Christie chides Obama over VA 'disgrace'

Chris Christie sharply criticized President Barack Obama's management of the Veterans Affairs scandal on Friday, calling the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki "long overdue."

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VA Secretary Eric Shinseki resigns amid hospital scandal

Eric Shinseki resigned as secretary of Veterans Affairs on Friday, apologizing for a scandal in which employees throughout the VA's massive hospital system conspired to hide months-long wait times that veterans faced when seeking care.

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Columbia Basin College tops in state for associate degrees to Hispanics

A national education association has identified Columbia Basin College as awarding the most associate degrees to Hispanics in the state.

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Call them Jillary

The strangely intertwined careers of Jill Abrahamson and Hillary Clinton are explored by Noemie Emery in a long article at The Weekly Standard , titled Jillary's Wars.

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Poet, historian, author, actress, paywright, civil-rights activist, producer and director Maya Angelou at the Palace Theater in Albany in 2008.

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NRC decision shouldn't affect Vt. nuke waste move

A decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week not to endorse the transfer of spent nuclear fuel from pools to dry cask storage won't have an effect on the anticipated transfer of the highly radioactive fuel at Vermont Yankee.

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Oklahoma governor signs pension overhaul bill

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed legislation that ends the traditional pension retirement system for newly hired state employees in favor of a 401(k)-style retirement plan....

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Schram: An easy fix for VA's flaws

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has proposed an urgent, sensible solution to the scandalous crisis of treatment delays at Veterans Affairs hospitals - and it should finally, belatedly, become official policy.

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Gambling plan put off till fall

State Rep. Bob Rita, a Blue Island Democrat, said disputes over revenue sharing remained, and that he had yet to garner the full backing of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Pat Quinn, the horse racing industry and local communities.

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Funding for Thomson prison clears House hurdle

In this May 21, 2010, file photo, a van drives past the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson.

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Measure adds $5M to help reduce rape kit backlogs

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure that provides an additional $5 million in federal funds to help law enforcement agencies in Tennessee and elsewhere reduce their backlogs of untested rape kits.

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No quick fix

ERIC SHINSEKI, a brave man who did a poor job of running a government department that was already dysfunctional, has resigned.

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Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing: Bigger Is Better

The sky is the limit as partnerships between private manufacturers and scientific research laboratories expand the boundaries of size and accelerate the development of new industrial 3D printing systems that can create polymer parts up to 10 times larger than those currently producible.

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Mid-South congressional delegation: Shinseki's resignation best for veterans

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki pauses as he speaks at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington.

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State won't tap federal grants for new exchange

Maryland will not need to ask the federal government for additional grant money to build a new health exchange that will replace the faulty one the state was forced to scrap.

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Were bonuses tied to VA wait times?

It's one of the more disturbing revelations to arise from an investigation into fatal delays in care at Veterans Affairs medical centers: Employee bonuses appear to be one factor behind the manipulation of patient wait times in at least one hospital.

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Resignation of Shinseki sparks call for action

Members of Montana's congressional delegation released these statements Friday regarding Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki's resignation.

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Ad Watch: Ose exaggerates Birman's drug stance

Doug Ose has released a campaign mailer that questions why his Republican rival Igor Birman is throwing mud and claims Birman supports legalizing drugs.

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Tyrone Hendrix announces candidacy for city council seat

According to Hendrix's campaign, he has been dedicated to organizing around social and economic issues, and supporting candidates who are committed to improving the communities.

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Congressional committee looking into VA Medical Center

The VA Medical Center in Jackson is among the hospitals around the country undergoing intense scrutiny for its treatment of veterans.

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House Moves to End Raids on Medical Marijuana

Reflecting growing public support for easing marijuana laws, the House of Representatives voted Friday to bar federal authorities from raiding medical marijuana facilities or growers in states that have legalized its use.

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Palin to MN Gop: Julianne Ortman Only Candidate Who Can Beat Al Franken

On Friday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged Minnesota's GOP delegates to support Julianne Ortman for U.S. Senate at this weekend's state convention.

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Palin Campaigns for Louisiana's Rob Maness: He'll Stand with Cruz, Lee

On Thursday in New Orleans, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hailed conservative Louisiana Senate candidate and Retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness as an outsider who will give Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee the help they need to fight the permanent political establishment in Washington, D.C. At an event with the Tea Party Express, which endorsed ... (more)

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Reps decry Pittsburgh VA wait list

Two congressmen have criticized the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System for keeping nearly 700 veterans on a waiting list for medical care, some for more than a year.

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Drew Cline: Street cred and endorsements in the U.S. Senate primary

IN THE Republican U.S. Senate primary, endorsements are flying like bullets at the August, 2007, Manchester Republican Committee fundraiser.

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Oregon wants to sue over health insurance site

Gov. John Kitzhaber said Thursday he's asked Oregon's attorney general to sue Oracle, the contractor responsible for building the glitch-filled Cover Oregon health insurance website.

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President Launches Push Against Power

President Barack Obama launched a show of support Friday for new emissions rules for power plants, putting the weight of the White House behind the government's controversial proposal.

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Shinseki Quits In VA Scandal

Beset by growing evidence of patient delays and cover-ups, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned from President Barack Obama's Cabinet Friday, taking the blame for what he decried as a "lack of integrity" in the sprawling health care system for the nation's military veterans.

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Dems Hope to Outspend Jenkins

It didn't take long for outside cash to come flooding into West Virginia in support of a candidate for Congress.

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Secure Funding For New Bridge

Surely, working together, congressional delegations from West Virginia and Ohio can pry loose enough federal money to build a new Ohio River bridge in our area.

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Hillary Clinton makes brief appearance at BookExpo

Hillary Rodham Clinton made a brief, private appearance Friday at publishing's annual national convention, BookExpo America, and offered booksellers a few details about her upcoming memoir, "Hard Choices."

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KS May Revenues Less Than Expected

Kansas collected $217 million less in taxes than it expected in May, but officials in Gov. Sam Brownback's administration say it's the result of a temporary problem.

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Obama on Seeing Malia in Heels, Dying His Hair, Night Work

Between dealing with the fallout from the VA scandal and coping with the upcoming resignation of his press secretary, President Obama was pretty busy on Friday.

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Blunt On Shinseki

Should he stay or should he go? That's the question everyone's asking about Veterans Adminstration Secretary Eric Shinseki.

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Our moral authority at stake

Trinidad and Tobago athlete Semoy Hackett has been suspended from competition until April 2015 by the National Association of Athletics Administration for her second doping offence.

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Manchin talks about trip to Israel

A U.S. senator from West Virginia doesn't believe peace is near between the Israelis and the Palestinians until there's a mutual agreement each side has a right to sovereignty.

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Trios Southridge Hospital cuts ribbon in Kennewick

Trios Health CEO Glen Marshall speaks to an audience just outside of the new Trios Southridge Hospital during the ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday afternoon in Kennewick.

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Today in History a " May 31

On May 31, 1889, some 2,200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, perished when the South Fork Dam holding back Lake Conemaugh collapsed, sending 20 million tons of water rushing through the town.

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William Thomas Gotschall

William Thomas "Bill" Gotschall, 77, of Belpre, Ohio, passed away May 28, 2014, at Camden Clark Medical Center, St. Joseph's Campus.

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White House Releases Climate Change Report

Global warming is rapidly turning America the beautiful into America the stormy, sneezy and dangerous, according to a new federal scientific report.

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Vets around the country describe VA experiences

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned in a personal meeting with President Barack Obama, shortly after publicly apologizing for deep problems plaguing the agency's health care system that Obama called "totally unacceptable."

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Re-electing Graham means a another war,a GOP rival says

Jay Stamper, Det Bowers, Lee Bright, Richard Cash, Bill Connor, Nancy Mace. Lindsey Graham in center.

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In photos: US Senate GOP candidates

Det Bowers speaks during a forum of candidates for U.S. Senate. Incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-Seneca, and challengers Bill Connor, Det Bowers, Lee Bright, Jay Stamper, Richard Cash and Nancy Mace participated in the forum at the historic Booker T. Washington auditorium on The USC campus in Columbia.

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Angelou's rich legacy will stay with us all

Poet, historian, author, actress, paywright, civil-rights activist, producer and director Maya Angelou at the Palace Theater in Albany in 2008.

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Veterans Affairs Head Shinseki Resigns Amid VA Controversy

By Julie Pace and Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday after publicly apologizing for systemic problems plaguing the agency's health care system.

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US official headed for Delhi to build bridges with Narendra Modi

Washington: The US is despatching Nisha Desai Biswal, its pointperson for South Asia, to build bridges with the new Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whom it had shunned for over a decade.

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Medicaid expansion

BOZEMAN, Mont. 5/29/14 - Senator Jon Tester today released the following statement after gathering signatures with volunteers from the Healthy Montana Initiative in support of a ballot initiative to expand Medicaid to 70,000 uninsured Montanans: "No Montanan should be denied health care because of how much they make.

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POLITICS: House says no to pot shop raids

Federal agents have seized marijuana and cash at pot dispensaries throughout California, but under a bill passed Friday by the House, those raids would stop.

