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U.S. Poverty On Track to Rise to Highest Since 1960s
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:48AM July 23, 2012 CommentIn this June 8, 2009 photo, a for sale sign stands the front lawn of a home in Bend, Ore. This city in Oregon's scenic high desert once had one of the nation's hottest economies. Now some locals call Bend "poverty with a view."
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.
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Romney had mixed record on immigration in Mass.
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:37AM July 23, 2012 CommentBOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney adopted a mixed bag of immigration policies during his four years as Massachusetts governor.
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Romney: Obama's Aurora visit 'the right thing'
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:42PM July 22, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama's decision to meet with the families of victims of the Colorado shooting was "the right thing."
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Obama: Hugs, tears, hope with families, survivors
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:10PM July 22, 2012 CommentAURORA, Colo. (AP) — Despair all around him, President Barack Obama on Sunday offered hugs, tears and the nation's sympathy to survivors of the Colorado shooting rampage and to families whose loved ones were shot dead. He looked for hope in the heartbreak, insisting a brighter day will come for the grieving and declaring that "much of the world is thinking about them."
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Romney gets warning from Australian leader
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:00PM July 22, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Australian foreign minister has privately warned Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that foreign leaders see "America in decline."
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Police getting ready for RNC convention in Tampa
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:16PM July 22, 2012 CommentTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa has hosted four Super Bowls, but the protesters expected to cram into the city for the Republican National Convention will be a different sort of crowd, and the police are trying to be ready.
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Netanyahu: Iran tops his agenda in Romney meeting
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:59PM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu skillfully skirted U.S. politics on Sunday by refusing to endorse either presidential candidate, but openly lamented that Iran's nuclear program remains intact four years since the last election.
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Campaign lull as Obama visits victims' families
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:30AM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will fly to Colorado on Sunday to visit with the families of victims of the Aurora movie theater shooting, the White House announced, as he and Mitt Romney dialed back their campaigning in the shocked aftermath of the massacre.
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Obama to visit Sunday with victims' families
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:17AM July 22, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will travel to Colorado on Sunday to visit with families of victims of the movie theater shooting.
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Calls for gun control stir little support
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:02PM July 21, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control advocates sputter at their own impotence. The National Rifle Association is politically ascendant. And Barack Obama's White House pledges to safeguard the Second Amendment in its first official response to the deaths of at least 12 people in a mass shooting at a new Batman movie screening in suburban Denver.
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Obama, Romney views have evolved toward gun rights
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:54AM July 21, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney both have softened their positions on gun restrictions over the years. As they expressed shock and sorrow over the bloodshed at a Colorado movie theater, neither suggested that tougher gun control could make a difference, a notion that has faded from political debate.
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Obama effort spends more in June than it takes in
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:51AM July 21, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a heavy barrage of advertising by opposing "super" political groups, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign spent more than it collected in June. While outraised again by Republican Mitt Romney, Obama ended the month with a hefty $97.5 million in the bank.
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Romney plans foreign trip, audition as US leader
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:01AM July 21, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney auditions on the international stage next week as he travels to England, Israel and Poland looking to establish credibility as a potential commander in chief in his challenge to President Barack Obama.
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Despite June spending, Obama has $97.5M in bank
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:37PM July 20, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's presidential campaign spent more than it raised in June, illustrating both the fierce pace of campaigning during the month and his slightly weaker fundraising position, finance reports filed Friday show.
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Ex-President George W. Bush skips GOP convention
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:51PM July 20, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President George W. Bush is skipping the Republican National Convention next month in Tampa, Fla., where presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney will officially become the party's standard-bearer.
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Obama, Romney views toward gun rights have evolved
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:28PM July 20, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney both have softened their positions on gun restrictions over the years. As they expressed shock and sorrow over the bloodshed at a Colorado movie theater, neither suggested that tougher gun control could make a difference, a notion that has faded from political debate.
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THE RACE: Romney hopes foreign trip helps in US
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:00PM July 20, 2012 CommentIt worked for then-Sen. Barack Obama four years ago. Maybe it will work for Republican rival Mitt Romney now.
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Romney Calls for Unity After 'Evil' Acts
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks in Houston, Texas.
BOW, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says Friday is a time to grieve and remember the lives lost in the Colorado shootings.
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Obama, Romney Tangle On Healthcare, Jobs
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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama is warning Florida retirees that Republican challenger Mitt Romney would undercut the new health care law and alter Medicare, a play for voters in one of the nation's top swing states.
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New Romney Ad Attacks Obama Remark
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC.
BOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney is attacking President Barack Obama in a new television ad that seizes on the president's suggestion that government helps create businesses.
