Open Congress : News Articles for S.2000 Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011

David Siegel, Florida Real Estate Mogul, Claims To Be 'Personally Responsible' For George W. Bush's 2000 Victory

2012-08-01T06:11:21Z

Chalk this one up as an unfortunate slip-of-tongue. Siegel's comments appear in director Lauren Greenfield's documentary "The Queen of Versailles." The film follows Siegel and his wife, Jackie, as they set out to construct a giant 90,000-square ...

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Democrats propose limits on online ammo sales

2012-07-31T12:03:18Z

Somebody should see your face." Democratic strategists see gun control as political dynamite. Many Democrats blame Al Gore's 2000 presidential election loss on his failure to win conservative states, an outcome they said was due in part to Gore ...

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French hand over base in Afghanistan

2012-07-31T11:41:49Z

French President Francois Hollande has pledged that the country's 2,000 combat troops in Afghanistan will return home by the end of the year, but that about 1,400 French soldiers will stay to help with training and logistics. Hollande has said ...

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Operation HOPE and Gallup Announce Launch of the America 2020 Campaign

2012-07-31T09:54:27Z

Gallup's 2,000 professionals deliver services at client organizations, through the Web, at Gallup University's campuses, and in more than 40 offices around the world. For more information visit http://www.gallup.com About Operation HOPE Since 1992 ...

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Sun shines on a stormy day

2012-07-28T18:33:24Z

The men are playing catch-up. Coached by Australian Denis Cotterell, the Gold Coast surfing enthusiast who masterminded compatriot Grant Hackett's 2000 and 2004 Olympic golds in the long-distance 1,500 freestyle, Sun has broken the barrier. He was already

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An American eater in London

2012-07-28T00:18:11Z

London!" That line, delivered by Dennis Farina's fast-talking, diamond-dealing character Avi in Guy Richie's 2000 hit film "Snatch," sums up the long-held convention that English food is rather bleak. However, such stereotypes are fortunately antiquated.

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An American eater in London

2012-07-27T17:30:10Z

A 2000 Mag excerpt from the late Neil Reed

2012-07-27T13:41:06Z

Here is an excerpt from Reed's 2000 commentary in the Mag: Believe it or not, I'm not happy that Indiana fired Coach Knight. I don't have any feelings about it, mostly because I've had to stand alone for so long. In a way I've been proven right ...

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Gamesa Plans Restructuring After Reducing 2012 Turbine Forecast

2012-07-26T21:13:15Z

Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA (GAM) reduced its 2012 sales forecast and will announce a restructuring plan in October after reporting its first half-year loss since the Spanish turbine maker’s 2000 initial public offering. Gamesa expects to sell ...

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Colorado Consensus on Gun Laws

2012-07-26T06:25:38Z

But under Colorado’s 2000 law, if that very same private sale takes place at a gun show, then there must be a background check. I didn’t support that law, because I think that laws about gun sales should be uniform, not dependent on the location of the

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Analysts: Does more money matter anymore?

2012-07-25T20:10:01Z

who served as campaign communications director to Al Gore's 2000 campaign. The Obama campaign has predicted that Romney and GOP-leaning groups will spend $1.2 billion. The Obama campaign, which won't offer estimates of what it expects to raise ...

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Analysts question whether 2012 campaign cash edge matters

2012-07-25T19:34:13Z

The Battle for Romney’s Backyard

2012-07-24T11:28:39Z

“Romney’s temperament and views make him the kind of Republican who wins here,” Rath says. Bush’s 2000 victory, however, was narrow, as was Democrat John Kerry’s New Hampshire win in 2004. Veteran Republican consultants expect the Obama–Romney

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Impending smoke shop arrival raises community concerns

2012-07-23T21:59:46Z

SALT LAKE CITY — Some business owners and residents in the Highland Park area of Salt Lake City are upset about the possibility of a smoke shop moving in. And due to a new law that took effect July 1, they may have a case. The owners of a dance studio ..

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Why my church is wrong about gay people

2012-07-22T14:44:18Z

Yet the hysterical and shrill condemnation directed at the cardinal and the church for stating the church's 2,000-year-old teaching demonstrates that in modern, enlightened Scotland to be an orthodox Christian is anathema to the secular ...

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UMWA gearing up to deal with Patriot Coal bankruptcy

2012-07-20T06:11:16Z

United Mine Workers of America officials met Wednesday with officers of union locals to discuss how the recent bankruptcy filing by Patriot Coal Corp. might affect the company's 2,000 active union miners — including more than 300 at the ...

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Constitution Check: Do the Boy Scouts have a constitutional right to exclude gay boys and men?

2012-07-19T19:55:39Z

But even the meaning of the Supreme Court’s 2000 decision remains a topic of ongoing controversy in the courts, and lawyers for the Scouts have continued to fight vigorously against attempts to compel a change in the ban, while lawyers for opponents of .

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Faceless freedom: YouTube adds face-blurring tool

2012-07-18T20:25:29Z

Of course, YouTube's Community Guidelines "prohibit illegal content or material that incites violence," so you still won't be seeing tours of anyone's 2,000 sq ft meth lab anytime soon. Mason told Ars that YouTube began to "seriously discuss and ...

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How Mitt Romney is turning into the John Kerry of the 2012 election

2012-07-18T19:49:41Z

"Perception is becoming Romney's reality, and these issues have now risen above mere distractions," says GOP consultant John Weaver, a senior adviser for McCain's 2000 and 2008 bids, talking to the Washington Post: "The president has had the ...

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Lehi celebrates its annual Foam Day on Saturday

2012-07-18T15:17:40Z

LEHI — The city’s annual Foam Day event will take place on Saturday, July 21 at the Lehi Sports Park, 700 S. 2000 West. The event begins at 11 a.m. with water blow-up toys, shopping, entertainment and more. Free watermelon will be served by ...

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India: No warning from U.S. ship in Gulf shooting

2012-07-17T14:21:35Z

Pentagon spokesman George Little said that after al Qaeda's 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen a series of measures was put into place that all Navy ships take into account, CBS News reports. Little said the refueling ship USNS Rappahannock ...

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Closed Frederick County aluminum manufacturer cleared to develop site

2012-07-17T14:07:16Z

The Frederick Board of County Commissioners has terminated a 44-year-old agreement with the Eastalco Aluminum Company that essentially allows the business to sell its vacant property in Adamstown. The agreement restricted the use of the property ...