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Otis Gardner: Carbon dioxide: The left's newest enemy

Washington's pushing yet another "Chicken Little" gambit. No it isn't the sky that's falling, but they say it's heating up so earth is in immediate and imminent danger according to team Obama.

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Romney Returns To Iowa

Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney is back on the campaign trail in Iowa, only this time it's to show support for a U.S. Senate candidate.

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Kerry defends Obama's Afghanistan exit strategy amid criticism

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday defended President Barack Obama 's newly announced strategy on Afghanistan amid criticism that the president will withdraw troops at a much too rapid clip.

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Sun Herald | Editorial: Let's keep Thad Cochran in the Senate

This is Cochran's seventh campaign for the Senate, and one we encouraged him to make last summer when he was still weighing his options.

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The Hidden Cost Chickens in Obamacare Coming Home to Roost

Labor unions have been reliable supporters of President Obama and his policies. Their support for Obamacare was critical to its passage in 2010.

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The GOP-controlled House voted early Friday in favor of blocking the federal government from interfering with states that permit the use of medical marijuana.

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GOP House Backs State Medical Marijuana Laws

The GOP-controlled House voted early Friday in favor of blocking the federal government from interfering with states that permit the use of medical marijuana.

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SCHRAM: Sensible solution to VA woes isn't new

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has proposed an urgent, sensible solution to the crisis of treatment delays at Veterans Affairs hospitals - and it should finally, belatedly, become official policy.

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Political passions stir as Hillary Clinton prepares book release

Hillary Rodham Clinton is in a purple suit, sitting in a living room, pink flowers just visible in the background, speaking with passion to the camera about her views of the world and what can be done to fight the "cancer of inequality" in the United States.

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Oregon to sue contractor over failed $134M ObamaCare exchange site

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber said Thursday he is seeking to file a lawsuit against the contractor who built the state's failed ObamaCare exchange, but the company says it isn't to blame.

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Mother says Upper Fruitland neighborhood not safe after pit bull nearly killed her son

Nine-year-old Josiah Teller was standing outside his friend's door across the street from his home in Upper Fruitland when he was tugged to the ground by a white pit bull.

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New leader sworn in for Southern Ute Indian Tribe

Clement J. Frost took the oath of office on Thursday after being elected to the position in a special election on Wednesday.

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Special session of Navajo Nation Council scheduled for Friday

Lawmakers will consider enacting the Navajo Adult Guardianship Act of 2014 during a Friday special session of the Navajo Nation Council in Window Rock, Ariz.

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Snowden: 'no relationship' with Russian government

"NBC Nightly News" anchor and managing editor Brian Williams sits during an interview with former U.S. defense contractor Edward Snowden in Moscow in this undated handout photo released by NBC News May 28, 2014.

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Democrats trying to create distance from GOP controversy

"More importantly than paying millions of dollars for a TV ad in Mississippi is personal one-on-one contact that's so important in a campaign," said Mississippi Democratic Party chairman Rickey Cole.

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New Google Glass app will help you find EV charging stations... if that's legal

Google Glass is about to get a new app from SemaConnect, "one of the largest producers of commercial grade electric vehicle charging stations in North America," that will help electric vehicle drivers find charging stations.

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US Chamber head urges Cuba to open economy more

The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a prescription for communist-run Cuba's struggling economy: less government control and a heavier dose of the open market.

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The Meso Foundation Applauds the Newly Formed Deadliest Cancers Caucus

The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation commends the founding co-chairs on their newly formed Congressional Caucus for the Deadliest Cancers for recognizing the great need for a focus on the most lethal cancers, including mesothelioma.

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Complaint accuses 4 Fla insurers of discrimination

Two health organizations filed a complaint with federal health officials Thursday alleging some Florida insurance companies are violating the Affordable Care Act by structuring their insurance plans in a way that discourage consumers with HIV and AIDS from choosing those plans.

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Larry Miller: Acupressure, citrulline and looking younger

I've had a rotator cuff problem for years and here's how I treat it. First, I do the sea buckthorn, coconut oil and holy basil treatment that's shown on my website in two articles in the sidebar "Sea Buckthorn and Inflammation" and "Joint Pain Cured."

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Barbara Walsh: God cares and wants to be involved

Did she not know that there is a God who cares about every thing in her life, the One who can help with control of her life? Maybe we all should, from time to time, be reminded that God not only cares but wants to be involved in all we do.

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Eastlake High School seniors to be first graduating class

Humberto Miranda, right, a counselor at Eastlake High School helps direct a commencement rehearsal for the school's first graduating class Thursday at the far East El Paso school.

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Sex slavery activist forced to resign after victim's story fabricated

Doubts over story: Long Pros claimed her eye had been gouged out by a brothel owner, but doctors have contradicted her account, saying she had a childhood tumour.

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George Lucas museum Chicago's next big attraction?

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is using everything but Jedi mind tricks to persuade "Star Wars" creator George Lucas to put his planned museum of art and movie memorabilia in Chicago.

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GOP House backs state medical marijuana laws

The GOP-controlled House has come out in favor of blocking the federal government from interfering with states that permit the use of medical marijuana.

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Here's where to vote on Tuesday

Luna County Clerk Andrea Rodriguez would like to remind the public that Voting Convenience Centers will be used for the upcoming Luna County Primary Election to be held on Tuesday at three locations.

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Cambodia convicts labor activists, but frees them

A Cambodian court has convicted almost two dozen factory workers and rights activists for instigating violence during protests that rocked the government earlier this year.

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Obama says sports concussions need more attention

President Barack Obama applauds Victoria Bellucci, a 2014 graduate of Huntingtown High Shool in Huntingtown, Md., who suffered five concussions playing soccer, Thursday, May 29, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, during the White House Healthy Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit.

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Union rep says LAX expansion overshadows security

A union representative for police officers who secure Los Angeles International Airport told members of Congress Thursday he still has concerns about a manpower shortage and a lack of coordination and communication with the Transportation Security Administration nearly seven months after a gunman killed a TSA officer and injured three others.

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House panel votes to allow waivers on school meals

This Sept. 11, 2012 file photo shows a healthy chicken salad school lunch, prepared under federal guidelines, sitting on display at the cafeteria at Draper Middle School in Rotterdam, N.Y. A House committee has endorsed a GOP plan to allow some schools to opt out of healthier school meal standards.

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School Meal Snub? House panel OKs waivers on first lady-backed rules

May 27, 2014 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington.

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Boehner, Pelosi: Firing Shinseki won't fix Veterans Affairs

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, tells reporters that he isn't quite ready to join other members of Congress who say Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki should resign in the wake of problems with the Veterans Affairs troubled health care system,Thursday, May 29, 2014, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Police knew about killer's videos during check

University of California, Santa Barbara students walk past a sign showing support for the college community Sunday, May 25, 2014, in the Isla Vista area near Goleta, Calif.

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CIA winds down drone strike program in Pakistan

In this April 23, 2011, Pakistan women take part in a rally against the U.S. drone strikes in Pakistani tribal areas in Peshawar, Pakistan.

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San Francisco offers George Lucas a museum site

San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee is offering George Lucas a spot on the city's scenic waterfront for the future home of the Star Wars creator's lifetime collection of art and movie memorabilia.

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Redskins launch Twitter campaign at Senator

The Washington Redskins have launched a Twitter onslaught at Sen. Harry Reid in their campaign to keep the team's name.

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Warner begins campaign kickoff tour at Wise

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner was in Wise Wednesday for the first stop in his campaign kick-off tour.

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'No relationship' with Russia

Former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden told a US television interviewer he was not under the control of Russia's government and had given Moscow no intelligence documents after nearly a year of asylum there.

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House Democrats' campaign arm reserves $44M in ads

Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in this Thursday, May 1, 2014 file photo taken in Washington.

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Santorum, Palin support challenger in Miss. race

Former presidential contender Rick Santorum and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Thursday began star turns in ads backing the Mississippi state lawmaker challenging longtime Republican Sen. Thad Cochran in next week's Senate primary.

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Lawmakers rob Peter to pay Paul on spending bills

The House is cutting back armed air marshals but increasing funding to deal with a surge in unaccompanied immigrant children.

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House panel snubs Pentagon on defense spending

The Pentagon faces election-year roadblocks in persuading Congress to back cost-saving defense cuts as the military moves away from robust wartime budgets.

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Why was Asia left out of the Obama doctrine?

US President Barack Obama spent more than an hour outlining his vision for American foreign policy before the graduating class at the Westpoint Military Academy.

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Minnesota enacts restrictive medical pot program

Minnesota joined the ranks of 21 other states Thursday where marijuana is a legal medicine with a law that is one of the nation's most restrictive.

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Sen. Hoeven talks with veterans officials in Fargo

Sen. John Hoeven said Thursday that the Veterans Affairs Health Care System in North Dakota is functioning better than hospitals in other parts of the country but that many veterans in the state have to travel long distances for treatment.

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Republicans vie to challenge Sen. Tom Udall

A pair of Republicans are headed for a showdown in next week's primary seeking the opportunity to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Udall , a popular incumbent making his first bid at re-election.

