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Tufts Reverses Suspension Over 'Check Out Our Cox' T-Shirts

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Video, College News, Tufts University, Free Speech, Crew, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, T-Shirts, College News

After a brief suspension over an offending shirt, the Tufts crew team's punishment was overturned on Thursday by the president of the university. "...

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Tufts Crew Team Punished for 'Check Out Our Cox' T-Shirts

Adam Kissel | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Crew, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, College Humor, T-Shirts, Tufts University, Free Speech, College News

Parody, satire, humor, and puns are fully part of the marketplace of ideas, and it is unacceptable for a university like Tufts to violate its promises and abuse its "bias incident" policy to decide which jokes may or may not be told on campus.

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Marin Rowers Win Big in San Diego

Jonathan Littman | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Rowing, Crew, Head of the Charles, Mission Bay, Crew Competitions, Cambridge Head of the Charles, San Diego Crew Classic, Marin Rowing, San Francisco News

The Marin Rowing junior boys program pulled off a rare trio of victories at the prestigious San Diego Crew Classic this weekend, handily winning varsity, lightweight and JV trophies.

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Liberal Donor Network Dumps Progressive Organizations

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Democracy-Alliance, Video, Koch Brothers, The Advancement Project, Media Matters, Crew, Fox News, Center for Progressive Leadership, The Democracy Alliance, Robert Greenwald, Third Way, Color of Change, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Democracy Alliance, a private network of major progressive and Democratic donors, has dropped a number of prominent organizations, a...

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STOCK Act's Unintended Consequences May Invite Trouble

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Congress Insider Trading Bill, Video, Insider Trading, STOCK Act Unintended Consequences, Chuck Grassley, Melanie Sloan, Chuck Grassley STOCK Act, Insider Trading Congress, Congress Insider Trading, Ethics, Crew, 112th Congress, Eric Cantor, STOCK Act, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The bill to ban insider trading by members of Congress may have unintended consequences, including possibly muzzling whistleblowers and ...

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Marin Rowers Win At Head Of Charles

Jonathan Littman | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Head of Charles Regatta, Major Regattas, Head of Charles, Marin Rowers, Rowing, Crew, Rowing Competitions, Regattas, Crew Competitions, San Francisco News

Marin Rowing's athletes took top medals at the famed Head of the Charles last weekend in the first major regatta of the season.

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Review of The Victim

Monah Li | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, The Victim, Courage, Thriller, Crew, Shoestring Budget, Action, Sexy, Entertainment News

I just had the opportunity and immense pleasure to see this independently produced movie. I have never written a movie review, but this movie touched ...

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Team O'Donnell: Investigate The Watchdog

Posted 09.15.2011

Read More: Crew, Christine O'donnell Investigation, Christine O'donnell, Christine O'donnell Lawsuit, Christine O'donnell Crew, Christine O'donnell Probe, Elections 2010, Politics News

DOVER, Del. (AP) -- An attorney for Christine O'Donnell, the tea party favorite who lost a U.S. Senate bid in Delaware last year, is asking federal pr...

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DOMA Defense: Boehner Complaint Dropped By Watchdog Group CREW

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Obama Doma Defense, Ethics Complaint, Boehner, Doma, John Boehner, John Boehner Defense of Marriage Act, Obama Defense of Marriage Act, Michael Honda, Government Spending, Obama Administration, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, House Republicans, Gop Government Spending, Defense of Marriage Act, Obama Boehner, Office of Congressional Ethics, Paul Clement, Spending, Crew, Obama Doma, Gao, House Speaker, Gay Marriage, Government Accountability Office, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- When House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced he would spend $500,000 to hire an outside law firm to defend the Defense of Marriage...

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Want to Solve All Your Problems, Rupert Murdoch? Become a Banker.

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, The Young Turks, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, Crew, News Corporation, Les Hinton, Business News

Rupert Murdoch's got problems. But there's an easy way for him to save his company: Turn the News Corporation into a Wall Street bank. There won't be any prosecutions, and the government will even sweeten the deal with billions of dollars in easy money.

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The Perfect Row

Jonathan Littman | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Crew, U.S. National Rowing, Marin Rowing, Marin National Junior Rowing, Marin Junior Rowing, Marin Mens Junior Rowing, Marin Womens Junior Rowing, Rowing National Championship, U.S. National Junior Rowing, Sports News

Three Marin County, CA rowing teams traveled to sweltering Oak Ridge, Tennessee for the U.S. National Junior Championships. They had an outrageous goal: three boats, three national championships.

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GOP Senate Hopeful's Karl Rove Event Invokes Scandal History

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Heather Wilson, Elections 2012, Crew, Karl Rove, New Mexico Senate Election, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, New Mexico, U.S. Attorney Scandal, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Democrats quickly jumped on news that Republican New Mexico Senate hopeful Heather Wilson attended an event with Karl Rove, noting that ...

