed to Act'  -  Dec 28, 2008
..." into -- we actually are joined right now by the Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni she is here with us live. This Foreign Minister good morning. ... FOXNews

India Says Prepared for All Measures if Pakistan Fails to Act Against...  -  Dec 22, 2008
India has demanded that Pakistan act against Islamic extremists responsible for ... He says New Delhi is prepared to act alone and "will take all measures ... Voice of America

Supreme Court Says Power Plants Can't Rewrite Clean Air Act  -  Apr 5, 2007
By Brandon Keim. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled on a pair of potentially landmark environmental cases. The first decision — giving the EPA the power to ... Wired News

Supreme Court Hears Challenges to Clean Water Act  -  Feb 21, 2006
...by Nina Totenberg. The Supreme Court hears arguments on Tuesday in two cases that could dramatically limit the reach of the Clean Water Act. The law has ... NPR

All US colleges accept ACT  -  Mar 19, 2007
By Mary Beth Marklein. The ACT college entrance exam, long the Avis ("We try harder") to the SAT's Hertz, is celebrating a bit of a milestone this year: It ... USA Today

Bush says Russia must act to end crisis with Georgia  -  Aug 13, 2008
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - US President George W. Bush, expressing his concern over Russia's military actions against neighboring Georgia, on Wednesday ... Reuters

Bush: 'We Will Act Boldly in Freedom's Cause'  -  Feb 1, 2006
President Bush focused on familiar themes in Tuesday's State of the Union address -- urging Americans to support the Iraq war, Social Security reform and ... ABC News

Bush Suspends Pay Act In Areas Hit by Storm  -  Sep 9, 2005
By Thomas B. Edsall. President Bush yesterday suspended application of the federal law governing workers' pay on federal contracts in the Hurricane ... Washington Post

AN ACT OF DEFIANCE  -  Oct 10, 2006
By Mark Ellis, Foreign Editor And Ryan Parry, Us Correspondent 10/10/2006. NORTH Korean tyrant Kim Jong-il was yesterday accused of a brazenly defying the ... Mirror.co.uk

In Patriots' Cradle, the Patriot Act Faces Scrutiny  -  Apr 24, 2005
By JANE GORDON. FRAN KEILTY has been stopping customers at her bookstore, the Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington Depot, to give them an earful about the ... New York Times





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