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Liberty NewsWire: April 27, 2012

“The decision to withdraw this rule — including provisions to define the ‘parental exemption’ — was made in response to thousands of comments expressing concerns about the effect of the proposed rules on small family-owned farms,” the Department said in a press release Thursday evening. “To be clear, this regulation will not be pursued for the duration of the Obama administration.”

The rule would have dramatically changed what types of chores children under the age of 16 could perform on and around American farms. It would have prohibited them from working with tobacco, operating almost all types of power-driven equipment and being employed to work with raw farm materials.

Nanny State

The Daily Caller - Labor Dept. Withdraws Farm Child Labor Rule After Daily Caller Report Goes Viral

Reuters - U.S. Ban Sought on Cell Phone Use While Driving

Internet Freedom

TechDirt.com - Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote

Forbes – CISPA Passes the House, Targets Terrorists, Pornographers and You

NDAA

The New American - Arizona Legislature Passes Anti-NDAA Bill

War on Drugs

Los Angeles Times – Drug Testing of State Employees: Judge Just Tells Florida No

Drones

The Daily Caller – Look Up and Smile for the Drone

Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy - Inside the Rohrabacher-Karzai Feud

The Atlantic - Omission Accomplished: Marco Rubio's Telling Failure to Mention Iraq

Council on Foreign Relations - The Pentagon's Threat Smorgasbord

Government Waste

Auto Blog - Hundreds of 5-Year-Old Municipal Vehicles Found in Miami That Were Never Used


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