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Obama: 'Today we celebrate Cesar Chavez'
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:22PM October 08, 2012 CommentKEENE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday designated the home of Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez as a national monument, calling Chavez a hero who brought hope to millions of poor, disenfranchised farm workers who otherwise might have remained "invisible" to much of the nation.
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Jindal, Christie tapped to lead GOP governors
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:28PM October 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, two Republicans eyed for potential White House runs, have been tapped to lead the Republican Governors Association.
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Nickelodeon TV says Romney skipped kids' questions
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:03PM October 08, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitt Romney may want to reconsider his campaign strategy involving the pint-size voters of tomorrow.
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Romney: The US must help Syrian rebels oust Assad
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:15PM October 08, 2012 CommentLEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Mitt Romney declared on Monday the U.S. must join other nations in helping arm Syrian rebels to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad, casting President Barack Obama's efforts as weak and part of a broader lack of leadership in the Middle East and around the globe.
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In Va., ex-Rep. Goode may pose risk for Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:08PM October 08, 2012 CommentROCKY MOUNT, Va. (AP) — Virgil Goode knows his obscure presidential run on the Constitution Party ticket vexes his former Republican comrades, a thought that produces a sly smile he can't suppress. He doesn't really try.
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Vote on Iowa justice seen as test for gay marriage
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:41PM October 08, 2012 CommentIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins isn't well known outside the legal community of his state, and even inside that group, isn't particularly popular.
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APNewsBreak: Raese built golf club without permits
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:51PM October 08, 2012 CommentMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Senate candidate John Raese filled in wetlands and damaged more than 2 miles of streams when he rerouted them to create waterfalls on a private, 18-hole West Virginia golf course that federal regulators say he built without the required permits.
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NH's small size belies its political power
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:45PM October 08, 2012 CommentCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's nickname is "the Granite State" but there's nothing solid about its political landscape.
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FACT CHECK: A one-sided story on trade, defense
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:07PM October 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney solely blamed President Barack Obama on Monday for potential defense cuts that Republicans in Congress worked out with the White House and Democrats and left the misimpression that Obama has ignored free trade initiatives.
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House GOP freshmen face voters, now as incumbents
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:35PM October 08, 2012 CommentVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — For Rep. Scott Rigell and other Republican House freshmen, groundskeeper Beth Richardson is a dream voter. Sanitation truck driver Jerry Brown is a nightmare.
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Romney cuts into Obama's early voter advantage
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:24PM October 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's campaign is working hard to chip away at President Barack Obama's advantage among early voters, and there are signs the effort is paying off in North Carolina and Florida, two competitive states that the Republican nominee can ill afford to lose. Obama is doing better in Iowa, another battleground state important to both candidates.
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A month before vote, 'eclectic' county deliberates
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:53PM October 08, 2012 CommentDOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — When the recession cost Jerry Krone his longtime accounting job several year ago, he turned to his hobby — making gourmet jam in his Fountainville kitchen. Now he's a fixture at Doylestown's weekly farmers market, selling his lilac jelly and rose petal jam for $4 and $8 a jar.
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Maine's 6 Senate hopefuls all hail from elsewhere
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:10PM October 08, 2012 CommentPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine has always been proud of the commodities it claims as homegrown, among them Stephen King, L.L. Bean, lobster, and a host of political icons including Edmund Muskie, George Mitchell and Olympia Snowe.
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WHY IT MATTERS: Infrastructure
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:50PM October 08, 2012 CommentThe issue:
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THE RACE: Romney sees opening on foreign policy
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:31PM October 08, 2012 CommentIn turning to foreign policy, Mitt Romney is playing to a traditionally Republican strength while trying to build on momentum from his winning performance in last week's presidential debate.
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Winning the day as means to winning the election
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:16AM October 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — It can be something as small as positioning the candidate at just the right camera angle or as big as catching the opponent in a campaign-altering slip of the tongue.
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Please, thank you, sorry: Ryan polite campaigner
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:14AM October 08, 2012 CommentDUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Paul Ryan is sorry you couldn't get into his event here. He feels badly you had to wait for him to arrive at the county fairgrounds in Virginia. He wants to meet you but he promises he won't disrupt business by staying too long at your New Hampshire restaurant.
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Arizona getting to know Carmona in Senate race
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:05AM October 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona voters have seen Richard Carmona in combat fatigues, in a surgeon's mask and gown, wielding a pistol as a SWAT team member and most recently dangling from a helicopter during a medical rescue.
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A month before vote, 'eclectic' county deliberates
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:19PM October 07, 2012 CommentDOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — When the recession cost Jerry Krone his longtime accounting job several year ago, he turned to his hobby — making gourmet jam in his Fountainville kitchen. Now he's a fixture at Doylestown's weekly farmers market, selling his lilac jelly and rose petal jam for $4 and $8 a jar.
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Winning the day as means to winning the election
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:16PM October 07, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — It can be something as small as positioning the candidate at just the right camera angle or as big as catching the opponent in a campaign-altering slip of the tongue.
