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Expert weighs in on truth behind 'assault' rifles
ReporterSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Assault weapon, assault rifle, assault-style firearm -- those terms have become part of the daily discussion on national and even local media. And some people say that's an incorrect label giving a popular gun an undeservingly bad...Tags: ABC (tv network), New York City, Firearms, FBI
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U.S. doctors target sugary drinks bought by government
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The American Medical Association joined the effort to discourage consumption of sugary drinks on Wednesday with a pledge to work to get them off U.S. government food aid programs for the poor. The nation's largest physician group...Tags: American Medical Association, Diabetes, Overweight, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Coastal cities and climate change: You're going to get wet
BEFORE Hurricane Sandy tore through New York and New Jersey, it stopped in Florida. Huge waves covered beaches, swept over Fort Lauderdale’s concrete sea wall and spilled onto A1A, Florida’s coastal highway. A month later another series of...Tags: Conservation, Battery Park City, Hurricanes, Beaches, Fort Lauderdale
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Mayors aim for resilience to weather, energy challenges
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. mayors pledged Monday to make their communities more resilient to increasingly severe floods, droughts, extreme storms and wildfires, which they said was more efficient and cost-effective than disaster clean-up afterwards....Tags: Local Government, Meteorological Disasters, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters
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Months after Sandy, solar chargers for mobile phones debut in NYC
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City unveiled the first of 25 free solar charging stations for mobile phones on Tuesday, installed in response to Superstorm Sandy, which wiped out power and forced residents to walk miles to charge their phones. The...Tags: New York City, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Manhattan (New York City), Fort Greene, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Meses después de Sandy, inauguran cargadores solares para celulares en Nueva York
ReutersPor Francesca Trianni NUEVA YORK, 18 jun (Reuters) - La ciudad de Nueva York reveló el martes la primera de 25 estaciones de recarga solar para celulares, instaladas en respuesta a la tormenta Sandy, que interrumpió el suministro eléctrico y obligó a...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Fort Greene
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Joe Biden touts White House progress on gun control
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden, seeking to reinvigorate the White House's stalled gun safety push, touted incremental progress Tuesday in nearly two dozen executive actions pledged by the administration in January. In a speech to...
Tags: Interior Policy, Joe Biden, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Science and Technology
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New York police sued over surveillance of Muslims
ReutersBy Chris Francescani NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the New York Police Department over its surveillance of Muslim communities, accusing the police of trampling on religious freedoms...Tags: Justice and Rights, New York City, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Trials, New York City Police Department
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Highland Park and Deerfield talk about guns
Daniel Easterday knows what he'll do if he hears an intruder during the night in the Highland Park home he shares with his wife and young child — first call the police, then grab one of his guns. "If something happened to them and I had not...
Tags: Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Interior Policy, Deerfield, Government, Firearms
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Food Stamp Soda Ban
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday, the mayors say it's "time to test...Tags: New York City, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Biden Promotes White House Campaign For Stricter Federal Gun Laws
The Hartford CourantVice President Joseph Biden re-launched an Obama administration campaign to overhaul federal gun laws in a White House address Tuesday, delivered the week after Newtown families traveled to Washington to push a similar agenda. Biden announced progress...Tags: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Government, Patrick J. Toomey, Eric Holder, Joe Manchin III
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Restricción al consumo de gaseosas se orientará a los jóvenes obesos, no a los pobres: estudio
ReutersPor Genevra Pittman 17 jun (Reuters Health) - Un lÃmite al tamaño de las gaseosas, como el que están tratando de aprobar las autoridades regulatorias de Nueva York, tendrÃa su mayor impacto en los niños y los jóvenes con sobrepeso. En un nuevo...Tags: Diabetes
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