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Pompeo decries 'doublespeak' in Kansas 4th race

Congressman Mike Pompeo says former congressman Todd Tiahrt is practicing political "doublespeak" in their Republican primary race in the 4th District of south-central Kansas.

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NM delegation joins call for Shinseki to resign

New Mexico's congressional delegation is part of the chorus of lawmakers calling for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign.

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Ex-US Rep. Tiahrt jumps into race in Kansas 4th

Former U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt announced Thursday he will challenge incumbent Mike Pompeo in the state's 4th Congressional District, setting up a primary election showdown between two prominent conservative Republicans.

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Source: Hearing set for U.S. Marine in Mexico

A judge has scheduled a new hearing for a U.S. Marine and Afghanistan war veteran who's been held in a Mexican prison for nearly two months, a judicial source said.

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Republicans at conference have their eyes on 2016

Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal addresses the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La., Thursday, May 29, 2014.

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Advantage, Stefanik

The highlight of Tuesday's televised debate between Republican congressional candidates Matthew A. Doheny and Elise M. Stefanik came toward the end of a lively discussion about residency.

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My First Day on My Job

After Complete graduation from Delhi University. I was just looking for Job in marking field in Delhi, I passed my 6 months but I didn't get a good job according to me : .

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AK-Sen: GOP Rep Slams Karl Rove Group For Attacking Begich (D) On VA Scandal

The Veterans Affairs scandal is now a campaign issue, courtesy of an ad targeting vulnerable Democratic Sen. Mark Begich in Alaska.

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Ukraine President wins votes from fewer than one in three

Western media has presented the results as an "overwhelming victory" for chocolate billionaire oligarch Petro Poroshenko, with more than 54% of the vote.

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Harry Jackson: Pastors Need To Fight The 'Radical Gay Agenda'; G-d Didn't Make Anyone That Way

Bishop Harry Jackson is the far right Fundamentalist preacher that helped to lead the fight against marriage equality in Washington DC back in 2009.

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Corporate takeover of Indiana public education illustrated by new documentary

The 2011 school reform movement supported by Republican lawmakers and then Gov. Mitch Daniels was no more than sham to let corporate interests dismantle traditional public educations, according to a group of experts.

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Our opinion: Taliban should've been kept guessing

President Barack Obama got his way and, we are told, that of the senior U.S. military leadership simply by out-waiting Afghanistan's mercurial and now outgoing Hamid Karzai.

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Brad Pitt attacked at 'Maleficent' premiere

Pitt was apparently unhurt and soon resumed signing autographs. Witnesses saw the man from the fan area jump over a barrier on to the red carpet Wednesday at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood and rush at Pitt, touching him briefly before security guards wrestled him back across the barrier.

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VA Hospital Missed Care For 1,700 Vets

About 1,700 veterans in need of care were "at risk of being lost or forgotten" after being kept off the official waiting list at the troubled Phoenix veterans hospital, the Veterans Affairs watchdog said Wednesday in a scathing report that increases pressure on Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign.

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Letter: Is 'land grab' part of Agenda 21?

Rancher Cliven Bundy speaks at a news conference near Bunkerville, Nev., Thursday, April 24, 2014.

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California city votes to end hot sauce dispute

Navy veteran Ken Senft turned to the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care in 2011 after his private insurance grew too costly.

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Pretty exciting times'

WATFORD CITY Count Watford City among several communities considering themselves to be located in the epicenter of the Bakken oil boom.

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SoCal Businesses, Universities Lobby to Bring Aerospace Back to Region

Southern California's aerospace and manufacturing industries will get first crack at $1.3 billion in federal money for workforce development, research and other areas, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today.

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Elizabeth Warren lends a hand to Merkley re-election bid

Colleague returns support demonstrated by Oregon senator. When Elizabeth Warren sought support in 2009 for a new federal agency to police consumer finance, she got it from Jeff Merkley, then in his first year as a U.S. senator from Oregon.

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Beware the Hornet's Nest

Beware the Hornet's Nest Editorial 5-24-2014 By Edmond Y. Azadian Armenian-Jewish relations have a very special significance and are expressed in a variety of dimensions.

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VA issues: The cycle continues

Many veterans of military service and the tens of millions of Americans who are grateful to them are outraged about allegations involving the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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McDanielmentum': Haley Barbour'sBrother Endorses McDaniel, MSGOP Softens Tone

Olive Branch, Mississippi - Et tu, Jeppie? Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's brother Jeppie Barbour, the father of powerful political operatives Henry and Austin Barbour, endorsed state Sen. Chris McDaniel in the GOP Senate primary over longtime incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran .

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Hospital to McAuliffe: Don't use us as Medicaid example

Gov. Terry McAuliffe visited Chesapeake Regional Medical Center on April 1 on his pro-Medicaid expansion hospital tour and left sharing a foreboding tale: The hospital could close if Virginia doesn't accept certain Affordable Care Act funds.

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Texas GOP runoff: five take-aways from big tea party wins

Republican Dan Patrick speaks at his campaign watch party at the Hotel Sorella after incumbent David Dewhurst conceded the Republican primary runoff for lieutenant governor, in Houston, May 27, 2014.

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Media Matters, Other Hillary LoyalistsMeet to Make Benghazi Go Away

That's not how Politico titles its article on the coming Hillary Rehabilitation project, but that's what's going on.

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Lawmakers Call on DHS to BlockImmigration Enforcement at Courthouses

Fifty-nine members of Congress, led by Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore, are calling on Department of Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson to halt immigration enforcement actions at courthouses.

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Benghazi: Is Rep. Darrell Issa 'going rogue' on attack probe?

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, in April.

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VA Official: There Are No Secret Waiting Lists

While admitting problems, a Veteran Affairs official tells a House committee that Phoenix officials were just trying to improve access to care.

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Obama at West Point: US must lead by 'empowering partners'

President Obama delivers the commencement address at the US Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Wednesday.

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President Obama delivered a major policy speech Wednesday, claiming that fighting climate change was every bit as important to America's national security as stopping terrorism or working to stop countries from obtaining nuclear weapons.

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Celebrated Author and Poet Maya Angelou Dead at 86

Famed poet and author Maya Angelou died Wednesday morning in North Carolina. She was 86. "She'd been very frail and had heart problems, but she was going strong, finishing a new book," Angelou's agent Helen Brann told ABC News.

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Sen. Mark Udall, others call for VA head to resign

An investigation of medical care at Veterans Affairs facilities has found "systemic" problems and "manipulation" of waiting lists, prompting new calls for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign.

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IG: Phoenix VA hospital missed care for 1,700 vets

This photo taken April 28, 2014 shows the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix.

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Marriage is a societal construct that shifts with time

I was not surprised to see David Secunda's letter bashing the recent court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania .

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Dogs will be allowed at some city beaches

The City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to allow dogs with a leash on the beaches north of Tide Park and south of Del Mar Shores.

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Commonsense Tour

Elected officials and local residents gathered Wednesday at Little Andi's Restaurant in Parsons to ask questions during the Commonsense Connections tour forum with U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin's staff.

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Local poet reads 'Still I Rise'

Local poet reads 'Still I Rise' A local poet paid tribute to American icon Maya Angelou Wednesday with a reading of 'Still I Rise.'

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Once a star in Texas GOP, David Dewhurst fell out of favor

David Dewhurst was once seen as one of the brightest stars in Texas politics and the Republican Party.

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New Mexico politicians praise $400 million rail facility in Santa Teresa

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, center, holds a golden railroad spike she hammered down with Chihuahua, Mexico, Gov. Cesar Duarte, right, and U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., left, on Wednesday during the grand-opening ceremony for the Union Pacific Intermodal Terminal in Santa Teresa.

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Obama unveils US$5b anti-terrorism fund

US President Obama has used a speech at West Point Military Academy to set out his foreign policy objectives, and the president said there would be a US$5 billion "terrorism partnership fund" to help other countries tackle extremism.

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Pres. Obama welcomes students for science fair at White House

President Barack Obama drew attention to girls' science and engineering accomplishments Tuesday as he announced a new teacher training competition as well as mentoring efforts to improve and diversify the nation's technological workforce.

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Obama stands by diplomatic course on foreign policy

President Barack Obama called Wednesday for a foreign policy that plays down military intervention in favor of diplomacy and international partnerships, defending his approach as better suited to a world grappling with global threats of terrorism.

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White and male, Google releases diversity data

In the months leading up to a fatal double shooting, Aaron Hernandez had become increasingly convinced that people had been "testing, trying or otherwise disrespecting him" when he went to nightclubs, prosecutors... Prosecutors say former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez fatally shot two men because he believed one of them disrespected him ... (more)

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Native corporations join forces to oppose oil tax referendum

A coalition of six regional Native corporations, some with substantial oil-field business, announced Wednesday they have formed a coalition to oppose the oil-tax cut referendum in August with at least $500,000 in campaign spending.

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House votes to expand rape counseling for National Guard victims

The voice vote on a bill by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., sought to close a loophole that limited veterans benefits and treatment only to sexual assault cases that take place during active Guard duty.