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Can Ben Bernanke, Like John Roberts, Ignore Political Pressure and Do His Job?

2012-07-17T04:41:46Z

Shrum, a Senior Fellow at NYU, was a longtime political consultant who worked on numerous Democratic campaigns, including Kerry-Edwards in 2004 and Al Gore’s 2000 race for the White House. For inquiries, please contact The Daily Beast at ...

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Rove accuses Obama of using ‘gutter politics’ against Romney

2012-07-15T13:05:13Z

And Rove knows gutter politics when he sees it. During then-Gov. George W. Bush’s 2000 campaign for president, Rove was accused of orchestrating a whisper campaign to suggest that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “had fathered an illegitimate black child.”

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Video of girl rocking out to Aaron Carter when she was 17, 20 and 23 becomes YouTube sensation

2012-07-13T19:26:59Z

Alex Dainis, 23, of Boston, Massachusetts, created her first video where she jams along to Carter's 2000 hit, Aaron's Party (Come Get it), in her bedroom when she was 17. The girl then created a strikingly similar video of her lip-synching the same song at

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Obama: 'Harry Truman Said the Buck Stops with You'

2012-07-13T18:22:33Z

SCOTT THUMAN: What about Bain Capital? It's a big issue for the past 24 hours right now. Mitt Romney's campaign says he left in '99, yours says it's 2000, there's a significant difference, is he being dishonest with the American public? PRESIDENT BARACK ..

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Obama: Mitt Romney's Bain Involvement Needs To Be Clarified (VIDEO)

2012-07-13T18:15:24Z

It's a big issue for the past 24 hours right now. Mitt Romney's campaign says he left in '99, yours says it's 2000. There's a significant difference. Is he being dishonest with the American public? PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Well, here's what I ...

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Dentsu Drops After Agreeing to $4.9 Billion Aegis Deal

2012-07-12T04:11:54Z

The acquisition is the fourth-biggest ever advertising deal, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, behind R.H. Donnelley Corp.’s $9.7 billion 2006 deal for Dex Media Inc., WPP’s 2000 purchase of Young & Rubicam Inc. and Infinity ...

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Greg Reid arrested in Georgia

2012-07-11T16:37:33Z

Sheriff's office. Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright told The Associated Press the state trooper stopped Reid's 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis for window tint and seat belt violations. Wright says the trooper searched the vehicle and ...

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Fall River woman killed in crash on Route 24 in Freetown

2012-07-11T15:11:39Z

State Police say that at about 11:40 a.m., the woman's 2000 Saturn sedan drifted to the right, struck the guardrail, and then drifted to the left, striking another car. The woman was transported by ambulance to Charlton Memorial Hospital ...

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George P. Bush: A Political Dynasty's Young Hope

2012-07-11T11:51:13Z

At 12, he spoke at his grandfather's first nominating convention; at 24, he recorded TV commercials for his uncle's 2000 campaign. ("I have an uncle who is running for president because he believes in ... opportunity for every American ...

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More tenuous claims about Romney’s Bain Capital record

2012-07-11T08:16:29Z

It’s likely that the trade publication’s 2,000 figure was a ballpark estimate representing both permanent and contract workers. If so, we still don’t have a shred of evidence proving that layoffs occurred at Anthony Crane. Priorities USA ...

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Fred Willard keeps delivering, in movies and on television

2012-07-09T09:01:48Z

LOS ANGELES - Which Fred Willard do you know? There's his inanely clueless dog show announcer Buck Laughlin in "Best in Show," Christopher Guest's 2000 mockumentary on the dog show world. It was Buck who famously said in bit of color commentary ...

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When candidates are consultants

2012-07-08T05:49:43Z

A veteran consultant of city politics predicts that the experience of Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (pictured) as a campaign strategist—he ran Hillary Clinton's 2000 bid for Senate and advised Andrew Cuomo's 2002 campaign for governor—will ...

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Tribal chairman’s binge spending led to bad blood

2012-07-07T22:18:44Z

Cypress’ first major accomplishment: the tribe’s 2,000-seat bingo hall built on 25 acres at Krome Avenue and Tamiami Trail in 1990 — though a partnership with outside management would lead to years of hostile litigation. The bingo parlor ...

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A Bettor America

2012-07-07T00:57:24Z

As we said up top, we largely agree with Obama's 2000 criticism of state lotteries. It seems to us wrong for politicians to take advantage of their constituents' ignorance of math in order to raise revenues in a politically expedient manner.

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Billy the Kid’ tombstone repaired after old Fort Sumner Museum break-in

2012-07-06T08:43:53Z

FORT SUMNER, N.M. — The tombstone of Billy the Kid has been repaired. Officials at the old Fort Sumner Museum say the famous outlaw’s 2000-pound tombstone was restored this week after vandals tipped it over and damaged it last month.

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Radiohead team up with Jude Law for polar bear film

2012-07-03T18:48:44Z

The film tells the story of a polar bear forced out of her Arctic habitat due to climate change and features the Radiohead track 'Everything In It's Right Place' from the band's 2000 album 'Kid A'. Speaking of the film, Thom Yorke said:??"We have to stop .

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Comprehensive immigration reform elusive

2012-07-01T02:30:25Z

John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign. "George W. Bush has said that he should have started his second term with immigration reform instead of Social Security," Schnur said. "He would have been in a better position to build political support.

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600 Afghan students to get free education in Pakistan

2012-06-30T19:56:43Z

"Pakistan has been offering fully funded scholarships since 2009 under the 'Prime Minister of Pakistan's 2000 scholarships scheme for Afghan Students'," says a press release received on Saturday from Kabul. Pakistan Embassy in Kabul held a written test on

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'Late Night' laugh: 'Magic Mike's' Channing Tatum strips off his body hair

2012-06-29T12:26:56Z

Remember Ricky Martin's 2000 hit "She Bangs"? Tatum made a blink-and-you'd-miss-it appearance in the video. See for yourself: What did you think of all the "Late Night" hijinks? Share your thoughts on our Facebook page.

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University of Toledo, AFSCME extend contract

2012-06-29T07:11:58Z

The union's 2,000 members at the university's Health Science campus approved the deal on Wednesday, the newspaper reports. The university's board of trustees approved the contract June 18. Terms of the extension were not reported, but the original contract

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Obamacare Supreme Court Ruling: John Roberts Changes His Legacy

2012-06-28T11:59:29Z

Does Dottie Sandusky deserve a jail cell of her own?

