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It's official: Obama, Biden win second term
President Obama was declared the winner of the 2012 presidential election Friday in a special joint session of Congress, finally closing the book on the tumultuous and expensive campaign. Vice President Joe Biden, serving as president of the Senate,...
Tags: Al Gore, Judges, Politics, John G. Roberts, Jr., Arts and Culture
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2012 year in review: The world didn't end but plenty has changed
For Allentown, Penn State football and President Barack Obama, 2012 was a year of new beginnings. For Jerry Sandusky, certain Catholic priests in Philadelphia and leaders of the Boy Scouts of America, it was the year the past caught up with them....
Tags: College Sports, Amanda Seyfried, Michael Phelps, Politics, Jim Martin
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10 Spectacular Low Points of the 2012 Election
The 2012 presidential election provided plenty to look back upon: 10. A slew of people you don’t know threaten to move to Canada after the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in favor of the Affordable Care Act. 9. Obama first uses the...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Mitt Romney, Todd Akin, Politics, Elections
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Letter to editor: Young voters are interested in issues
In the 2012 presidential election, young voters were a mighty force keeping a Republican out of the White House. An analysis of the 2012 race by the Pew Research Center revealed that if the legal voting age were 30 in Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and...Tags: Ashley Judd, University of Kentucky, Values, Politics, U.S. Elections
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What's slower in Florida, counting ballots or fixing flawed system?
Florida’s secretary of state took a grilling Tuesday from lawmakers about why the Sunshine State struggles to provide efficient elections and vote tallies. But officials still seemed to lack the clear resolve to end the state’s long polling...
Tags: Voting, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Politics, Rick Scott, Barack Obama
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Obama's victory margin keeps growing in slow tally
Three weeks after the presidential election, President Obama continues to slowly build his margin of victory over Mitt Romney. The political analyst most closely following the tally now projects that Obama to eventually best the Republican by about 5...
Tags: Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John McCain, Politics
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Year in review: Heartbreak and heroes of 2012
2012 was a year marked by national tragedy -- the shootings in Newtown, Conn. and Aurora, Colo., the damage from Hurricane Sandy -- as well as instances of heroism and transcendence. The presidential election dominated headlines throughout 2012,...Tags: Trayvon Martin, Michael Phelps, Politics, Barack Obama, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Letters to the Editor - Nov. 26
Democracy is a theory yet to be disproved To the editor: Watching the election returns on television reminded me why I migrated to this country a few years ago. I am proud to be an American. We are a country that is so big, so great, so diverse and...Tags: Democracy, Republican Party, Voting, Italy, Politics
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North Shore candidates to square off in April
While 2012 was dominated with coverage of the presidential election, 2013 will begin with a more local focus. North Shore residents had until 5 p.m. Dec. 26 to file petitions to place their name on the ballot to run for local office in the upcoming...Tags: Mitt Romney, Politics, Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, Stuart
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McManus: The worst job in Congress
Spare a little sympathy, if you can, for John A. Boehner of Ohio, speaker of the House of Representatives. On paper, he's the most powerful Republican in the land. In practice, he's caught between a cliff and a ceiling as the uneasy chairman of an...Tags: Voting, Republican Party, Politics, Democratic Party, Tea Party Movement
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Michael Phelps to grace cover of 2013 World Almanac
The Baltimore SunYet another laurel for Michael Phelps' swim cap: The Olympian will grace the cover of the 2013 World Almanac. Phelps will be in good company, the Almanac folks announced Monday. Joining him in the prime spot are Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and, for some...Tags: Anne Hathaway, Mitt Romney, Michael Phelps, Barack Obama
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Column: The worst job in Congress
Spare a little sympathy, if you can, for John A. Boehner of Ohio, speaker of the House of Representatives. On paper, he’s the most powerful Republican in the land. In practice, he’s caught between a cliff and a ceiling as the uneasy...Tags: Voting, Republican Party, Politics, Democratic Party, Tea Party Movement
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