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Valerie Plame: CIA outing 'colossally stupid'

Another CIA official whose cover was blown by a presidential administration said the inadvertent outing of an intelligence official in Afghanistan by the White House was "colossally stupid" and will have repercussions for the intelligence community.

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Bill targets mental health issues among troops

If U.S. service members knew their mental health information would be kept private in medical files, more might seek help, said the father of one serviceman who committed suicide.

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Report shows $6.7 billion in improper Medicare payments

Medicare paid out $6.7 billion in 2010 for health care visits that were improperly coded or lacked documentation, a report released Thursday found.

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Point Austin: In Memoriam

"If you think it's too expensive to take care of our veterans, then don't send them to war."

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IG: Phoenix VA hospital missed care for 1,700 vets

This Sept. 26, 2013 file photo shows House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla.

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OurHealth, Leader In Integrative Health Management, Expanding In Indy

OurHealth, an integrated on-site health management company, plans to expand its Indianapolis headquarters and add jobs across Indiana, creating up to 450 new high-wage jobs by 2018.

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Long Beach cadet gets his 'goat' at West Point graduation

MIKE GROLL/ASSOCIATED PRESSMatthew Anthony Mayeaux of Long Beach celebrates after graduating from the U.S. Military Academy during a ceremony on Wednesday in West Point, N.Y. Mayeaux was the goat, which is the graduating cadet with the lowest grade-point average.

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Chicago mayor proposes restrictions on gun sales

Calling gun violence Chicago's "most urgent problem," Emanuel, who has said the issue is one of his administration's top priorities, introduced a proposal to the City Council that would impose tighter restrictions on gun retailers and buyers.

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House passes bill pushing sanctions against Venezuelan regime

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican from Florida, and supported by several other South Florida lawmakers, would levy sanctions on the individuals in the Venezuelan government who have played a role in the sometimes brutal tactics used to quell dissent in the South American nation.

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Aloha

President Barack Obama's administration has quietly suggested it is willing to create a two-tier race-based legal system in Hawaii, where one set of taxes, spending and law enforcement will govern one race, and the second set of laws will govern every other race.

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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signs oil production tax bill Wednesday

Gov. Mary Fallin on Wednesday signed legislation that will set the state's oil and natural gas gross production tax at 2 percent for the first 36 months of production.

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Chicago-area woman goes for 18th 'Jeopardy!' win

A treasure trove of rare gold coins discovered by a California couple out walking their dog is set to go on sale.

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As tribal health care woes mount, feds get blame

Yvette Roubideaux, acting director of the U.S. Indian Health Service, talks with leaders of Montana's Crow Tribe following a U.S. Senate committee field hearing in Billings, Mont., Tuesday, May 27, 2014.

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AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT

Charting an end to America's longest war, President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday for keeping nearly 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after this year but then withdrawing virtually all by the close of 2016 and the conclusion of his presidency.

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15 NC legislative protesters remain in Capitol

The protesters, still in place despite numerous appeals from police to leave, belong to the NAACP-led "Moral Monday" movement, a group that has been protesting GOP-backed laws since last year.

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Veterans groups cry foul at senator's criticism

In an "open letter to America's veterans" timed for the Memorial Day weekend, Burr chastised the service organizations for refusing to call for Shinseki's dismissal, despite a call by the American Legion for Shinseki to step down following allegations that up to 40 veterans may have died while waiting for treatment at a Phoenix VA hospital.

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Senator criticizes Chamber of Commerce's Cuba trip

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donohue, second left, talks with the press before a meeting with Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, May 27, 2014.

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McDaniel vs. Cochran In Mississippi: Who Is The Better Immigration Patriot?

And money is our secret weapon. Our writers are patriots and would publish their facts and analyses exposing the Main Stream Media/ Treason Lobby for nothing.

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Michigana s governor signs bill raising minimum wage

The House and Senate passed the bill Tuesday, one day before a group of labor and community organizers planned to submit hundreds of thousands of petition signatures calling for a Michigan ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

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Obama Delays Review Of Deportation Policies

President Barack Obama has asked his Homeland Security chief to hold off on completing a review of U.S. deportation policies until the end of the summer, senior White House officials said Tuesday, in a move aimed at salvaging any hopes for Congress to act on immigration this year.

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Pilgrim's spent rods will stay in place

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's glut of spent fuel rods won't be moved into more stable dry cask storage anytime soon.

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ConstanceTEXTING and Sexting and the Vibes in-Between

In the latest sign that the Republican Party has no ideas, no plan and no hope, their latest talking point against President Barack Obama is that he is trying to do too many things at once.

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Rep. Ralph Hall, 91 and oldest-ever member of US House, falls to Texas primary ...

U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, at 91 the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was ousted Tuesday in the Texas Republican runoff by a candidate barely half his age.

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On Native GroundVERMONT Strikes a Blow for Freedom, Equality and Love

Somewhere in the godforsaken waters off Somalia, a rowboat with four pirates and a brave hostage aboard is holding off an American destroyer.

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The Glasgow Courier Homepage

You can do it one of two ways. 1. Fill out the ' free trial ' form and we'll set up you up for the remainder of your subscription.

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Obama seeks to recast US foreign policy as nation emerges from decade of war

This May 22, 2010 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking during commencement ceremonies in West Point, N.Y. The president will use his commencement address at West Point Wednesday to defend his foreign policy against criticism that he has relinquished America's global leadership and stands by idly as problems erupt in the Middle East, ... (more)

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Senator criticizes upcoming trip by US Chamber of Commerce to Cuba

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman believes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's upcoming Cuba trip is a bad idea.

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Brasch WordsWHY We Celebrated Labor Day

It's been overshadowed by the ongoing battle over health care reform and the lingering effect of the current, but it's time for Americans to start paying attention to Afghanistan.

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Obama to answer critics in Military Academy speech : May 28, 2014,

President Barack Obama will seek to counter unrelenting criticism of his foreign policy in a speech that may open the door to a slightly deeper US involvement in Syria.

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The WilliesTV Lacks the Human Touch

Within two weeks in September, Americans were cluster-bombed by hate speech and a shock wave of incivility.

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Barack Obama guesting on a Live!a The president will make his first...

President Barack Obama will make his first appearance on "Live! With Kelly and Michael" on Friday, sitting down with an interview with Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan surrounding the White House Healthy Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit.

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Michael Tanner: Accountability for Thee But Not for Me

Banks: "When we learn that a major bank has serious problems, we will hold accountable those responsible," President Obama says.

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Make My DayWHAT the Bleep is Wrong with Meep?

BRADENTON, Fla., Nov. 9. 2009 -- When you think about all the issues President Barack Obama has piled on his plate, it's enough to give you the willies.

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Families fear intentional ND cemeteries flooding

A treasure trove of rare gold coins discovered by a California couple out walking their dog is set to go on sale.

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US commander reaffirms commitment to Afghans

A US commander in Afghanistan Wednesday reaffirmed his country 's commitment to Afghans after President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he planned to keep 9,800 American troops in Afghanistan after 2014.

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Election Diary Rescue: Week 20

The following diaries are examples of this week's Election Diary Rescue. This post features a collection of 39 diaries.

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American OpinionA Plea to the Modern Reader

Has President Obama's first year in office been a failure? There are plenty of people arguing about that one.

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New Jersey 2014 Congressional Primary districts 4, 5, 6

Our coverage of New Jersey's primary next Tuesday, in which one Senator and all twelve members of the House of Representatives will be elected, continues with candidates for House of Representatives in Legislative Districts 4, 5, and 6. For other coverage see the index here , which will be expanded as articles are added.

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Babin wins GOP runoff to replace US Rep Stockman

Dentist Brian Babin has won the Republican nomination for the suburban Houston seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman.

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US banks on India, Pakistan for stability after Afghanistan pullout

By Arun Kumar, Washington, May 28 : As President Barack Obama announced plans for Afghanistan after ending US combat mission by year end, the US hoped India, Pakistan and Afghanistan would help provide greater stability and security in the region.

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Babin wins Stockman's House seat

Former Woodville mayor Brian Babin has won the primary to replace Rep. Steve Stockman , ensuring him a seat in the next Congress.

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Michigan's Snyder signs bill raising minimum wage by 25 per cent to $9.25 an hour over 4 years

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Tuesday to raise the state's minimum wage by 25 per cent gradually over the next four years to $9.25 an hour, as Republicans controlling the state government moved to head off a November ballot measure that could have raised pay even more.

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Republican Leaders Split on Obama's Troop Withdrawal Announcement

On Tuesday, President Obama announced that 9,800 American troops will remain in Afghanistan after 2014, as part of his drawdown plan, which received sharp criticism from some Republican leaders.

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Manchin travels to Israel

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Double-digit lead for Capito over Tennant in the West Virginia Poll

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news.

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After runoffs, Texas tea party stronger than ever

Losing ground elsewhere in the U.S., the tea party emerged from Texas' primary runoffs mightier than ever in the nation's biggest conservative stronghold, sacking Republican Lt.

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Andrew: Shades of Watergate past

Mark Andrew, a former Hennepin County Board Chair and former chair of the Minnesota DFL Party, is the owner of GreenMark , a leading environmental marketing agency.

