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Should Congressional Offices Be Off Limits to Federal Investigators?

Your tax dollars at work: Congress is drafting legislation to keep federal officials investigating criminal cases from searching their offices. Wait a minute: that sure sounds like special privileges for some. Yes, the Constitution prohibits members of Congress from being questioned “…for any Speech or Debate in either House.” According …

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Small Plane Crash Kills Four in New Jersey

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. – New Jersey officials say they’ve found the bodies of two men and two women strapped in their seats in a small plane that crashed about 40 miles north of Atlantic City. Witnesses and authorities say the plane broke apart in flight before plowing into woods. It …

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Report: New Orleans Levees Were Underfunded, Poorly Engineered

NEW ORLEANS – The city’s levee system was routinely underfunded and therefore inadequate to protect against hurricanes, according to an independent report released Monday. The report also called for an overhaul of the agencies that oversee flood protection. “You tend to get what you pay for,” Dave Rogers, a member …

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