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The Washington Post’s Walter Pincus reports that the U.S. military command in Afghanistan is considering hiring private security contractors to post as guards

Louis Schimmel, a former state-appointed receiver for the city of Ecorse and one time Emergency Manager of Hamtramck, now working as executive administrator in Warren, has been tapped by state officials to take over as Emergency Manager in Pontiac. The Detroit News reports: Schimmel will replace Michael Stampfler, who in August called for $15 million in possible new taxes and a reduction in city services — including cutting 10 newly contracted Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies. Stampfler has been at odds with city officials and residents over some of his proposals.

Though Rep. Vern Buchanan has yet to publicly comment on a watchdog group’s efforts to launch an FBI investigation into his past congressional campaigns, he has found time to sell his $4.49 million yacht, The Entrepreneur . The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is now using that yacht sale to highlight the allegations surrounding the Florida congressman

News outlets in Colorado reported last week that researchers at the University of Denver recommended tax hikes to fill yawning future budget gaps .

Now that Republicans have taken the House, it looks like we’ll be seeing a very different approach to energy and climate change policy next year, to put it

U.S. Central Command’s website launches a new blog -- woo, let’s party like it’s 2005* -- complete with an introductory post penned by its commanding general,

The conviction and sentencing of officer Brad Ahrensfield for tampering with a federal investigation put the spotlight back on Albuquerque’s law enforcement agency as the city council battles with the mayor in permitting the U.S.

Portland, Ore., police are reopening their investigation into a massage therapist’s allegations that Al Gore groped her in 2006. Initial jobless claims rose

It’s like they’re in a strip club, according to Jeff Stein: The Central Intelligence Agency has hired Xe Services, the private security firm formerly known as

At least nine of the 12 U.S. House and Senate members of the budget-cutting supercommittee have scheduled corporate fundraisers this fall, reported The

Gov. Rick Scott issued his first substantive veto on Thursday, striking down a measure that passed two Senate committees and both houses of the Legislature unanimously. # Scott has vetoed a handful of budget conforming bills and some line items, but the target of his first veto not related to the budget was Senate Bill 1992 , a measure intended to fix a problem stemming from legislation passed in 2010, which toughened background check requirements for people who work with senior citizens

Rather than devote heaps of money and lots of brainpower to traditional state-on-state conflicts, the Pentagon should better prepare for such asymmetrical challenges as Iraq and Afghanistan. But some critics of the reappointed Gates wonder if the U.S. should move away from expensive but technologically superior weaponry toward programs to develop the military’s counterinsurgency skills.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (Pic via myfloridalegal.com) Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that Florida is joining a suit against the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution rule , which aims to protect against fine particle pollution. Bondi briefly mentioned the suit during a speech she gave at Saturday’s Presidency 5 event, held in Orlando

Indiana passed the most expansive school voucher program of any state in the country in May, but a group led by a teachers union asked a judge today to put an

I waited a little while to link to Jonathan Strong’s story about -- well, it’s about two things. Half of the story concerns rumors about Michael Steele’s lavish

Ethnic profiling doesn’t have many open defenders -- Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is a notable exception -- so it was surprising that part of the Department of

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is keeping her focus on the important issues: an amendment that would increase congressional control of czars. Her amendment,

Safety violations are a normal part of the mining process, says Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that he will establish an Ocean Energy Safety Institute to expedite research and development of new technology

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