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Primary Runoff Election Results

Results are in for tonight's state primary runoff elections. In the republican race for Lieutenant Governor, incumbent, David Dewhurst is facing State Senator Dan Patrick.

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Fighting intensifies after election

Dozens of dead insurgents lay piled in a van outside a morgue, and a rebel said more were on the way.

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Chinese news assistant detained before anniversary

A treasure trove of rare gold coins discovered by a California couple out walking their dog is set to go on sale.

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Poll: Most Americans Still Don't Believe ACA Has Had "Mostly Positive Impact"

Even as a record low number of polled Americans say they're uninsured, opinion on health care reform law is still marred by botched rollout.

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After runoffs, Texas tea party stronger than ever

Republican Dan Patrick faces the media at a polling place on election day Tuesday, May 27, 2014, in Houston.

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U.S. industry gears up to fight Obama's climate rules

This summer is likely to see a series of attacks by industry opponents of a U.S. plan to curb carbon emissions from power plants in a bid to stir voter anger ahead of elections in November, when voters in states such as Kentucky and West Virginia may determine whether Democrats keep control of the Senate.

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Gage Skidmore / Flickr

The House Liberty Caucus isn't afraid to stir up a revolution in Congress. Its conservative-libertarian members include well-known "troublemakers" like Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, one of 12 Republicans to oppose House Speaker John Boehner's reelection in January 2013.

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US to leave 9,800 troops in Afghanistan after 2014

Washington: US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he planned to leave 9,800 American troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014.

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Posterity Will Hate Us: Building a Lasting Legacy of Death

What do we aim at? Houses! Who do we kill? Everyone inside the houses! What are their names? We don't know! What did they do? We don't know! Are they civilians? We don't care! This could be the catechism of the America's drone death squads that rain death and destruction on defenseless people from the skies of Pakistan, month in, month out, year ... (more)

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View from Away: Va scandal shows civil service system in crisis

At the Department of Veterans Affairs, the federal government's largest employer , only 56.9 percent of employees believe they can disclose a suspected violation of law or regulation without fear of reprisal.

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U.S. nears decision on training Syrian rebels

President Obama may soon sign off on a project to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels, in an open move that would significantly boost U.S. support to forces who have been asking for three years for military help in their quest to oust President Bashar Assad, administration officials said Tuesday.

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Panama's Boom Belies One of World's Worst Education Systems

I write this at the end of three very long days covering Tropical Storm Irene and its aftermath here in southern Vermont.

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Brasch WordsCROCODILE Tears and Cash-Register Patriots

BRADENTON, Fla., Sept. 7, 2011, 10:38pm ET -- Americans watching the MSNBC GOP presidential candidate debate tonight could not have been very encouraged about their future under any of the seven men and one woman seeking election to the White House in 2012.

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Chicago-area woman goes for 18th 'Jeopardy!' win

A treasure trove of rare gold coins discovered by a California couple out walking their dog is set to go on sale.

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Charlie Crist says ending economic sanctions on Cuba would be great for Florida's economy

A day after the Republican Party of Florida accused him of trying to 'cash in on' the escalating crises at the Department of Veteran Affairs, Charlie Crist turned the tables on the state party on Friday night, calling it 'unconscionable' that the GOP-led state Legislature had failed to expand Medicaid, leaving 41,000 military veterans without ... (more)

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Mitch Perry Report 5.23.14: Al Austin's political legacy

Al Austin's death yesterday at the age of 85 brought out voices of respect and admiration from politicians in Tampa Bay and beyond, as the developer and GOP fundraiser was such a prominent leader of the Republican Party in Tampa.

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Memorial Day 2014: Was it all in vain?

On May 26 there will be the usual laying of wreaths, the wearing of paper poppies hand-made by The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the haunting sound of "Taps" across the nation for which nearly 2 million Americans have died since its founding.

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Election Day: Democratic runoff between Blanco, Chavez comes to an end

AUSTIN >> Candidates in both parties are spent the long weekend making their cases why they're the best pick in Tuesday's runoff elections.

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Country celebrates Memorial Day

President Barack Obama led the nation in commemorating Memorial Day, declaring the United States has reached "a pivotal moment" in Afghanistan with the end of war approaching.

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The Truth About Antibacterial Soap: Yay or Nay

Using antibacterial soap, by it's very name gives users a sense of added protection.

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Ukraine launches airstrike on pro-Moscow rebels

DONETSK, UKRAINE: Ukraine's president-elect said Monday he wants to begin talks with Moscow and end a pro-Russia insurgency in the east, but the rebels escalated the conflict by occupying a major airport, and the government in Kiev responded with an airstrike.

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Obama to highlight tech aid at science fair

Obama on Tuesday was to announce new assistance to train teachers, help for low-income students and a mentoring program in seven cities across the country.

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Oldest-ever congressman facing tough primary test

A 91-year-old Texas congressman who first won his seat when Jimmy Carter was president faced the toughest test of his political career Tuesday from a Republican primary challenger barely half his age.

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Former U.S. Outcast Modi Inherits Trade Tension: Corporate India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, once barred from the U.S., now faces the task of easing trade spats with America ranging from protectionism to patent rights.

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W.Va. conference to focus on children's programs

The conference includes a roundtable discussion on child welfare programs, adoption and foster care.

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National Journal: Sarah Palin Is Right About Media s Double Standard

Even the beltway-centric National Journal concedes that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is right about the double standard in the mainstream mediaA s coverage of women.

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Tea Party appears poised forbig victories in Texas run-offs

Dallas, TX - Texas conservatives are hoping to win two major Republican run-off elections on Tuesday, for lieutenant governor and attorney general, underscoring the Tea PartyA s enduring influence in the state.

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India, Pakistan leaders to meet after exchange over mom's sweets

A firm but simple handshake sent a message to the world on Monday that the heads of India and Pakistan are ready to talk.

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Power outage leaves portions of the Eastwood Mall complex in the dark

As President Obama honored veteran's this Memorial Day, the controversy surrounding his administration continues in light of the Veteran Administration scandal involving treatment delays.

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Next 25 Articles

When President Barack Obama ran for re-election in 2012, he pulled off what for Democrats was a remarkable feat - he took foreign policy off the table as a campaign issue.

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Elliot Rodger and the Psychopathology of Misogyny

Isn't Elliot Roger the 'classic' profile of the explosively murderous/superegoic sociopath, here a juvenile manifestation of a cross between Travis Bickle in Scorsese's Taxi Driver and the killer in Michael Mann's Manhunter , while further actively 'nurtured' on a myopically cyberspacial diet of manically misogynistic and racist ravings from ... (more)

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Patent Reform Proposals Threaten Innovators

When Congress tries to "fix" something that affects my business, I immediately begin to worry about unintended consequences.

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Nigerian school girls already free

African news sources have confirmed that the abducted Nigerian school girls have already been freed, despite continuing Western news propaganda suggesting otherwise.

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California Gold Rush: The Race For the Hottest Job in Congress

Reporting on campaign events this year, I've been struck by the political system's indifference to the greed of the 1 percent, income inequality and government spying.

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Veterans unveil memorial monument at cemetery

Richmond County Daily JournalWorld War II veteran Gene Canipe, Vietnam War veteran John Patrick and Iraq War veteran Tim Grooms stand at attention after unveiling the Fallen Soldier Battlefield Cross on Saturday at Richmond County Veterans Memorial Park.

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Shooting Reported at Resort and Spa in Clearwater Beach, Florida...

UPDATE, 9:24 p.m.: Two suspects are in custody and police are searching for a third after three separate shootings on Clearwater Beach, according to the Tampa Tribune .

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Montel Williams Delivers Emotional Speech to Military Heroes - What ...

Television personality Montel Williams was overcome with emotion and became visibly choked up while delivering a speech addressing the ongoing Veterans Affairs scandal at a Memorial Day picnic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

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A Woman Is Beating Up a Man in Public. Would You Intervene?

You're minding your own business, traversing a city sidewalk, when suddenly you see a physical altercation - and it involves a man and a woman.

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'Oh My Jesus - We've Got Nowhere to Go': Tornado...

A tornado severely damaged about 15 trailers housing workers in North Dakota's oil patch on Monday, the National Weather Service said.

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One Veteran's Endless Battles with the VA Just to Get a...

Skip Morrison sustained a back injury during the two years he served in the Army.

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Republicans want Obama to confront Russia on nukes

In this Sept. 5, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept.

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Udall, Gardner push TV access

The issue of bringing Denver TV stations to Southwest Colorado viewers is getting a lot of attention in this election year.Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., introduced legislation Wednesday to bring Denver TV to La Plata and Montezuma county residents.

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White House slip-up gives media name of top CIA official in Afghanistan

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with troops after delivering remarks at Bagram Air Base in Kabul on May 25, 2014.

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Debates

Last week's primary has set the stage for an intriguing fall election, with competitive races shaping up from the very top of the ballot to the bottom.

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Community honors armed service members on Memorial Day

A group of children watch as 12th annual Memorial Day parade kicks off on Green Street.

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US media focuses on Modi's regional ambitions

Washington, May 27 - As President Barack Obama vowed to work closely together with the new Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for years to come, the US media focused on his regional ambitions.