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Why Are So Many Democrats Taking Campaign Contributions From Predatory Lenders?

Yashar Ali | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Payday Loans, Crew, Payday Lenders, Campaign Finance, Financing, Democrats, Politics News

If you heard an elected official that you are supporting was accepting campaign contributions from tobacco companies, would you stop supporting them? ...

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Ethics Watchdog Targets Congressional Sleepovers

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. House of Representatives, Congressional Sleepovers, Paul Ryan Office, Crew, Sleeping in Congress, Paul Ryan, Crew Investigation, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A Washington ethics watchdog says it's time for Congress to crack down on lawmakers who sleep in their offices rather than pay for ...

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Soundcrash: The Art Movement of Hip Hop

Carmen Zella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Openings, Art, Los Angeles-California, Graffitti, Los-Angeles-Art-Show, Echo Park, Crew, Grafitti-Artist, Events, Music, Live Music, Hip-Hop, Los Angeles, Djs, Arts News

Hip hop is an art movement. But where are you going to go to experience a true celebration of the visual impact of hip hop in its anti-establishment form?

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David Vitter Took Illegal Campaign Donations: Watchdog

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Vitter Campaign Contributions, David Vitter Campaign Donations, Campaign Finance, Crew, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, David Vitter Reelection, David Vitter CREW, David Vitter, Senator David Vitter, Politics News

WASHINGTON — An ethics watchdog group filed a federal complaint Thursday accusing Republican Sen. David Vitter of accepting illegal campaign con...

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CREW, VoteVets File IRS, FTC Complaints Against Sean Hannity Charity Freedom Concerts

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scholarships, Charity, Afghanistan, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, The Charlie Daniels Band, Veterans, Debbie Shclussel, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Oliver North, Michael W. Smith, Vote Vets, Sean Hannity, Freedom Alliance, Crew, Fox News, Iraq, Video, Media News

Freedom Concerts, Sean Hannity's scholarship charity for the children of fallen soldiers, has violated its charitable tax status, according to a Washi...

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Pressure Mounts on DOJ to Produce Missing E-Mails

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Pressure is growing on the Justice Department to produce supposedly "deleted" e-mails that could reveal whether government lawyers in the Bush administration were instructed to devise legal justifications for torture.

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Feds Interview Northwest Pilots Who Overshot Minneapolis Airport

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Northwest Airlines, Minnesota, Crime, Minneapolis, Pilots, Missed Airport, Investigation, Ntsb, Air Safety, Overshot, Crew, Feds, Northwest Pilots, Delta, Sleeping, Asleep, Overshoot, Probe, Home News

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Federal investigators interviewed the crew of the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles on ...

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Northwest Pilots' Licenses Are Revoked By FAA

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minneapolis Airport, Pilots on Laptops, Minnesota, Faa, Flight Safety, Flight Overshot, Pilots, Pilots Asleep, Overshot, Crew, Northwest Pilots, Northwest Airlines, Delta, Mineapolis, Overshoot, Home News

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneap...

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In Defense Of John Murtha

Jerry Leichtling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crew, Murtha CREW, John Murtha, Jack Murtha, Murtha Ethics, Politics News

John Murtha is deeply personally committed to the welfare of veterans and military families and to our wounded. History will judge him as a hero, a public servant and a Marine.

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Air India Pilots, Crew Brawl During Flight

Times Of India | Saurabh Sinha & Neha Lalchandani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Delhi, Fight, Crew, Sharjah, India, Pilots, Air India, World News

NEW DELHI: The Maharaja witnessed his first in-flight Mughal-e-Azam at 30,000 feet above sea level on Saturday, as two members of the cabin crew--one ...

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"Socialized Medicine" Ad Runs On Cartoon Network

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Msnbc, Obama Speech, Children, President Obama, Crew, Health Care Reform, Cartoon Network, Health Care, Media News

I heard the phrase "socialized medicine" on television, but it didn't seem like something the Cartoon Network would get into.

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Cheney Discussed Inquiries Into Plame Leak, Obama Administration Trying To Keep Details Secret

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scooter Libby, Valerie Plame, President Obama, Dick Cheney, Crew, CIA Leak, Plame Leak, Cheney Plame, Obama Defending Cheney, Joseph Wilson, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney talked with top White House officials about how to respond to reporters' inquiries into who leaked the i...

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Obama Blocks Visitor List Access, Echoing Bush

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Crew, Obama White House Log, Barack Obama, Obama Emails, Obama White House Visitors, Obama White House, President Obama, Crew, Obama White House Emails, Obama White House Visitor Log, Transparency, White House, Politics News

The Obama administration has denied requests from both reporters and government watchdogs to reveal the names of White House guests, echoing Bush admi...

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