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Conan O'Brien accepts the award for favorite talk show host at the
2011 People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles January 5, 2011.ReutersConan
OBrien began his show on a very serious note last night, and
as he spoke to his audience about the events of the day
in Boston, he seemed shaken by the news.Just before 3 p.m. on
Monday, two bombs went off near the finish line of the famed
Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 140 people.O'Brien
put his usual jokes aside, almost entirely, to reflect on the emotional
day.Boston is my hometown its where I grew up, and its
where my family lives. So I just wanted to take a moment
to say that like everyone here my thoughts and prayers
are with the people of Boston and everyone who has been affected
by this senseless act, he said. That said it is our
job to do a show. Were going to try and entertain you
the best we can. Which, given our track record, gives you people
a 20Ehance of having a good time tonight.Similarly, a serious Craig
Ferguson spoke during his show about his special connection to Boston, explaining
that he often celebrates the Fourth of July in the historic city.My
first stand up special in America, I shot it in Boston. I
like that town, he recalled. Im appalled by this thing and when
I watch it on these streets that I know, its horrifying.Ferguson admitted
he was going to have a hard time hosting his comedy show
and told viewers the nights episode would be a littl
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Court on another matter. The department was allegedly concerned that the
high court, in the course of reviewing that case, would strike down
a major element of civil rights enforcement."Perez simply could not allow
the Court to rule," the report said. "Perez sought leverage to stop
the city from pressing its appeal."The case the Justice Department was allegedly
concerned about was St. Paul's appeal to the Supreme Court, on a
case in which property owners said the city made extraordinary efforts,
through strict code enforcement, to condemn their properties.The owners
said reducing the amount of affordable housing for minorities violated the
federal Fair Housing Act -- by what is known as "disparate impact."Perez
appeared to think the Supreme Court overturning the case would have been
a severe blow to civil rights enforcement, the report concluded.The "disparate
impact" provision, which the report described as legally questionable, prohibits
housing policies that end up discriminating against certain groups even
if those policies are not blatantly discriminatory."Perez sought, facilitated,
and consummated this deal because he feared that the Court would find
disparate impact unsupported by the text of the Fair Housing Act," the
report said.The other end of the alleged deal was for the Justice
Department not to get involved in cases against the city of St.
Paul that alleged the city received millions in Department of Housing and
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more will do so before the border is secure. The Senate proposal
will dramatically increase illegal immigration."People brought here illegally
as youths would have a faster path: They could get green cards
in five years and would become eligible for citizenship immediately thereafter.U.S.
citizens no longer would be able to sponsor their siblings for eventual
U.S. citizenship, a change activist groups have opposed. That's among several
changes aimed at rebalancing an immigration system that now awards around
15 percent of green cards to people with employment ties, and the
majority to people with family ties, to a system that awards 45
percent to 50 percent of green cards based on employment ties.There would
be no limit in the number of green cards awarded to people
of extraordinary ability in science, arts, education, business or athletics,
or to outstanding professors, doctors and others. A new startup visa would
be created for foreign entrepreneurs trying to come here to start their
own companies.Visas for highly skilled workers greatly in demand by technology
companies would nearly double. Low-skilled workers would be able to come
in for jobs in construction, long-term care and other industries, ultimately
up to 200,000 a year. A new agriculture visa program would bring
farm workers to the U.S.; farm workers already here illegally would get
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<p style="font-size:xx-small;"> WASHINGTON President Obama says he expects North Korea to make "more
provocative moves" over the next several weeks.However, he says his administration
does not believe Pyongyang has the capacity to put a nuclear warhead
on a ballistic missile. His says his conclusion is based on current
intelligence estimates.A report revealed last week showed that the Pentagon's
Defense Intelligence Agency has "moderate confidence" that the North has
the knowhow to deliver a nuclear weapon by ballistic missile.Obama says
he hopes the U.S. and international community can contain any further provocations
from North Korea and move to resolve the nuclear dispute with the
isolated nation through diplomacy.The president spoke in an interview with
NBC's "Today" that was aired Tuesday.
In a political role reversal, Republicans are blasting President Obama's
plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, an icon of the
New Deal long targeted by conservatives as an example of government overreach.Obama's
2014 budget proposal calls for a strategic review of the TVA, the
nation's largest public utility with 9 million customers in seven states
from Virginia to Mississippi.Selling the U.S-owned power company could reduce
the federal deficit by at least $25 billion and "help put the
nation on a sustainable fiscal path," Obama says in a budget document.Not
so fast, say GOP lawmakers in the region."It's one more bad idea
in a budget full of bad ideas," said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.,
a longtime TVA champion."There is no assurance that selling TVA to a
profit-making entity would reduce electric bills in the Tennessee Valley,
and it could lead to higher electricity rates" for customers in Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia,
Alexander said.Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., vowed to "carefully study any
proposals to restructure TVA" to ensure it continues to deliver affordable
electricity throughout the region.Privatizing TVA has been proposed before
"and been determined to be a very bad idea," added Rep. John
Duncan, R-Tenn.Administration officials emphasized that privatization was
just one option being considered. Sale of the agency has been discussed
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