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Obama's wins in the Midwest are hardly a harbinger
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:44PM November 10, 2012 CommentDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No matter how long the nation's unemployment rate hovered around 8 percent, the Northeast and the West Coast were never in doubt for Barack Obama. No matter how far it might have fallen before Election Day, Mitt Romney was always sure to win the South and rural Great Plains.
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High court to take fresh look at voting rights law
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:08PM November 10, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider eliminating the government's most potent weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s. The court acted three days after a diverse coalition of voters propelled President Barack Obama to a second term in the White House.
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Gen. David Petraeus: Soldier, Scholar, Statesman, Schmuck
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Gen. David Petraeus testifies on Capitol Hill, June 29, 2010, before the Senate Armed Services Committee. At right is his wife, Holly Petraeus.
At the close of his time commanding U.S. forces in Iraq, at the height of a legendary military career, Gen. David Petraeus was lauded by his boss, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates, as "one of our nation's great battle captains."
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Face of US changing; elections to look different
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:47PM November 10, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just the economy, stupid. It's the demographics — the changing face of America.
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Predicting Presidents, Storms, and Life by Computer
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Utility workers continue to restore power in Point Pleasant, N.J., from Superstorm Sandy as snow covers the ground from a nor'easter storm.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget political pundits, gut instincts, and psychics. The mightier-than-ever silicon chip seems to reveal the future.
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Obama says wealthy should pay more in taxes
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:05AM November 10, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he won't accept a plan to avert the so-called fiscal cliff that doesn't ask the wealthy to pay more in taxes.
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Labor: Tax the rich, don't touch safety nets
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:08AM November 10, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — After two years of getting pummeled in Wisconsin, Indiana and other battleground states, leaders of the nation's big labor unions were beaming on election night.
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Obama: Some compromise _ but limits on tax cuts
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:29AM November 10, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are signaling they're open to some compromise on a taxes and spending to prevent more financial pain in the new year, but the two sides are digging in on raising taxes for wealthier Americans. Obama said Friday that his re-election gave him a mandate to pursue that position because "the majority of Americans agree with my approach." Boehner is still insisting that raising tax rates as Obama wants "will destroy jobs in America."
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Obama: Compromise_ but not on tax cuts for rich
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:14PM November 09, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — An economic calamity looming, President Barack Obama on Friday signaled willingness to compromise with Republicans, declaring he was not "wedded to every detail" of his tax-and-spending approach to prevent deep and widespread pain in the new year. But he insisted his re-election gave him a mandate to raise taxes on wealthier Americans.
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Colo., Wash. await federal response to pot measure
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:16PM November 09, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — Should marijuana be treated like alcohol? Or should it remain in the same legal category as heroin and the most dangerous drugs? Votes this week by Colorado and Washington to allow adult marijuana possession have prompted what could be a turning point in the nation's conflicted and confusing war on drugs.
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High court to take new look at voting rights law
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:30PM November 09, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider eliminating the government's most potent weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s. The court acted three days after a diverse coalition of voters propelled President Barack Obama to a second term in the White House.
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Republicans Engage in Soul-Searching Over Election Day
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Mitt Romney
Immediately following Election Day, Republicans were already engaging in the much bally-hooed "soul-searching" called for by pundits given the day's disastrous results.
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Coming to Texas ballots: another Bush in 2014?
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:12PM November 09, 2012 CommentAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — George P. Bush, a rising star among Hispanic conservatives and the grandson of one president and nephew of another, has taken the first step toward seeking elected office in Texas.
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Obama to hold news conference on Wed.
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:29PM November 09, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will hold a news conference on Wednesday, his first since being re-elected to a second term.
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BREAKING: CIA Director David Petraeus Resigns Over Affair
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Former CIA Director David Petraeus takes a seat on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Citing an extramarital affair, the retired four-star general quits.
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Judge denies Rep. West's motion to impound ballots
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:50PM November 09, 2012 CommentWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge on Friday denied a request by Republican Rep. Allen West to impound ballots and voting machines, dealing a blow to the freshman lawmaker's bid for a second term.
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Norquist: Boehner—Not White House—Holds Power in Fiscal Cliff Talks
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American for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist
The Americans for Tax Reform president believes Boehner will keep no-new-taxes pledge.
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Where and How Can You Smoke Pot Legally Now?
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Coloradans and Washingtonians voted themselves unprecedented personal freedom on Tuesday.
Voters in two states made history Tuesday by legalizing weed, here's what it means for tokers.
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Biden's son joins Navy Reserve
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:23PM November 09, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden will have another military son to worry about as he helps chart America's course around the world.
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Boehner says Obama should take lead on immigration
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:09PM November 09, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner on Friday said it was time to address immigration policy and urged President Barack Obama to take the lead in coming up with a plan that would look at both improved enforcement of immigration law and the future of the estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally.
