Posts Tagged Legislation

Senate panel approves immigration bill

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Fire chief says search for survivors of massive Oklahoma tornado is nearly complete

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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Official: 1 winning ticket sold in Florida in historic $590.5 million Powerball drawing

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Wrestling rules changed to keep sport in Olympics

Freestyle wrestlers Mehdi Taghavi Kermani, left, from Iran, and Kellen Russell from Ann Harbor, Mich., compete at an international wrestling exhibition at Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in New York. Kermani won the bout. The event dubbed "The Rumble on the Rails" marked the fourth straight year a New York City landmark was transformed into a wrestling meet to raise money for charity, with the last two in Times Square. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

MOSCOW (AP) — Wrestling’s governing body hopes rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand will get the sport back in the Olympics.

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FILA approves new rules to keep wrestling in games

Freestyle wrestlers Mehdi Taghavi Kermani, left, from Iran, and Kellen Russell from Ann Harbor, Mich., compete at an international wrestling exhibition at Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in New York. Kermani won the bout. The event dubbed "The Rumble on the Rails" marked the fourth straight year a New York City landmark was transformed into a wrestling meet to raise money for charity, with the last two in Times Square. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

MOSCOW (AP) — Wrestling’s governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016.

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