2012-06-26T12:59:07Z

Is 69-year-old Dottie that kind of woman? They met in college, and in her husband’s 2000 memoir, “Touched,’’ even the chapter called “Dottie Gross,’’ her maiden name, isn’t really about her at all. Much of the book is a bouquet ...

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Hiding Holder's 2000 Smoking Guns

2012-06-23T23:54:05Z

I saw a clever but disturbing image today of the photoshopped merging of Barack Obama and Richard Nixon from the clever folks at Big Fur Hat. That picture immediately told a thousand words of what will remain a primary news topic throughout this ...

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Hiding Holder's 2000 Smoking Guns

2012-06-23T23:54:05Z

Contestants seek Miss West Point title

2012-06-21T19:31:36Z

WEST POINT — The Miss West Point Scholarship Pageant will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at Syracuse High School, 665 S 2000 West, Syracuse. Each contestant was challenged to organize and complete a community service project within the city.

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Court: Jury determines facts for fine

2012-06-21T13:05:03Z

19, 2002, through Oct. 19, 2004. But Southern Union argued that imposing any fine greater than the 1-day penalty of $50,000 would be unconstitutional under the Supreme Court's 2000 decision in Apprendi vs. New Jersey, which says the Sixth ...

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Romney's Immigration Dance Is Risky, Too

2012-06-21T10:56:12Z

"The Romney campaign is making a bet that they can survive doing so poorly among that demographic group," said John Weaver, the Republican strategist behind John McCain's 2000 campaign and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman's abortive effort this time around.

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Libya Seeks U.S. Investment in Areas From Oil to Tourism

2012-06-21T03:10:55Z

He said tourism remains one of the least- developed industries, citing Libya’s 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) of beaches and its cultural attractions, including Leptis Magna, one of the best-preserved Roman ruins in the Mediterranean ...

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The eight states where Latinos could sink the GOP

2012-06-20T06:25:22Z

But they carried all five in 2008. In addition, in every state but Florida, President Obama improved on Al Gore’s 2000 showing by between 7 points and 12 points — far better than his 4.6 percent overall improvement nationwide. In other words ...

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Tokyo firm eyes $200-M LED factory in PH

2012-06-19T19:26:49Z

They are more efficient (more lumens per watt), radiate less heat, shock-resistant (compared to the fragile nature of both incandescent and fluorescent lighting) and have longer life (up to 50,000 hours lifetime compared to incandescent’s 2,000 hours and

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Factbox: Key players in Romney presidential campaign

2012-06-19T17:17:58Z

The Mississippi native has also worked in television and has written five books, including three volumes on travel and one on Bush's 2000 campaign. ED GILLESPIE - CAMPAIGN ADVISER Gillespie has long been closely involved with Republican politics in Washing

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THE RACE: Romney wooing GOP Hill leaders has risks

2012-06-19T13:00:16Z

George W. Bush's 2000 "compassionate conservative" platform wasn't always in sync with the right-wing congressional GOP leadership. When he sought re-election four years later, he didn't need help from Capitol Hill. And 2008 nominee John McCain ...

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THE RACE: Romney wooing GOP Hill leaders has risks

2012-06-19T13:00:16Z

President Martyr

2012-06-18T23:52:51Z

Peter Baker of the New York Times informs us in a "news analysis" that "for Barack Obama, a president who set out to restore good relations with the world in his first term, the world does not seem to be cooperating all that much with his bid to ...

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Mitt Romney Is a Lot Like Thomas E. Dewey, the Equivocating Loser to Truman

2012-06-18T16:50:31Z

Sen. Muse’s church files for bankruptcy

2012-06-17T19:00:33Z

The move was triggered by an inability to keep up with mortgage payments and other debts, which the charismatic senator blamed on the financial challenges facing the church’s 2,000 members.

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Sen. Muse’s church files for bankruptcy

2012-06-17T19:00:33Z

The wrong and right way to learn a foreign language

2012-06-16T11:02:08Z

In a recent issue of the Washington Post Express, Andrew Eil, a staffer who works at the U.S. State Department on international climate change, recommends that foreign language students start with “boot camp:” Study grammar very hard, drill ...

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HD television studio opens in Scottsdale

2012-06-15T19:31:33Z

BroadcastAZ's 2,000-square-foot studio will allow news makers -- politicians, entertainers, artists and authors -- to be interviewed remotely using the latest high-tech robotic cameras or with a local producer at the helm. The studio relies on ...

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Can Obama still count on African-American and Jewish voters?

2012-06-15T13:12:10Z

That's 0.9 of a point less than 2008. In a close election, about a point either way could make the difference – it certainly did in Florida's 2000 election. One minority group Obama does not have a problem with is Latino voters. The polling ...

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Nationwide manhunt underway for Buffalo trauma surgeon Dr. Timothy Jorden

2012-06-14T21:05:48Z

Officials said as many as 400 patients and about half of the hospital's 2,000 employees were on the grounds at the time of the shooting. Authorities also blocked a road leading to his home. SWAT team members in camouflage and protective ...

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Sandusky trial recesses until Monday with testimony from "Victim 9"

2012-06-14T16:40:57Z

Other photos that have helped state investigators came from the Sandusky home in College Township, from Sandusky’s 2000 memoir titled, “Touched” and from young men identified through the investigation, Sassano testified. Sandusky founded a charity in

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Surgeon suspected in woman’s death may be armed and dangerous: police

2012-06-14T13:56:18Z

Officials said as many as 400 patients and about half of the hospital’s 2,000 employees were on the grounds at the time of the shooting. The hospital said grief counseling was made available to employees. Hospital chief executive officer Jody ...

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Michelle Obama adds campaign stop in Denver suburbs

2012-06-14T13:27:40Z

When she campaigned during her husband's 2000 run for United States House of Representatives, her boss at the University of Chicago asked if there was any single thing about campaigning that she enjoyed; after some thought, she replied that ...

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Obama’s Presidency and the Pathologies of Progressivism

2012-06-14T08:55:39Z

Remember Al Gore’s 2000 campaign slogan, “The People vs the Powerful”? Or Occupy Wall Street’s “We are the 99%”? In the progressive worldview, public employees who earn more than private sector workers, enjoy greater job security ...

