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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: Paul Ryan, Colleges and Universities, Elections, Mitt Romney, Sonia Sotomayor
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To fight fracking, what Pennsylvania needs is a masterpiece
Movies can have a tremendous impact on society, if they're skillfully made. "Triumph of the Will" was a stunning documentary that helped Adolf Hitler consolidate power. "An Inconvenient Truth," a documentary about former Vice President Al Gore's...
Tags: Entertainment, Tom Corbett, Science and Technology, Gasland (movie), Criminals
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Al Jazeera completes deal to buy Current TV
Current TV, the small cable news channel that was co-founded by former vice president Al Gore, has been sold to Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based media company. The acquisition gives Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qatar government, the opportunity to...
Tags: Current TV (tv network), Joy Behar, Entertainment, New York City, Al Jazeera English (tv network)
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Legal larceny by lawyers
What's the difference between a mosquito and a lawyer? One is a blood-sucking parasite. The other is an insect. I'm a lawyer, but I live out of state and haven't practiced law in recent years, so I am at this point an "inactive" member of the...
Tags: General Practitioners, Federal Reserve, Human Rights, Illegal Immigrants, Social Sciences
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Goodbye, Joe Lieberman
After 24 years in the U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the first and only Jewish politician nominated to a national major party ticket, in 2000, had some advice to his colleagues in a farewell speech Wednesday on the Senate floor. To break the...
Tags: Joe Lieberman, Bob Graham, George W. Bush, Judaism, Lindsey O. Graham
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The mighty fine state of our political system
My fellow taxpaying chumbolones. With only days before Tuesday's election — between a big-government Republican and a big-big-big-really-big-government Democrat — why don't we wrap things up? The dog that didn't bark Can President Barack...
Tags: Radio, George W. Bush, Entertainment, Elections, Democratic Party
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Where to watch the 2012 Democratic National Convention
Channel Guide MagazineWith the Republican National Convention winding down, it's the Democrats' turn to gather, with the Democratic National Convention taking place in Charlotte Sept. 4-6. There they are expected to formally nominate President Barack Obama and Vice President... -
The unlikelihood of President Hillary
The votes have been cast, the count has been completed and we all know the winner of the presidential election. So now it's just a matter of letting the Electoral College meet to make the outcome official. Then we can get along with planning the...
Tags: United Nations, White House, Elections, U.S. Electoral College, George H.W. Bush
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After each election, the tulips return
Something funny happened on the way to Election Day 2012. In the final hours before the tally, when further argument was just noise, when there was nothing left but the waiting and the wishing and the muttering over Chicago's polling place confusion,...
Tags: Jimmy Carter, Irving Park, George W. Bush, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Elections
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The angst of the square-jawed man
They're commanding, confident. Well-coiffed. Their jaw lines are sturdy, anvil-shaped; their chins, cleft. They could stand on wedding cakes. They could date Barbie. They look presidential. Alongside their calm, straightforward charms, the world appears...
Tags: The Expendables 2 (movie), The Bourne Legacy (movie), Tom Brady, The Dark Knight Rises (movie), Terry Crews
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Election Day 2012 TV coverage
Channel Guide MagazineUpdated Nov. 6, 2012, 1:04pm CT It all comes down to this. After over a year of campaigning, Nov. 6 is Election Day in America, when citizens will finally (hopefully) know who will be the President of the United States for the next four years, as well... -
West backers say $21 million is just not enough
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson WASHINGTON — After raising more than $21 million for what appears to be a losing re-election campaign, embattled Congressman Allen West and those who back him are still rounding up money to try to hang on to his seat....
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Dec 15, 2012
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Nov 4, 2012
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Aug 30, 2012
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Nov 7, 2012
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| Orlando Sentinel
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