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Obama leads country in celebrating Memorial Day

President Barack Obama led the nation in commemorating Memorial Day, declaring the United States has reached "a pivotal moment" in Afghanistan with the end of war approaching.

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Texas runoffs could be end for Lt. Gov. Dewhurst

Gov. David Dewhurst has been one of the most powerful figures in Texas since 2002, but he could be ousted Tuesday by GOP voters who appear ready to steer the state even further to the right by backing tea party favorites over establishment candidates.

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Obama to highlight tech aid at science fair

Obama on Tuesday was to announce new assistance to train teachers, help for low-income students and a mentoring program in seven cities across the country.

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Colorado doc's ads designed to stand out among U.S. Senate "clutter"

We interrupt your regularly scheduled program of ads about Democrat Mark Udall and Republican Cory Gardner to hear from a doctor who says electing either of those candidates to the U.S. Senate isn't the answer.

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NYT's One-Sided Ukraine Narrative

As part of the New York Times' sorry descent into becoming a propaganda sheet for the U.S. State Department, the Times' front-page story on the Ukrainian presidential election offered a near perfect distillation of Official Washington's false narrative on the crisis.

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Our Opinion: No easy solution when kids with autism wander

As the number of children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder has soared, a nationwide effort is gaining ground to spread the word about their likelihood to wander off from a safe environment.

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Thad Cochran Aide Listed as Part of 'Spouse Group' on Taxpayer-Funded Trip

Sen. Thad Cochran's longtime executive assistant was listed as being part of a "spouse group" and photographed participating in recreational events for senators' spouses on a taxpayer-funded trip in 2004 to South America.

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Reducing magazine size diminshes self-defenseReducing magazine size...

Reducing magazine size diminshes self-defense Initiative an overly emotional response to Sandy Hook school shootings Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: Assault weapons are for sale Jan. 16 at Capitol City Arms Supply in Springfield, Ill.

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Random Thoughts

Will the Veterans Administration scandal wake up those people who have been blithely saying that what we need is a "single payer" system for medical care? Delays in getting to see a doctor have been a common denominator in government-run medical systems in England, Canada and Australia, among other places.

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Editorial: Sick of delays? Thank a Democrat

IF YOU think building a new bridge to Skidaway Island took forever, then don't wait up on a new bridge over the Wilmington River on the Islands Expressway.

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Star Parker: Why Republicans must be more like Democrats

Talk about Republican Party differences between the "establishment" and the Tea Party is taking attention from where it really needs to be focused - on the real issues facing the nation.

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Medicaid surge triggers cost concerns for states

From California to Rhode Island, states are confronting new concerns that their Medicaid costs will rise as a result of the federal health care law.

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Oldest-Ever Congressman Facing Tough Primary Test

A 91-year-old Texas congressman who first won his seat when Jimmy Carter was president faced the toughest test of his political career Tuesday from a Republican primary challenger barely half his age.

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Photos: Memorial Day ceremony in the Heights

HEIGHTS, Texas -- The third annual Memorial Day event and Flag Posting was held at the World War II Monument in the Heights. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee hosted the event, and entertainment was provided by the Houston Heights Symphony Orchestra.

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Work from Islamic collection goes on view in Texas

The carved crystal ewer will go on display Tuesday at the museum. The pitcher from late 10th- to 11th-century Egypt was cut from a single piece of rock crystal.

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Letter | VA system is overwhelmed

My father recently died in a VA hospice in New York. His care with the VA was punctuated by the dedicated and competent care of staff, nurses, physicians and everyone with whom our family interacted - in New York, Florida, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

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Jimmy Dean Museum planned for Wayland Baptist

Wayland Baptist University and the Museum of the Llano Estacado will break ground June 24 on the Jimmy Dean Museum addition to the museum on the Wayland campus in Plainview, Dean's hometown.

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EDITORIAL: Outside groups have no place in Kentucky Senate race

It's great that Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell wants to debate his Democratic challenger, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes.

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On Native GroundIT'S Time for a New Capitalism

The blogosphere exploded last Tuesday with the rumor that President-Elect Barack Obama might ask Sen. Hillary Clinton to be our next secretary of state.

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Make My DayHOW the Lawyers Lost Christmas

As we've seen over the past few months, Americans are not happy with the way things are.

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Hejira

Ghazi Harith reports : The Kurdistan Region appears to have set the ball rolling toward independence from Iraq.

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My HorizonsA Moment with Hugo Chavez

It was a joke when he said, "My next 100 days will be so successful I will be able to complete them in 72 days.

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RPT-Twitter to take India election innovations global

U.S. social networking company Twitter is planning to replicate parts of its India election strategy across countries that go to polls this year, after it emerged as a key tool for politicians and media companies during the world's largest democratic exercise.

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Obama pledges "responsible end" to Afghanistan war

President Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday for an unannounced visit to mark Memorial Day with U.S. troops and to begin final discussions over the size of the U.S. force that will remain beyond the end of the year.

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U.S. looks forward to working with Ukraine's new president: Obama

The United States looks forward to working with the next president and the new parliament of Ukraine to support the country's efforts to enact important reforms, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday.

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Narendra Modi Is to Be Sworn In as India's New Prime Minister

India Prime Minister Designate Narendra Modi gestures as he pays tributes at Rajghat, memorial of Mahatama Gandhi in New Delhi on May 26, 2014.

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The Morning Note: Who do you think should be Mitt Romney's running mate?

Will Mitt Romney's choice be Paul Ryan, Pat Toomey, Mitch Daniels, Tom Ridge, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie or someone else? Good morning .

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Top CIA officer in Afghanistan mistakenly named by White House: report

The White House inadvertently included the name of the top CIA official in Afghanistan on a list of participants in a military briefing with President Barack Obama that was distributed to reporters on Sunday, the Washington Post reported.

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US honors veterans over Memorial Day weekend

"What they have done has allowed us to be here," Rear Admiral Margaret Kibben told the roughly 200 worshippers Sunday at the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan, including active duty servicemen and women in town for the annual Fleet Week celebration.

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Nucci: Martha Coakley vs. Inevitability

Hillary Clinton isn't the only person with an "inevitability" problem - the kind of lock on a nomination that, as Gov. Deval Patrick noted last week, can be self-defeating when the voters start to become put off by it.

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Memorial Day: Two Vets and a Gold Star Mom

I can only conclude that a miracle prevented me from going to Vietnam. It was 1969, and I was in the U.S. Army stationed at Ft.

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Mitt Romney Wins -- in Ukraine

A runoff was avoided in Ukraine's presidential election Sunday when Petro Poroshenko won with about 56% of the vote.

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Minnesota Bans Triclosan

Minnesota is poised to become the first state in the nation to ban the sale of soaps and cleaning products that contain the antibacterial compound triclosan.

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Resuscitating Reparations Rhetoric

Ta-Nehisi Coates' Atlantic cover piece last week, "The Case for Reparations," is an attempt to bring back a soggy and discarded set of ideas, dressed up to look like new.

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Senate Democrats Declare War on Vets

No need to be taken aback by that, because this administration has been a complicit player in a number of scandals .

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FLOTUS 'Joins Forces' with Dead Veterans

In the midst of the Veteran's Administration scandal, has America forgotten that the U.S. military has a very special advocate who has worked tirelessly to help military families? And what a bang up job that woman has done.

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10 Things to Know for Monday

Election commission officials count ballots at a polling station in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 25, 2014.

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US honors veterans over Memorial Day weekend

Brittany Anderson creates a flavor that includes gummy bears at Chill-N ice cream owned by Chuck Woodard.

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Baucus goes to China

Once crucial to essential questions of war and peace, ambassadorships in today's Washington are mostly prizes to be bid for by campaign donors or sleepy posts for career diplomats.

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Kennewick woman fears budget cuts slowing search for brother killed in Vietnam

A Kennewick woman who finally learned the circumstances of her brother's death in the Vietnam War last year is now running into obstacles bringing him home.

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McConnell: Ky. Exchange Unconnected To Health Law

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but he would not say Friday what that would mean for the 413,000 Kentuckians who have health insurance through the state's health care exchange.

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Rand Paul: It's a 'misnomer' to say...

Rand Paul is defending his relationship with Mitch McConnell after helping his fellow Kentuckian defeat a tea party-backed challenger in a GOP Senate primary.

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Judge blasts Pentagon but allows forced-feeding of Guantanamo detainee

A judge said she felt compelled to remove a ban on one detainee's forced-feeding, thanks to the 'intransigence' of the Pentagon.

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Senators to Obama: CIA 'black site' secrecy threatens 9/11 case

Two powerful Senate committee chairs told President Barack Obama earlier this year that the CIA’s insistence on keeping secret how it treated prisoners under its enhanced interrogation program threatens the country’s ability to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Sept.

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Lenoir County native provided assistance to youth, veterans

The Lenoir County native said he has served in the Vietnam War, started programs for veterans, put in thousands of hours as a volunteer at a hospital and has even fought professionally as a boxer.

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The WilliesTV Lacks the Human Touch

Within two weeks in September, Americans were cluster-bombed by hate speech and a shock wave of incivility.

