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Polls close in historic Pakistan elections; some bombings occur
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a bloody campaign season marred by waves of bombings and candidate assassinations, Pakistanis turned out in large numbers Saturday to elect a new parliament in what is slated to be the first democratic transition of...
Tags: Bombings, Taliban, Explosions, Politics, Asif Ali Zardari
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On IRS scandal, Speaker John Boehner asks, 'Who's going to jail?'
WASHINGTON -- Republican congressional leaders, faced with an array of crises threatening to overwhelm the White House, appear to have singled out the targeting of conservative political groups by the IRS as the most fertile -- and politically...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Taxation, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics
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Wendy Greuel's campaign coffers low
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, after spending heavily on a TV advertising blitz that coincided with the start of early voting, entered the final stretch of the runoff campaign with roughly one-tenth the war chest of rival Eric Garcetti,...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Voting, Mike Feuer, Wendy Greuel, Politics
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Eric Garcetti woos female voters; says campaign will finish strong
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti said Friday that Wendy Greuel’s dwindling campaign treasury would only bolster his argument that her campaign is being sustained by the independent spending on her behalf. With 11 days left before the...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Wendy Greuel, Politics, Elections, Eric Garcetti
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Windsor Budget Referendum Set For Tuesday
The Hartford CourantVoters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide on the town council's proposed $101.3 million budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year that will increase taxes 2.18 percent. The budget, adopted by the council in April, includes a 2.44 percent increase in...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Elections
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Pakistan marks democratic milestone in close-fought election
ReutersBy John Chalmers and Michael Georgy ISLAMABAD, May 11 (Reuters) - Pakistan goes to the polls on Saturday for an election that will bring the first transition between civilian governments, but the milestone's significance may be lost on some voters who...Tags: Nabi, Islam, Religion and Belief, Politics, Political Corruption
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Obama's plan to avoid lame-duckery
For the last two months, President Barack Obama has been mired in Washington's inside game, caught up in backroom congressional politics as he tried unsuccessfully to pass a bill on gun control and nudge Republican senators toward compromise on the...Tags: Immigration, Budgets and Budgeting, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. House of Representatives, Bob Corker
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Brown to launch campaign for governor
Seeking to emerge from the long shadow of Gov. Martin O'Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will make official Friday what everyone in Maryland politics has known for a long time: He's running for governor. Brown, 51, will announce his candidacy in his...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Frederick County (Maryland), University of Maryland Baltimore County, Republican Party, Politics
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Deadlock looms for Bulgaria as election nears
Reuters* GERB and Socialists neck-and-neck two days before poll * Hung parliament likely, hard to form new government * Uncertainty may hurt economy, prompt more unrest By Tsvetelia Tsolova SOFIA, May 10 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's two main political parties were...Tags: Parliament, Bulgaria, Organized Crime, European Union, Sofia (Bulgaria)
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Greuel has fraction of Garcetti's cash in race's last days, reports show
Wendy Greuel had roughly one-tenth of the cash on hand of her rival Eric Garcetti as she headed into the final two weeks of the mayoral election, according to new campaign finance reports. Greuel, the city’s controller, reported raising nearly...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Ethics, Religion and Belief, Wendy Greuel, Values
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Emanuel gets split verdict on crime
Chicago voters are split on how Mayor Rahm Emanuel has handled the crime problem that was a high-profile focus of his second year in office, but they like the job Garry McCarthy is doing as the city's top cop, a Tribune/WGN-TV poll found. The mayor's...
Tags: Murder, Garry McCarthy, NATO, Barack Obama, Richard M. Daley
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COLUMN - Benghazi and the Republican abandonment of the center
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist) By Nicholas Wapshott May 10 (Reuters) - In World War Two, the Libyan port of Benghazi was hard fought over, changing hands five times between Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Allied forces. Seventy years on,...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Microsoft Corporation, Personal Weapon Control, MSNBC (tv network), Ronald Reagan
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