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Messina Consults Jobs to Spielberg in Crafting Obama's Campaign

2012-06-14T07:58:23Z

The history of American presidential campaigns is full of infighting, hatred, and rivalries. Then Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 campaign and then-Senator Hillary Clinton’s 2008 bid were riven with factionalism among status-obsessed aides on ...

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Where Are They Now: Do the Child-Free Change Their Minds?

2012-06-14T06:53:58Z

With this in mind, we went looking for the subjects of Lisa Belkin’s 2000 New York Times Magazine piece, “Your Kids Are Their Problem,” which detailed the growing child-free movement and the cultural divide between those who have children ...

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What to watch for in first Inslee-McKenna debate

2012-06-12T10:59:43Z

Maria Cantwell's 2000 win over Slade Gorton. "You don't want to see a sound bite that you use in the debate to come back and bite you in a TV ad." Former state Republican Party Chairman Chris Vance, noting the event won't be on broadcast TV ...

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Defying fines, Russians march against Putin

2012-06-12T04:47:29Z

But the Kremlin decided to respond with the kind of show of force that characterised much of Putin's 2000-2008 presidential mandate and already appears to be a hallmark of the ex-KGB spy's new mandate. It used its slim parliamentary majority to ...

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Action is needed in this county

2012-06-12T00:29:47Z

But damn this country is going nuts and we not vocal about these situations. Difference of 1970’s youth and 1980’s-2000”S youth: 1970”S youth = stand for what they believed in, fought for it and made changes in this country, etc 1980’s ...

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Norquist hits back at Jeb Bush, citing father

2012-06-11T16:51:40Z

Florida agriculture commissioner and former congressman Adam Putnam (R) is facing some scrutiny after the Palm Beach Post reported this weekend that the state bought his family’s 2,000-acre ranch in 2005 for $25.5 million, a year after it appraised for .

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The View's Joy Behar gets CurrentTV show

2012-06-11T15:25:46Z

Behar also said that she was happy to be working for Al Gore, the network's co-founder, especially in light of her enduring frustration over the Supreme Court's 2000 Bush v. Gore decision. Behar will get an early taste of life at Current TV guest anchoring

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Does Barack Obama Need a Friend Like Bill Clinton?

2012-06-11T13:16:55Z

China and India’s 2,000-year manufacturing reign

2012-06-11T08:09:06Z

I’m fascinated by the first part in a new FT series on manufacturing, led by our expert Peter Marsh, who has a new book coming out on the topic. In particular, I love the bar chart in this interactive graphic about the “seven ages of ...

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Sacramento French Film Festival showcases leading French actresses

2012-06-10T02:55:20Z

These actresses are experiencing a heyday akin to 1930s Hollywood, LaSalle said. LaSalle's 2000 book "Complicated Women" profiled Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck and other stars of the 1930s pre-Code era.

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The memorable moments that have made the European Championship such an unforgettable event

2012-06-08T07:08:14Z

Was this really England? Penalties. So painful all round. Frank de Boer missed two in the Dutch's 2000 semi-final defeat by Italy, but the Azzurri ran out of luck when France snatched a late leveller in the final and a golden-goal winner.

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Secret Service Sex Scandal: Dania Londono Suarez, Colombian Escort, To Open Foundation For Prostitutes

2012-06-07T17:53:40Z

There’s no exact data, but estimates suggest there’s 2,000 exploited kids working in the sex trade, according to El espectador, a Colombia daily newspaper. "I think prostitution is part of the city's culture. That is, a tourist comes to ...

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An Ominous Quiet Descends On RG Steel’s Troubled Mills

2012-06-07T13:14:30Z

All but a handful of the mill’s 2,000 workers expect to be idled in the coming days, as the company’s owners and bankers search for potential buyers. A similar scenario is playing out in Wheeling, W. Va., and Warren, Ohio, where RG Steel also owns ...

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Rove: Wisconsin and the GOP Ground Game

2012-06-05T19:57:44Z

Before Karl became known as "The Architect" of President Bush's 2000 and 2004 campaigns, he was president of Karl Rove + Company, an Austin-based public affairs firm that worked for Republican candidates, nonpartisan causes, and nonprofit groups.

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Canaan, NH, man dies in car crash

2012-06-04T17:42:55Z

He was pronounced dead at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon. Lasheway’s 2000 GMC Sonoma crossed the center line on Route 4, striking and sideswiping a stationwagon and then striking another vehicle head on. The drivers of the two other ...

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Why Does Customer Service Suck?

2012-06-04T01:29:23Z

A large office products company I spoke with implemented a workforce optimization tool designed to squeeze another half of a service call per day out of each of the company’s 2,000 field technicians. He was moaning that it was an abject disaster.

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Obama Brings Clinton to New York Events to Draw Donors

2012-06-03T19:52:57Z

who was press secretary to former Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign. Clinton’s political role was mapped out last November when Messina, Patrick Gaspard, Democratic National Committee executive director, and David Axelrod ...

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Romney could pick VP early, and cash in often

2012-06-01T15:01:50Z

THE VETTING WINDOW Chris Lehane, a Democratic strategist who was a senior adviser to Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, said the probing is extensive because the vice presidential choice is the first high-profile decision the candidate makes ...

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Romney could pick VP early, and cash in often

2012-06-01T15:01:50Z

Milton Friedman Would Be Pushing For Easy Money Today

2012-06-01T11:55:43Z

But Friedman’s 2000 comments on Japan suggest otherwise: As far as Japan is concerned, the situation is very clear. And it’s a good example. I’m glad you brought it up, because it shows how unreliable interest rates can be as an indicator ...

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Bill Clinton Gives CNN Guest Host Harvey Weinstein His Obama Reelection Prediction (Video)

2012-05-31T23:31:15Z

The Weinstein Company co-chairman, who supported Hillary Clinton’s 2000 senate and 2008 presidential campaigns, has become one of President Barack Obama’s top New York fundraisers this election cycle. He asked the former Commander in Chief about Obama

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Bill Clinton Gives CNN Guest Host Harvey Weinstein His Obama Reelection Prediction (Video)

2012-05-31T23:31:15Z

Mass. man injured in Hudson motorcycle collision

2012-05-31T19:56:30Z

The crash happened just after 5:30 p.m. when a 2000 Ford Ranger, operated by Kory Currier, 16, of Hudson, collided with Stuart's 2000 Yamaha motorcycle. Police said Currier was driving east on School Street, heading into the Library Street ...