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Make My DayWHAT the Bleep is Wrong with Meep?

BRADENTON, Fla., Nov. 9. 2009 -- When you think about all the issues President Barack Obama has piled on his plate, it's enough to give you the willies.

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Obama thanks U.S. troops in surprise visit to Afghanistan

President Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday for an unannounced visit to mark Memorial Day with U.S. troops, now in the final months of America's longest war, and to begin final discussions over the size of the U.S. force that will remain beyond the end of the year.

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Lawmakers call for criminal probe of Veterans Affairs facilities

The Justice Department should enter the investigation of whether Veterans Affairs employees have falsified records to cover up long waits at VA medical facilities, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said Sunday.

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American OpinionA Plea to the Modern Reader

Has President Obama's first year in office been a failure? There are plenty of people arguing about that one.

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U.S. congressmen Joe Wilson, Jim Clyburn both have challengers in June primary

Two of South Carolina's incumbent congressmen face challenges in next month's party primaries.

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The RallySANITY and/or Fear

BRADENTON, Fla., Oct. 27, 2010, 6:35PM -- Ariana Huffington says she is bringing 10,000 people with her on 200 buses that leave Flushing, New York, at 6AM Saturday morning, Oct. 30, for the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., from 1 TO 3PM ET on Saturday afternoon.

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Make My DayDEAR Politicians: Please Shut Up Now

BRADENTON, Fla., Nov. 3, 2010 -- An irresistible combination of anonymous and sometimes foreign money, the rage of Republican seniors, Democratic voters' fears and apathy, and the unpredictable arrival of an infantile but influential new faction of the GOP called the Tea Party swept away the last vestiges of President Barack Obama's hope and change ... (more)

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Dartmouth grad D'Souza pleads guilty to campaign finance violation

Dinesh D'Souza, a conservative scholar and Dartmouth College graduate, pleaded guilty last Tuesday to one criminal count of paying others to contribute to the campaign of Wendy Long, a New York Republican who launched an unsuccessful run for U.S. Senate in 2012 against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

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1,000th day in prison nearing, Marine asks retrial

A news agency reports that an ex-U.S. Marine from Michigan has requested a new trial in Iran, where he has been imprisoned since 2011 after being accused of spying.

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Ukraine billionaire claims election victory

A child looks out of a booth as voters fill out ballots for Ukraine's presidential election at a polling station in the village of Kodra on Sunday.

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Brasch WordsHATE and Hate Speech: What We Know

BRADENTON, Fla., Jan. 10, 2011 -- It was just about this time last Sunday night when I tuned into WFLA 970-AM here in Tampa Bay to hear George Noory and got Bill Cunningham instead.

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Lawmakers Call For Tighter Grip On VA Hospitals

The chairmen of House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees on Sunday decried long waits and backlogs at the nations VA hospitals but stopped short of calling for the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki.

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Opinion Line

The problem that almost everyone recognizes with our current president is that he doesn't know how to make decisions based on evidence versus ideology.

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ConstanceTHE Last Blue Ribbon

BRADENTON, Fla., Updated Jan. 29, 2011-- Americans don't ask their country to get involved in the internal political struggles of the nations it interacts with, and the general rule is that we don't.

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Redskins to senators: Team's name is 'respectful'

Redskins President Bruce Allen said in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Saturday that the football team's nickname is "respectful" toward Native Americans.

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Ramesh Ponnuru: Raising minimum wage a bad solution to poverty

When the federal minimum wage was last raised, in 2007, all but three Republican senators voted for it.

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Kansas views on state budget mess, due process, early childhood...

Budget mess – With the state sinking in debt and borrowing more, less state funding will trickle down to communities.

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Billionaire Poroshenko Triumphs in Ukrainian Elections

Billionaire Petro Poroshenko is a former Ukrainian economy minister who leads in opinion polls for an election planned for May 25. Ukrainian billionaire Petro Poroshenko was set to win presidential elections, handing him the task of stemming deadly separatist violence that's threatened to rip the former Soviet republic apart.

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House to House

Housing and private property issues were top of mind for more than 8,500 Realtors who convened in Washington, D.C., this week during the 2014 Realtor Party Convention & Trade Expo.

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Two bills unanimously approved by the Legislature would waive fees for veterans applying for occupational, security and alarm licensing fees if they were honorably discharged.

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Memorial Day Events Around The Capital City

If you are lucky enough to have the day off Monday, there are plenty of events going on in the Capitol City for Memorial Day.

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News Minute: Here is the latest Michigan news from The Associated Press

Tens of thousands are in downtown this weekend for Detroit's annual electronic musical festival.

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King salmon in Ship Creek? You better believe it

Rob Calhoon / Alaska Salmon Slayers Dennis Musgraves caught what might be the first king salmon of the Ship Creek season, May 23, 2014.The fish was caught using Kodiak Custom Fishing Tackle #5 orange skirted spinner on a single hook.

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Residents in normally rainy Juneau asked to conserve water

Most people don't think of water conservation when it comes wet, mossy Juneau, but for the last few weeks that's exactly what residents have been asked to do.

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Skyview goes out in style; so do Simmers, Rowe

Instead of seeing their final state track and field meet go up in smoke, a couple of Class 1-2-3A athletes and one soon-to-be-history team went out with a bang Saturday at Dimond High.

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Kenai's Ostrander blazes to another state track record

With a roaring crowd keeping her company down the final stretch, Kenai's Allie Ostrander on Saturday blazed her way into the Alaska track and field record book for the second day in a row.

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Official: 2 Israelis killed at Brussels museum

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Banda declares Malawi poll 'null and void'

Malawi's President Joyce Banda on Saturday declared this week's chaotic election "null and void" and called for a fresh vote, but the high court rejected the decision.

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APNewsBreak: VA OKs more private care for veterans

More veterans are being allowed to obtain health care at private hospitals and clinics in an effort to improve their treatment following allegations of falsified records and delays in treatment.

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Redskins to senators: Team's name is 'respectful'

Redskins President Bruce Allen said in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Saturday that the football team's nickname is "respectful" toward Native Americans.

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PM to Ukrainians: Go to the polls

In the face of deadly violence gripping the east of his country, Ukraine's Prime Minister had a defiant message for his fellow countrymen and women Saturday on the eve of national elections: We are going to the polls.

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Ky. Democrat mum on question of 'Obamacare' vote

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In Republican race for U.S. Senate: Can Shannon or Lankford win in the first round?

Tom Coburn did it easily in 2004. But it's a wide-open question whether one of the Republicans trying to succeed him in the U.S. Senate can pull it off 10 years later.

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With decisive rebuke, US eyes long haul...

In swiftly punishing Thailand's military for seizing power, the United States is looking beyond short-term interests as it braces for prolonged strife in its oldest Asian ally.

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Dillashaw upsets Barao at UFC 173

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Former astronaut, secretary of Army attend local meet-and-greet

Staff photo by Jerry Habraken Retired Air Force Gen. Tom Stafford, NASA astronaut and the Apollo 10 commander, center, speaks with Robert Klein, left, and his son Josh Klein during a meet-and-greet Saturday morning for U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas.

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Dartmouth grad D'Souza pleads guilty to campaign finance violation

Dinesh D'Souza, a conservative scholar and Dartmouth College graduate, pleaded guilty last Tuesday to one criminal count of paying others to contribute to the campaign of Wendy Long, a New York Republican who launched an unsuccessful run for U.S. Senate in 2012 against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

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Senate defense-funding bill good for NH, national security, Shaheen says

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday approved its version of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes major equipment and program initiatives supported by committee member Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. "The bipartisan defense bill we advanced this week is good for New Hampshire's economy and our national security," ... (more)

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Sen. Ayotte in Ukraine for election

U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte is among thousands of international observers in Ukraine today to monitor that country's presidential election.

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Coming Back With Wes Moore

We are proud to host a sneak peek of "Coming Back with Wes Moore" at the Quad Cities Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf, Iowa on May 29 from noon to 1:30 pm as a signature event in the WQPT Embracing Our Military initiative.

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For REDC, move to Raymond is a matter of growth

Laurel Bistany, Executive Director of the REDC, said she's excited to unveil the organizations new Main Street location in Raymond.

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Kuster: 'Dramatic changes' seen in climate

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, left, and Congresswoman Annie Kuster of New Hampshire host a roundtable discussion on climate change Friday at Zimmerman's Ski and Snowboard in Nashua.

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Top-two June primary still a serious election for two-candidate race

State election rules say the top two finishers in next month's primary will move on to November, but in three Valley state Senate contests -- and several other races around California -- only two candidates are running.

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Redskins to senators: Team's name is 'respectful'

In this May 1, 2009 file photo, Washington Redskins Marko Mitchell puts his helmet on during their NFL football minicamp practice at their training facility in Ashburn, Va.

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Portman praised by Delphos resident

I would like to thank Ohio's Senator Rob Portman for his stand against renewal of the Production Tax Credit.

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Vets should be wary of CVA pitchforks and torches

This month marks 20 years of writing Military Update. I've used it only three times to editorialize about news events, including President Clinton's sex scandal while commander in chief and President George W. Bush worrisome plan to invade Iraq a month before it happened.

