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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: Social Issues, HIV, Philosophy, Viral Diseases and Infections, Dartmouth College
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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: Video Games, Firearms, Patrick Leahy, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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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: Mental Health, Andrew Cuomo, Immigration, Health and Safety at School, Carolyn McCarthy
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Boehner to House GOP: Don't make Christmas plans
CBS NewsDespite some tentative signs of progress on a deal to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff," House Speaker John Boehner continues to insist that Republicans and Democrats are as far apart as ever in the negotiating process -- and is sending out warning...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, ABC (tv network), Eric Cantor, Parties and Movements, Barbara Walters
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Democrats expand Senate grip but fail to win House
Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President Barack Obama, in his freshly authorized second term, will face the same divided Congress in...
Tags: George Allen, Jim Webb, CBS Corp., U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Tammy Baldwin
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Obama? Romney? Nation decides after long campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney dueled for the White House on Tuesday in a tight-to-the-finish election shadowed by a weak economy and high unemployment that crimped middle class dreams for...
Tags: Government, Political Fundraising, Personal Income, Elections, John Boehner
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GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority...Tags: Government, Claire McCaskill, Robert P. Casey, Jr., George Allen, Jon Tester
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UPDATE: Donnelly, Mourdock needle each other on weaknesses
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Richard Mourdock and Democrat Joe Donnelly faced off Monday for the first time in a debate that saw them repeating many of the hard-edged charges that have marked their contentious campaign to be Indiana's next U.S....
Tags: Elections, Political Fundraising, Republican Party, Richard Mourdock, Richard Lugar
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Donnelly and Mourdock try to label one another during debate
Democrat Joe Donnelly is trying to portray his opponent in the race for Indiana’s U.S. Senate seat, Republican Richard Mourdock, as “an unapologetic leader of the tea party movement,” who doesn't want to work with others. Mourdock...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Elections, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Richard Mourdock
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Outside money fills airwaves in tight Senate races
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Campaign cash from outside political groups is flooding into conservative states with close Senate races like Indiana, Arizona and Montana, where residents are more accustomed to local news promos between football games than...Tags: Political Fundraising, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Brad Ellsworth, Jon Tester, Jeff Flake
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Romney gives Dem support for tax deductions claim
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney has given Democrats plenty of support for their claim he manipulated his deductions to keep his overall 2011 federal income tax rate above a certain threshold for political purposes. The Republican presidential...
Tags: Government, Bain Capital, LLC, Dunkin' Donuts, Personal Income, Elections
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Bayh joins Donnelly for tour around state
South Bend TribunePLYMOUTH -- In the past 35 years, only two Democrats have been elected to represent Indiana in the U.S. Senate. Both of them have the same last name: Bayh. Evan Bayh was Indiana's governor from 1989 to 1997 and a senator from 1999 to 2011. His father,...Tags: Barack Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Elections, Parties and Movements, Drugs and Medicines
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