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Wisconsin center of Republican wave
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:11PM August 17, 2012 CommentMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans seem to have it all.
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Liz Cheney says move to Wyoming not about politics
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:33AM August 17, 2012 CommentCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Liz Cheney says her recent move to Wyoming wasn't motivated by politics.
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Fake followers newest ploy, accusation in politics
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:45AM August 17, 2012 CommentPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Forget ballot box irregularities. There's a virtual dust-up under way over how Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney amassed more than 100,000 new Twitter followers in just one weekend.
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Paul Ryan's ideas nurtured by top conservatives
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:28AM August 17, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Ryan's mentors have included some of the biggest conservative names of recent decades, among them Jack Kemp and Bill Bennett.
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Ryan's hometown and the route back to prosperity
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:06AM August 17, 2012 CommentJANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A defining moment for Paul Ryan's hometown came at the height of the Great Recession: General Motors, after nearly a century of making Chevrolets on the banks of the Rock River, shut down its oldest assembly plant and erased 6,000 jobs.
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Ryan says he did seek economic stimulus money
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:04AM August 17, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Thursday reversed course and acknowledged lobbying the government for millions of dollars in economic stimulus money after twice denying he had done so.
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Young immigrants may find college elusive
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:59AM August 17, 2012 CommentMIAMI (AP) — Araceli Cortes had made up her mind: After being brought to the U.S. as a child, graduating from high school and attending some college in California, she was going to return to Mexico to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor.
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Colo. shooting prompts gun bills in big states
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:59PM August 16, 2012 CommentSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic leaders in three big states have used this summer's mass shooting in Colorado to push bills that would crack down on assault weapons and ammunition sales, rekindling a debate that has not gained much traction in Congress or on the presidential campaign.
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Ryan's hometown and the route back to prosperity
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:23PM August 16, 2012 CommentJANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A defining moment for Paul Ryan's hometown came at the height of the Great Recession: General Motors, after nearly a century of making Chevrolets on the banks of the Rock River, shut down its oldest assembly plant and erased 6,000 jobs.
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Romney: Never paid less than 13 percent in taxes
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:26PM August 16, 2012 CommentGREER, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney declared Thursday he has paid at least 13 percent of his income in federal taxes every year for the past decade, offering that new detail while still decrying a "small-minded" fascination over returns he will not release. President Barack Obama's campaign shot back in doubt: "Prove it."
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Medicare costs too much, but how to rein it in?
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:05PM August 16, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney agree there has to be a limit to how much seniors pay for Medicare, but they're worlds apart on how to make that happen.
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Biden vs Ryan: No. 2s key in White House campaign
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:06PM August 16, 2012 CommentDENVER (AP) — Paul Ryan likes exercise, budget charts and the Green Bay Packers. Joe Biden likes train rides, foreign policy and talking — a lot.
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Big-name no-shows for the GOP, Dem conventions
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:37PM August 16, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin and George W. Bush won't be in Tampa, Fla. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Al Gore won't make the trip to Charlotte, N.C. And scores of other Republican and Democratic stars are taking a pass as their parties gather for this year's national conventions.
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Reid to Romney: Show us the tax returns
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:23PM August 16, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid isn't taking Mitt Romney's word on whether the Republican presidential candidate paid income taxes.
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Ryan on Medicare Cut: Obama Did it First
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:26PM August 16, 2012 CommentWARREN, Ohio (AP) — Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan says he never would have included a $700 billion Medicare cut in his budget if President Barack Obama hadn't done it first.
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THE RACE: Road rage on this year's campaign trail
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:55PM August 16, 2012 CommentA little road rage has entered the campaign trail.
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Romney says he's paid taxes every year
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:46PM August 16, 2012 CommentGREER, S.C. (AP) — Mitt Romney says he's never paid less than 13 percent of his income in taxes during the past decade.
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Obama gives campaign pep talk to Dem staffers
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:25PM August 16, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is visiting Democratic Party headquarters to thank staffers for their work and rev them up for the fall campaign.
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Undoing Obama Medicare cuts may backfire on Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:09AM August 16, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's new promise to restore the Medicare cuts made by President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law could backfire if he's elected.
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Dutch PM candidate: ignore 3 percent budget rule
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:52AM August 16, 2012 CommentAMSTERDAM (AP) — One of the leading candidates in the upcoming Dutch national elections said he would not feel bound by Europe's rule to keep budget deficits within a certain limit if elected prime minister.