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Republicans create 'Benghazi Watchdogs' to raise millions for upcoming elections

A new investigation into the Benghazi attacks has both sides of Capitol Hill accusing the other of trying to mislead voters.

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Marine hero stuck in Mexican prison on gun charges

Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi is being held at Tijuana's La Mesa Penitentiary. The 25-year-old Marine Corps combat veteran is being held on weapons charges for mistakenly crossing the border with a shotgun, handgun and rifle in his vehicle, according to Rep. Duncan Hunter.

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D.C. rapper Wale Wale told his 3.6 million Twitter followers Friday that Sen. Harry Reid's recent comments on the Washington Redskins' name was just his way of bringing attention to himself.

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Court hearing in Kentucky over Justice Department's illegal seizure of hemp seeds

A federal court in Louisville, Kentucky, heard oral arguments May 23 from lawyers and officials with the state Department of Agriculture in a case which seeks to force the U.S. Department of Justice to release imported hemp seeds.

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Coastal communities to be forced to pay for beach renourishment in Charleston, Southeast?

Folly Beach, like other oceanfront communities across the region, might soon be faced with renourishing its eroding beach sand on its own, and finding new ways to pay for it.

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My First Webinar: On an International Adoption Bill, Called CHIFF

I listened for the first time in my life to a webinar. It was organized last Thursday by the people, who are pushing a bill in Congress related to international child welfare and adoption.

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Ted Cruz's Father: Banning the Bible in Public Schools = Teen Pregnancy, Moral Decay

Ted Cruz claimed at a recent Christian conference sponsored by the Family Research Council that Democrats were trying to repeal the First Amendment .

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IAN - May 25, 2014. Who'd a thunk it?

As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos.

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...Sheriff: All Guns Legally Purchased

During a May 24 press conference on Elliot Rodger's shooting spree in California, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said the guns Rodgers possessed "were legally purchased," which means he went through a background check, and that he used 10-round magazines.

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President Barack Obama, a confirmed newsie, has claimed to read the major papers, perhaps to learn what's going on in his own administration.

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Senator Durbin Presses Student Loan Servicers On SCRA; Consumer Group ...

On May 14, Senator Dick Durbin sent a letter to student loan servicers calling on them to voluntarily establish a liaison for servicemembers with student loan accounts to assist those servicemember with obtaining SCRA protections.

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Analysis: Another day, another bombshell in Mississippi Senate race

That's the tag the "Morning Joe" cable political commentary show put on the state Friday as its hosts discussed the nursing home photograph scandal.

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GOP candidates take to the ground for final week

With a little more than a week to go until the June 3 primaries, campaigns will be relying on the ground game -- personal appearances, knocking on doors, phone calls and other get-out-the-vote efforts.

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Ukraine presidential vote hopes to restore order

By OSKAR GARCIA Associated Press A seven-minute video posted by the suspect in a California rampage was the last of a series of posts on YouTube and elsewhere leading up to the shooting.

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JEFF JACOBYObama fails to show his vaunted - competence'

It wasn't a winning argument. Dukakis ran as the architect of the so-called "Massachusetts Miracle," the state's mid-1980s economic boom.

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Scott Brown on defense with gun rights group

Scott Brown has traded Massachusetts's electorate for New Hampshire's, one far less progressive and openly leery of outsiders.

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Rochelle Riley: Conyers vows to fight for his place in history

Conyers explains, 'We're going to run on the ballot or we're going to run as a write-in.

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Scott vs. Crist: How they match up

Six months from Election Day, the two men are on a collision course in what promises to be the costliest and meanest governor's race in the nation.

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Jeb Bush gives party something to think about

As governor of Florida, Jeb Bush flew in Ivy League social scientists for daylong seminars with his staff and carved out time for immersive brainstorming sessions he called "think weeks."

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Major legislation that U.S. Rep. John Conyers introduced in the House

The USA FREEDOM Act creates a new method for the government to obtain call records in which they are required to seek approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of specific selection terms on a case-by-case basis.

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Indiana as Deep South wannabe.

Before Hoosiers like me prematurely crow at the expected nearby state appearing therein, we need to take a look at the list.

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Carl Hiaasen: Small men with ugly thoughts, expressed aloud

To place a Death Notice, please call 305-376-8901 or email obit@miamiherald.com .

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Analysis: GOP, Dems learn from past elections

Republicans and Democrats won't agree on much in this year's election in Arkansas.

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Reader Responses: Readers offer endorsements for GOP primary runoff, May 25, 2014

In the pending race for judge of the Smith County Court at Law, there has been some talk about who is a constitutional conservative.

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Election day for runoffs Tuesday

There are seven statewide and local runoffs for Democrats and Republicans to settle before the November general election ballots are set.

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Obama names Castro for Cabinet, boost to Democrats

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro speaks about President Barack Obama's signature health care law Jan. 23 at the Families USA's 19th Annual Health Action Conference in Washington.

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Kerry agrees to testify on deadly Benghazi attack

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry will testify before Congress next month about the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, a one-and-done appearance that the State Department insists is enough to answer questions and means he could avoid the newly formed select committee.

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Benghazi Committee Head Snipes Back At John Kerry

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has agreed to testify before a House committee on the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi.

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Olathe East boys and girls dominate regional track at Blue Valley

Five Missouri ballot measures, including a statewide transportation sales tax and a gun rights measure, will be considered in August.

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Logos of the Bogus

Where are the liberals? The recent sale of the Milwaukee Bucks has all the earmarks of what liberals believe to be wrong with America.

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Off again, on again: Judge overturns elections ruling to allow U.S. Rep. John Conyers to be on primary ballot

A judge on Friday ordered U.S. Rep. John Conyers to be placed on the August primary ballot , overturning a decision by Michigan election officials who found the Detroit Democrat ineligible because of problems with his nominating petitions.

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FBI probe in Kansas may follow a familiar pattern a " and not find anything illegal

Five Missouri ballot measures, including a statewide transportation sales tax and a gun rights measure, will be considered in August.

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Gov. Jay Nixon sets election dates for Missouri ballot measures

Five Missouri ballot measures, including a statewide transportation sales tax and a gun rights measure, will be considered in August.

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Ar Fiction

When President Obama, perhaps a few months too late , finally realized that energy and gasoline prices and their control would be the defining challenge he would face in his fight for re-election, he contacted me and tasked me with implementation of a new technology that could solve the problem of uncontrolled oil and gas prices for now and ... (more)

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James Krause, Jason High to represent KC in upcoming UFC bouts

Five Missouri ballot measures, including a statewide transportation sales tax and a gun rights measure, will be considered in August.

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The Glasgow Courier Homepage

You can do it one of two ways. 1. Fill out the ' free trial ' form and we'll set up you up for the remainder of your subscription.

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Daughter: Vet died before VA appointment

Pedro Valdez, a Vietnam veteran, wanted help. And he knew where to get it -- through the Phoenix VA -- or so he thought.

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Rep. Conyers to go back on ballot

A federal judge has ordered Michigan officials to place U.S. Rep. John Conyers back on the state's primary ballot.

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Denver DispatchDEMS Promise to Listen, but Protests Go Unheard

The lights are strung and the banners are hung. The Pepsi Center is ready for the Democratic National Convention, which starts Monday and runs through Thursday.

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Brasch WordsAMERICANS Need to Tear Down Our Wall

AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, DENVER, Colo., Aug. 25, 2008 -- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi started off the Democratic National convention press briefings this morning with a promise of unparalleled openness and a willingness to listen, but when 4,000 protestors concerned about everything from the Iraq War to diminishing Arctic habitat ... (more)

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Washington GM to Harry Reid: Redskins 'Unifying Force' in Divided City

On Friday, Redskins general manager Bruce Allen responded to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's crusade against what he said is the team's name by saying the Redskins are a "positive, unifying force for our community in a city and region that is divide on so many levels."

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On Native GroundPALIN: from Quayle to Eagleton to Agnew

AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, DENVER, Aug. 28, 2008 -- The Democratic Party celebrated its hard-fought choice of a presidential nominee with world-class music, triumphal speeches and a mile-high fireworks display that mirrored the powerful emotions on display at Invesco Field in Denver as the first African-American in American history ... (more)

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D.C.-Born Rapper: 'Sketchy' Harry Reid's 'Crusade' Against Redskins Hypocritical

Wale, a Washington, D.C.-born rapper, blasted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , saying his "crusade" against the Redskins name was hypocritical and started just to make a "bigger name" for himself.

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MomentumTHE Lean Mean Propaganda Machine

This is how it starts, this elaborate electoral dance with the country's voters.

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Poll: Sign-ups rise but little love for ACA

In this April 17, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at White House in Washington.

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November Ballots To Be Set After Tuesday

Who will be on the November ballots for Democrats and Republicans will be set after voters go to the polls Tuesday, May 27, to decide runoff elections.

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Congressman's Staff To Visit With Constituents

Staff members with Congressman Roger Williams, R-Austin, will be in Hillsboro Thursday, May 29, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. to visit with constituents.

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Gov. signs bill raising minimum wage over 4 years

Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed a bill that raises the state's minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour over the next four years.

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