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Luke Perry in ‘Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man’
Like many sequels, “The Measure of a Man” doesn’t quite measure up to its predecessor, and as with many sequels, some of the reasons aren’t its fault.
The freshness and some of the pleasant surprises, by definition, are lost on the second go-round.
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NY special election a measure of Obama’s strength (AP)
AP – Democrat David Weprin faced an unusually tight race against Republican Bob Turner in a special election Tuesday in New York’s heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District, where voters unhappy with President Barack Obama could elect a Republican for the first time.
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Boehner delays vote on his debt-ceiling measure (AP)
AP – Stung by revelations that his plan would cut spending less than advertised, House Speaker John Boehner pushed off a vote on a debt-ceiling measure that was also running into opposition from tea party conservatives. The move came just a week before an Aug. 2 deadline for staving off the potential financial chaos of the nation’s first-ever default.
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If debt deal near, Obama would OK stopgap measure (AP)
AP – Running out of time, President Barack Obama softened his stand and signaled Wednesday he would back a short-term deal to prevent a disastrous financial default on Aug. 2, but only if a larger and still elusive deficit-cutting agreement was essentially in place. He called lawmakers to the White House in a scramble to find enough votes from both Republicans and his own party.
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Coburn proposes $9 trillion deficit cut measure (AP)
AP – One of the Senate’s staunchest budget-cutters unveiled Monday a massive plan to cut the nation’s deficit by $9 trillion over the coming decade. The plan by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is laced with politically perilous proposals like raising to 70 the age at which people can claim their full Social Security benefits.
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House rejects measure to continue US role in Libya (AP)
AP – The House has voted down a measure giving President Barack Obama the authority to continue the U.S. military action against Libya.
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Ballot measure banning circumcision may be up for vote in Santa Monica
A group out to ban circumcision of boys under 18 in San Francisco wants to snip the practice in other parts of California.
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