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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute,...
Tags: Heroin, Politics, Health Care Reform (2009), Harry Reid, University of Pennsylvania
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5 things to know about the election in Michigan
DETROIT (AP) — Here are five things to know about Election Day in Michigan: 1. MUST-WIN FOR OBAMA No Republican presidential nominee has won in Michigan since George H.W. Bush in 1988. If Mitt Romney breaks his party's losing streak, it will be...Tags: Dan Benishek, Elections, General Motors Corp., Executive Branch, Mitt Romney
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The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?
NEW YORK (AP) — Tucked between treatises on algae and prehistoric turquoise beads, the study on page 460 of a long-ago issue of the U.S. journal Science drew little attention.
"I don't think there were any newspaper articles about it or anything...Tags: Elections, Nature, Global Change, Politics, Republican Party
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No stemming red ink: Federal deficit to hit $1.5T
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from slowing, the government's deficit spending will surge to a record $1.5 trillion flood of red ink this year, congressional budget experts estimated Wednesday, blaming the slow economic recovery and last month's tax-cut law....Tags: Elections, National Government, Labor Legislation, Politics, Jimmy Carter
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The most famous umbrella since Neville Chamberlain went to Munich
The Baltimore SunThe public appetite for trivial distraction has always extended to our chief executives. I remember the minor uproar when Lyndon Johnson lifted a beagle by the ears. There was extensive commentary on Richard Nixon's taste for cottage cheese and ketchup....Tags: Elections, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Politics
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This presidential database loves running and Legos
Arden Hayes is 5. He loves Legos and running so fast across the living room to flip onto the couch that his feet end up pointing at the ceiling. He also loves the presidents — especially 11 and 33. Arden knows all 44 U.S. presidents. In order....
Tags: Chester Alan Arthur, Executive Branch, Franklin Pierce, Presidents of the United States, Politics
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House showdown set over IRS targeting of conservative groups
WASHINGTON -- The ousted top official of the Internal Revenue Service will appear before a House committee Friday morning, his first public appearance since controversy erupted last week over how the agency mishandled applications for tax-exempt status...Tags: USA Today, Labor Legislation, Politics, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace
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Obama the latest in line of US presidents to face suggestions of political bias in IRS actions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and...Tags: NAACP, U.S. Department of Justice, Elections, John F. Kennedy, Politics
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Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants
POOLESVILLE, Md. — On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century. Burning mostly coal and some natural...
Tags: Energy Resources, White House, Global Change, State of the Union Address, Coal
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President Biden? History says no
I read with interest Jules Witcover's recent column regarding Vice President Joe Biden ("Could Biden benefit from Clinton's handling of Benghazi?" May 14). He infers that the Benghzai scandal could cost Hillary Clinton the Democratic presidential...Tags: Elections, Jules Witcover, Martin van Buren, Politics
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U.S. Navy makes aviation history with carrier drone launch
Reuters* Unmanned plane launched from aircraft carrier * X-47B drone is long-range, "stealthy" aircraft * Drones could be answer to Chinese, Iranian "anti-access" weapons By David Alexander ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, May 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy...Tags: Military Equipment, China, Politics, Heavy Engineering, U.S. House of Representatives
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Navy drone, in a first, is catapulted from carrier deck into flight
For the first time in naval aviation history, a drone was catapulted off the deck of an aircraft carrier and soared into flight. The U.S. Navy conducted the test Tuesday from aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush off the Virginia coast with its X-47B...
Tags: Military Equipment, U.S. Navy, Transportation, Air Transportation, Virgin Group, Ltd.
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