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The Three Stages of Political Party Withdrawal

2012-05-31T18:44:55Z

Joe Lieberman, one of the best known party-switchers of the modern era, lost his Connecticut Senate primary to fellow Democrat Ned Lamont in 2006, after running alongside Al Gore for VP on the party’s 2000 presidential ticket. It wasn’t that Lieberman

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Buddy Roemer's Long Road to Reform

2012-05-31T05:58:59Z

When you press him on this, Roemer defaults to folksy. "I hope people see past my farm"—a sly reference to his family's 2,000-acre plantation—"into my heart and see what the future ought to be—a president who's free to lead." It's almost ...

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On campaign trail, beware of 'bracketing'

2012-05-30T20:04:51Z

John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign and now at the University of Southern California. Republicans are making much of their bracketing effort this year, although they acknowledge it is not a new tactic. "That's really what we do here every day.

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Clintons Make ‘Great Neighbors,’ but for How Long?

2012-05-30T11:22:18Z

It was widely considered a strategic move to a politically appropriate suburban address when the Clintons, on the eve of Mrs. Clinton’s 2000 Senate run, bought the Dutch colonial on Old House Lane for $1.7 million. (They pay just over $50,000 ...

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Rick Scott Purging Voters Like It's 2000

2012-05-29T11:16:19Z

Just a quick note to congratulate you on returning Florida to the electoral Dark Ages. You began by reinstating an archaic rule that forces ex-felons to wait five years after completing their sentences to have their voting rights restored. Very strategic .

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Romney wins Texas, clinches GOP nomination; Texas Congressman soundly rejected, returned to obscurity

2012-05-28T19:52:54Z

Despite representing Texas for three decades, he was rejected by about 89% of the Lone Star State's voters. This makes Al Gore's 2000 loss in Tennessee look almost respectable. So with the Texas congressman's supporters finally defeated ...

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Bush Was Right (in 2000)

2012-05-27T23:57:28Z

Let’s make foreign policy like it’s 2000. I think we will support our troops and vets by revisiting the foreign policy that former President Bush expressed in 2000. Otherwise, we will send brave hearts into vain battles. In October ...

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Bush Was Right (in 2000)

2012-05-27T23:57:28Z

French president: All combat troops out in 2012

2012-05-25T19:27:50Z

The new French leader, making good on one of the major foreign-policy promises of his campaign, confirmed in a one-day visit to Afghanistan that all of France's 2,000 combat troops would be brought home by the end of this year — putting France on a fast

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Polky named new Spruce Mountain football coach

2012-05-25T12:39:48Z

Walter Polky, a Bates College assistant coach who starred on Winthrop's 2000 Class C state championship team, has been named varsity football coach at Spruce Mountain High School. Polky, 29, was unanimously approved by the RSU 73 school board ...

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French president defends early Afghan withdrawal

2012-05-25T12:39:48Z

KABUL, Afghanistan—France's president defended his decision to pull the country's 2,000 combat troops out of Afghanistan two years early, telling French soldiers stationed in the east on Friday that "the time for Afghan sovereignty has come."

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French President Outlines Early Pullout From Afghanistan

2012-05-25T10:16:38Z

French President Francois Hollande says he plans to pull all of his country's 2,000 combat troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, but that France will continue to support the war-torn country. During an unannounced visit to ...

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Romney Struggles to Steal Bush’s Education Playbook

2012-05-24T22:06:30Z

It’s a tactic familiar from Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign, when the then-Texas governor made improving education -- particularly struggling urban schools -- a key plank of his “compassionate conservative” stance. That campaign slogan ...

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The Personal Trials of Missing Fox Movie Executive Gavin Smith

2012-05-24T04:41:23Z

Smith’s 2000 black Mercedes has not been located, and he hasn’t used his credit cards or cell phone, or withdrawn money from his bank accounts. “If he is alive, we want to find him,” says Chief of Detectives Bill McSweeney.

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St. Bernard to put vacant lots up for sale all at once

2012-05-24T00:23:41Z

The St. Bernard Parish Housing, Redevelopment and Quality of Life Authority Commission on Wednesday voted to place the parish's 2,000 Hurricane Katrina-ravaged and still-vacant Louisiana Land Trust lots on the market, all at one time.

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Donna Summer: The queen of disco dies

2012-05-23T19:58:50Z

The sequencing on "I Feel Love" is used on Kylie Minogue's 2000 album track "Light Years" and Madonna's "Future Lovers" from 2005. Even Summer's own tunes "Now I Need You," "Work That Magic," and "Love Is a Healer" feature a pulsating groove similar to the

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Cory Booker is latest to force presidential campaign into damage control

2012-05-22T13:19:09Z

modern campaign. In the era of social media it is an exercise in futility," said Chris Lehane, a spokesman for Democrat Al Gore's 2000 presidential bid. "Most surrogates are significant people in their own right with their own views, own constituencies and

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Lax enforcement in personal care homes

2012-05-22T10:41:40Z

About half of the state’s 2,000 licensed personal care homes are in metro Atlanta, and they provide more than 12,000 beds for some of the region’s most fragile residents — those who are disabled, elderly or mentally ill. Such weak ...

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State Roundup: Health Law Could Create Calif. Jobs What's Driving Mass. Health Costs

2012-05-22T10:13:02Z

About half of the state's 2,000 licensed personal care homes are in metro Atlanta, and they provide more than 12,000 beds for some of the region's most fragile residents — those who are disabled, elderly or mentally ill (Schneider and Simmons ...

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Report: Problems at personal care homes piling up

2012-05-22T09:15:46Z

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/a1eK) found that deficiencies in care have piled up in many such homes. Georgia's 2,000 licensed personal care homes provide care for some of the state's most fragile residents — those who are disabled ...

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Putin shifts former ministers to Kremlin

2012-05-22T08:39:59Z

Former Federal Security Service (FSB) head Patrushev and presidential chief of staff Ivanov, the defense minister for most of Putin's 2000-2008 presidency, are loyal allies who share the former Soviet KGB officer's security background.

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Russia's Putin shifts former ministers to Kremlin

2012-05-22T08:39:59Z

Former Federal Security Service (FSB) head Patrushev and presidential chief of staff Ivanov, the defence minister for most of Putin's 2000-2008 presidency, are loyal allies who share the former Soviet KGB officer's security background.

