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Romney savors GOP nomination victory
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:20PM May 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney says he's honored and humbled to become the Republican Party's 2012 presidential nominee.
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Wisconsin's Walker raises $31M in face of recall
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:44PM May 29, 2012 CommentMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker has raised about $31 million since he took office 17 months ago, including a remarkable $5.9 million in the last five weeks reported to Wisconsin regulators Tuesday.
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Catcher bolsters Clemens' claim on B12 needles
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:04PM May 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Clemens< former catcher with the Toronto Blue Jays testified Wednesday that he had seen vitamin B12 "shots lined up ready to go" for players, a claim also made by Clemens and for which he was charged with obstructing Congress.
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Romney to clinch GOP nomination with Texas win
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:32PM May 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney is set to clinch the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals.
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Romney welcomes mass expulsion of Syrian diplomats
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:09PM May 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is calling for more "assertive measures" against Syrian President Bashar Assad, including arming the Syrian opposition. The Obama administration so far has declined to help arm the opposition.
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THE RACE: Math adds up to GOP victory for Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:05PM May 29, 2012 CommentThis day is mostly about math for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.
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Political Ads Stir Health Care Horror
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WASHINGTON (AP) — They're throwing granny off a cliff!
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Bitter Primaries Undercut GOP Hopes
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Sen. Bill Nelson D-Fla., speaks with reporters at the Florida Democratic Party State Convention in Lake Buena Vista.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mutual admiration was the rule for Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson's listening session at the University of South Florida.
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Romney to Breeze Through Texas
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks in Washington.
CRAIG, Colo. (AP) — Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday's Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formalize the former Massachusetts governor's status as President Barack Obama's general election challenger.
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Obama Campaign Raps Romney on Trump
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Donald Trump greets Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Las Vegas, Nevada.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is releasing a television advertisement accusing Mitt Romney of failing to stand up to "the voices of extremism" in his party.
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GOP Ties Obama to NH Student Debt
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Barack Obama waves at supporters during a campaign event at the Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire isn't just first in the nation when it comes to hosting presidential primaries. It also ranks first in student-loan debt, and now the winner of the state's Republican presidential primary is seizing on that fact to argue that President Barack Obama has let down students.
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Obama Promises to Protect Benefits for Veterans
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Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama honored the nation's military heroes in a pair of Memorial Day ceremonies, vowing to protect the benefits earned by veterans and their families in an election year marked by the nation's transition from war.
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Romney promises to maintain US military power
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:40PM May 28, 2012 CommentSAN DIEGO (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, on the brink of clinching the Republican nomination, promised Monday to maintain an American military "with no comparable power anywhere in the world."
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Obama says Vietnam veterans too often 'denigrated'
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:09PM May 28, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, pointing to Vietnam veterans as an under-appreciated and sometimes maligned group of war heroes who remained true to their nation despite an unwelcome homecoming.
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Campaigns dig through online data to target voters
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:32AM May 28, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Voters who click on President Barack Obama's campaign website are likely to start seeing display ads promoting his re-election bid on their Facebook pages and other sites they visit. Voters searching Google for information about Mitt Romney may notice a 15-second ad promoting the Republican presidential hopeful the next time they watch a video online.
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GOP ties Obama to NH student debt, ignores origins
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:35AM May 28, 2012 CommentCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire isn't just first in the nation when it comes to hosting presidential primaries. It also ranks first in student-loan debt, and now the winner of the state's Republican presidential primary is seizing on that fact to argue that President Barack Obama has let down students.
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Warning signs for Obama on path to electoral votes
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:36AM May 28, 2012 CommentPresident Barack Obama faces new warning signs in a once-promising Southern state and typically Democratic-voting Midwestern states roughly five months before the election even as he benefits nationally from encouraging economic news.
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Polls on gay marriage not yet reflected in votes
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:35AM May 28, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Poll after poll shows public support for same-sex marriage steadily increasing, to the point where it's now a majority viewpoint. Yet in all 32 states where gay marriage has been on the ballot, voters have rejected it.
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Polls on gay marriage not yet reflected in votes
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:20AM May 27, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Poll after poll shows public support for same-sex marriage steadily increasing, to the point where it's now a majority viewpoint. Yet in all 32 states where gay marriage has been on the ballot, voters have rejected it.
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CIA remembers those lost in covert war on terror
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:18PM May 26, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA is remembering those lost in the hidden, often dangerous world of espionage, adding a new star to the intelligence agency's memorial wall and more than a dozen names to its hallowed Book of Honor.
