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Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House
Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in...
Tags: Scott P. Brown, John Boehner, Harry Reid, Bernard Sanders, Jim Webb
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Indiana exit poll: Women aid Donnelly victory
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney cruised to victory in Indiana, while Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly won a closely watched U.S. Senate race and Republican Rep. Mike Pence won the governor's contest. Here's a look at results from a...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Media Industry, U.S. Senate, Richard Mourdock, Barack Obama
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Pence wins as Indiana governor to extend GOP control
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Mike Pence won election Tuesday as Indiana governor, extending his party's control of the state's top office at the same time voters ousted the incumbent GOP state schools superintendent. Pence defeated Democrat...
Tags: Peggy Welch, Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Voting
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GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats' advantage with female voters, a tea party-backed Senate candidate's awkward remark — that if rape leads to pregnancy it's "something God intended" —...
Tags: Abortion, Abortion Issue, Scott P. Brown, Joe Walsh, Democratic Party
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Family Spokesman: George McGovern dead at age 90
WALTER R. MEARS,Associated PressSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George S. McGovern, a proud liberal who argued fervently against the Vietnam War as a senator from South Dakota and suffered one of the most crushing defeats in presidential election history against Richard Nixon in 1972,...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Could pepperoni spoil presidential debate?
MAE ANDERSON,Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — During the next presidential debate, the candidates will be pondering the important questions of our time. But the most controversial may be "Sausage or pepperoni?" Pizza Hut is offering a lifetime of free pizza — one large...Tags: MTV (tv network), Media Industry, Foods and Beverages, Arab Spring, Barack Obama
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Romney gives Dem support for tax deductions claim
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney has given Democrats plenty of support for their claim he manipulated his deductions to keep his overall 2011 federal income tax rate above a certain threshold for political purposes. The Republican presidential...
Tags: Dunkin' Donuts, Finance, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate, Democratic Party
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Romney: Big business is fine, helped by tax havens
HOPKINS, Minn. (AP) — Creating a potential headache for his campaign, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said big businesses in the U.S. were "doing fine" in part because they get advantages from offshore tax havens. His comments...
Tags: Todd Akin, Finance, Democratic Party, The Wall Street Journal, Bain Capital, LLC
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White House: Candidate's rape comments 'offensive'
WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House spokesman says a GOP Senate candidate's comments on rape are "offensive" and "wrong." White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday that comments by Missouri Congressman Todd Akin are "factually wrong, medically...Tags: Todd Akin , Mike Huckabee, Abortion, Claire McCaskill, Religion and Belief
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UPDATE: Special prosecutor appointed in ballot petition forgery case
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — Knowing he may be called as a witness, St. Joseph County prosecutor Michael Dvorak has successfully petitioned the court to appoint former Vanderburgh County prosecutor Stanley M. Levco to serve as special prosecutor in an investigation...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party, Voting
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Obama defends typically GOP states in race to 270
President Barack Obama begins his re-election campaign defending traditionally Republican territory that he carried when he won the White House four years ago. Republican Mitt Romney is looking to reclaim any combination of these GOP strongholds now in...Tags: Brian Sandoval, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Democratic Party, Voting
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In GOP response, Daniels blames Obama for economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has resorted to "extremism" with stifling, anti-growth policies and sought to divide Americans, not unite them, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday in the formal Republican response to the president's...Tags: Finance, John Boehner, Democratic Party, Labor Markets, Barack Obama
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