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Weak enforcement leaves residents in personal care homes vulneralbe

2012-05-22T05:55:20Z

About half of the state’s 2,000 licensed personal care homes are in metro Atlanta and they provide more than 12,000 beds for some of the region’s most fragile residents — those who are disabled, elderly or mentally ill. Such weak ...

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Putin shifts former ministers to Kremlin

2012-05-22T03:03:33Z

Sechin, former Federal Security Service (FSB) head Patrushev and presidential chief of staff Ivanov, the defense minister for most of Putin's 2000-2008 presidency, are loyal allies who share the former Soviet KGB officer's security background. They are ...

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Dominican lawmaker declares presidential victory

2012-05-21T23:43:07Z

That is my main goal -- to have a population that is able to go shopping, to have the capacity to consume Dominican lawmaker Danilo Medina, declaring victory The election is a rematch of the nation's 2000 presidential contest, where Mejia defeated Medina.

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Home Ministry plans to link its crime records with UIDAI

2012-05-21T22:02:54Z

The home ministry's 2,000-crore Crime and Criminal Tracking System project, which aims to create a central database of all crime records in the country, will have a provision for linking up with UID or Aadhar numbers, an official associated with ...

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Cory Booker Is Only Latest Gaffe-Prone Obama Surrogate

2012-05-21T19:39:44Z

In the era of social media it is an exercise in futility," said Chris Lehane, a spokesman for Democrat Al Gore's 2000 presidential bid. "Most surrogates are significant people in their own right with their own views, own constituencies and own ...

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Syracuse University assistant Mike Hopkins chosen as co-head coach of USA Select Team

2012-05-21T19:11:06Z

He was a court coach at USA Basketball's 2000 U20 National Team and 2001 U21 World Championship Team trials. Triano was an assistant coach with the 2010 USA Basketball World Championship team, which won the gold medal and automatically qualified ...

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'Hardball' host willing to predict health-care law outcome but not 2012 presidential race

2012-05-21T17:30:53Z

In fact, I'll predict it. I think Roberts will go with Kennedy and we'll have a 6-3 upholding it." Matthews made several allusions to Florida's 2000 presidential recount and predicted a prominent role for the state again this year. "What's the old joke?

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Medina Counts on Continuity Against Mejia in Dominican Election

2012-05-20T12:09:57Z

During Mejia’s 2000-2004 presidency, the economy shrank in 2003 for the only time in the last 20 years, public debt surged and the country’s second-biggest bank collapsed. Since Fernandez’s election in 2004, the Dominican economy has ...

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Feast in the Middle East: West El Paso church's weekend event is treat for taste buds

2012-05-19T01:55:31Z

"The Orthodox church is the oldest church in the old land to be brought to the new land, the States. It's 2,000 years old," Al-Dehneh said. As part of the event, people are welcome to tour the church, built in 2003. The tours will be every hour.

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Facebook stock climbs in public debut

2012-05-18T14:21:10Z

To remind everyone not to get caught up in the hoopla, Facebook’s 2,000 employees were given t-shirts that read “Stay focused & keep hacking.” Now, the stock market will assign a dollar value to Facebook that will rise and fall with investor whims.

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Hardy har VAR: Why JPMorgan is like Enron

2012-05-18T12:48:06Z

All this reminded me of a disclosure in Enron Corp.'s 2000 annual report, when the Houston-based energy trader was still a stock-market darling. Back then, Enron reported a $59 million value-at-risk figure for its equity investments, which ...

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Donna Summer Dead: Queen Of Disco Dies At 63

2012-05-17T12:13:30Z

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Donna Summer performing on the VH1Diva's 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross at the Theater Madison Square Garden, April 9, 2000.

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Vigue Pitches East-West Highway Across Maine, as Opponents Protest

2012-05-15T17:23:41Z

And they don't want to see that changed for the worse." "Everybody's got to remember: It's 2,000-feet wide," says Peter Brenca, who is with the group Friends of the Piscataquis Valley. Earlier this month, the Sierra Club threw its weight behind local ...

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In Nebraska Senate race, Republican loyalties are split

2012-05-15T11:54:24Z

Jim DeMint (who heads up the Senate Conservative Fund) have all endorsed Stenberg, who was the party's 2000 Senate nominee against Democratic Sen. Nelson. In a sign of the perceived viability of these challengers, Bruning is running an attack ...

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Spark in Sales of Cars and Trucks Drives U.S. Economy

2012-05-12T19:57:34Z

a campaign adviser for Arizona Republican John McCain’s 2000 bid for the White House. The current Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, has criticized Obama for giving GM and Chrysler billions in restructuring aid, even as Romney claims he ...

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Authorities: Nuclear engineer sought ‘thrill’ in DuPage hijacking

2012-05-11T18:32:51Z

After stealing the victim’s 2000 Pontiac Grand Am, Buhrman fled and was pursued by a witness who called police, authorities said. No shots were fired and no injuries were reported. Woodridge officers stopped him nearby and took him into ...

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Cash Pours In For Obama After Same-Sex “Evolution,” No Boost For Romney

2012-05-11T04:42:29Z

“The Republican Party, by and large, has had a pretty muted response,” said John Weaver, the seasoned Republican strategist who led John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign and also helmed former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman’s effort this time around.

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Coal industry warns proposed EPA rule could force fourth of plants to close

2012-05-10T22:08:47Z

"Last year at this time, we were looking for 2,000 coal miners to go to work. Now there's 2,000 laid off," Maloney said. "We've got six coal-fired power plants that are being shut. We're losing our competitive edge, and it's wrong." As one ...

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Delegates to state GOP convention will vote on marriage definition

2012-05-10T12:00:20Z

The convention’s 2,000 plus delegates and alternates will see that resolution along with several dozen others on a lengthy ballot that includes notations from the platform committee stating whether a resolution is recommended, not recommended or no ...

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Heileson makes tea party challenge to Idaho Rep. Simpson

2012-05-10T02:41:59Z

Frank Coleman of Boise, among those at the event, said he “doesn’t like Simpson at all.” He said his biggest complaint is Simpson’s 2000 vote in favor of granting most-favored nation trade status to China. Simpson said in a recent ...

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Virginia now targets forestry and ag for incentive money

2012-05-10T01:30:24Z

Gerald Garber's 2,000-acre dairy and crop farm uses 1,100 cows and boasts the state's tallest silo. Although the criteria for providing loans or grants from the agriculture and forestry development fund haven't been set, any number of expansion ...

