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Obama recasts birth control debate on own terms
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is casting the contraception controversy as an issue of women's rights, not religious freedom, seizing on what backers see as a political gift from Rush Limbaugh to firm up support from women and young...Tags: Health, Elections, John Boehner, Rick Santorum, CBS Corp.
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RAW VIDEO: Prince harry pays respects at Arlington, visits wounded troops at Walter Reed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry saluted America's war dead in somber remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday, pausing, too, to place flowers on the tombstone of President John F. Kennedy and visit the grave of a British World...
Tags: Harry of Wales, White House, New York City, United Kingdom, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Obama unveils $500 million gun violence package
JULIE PACE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style...Tags: U.S. Senate, Elections, John Boehner, Entertainment, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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Obama unveiling gun violence measures (WSBT airing)
JULIE PACE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's broad effort to reduce gun violence will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as well as more than a dozen executive orders aimed at circumventing...Tags: Health, U.S. Senate, Lobbying, Mental Health, Parties and Movements
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Biden officially sworn in for second term
CBS NewsVice President Joe Biden was officially sworn for his second term this morning at 8:21 a.m. ET by Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor, hours before President Obama takes his second oath of office at the White House. The two are being sworn in today,...Tags: Justice System, Eric Holder, Judges, Al Gore, Crime, Law and Justice
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Culver Academy students preparing for inauguration parade
Culver Academy students are already in Washington DC to take part in Monday's presidential inauguration parade. But on Saturday morning their horses started making the journey. 90 horses have been loaded into six vans and are now en route to the nation'...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Elections, Arts and Culture, Brad Paisley, White House
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Gun control debate driving local gun sales
WSBT TVThe talk of new gun control laws is driving up sales of assault rifles and ammunition. Local gun stores are seeing lots of first time buyers as well as long time gun owners who worry about losing their Second Amendment right to bear arms. But others...Tags: Elections, Laws, Shootings, Politics, Civil Rights
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NRA says Congress will not pass weapons ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make such a measure a reality. Senators plan to introduce a...
Tags: Elections, Dianne Feinstein, CBS Corp., ABC (tv network), Lobbying
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Biden meets with gun safety, victims groups
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday heard personal stories of gun violence from representatives of victims groups and gun-safety organizations as he drafts the Obama administration's response to the shooting at a Connecticut...
Tags: Health, U.S. Senate, Eric Holder, Arne Duncan, Mental Health
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Finally, a breakthrough
CBS NewsMost of the world is counting down to a midnight New Year's celebration while Congress continues to watch the clock and count down to another deadline, despite the efforts of lawmakers to avert the "fiscal cliff." Those efforts are inching closer to the...Tags: Republican Party, Unemployment Benefits, Credit and Debt, Mitch McConnell, Democratic Party
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Sandy Hook group launches anti-violence initiative
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Parents of children slain in the Connecticut school massacre held photos of their sons and daughters, cried, hugged and spoke in quavering voices as they called for a national dialogue to help prevent similar tragedies. "I do...
Tags: Health, Regional Authority, Lobbying, Mental Health, Interior Policy
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UPDATE: 11th-hour fiscal cliff deal reported
South Bend TribuneWASHINGTON -- Racing against the clock, the White House reached agreement with congressional Republicans late Monday on a deal to prevent across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts to government programs from taking effect at midnight, according...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Unemployment Benefits, Republican Party, Elections, U.S. Senate
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