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GOP Expands Majority in Governors' Mansions
CNNRepublicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections. Eleven states held governors' races Tuesday. Democrats...Tags: John Lynch, John Hoeven, Politics, Jon Huntsman, Jr., U.S. Senate
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Tags: John Lynch, John Hoeven, Politics, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Tea Party Movement
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Superstorm Sandy, state by state
States along the East Coast were pummeled as Superstorm Sandy came crashing ashore. The storm officially made landfall along the coast of southern New Jersey Monday night, but it is affecting a much wider area. By early Tuesday, more than 7.5 million...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Deval Patrick, Subway Transportation, New York University, Politics
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Rethinking the food vs. fuel debate
This year's drought, along with recent news reports of the lowest corn yield in 17 years, has rekindled the food vs. fuel debate — and, for good reasons. When Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act in 2007, an ambitious schedule...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Ethanol, Hybrid Vehicles, Susana Martinez, Politics
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Debate about ethanol and corn prices intensifies
WASHINGTON - This summer's brutal weather is the backdrop for a renewed battle between fuel and food interests: The meat industry and several governors want less of the nation's corn going to make ethanol, but it's questionable whether the pullback...Tags: Natural Disasters, Ethanol, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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News of the Weird: Sheriff Raids House After a Tip From "Jesus and 32 Angels"
New York City's tap water is regarded as world-class, in safety and taste (and subjected to a half-million tests a year by the city's Department of Environmental Protection). However, two entrepreneurs recently opened the Molecule water bar in the city,...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Democratic Party, Politics, Nassau County, FBI
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Beloved Actor Andy Griffith Died of a Heart Attack
CNNMANTEO, N.C. -- Actor Andy Griffith, the man who played folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor in the fictional town of Mayberry, died Tuesday at the age of 86, his family said. Griffith died at about 7 a.m. at his home on Roanoke Island, according to Dare County,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Andy Griffith, Dare County, Ron Howard, The Andy Griffith Show (tv program)
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Services honor N.C. Air National Guardsmen killed in crash in South Dakota
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The four North Carolina Air National Airmen killed when their plane crashed while fighting a wildfire were remembered Tuesday as dedicated soldiers who gave their lives doing what they wanted to do: Helping people. Lt. Col. Paul K....Tags: Wildfires, Charlotte
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Senate panel supports California 'fracking' moratorium
PolitiCalA state Senate panel has approved legislation that would ban the use of hydraulic fracturing in California until regulators write rules governing the controversial procedure.... -
On the upside, Gov. Corbett's just as unpopular as other GOP Govs.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekIt's No Secret ... That Gov. Tom Corbett's been getting some pretty bad polling news over the last couple of weeks. But he can take comfort in at least one thing: He's about as unpopular as fellow governors in other...... -
PPP still has Obama up slightly in Florida
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Because one poll has absolutely no statistical relevance to another other poll produced through different sampling and weighting methodologies, please take this most recent poll for what it's worth — very little, beyond a... -
North Carolina a political headache for Democrats
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Once a bright spot for President Barack Obama, North Carolina is now more like a political migraine less than four months before Democrats open the party's national convention in Charlotte. The causes are plenty. Labor...Tags: Charlotte, Politics, Republican National Conventions, Gays and Lesbians, Democratic National Conventions
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