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Karl Rove says Hispanic voters and Virginia are Romney's biggest hurdles

2012-05-09T22:38:36Z

Karl Rove, the architect of President George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 campaigns, sees a path for Mitt Romney through two nettlesome problems: his relations with Hispanic voters and his narrow map to victory in November's election. Rove told guests at a Wall

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Perils in personal care homes

2012-05-09T07:08:01Z

“The person is a commodity. That’s the tragedy with this.” About half the state’s 2,000 licensed personal care homes are in metro Atlanta. The great majority of them are small businesses operating out of a home in a ...

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Putin again takes reins of a changed, agitated Russia

2012-05-07T13:08:19Z

There appears to be little likelihood of a return to the "managed democracy" of Putin's 2000-2008 rule, say Russia observers. "It is clear that today's Russia is not the same as it was back in the mid-2000s," said Moscow-based journalist Maria Kuchma.

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Politicial parties sling presidential campaign mud sooner than usual

2012-05-06T10:53:29Z

Daniel Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California and the communications director for John McCain’s 2000 presidential bid, said voters already turned off by the odious presidential ...

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Jonah Hill to Co-Star with Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Wolf of Wall Street'

2012-05-04T15:49:21Z

Belfort -- who lived large, owned a yacht that sank off the coast of Sardinia and became an alcoholic and drug addict -- served as an inspiration for Ben Younger's 2000 movie Boiler Room. Hill is set to play Danny Porush, who is convinced by his future ...

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Is OPM Corrupting the Procurement Process?

2012-05-04T09:22:48Z

That’s 2000 times (remember that number) of what GSA did. Only for OPM it goes on year after year after year. For my new readers, OPM is the agency that sets policy, performs oversight and provides fee-based services in the areas they oversee.

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Trial for suspended state trooper charged in drunken driving crash delayed second time

2012-05-04T07:49:45Z

The front of Ray’s 2000 Buick Regal struck the driver’s side of Beemer’s 2000 Chevrolet Silverado, and the two vehicles came to a rest in the front yard of a home on the southwest corner of the intersection. Ray’s wife, Trina ...

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The very public race for veep

2012-05-04T04:50:47Z

who worked for Al Gore’s 2000 campaign. The showy manner in which these pols are demonstrating their support for Romney raises the question: How do you keep yourself in the veep sweepstakes while still not looking like you’re begging for the job?

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Hillary Clinton would crush Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a presidential race

2012-05-03T03:26:05Z

Schoen, who worked for Clinton’s 2000 Senate race as well as Bill Clinton, said Cuomo remains “very, very popular.” “But she’s represented New York for two terms in the U.S. Senate, has been a presidential candidate, is the secretary ...

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Observers see Romney shift to center

2012-05-02T19:55:06Z

Political consultant John Weaver, who worked on Sen. John McCain's 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns, said Romney's campaign has "much ground to make up among first- and second-time voters, Hispanics, working-class whites, working-class women.

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Comparing Romney and Bush: Has Republican economic thinking changed since 2000?

2012-05-02T13:35:43Z

One reason it’s useful to look back at George W. Bush’s 2000 platform (pdf) is that it was developed in such different circumstances. The country was swimming in surpluses. Today, we’ve got deficits as far as the eye can see. And yet, Republicans ...

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Bush-Linked Group In 2004: 'Would You Trust Kerry Against These Fanatic Killers?'

2012-05-01T09:47:50Z

Bush's 2000 campaign. Republican operative Brian McCabe headed PFAVF during the 2004 election, and the fund spent around $28 million on the race. Notably, Ben Ginsberg, one of the most experienced and knowledgeable campaign attorneys in the ...

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Bush-Linked Group In 2004: 'Would You Trust Kerry Against These Fanatic Killers?'

2012-05-01T09:33:31Z

Gallup: Romney erases seven-point Obama lead, now leads by one

2012-04-30T18:38:44Z

While Romney’s team would absolutely take a 290-electoral-vote victory, that means he has only 20 electoral votes to play with — a paper-thin margin for error… If Romney was able to duplicate Bush’s 2000 map, he would take 285 electoral ...

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No agreement yet on new contract at Joliet Caterpillar plant

2012-04-30T17:34:19Z

About 800 of the company’s 2,000 workers in Joliet are in the machinists union. The plant produces hydraulic components for tractors assembled elsewhere. About 2,400 workers went on strike in August 1986 and 900 picketed in 2005 before approval of the ..

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Good company for Maciaszek in IBCA Hall of Fame

2012-04-28T19:38:22Z

A career highlight for Maciaszek was covering Schaumburg’s 2000-01 championship over Thornwood for the Class AA crown. Maciaszek has also maintained a big-picture awareness of the high school sports scene. He’s been an AP poll voter since ...

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Give your kids Spring in one afternoon

2012-04-28T18:05:19Z

Hee Haw Farms “Spring Fling” celebration kicked off on April 7, and the celebration continues. Hee Haw offers an authentic farm atmosphere for the kids to enjoy and learn about. There are, of course, the new spring baby animals- part of the petting ...

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Zakaria: Are Mexicans giving up on U.S?

2012-04-27T23:14:18Z

The fence in question guards a third of America's 2,000 mile-long border with Mexico. Supporters of harsher laws argue that 3 out of every 5 illegal immigrants are from Mexico. But just as American hostility is reaching a crescendo, the problem ...

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Zakaria: Are Mexicans giving up on U.S?

2012-04-27T22:17:02Z

Portman’s Biking Pal is Romney’s Chief Strategist

2012-04-27T20:08:12Z

In The Big Enchilada, Stevens’s book about Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign, the strategist describes his admiration for Portman’s ability: “Rob Portman had Lieberman down perfectly, capturing his funny but biting style.” In her ...

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West Wing” junkies, relax: “Knife Fight” flick about dirty CA poltiics on its way

2012-04-27T18:35:08Z

(Lehane was the spokesman for Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, as well as for the Clinton White House. He’s pictured at below right with director Guttentag and actress Jaime Chung during the “Knife Fight” shoot in Los Altos Hills.)

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The physics of betrayal energize 'Copenhagen'

2012-04-27T09:09:38Z

He portrayed Thomas Edison (brilliantly) last year in “The Dangers of Electric Lighting.” And now he’s directing Michael Frayn’s 2000 Tony-winning play “Copenhagen.” There’s some irony here. The play deals with atomic scientists ...

