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Most would avoid higher taxes under Dem, GOP bills
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:55PM July 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Do you make more than $200,000 annually, or $250,000 between you and your spouse? Do you expect to inherit an estate worth more than $1 million next year?
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Romney Calls Leak of Osama bin Laden Info Political
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks in Houston, Texas.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is accusing President Barack Obama of leaking for political gain classified details of the raid that killed al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden and covert actions in Iran.
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THE RACE: Romney touting his foreign policy skills
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:03PM July 24, 2012 CommentMitt Romney is heading across the Atlantic to try to showcase his foreign policy and national security leadership potential. It might be the right place but the message may be a little off.
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Romney Focusing on Military and Foreign Policy
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks in Houston, Texas.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is moving away from his preferred issue — the economy — and into military and foreign policy, a realm usually viewed as the home turf of the incumbent.
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White House: Families' taxes could go up $1,600
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:01AM July 24, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a standoff with Congress that results in the January expiration of wide-ranging tax cuts would mean 114 million families would see average tax increases of $1,600 next year.
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Australian official clarifies remark to Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:55PM July 23, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Australia's foreign minister says he wasn't criticizing America when he spoke of a nation "in decline" during a private conversation with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
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THE RACE: Non-vets Obama and Romney court US vets
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:31PM July 23, 2012 CommentThe race between President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney marks the first time since World War II that neither major-party candidate has had any military experience.
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Biden Says 'We Weep' for Families of Colo. Victims
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Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks in Washington, D.C.
MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said Monday the country weeps for the victims of the Colorado movie theater shooting, but that the stories of heroism that have emerged from the rampage "remind us of the goodness" of the American people.
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Tea party threat defused, Hatch looks to tax deal
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:44PM July 23, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Rare is the Tea Party-tested Republican senator who hangs an image of the Kennedys' Hyannisport home over his desk and shows off the painter's personal inscription.
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Campaign Resumes After Pause for Colorado Shooting
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President Barack Obama speaks before an overflow crowd at a campaign event at Green Run High School in Virginia Beach, Va., on July 13, 2012.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The acrimonious presidential campaign eases back into action Monday after a weekend pause for the nation to absorb the shock of a horrific mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater.
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House Leaders Wary of Farm, Postal Bill Showdowns
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:49AM July 23, 2012 CommentFertile, arable farmland in California.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate-passed bills to cut farm subsidies and food stamps and overhaul the financially teetering Postal Service have been put on hold by House Republican leaders wary of igniting internal party fights or risking voters' ire three months before the election.
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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.
