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Donnelly wants Zody to lead Democrats
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly asked veteran Capitol Hill staffer John Zody this week to run the Indiana Democratic Party, but his appointment hinges on approval of the party's state central committee. A Democratic official close to...
Tags: Executive Branch, Joe Donnelly, Evan Bayh, Politics, Republican Party
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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: U.S. Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Washington, DC
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Romney wins Indiana, Obama wins Michigan
FISHERS, Ind. (AP) — Mitt Romney brought Indiana back into the Republican fold Tuesday, reclaiming a traditionally GOP state that was usurped by Democrat Barack Obama in 2008 on his way to his first term as president. Obama has also won Michigan in...
Tags: Fishing, Joe Donnelly, Parties and Movements, Politics, Mitt Romney
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Will Donnelly tone down Republicans' celebration?
South Bend TribuneINDIANAPOLIS -- Republicans working to move Indiana firmly back into the land of red states after its 2008 support of Democrat Barack Obama hope to have plenty to celebrate today, but a U.S. Senate seat that has been a lock for the GOP for nearly four...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Tea Party Movement, Parties and Movements, Evan Bayh, Joe Donnelly
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Family Spokesman: George McGovern dead at age 90
WALTER R. MEARS,Associated PressSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George S. McGovern, a proud liberal who argued fervently against the Vietnam War as a senator from South Dakota and suffered one of the most crushing defeats in presidential election history against Richard Nixon in 1972,...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Alcohol Addiction, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Republican Party
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Kingsley Guy: Florida still needs election changes
This year, the Legislature enacted "ethics reform" in an effort to improve Florida's political climate. That's all well and good, but it's time now for lawmakers and the electorate to consider far-reaching structural reforms to upgrade Sunshine State...Tags: Google Inc., Executive Branch, Bill McCollum, Politics, Primaries
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Child-porn subscriber charged with having 8 illegal videos, deputies say
A 48-year-old Osceola County man who has been under investigation last summer was charged recently with eight crimes related child pornography, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said today. Matthew Lyndon Johnson of St. Cloud is accused of...Tags: Osceola County Sheriff's Office, St. Cloud, Osceola County, Pornography
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ANALYSIS-Once a beacon, Obama under fire over civil liberties
ReutersBy Joan Biskupic and David Ingram WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - He may have been the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He may have written a book extolling...Tags: U.S. Congress, Taxation, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Terrorism
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Texas swindler Billie Sol Estes dead at 88
ReutersDALLAS (Reuters) - Billie Sol Estes, a flamboyant Texan who was convicted of bilking millions of dollars from a federal crop subsidy program, died on Tuesday at age 88, police said. Estes, whose exploits in the 1960s captured headlines across the...Tags: John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963)
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Analysis: Once a beacon, Obama under fire over civil liberties
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - He may have been the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He may have written a book extolling constitutional values in a democracy. And he may have...Tags: Taxation, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Terrorism
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Barbara Walters: Let the victory lap begin!
Let the Barbara Walter's farewell tour begin! Monday's edition of "The View" opened with the show's founder and star fixing the camera with that fearless don't-let-the-strange-absence-of-wrinkles-fool-you-I've-been-on-television-for-50-years gaze and...Tags: Dancing With the Stars (tv program), Barbara Walters, ABC (tv network), Journalism, Richard Nixon
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Art Callaham: O'Reilly's book on Kennedy a good read
I was never a “Kennedyphile” — lifelong southern conservative Republicans usually are not. Sure, I was a starry-eyed 15-year-old who understood “Camelot,” liked the pictures of bikini clad Jackie-O (as she was later to be...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Personal Weapon Control, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Elections
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