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'Ancestral Voices': Gurney reflects on Buffalo bluebloods

2012-04-27T08:55:19Z

It’s easy to get lost in A.R. Gurney’s 2000 play “Ancestral Voices,” a charming and beautifully crafted story about an aristocratic Buffalo family set just before America’s entry into World War II. The show, a product of an ...

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Gingrich faces uncertain future after failed run

2012-04-27T02:50:15Z

"I sure don't see how he could be a contender for anything in the future," Perdue said. Dan Schnur, the communications director for Republican John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign, said Gingrich has improved his popularity ratings compared with when he

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Sports News briefs -- April 26

2012-04-26T23:01:11Z

The Colorado Rapids signed forward Edu from Brazil’s Vitoria. A veteran of Brazil’s 2000 Olympic team, the 33-year-old is most known for a nine-year stretch in Spain with Celta Vigo and Real Betis. • Jonathan Hivert of France was strongest on an ..

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Exxon Mobil's 29.5 Billion Barrel Reserves Will Reward Investors Now

2012-04-26T22:25:23Z

Each year, Forbes Magazine lists the world's 2,000 most valuable companies, taking into account sales, profits, market capitalization and assets. This year Exxon Mobil (XOM) comes in number one. It had a hiccup in the first quarter of 2012, but that won't

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Rapids sign Brazilian forward Edu

2012-04-26T19:33:35Z

COMMERCE CITY, Colo.—The Colorado Rapids have signed forward Edu from Brazil's Vitoria. A veteran of Brazil's 2000 Olympic team, the 33-year-old is most known for a nine-year stretch in Spain with Celta Vigo and Real Betis. Luis Eduardo ...

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Act Up's 25th Anniversary Offers Chance To Reflect On AIDS Activism's Evolution

2012-04-26T17:46:13Z

In more recent years, the group disrupted Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign so as to push the Clinton administration to stop sanctioning poor nations that produced generic HIV and AIDS drugs. In 2001, activists staged a "die-in" with ...

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Act Up's 25th Anniversary Offers Chance To Reflect On AIDS Activism's Evolution

2012-04-26T17:46:13Z

Colorado Rapids sign Brazilian forward Edu from Vitoria

2012-04-26T12:45:34Z

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — The Colorado Rapids have signed forward Edu from Brazil’s Vitoria. A veteran of Brazil’s 2000 Olympic team, the 33-year-old is most known for a nine-year stretch in Spain with Celta Vigo and Real Betis.

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Newt Gingrich Faces Uncertain Future After Failed Presidential Run

2012-04-26T08:06:24Z

Dan Schnur, the communications director for Republican John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign, said Gingrich has improved his popularity ratings compared with when he was forced out as House speaker. Gingrich should have left the race a month ...

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Gingrich faces uncertain future after failed run

2012-04-26T01:47:00Z

Obama, Romney Face Uphill Fights As General Election Starts For Real

2012-04-25T18:30:21Z

John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign. While both the president and Romney have steep hills to climb, however, Romney is going up against the arc of recent American history. Schnur said: "My favorite factoid on presidential politics?

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Mitt Romney's vice president search expected to be careful, methodical

2012-04-25T08:07:35Z

Joe Lieberman when the senator was Al Gore's 2000 vice presidential pick, some predictable criteria probably will guide his decision. "What made the (2000) ticket so effective was the personal rapport and level of trust," said Gerstein ...

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More women enjoy brewing, drinking beer

2012-04-25T04:18:31Z

“It’s an industry that is born from a lot of love.” Firmat also started in beer about 25 years ago, a time when there were about 20 craft breweries nationwide compared to today’s 2,000. Back then, it was considered more outlandish to be challenging

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Wisconsin's Door County Celebrates Spring in Style

2012-04-25T00:29:27Z

Highlighting the festival is the arrival of the peninsula's renowned cherry blossoms. The county's 2,000 plus acres of cherry orchards are beginning to bloom in southern sections of this 70-mile long peninsula and should continue through early May ...

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Karl Rove: I Was Wrong About Dick Cheney . . .

2012-04-24T19:57:26Z

Mitt Romney's Gay Spokesman: A Milestone in Republican Politics

2012-04-24T13:30:53Z

On the Democratic side, the first openly gay presidential campaign spokesman is thought to have been Doug Hattaway, spokesman for Al Gore's 2000 campaign. His orientation was known but uncontroversial in the world of Democratic politics, where there had ..

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Brian Dawkins leaves NFL with legacy of intensity, leadership

2012-04-24T02:53:48Z

Ken Houston was named to 12 Pro Bowls. Dawkins also was named to the NFL's 2000 all-decade team as a safety. 7 full-time safeties (who didn't also play cornerback) in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the least-represented nonkicker position in Canton.

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It’s Romney versus Carter

2012-04-23T19:15:40Z

Joe M. Allbaugh is the president and CEO of the Allbaugh International Group LLC. He is a former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and managed George W. Bush’s 2000 campaign for president.

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Decorative dagger stolen from councilman's bar

2012-04-23T18:39:53Z

At 6:48 a.m. Sunday, police responded to calls of a man climbing down the second story roof of Skosh Monahan's, 2000 Newport Blvd., with a stick. The man appeared to be bleeding from his arm, a witness reported. Police couldn't find the suspect ...

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Gearing meshes with Tennessee Tech

2012-04-23T13:17:45Z

A career highlight for Maciaszek was covering Schaumburg’s 2000-01 championship over Thornwood for the Class AA crown. Others being inducted are Warren coach Chuck Ramsey, Mike Bailey of St. Patrick (a Mount Prospect resident), Todd Sutton of ...

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Another Scholten finds Fame

2012-04-23T13:10:36Z

A career highlight for Marty was covering Schaumburg’s 2000-01 championship over Thornwood for the Class AA crown. Marty follows retired Daily Herald high school sports luminary Bob Frisk and current Fox Valley high school sports editor John ...

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3 Texans gave most to American Crossroads

2012-04-23T10:33:07Z

John Kerry, D-Mass., over his Vietnam record during his 2004 presidential campaign. Rowling was a fundraising bundler for fellow Texan George W. Bush in Bush's 2000 and 2004 presidential election wins.

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The many misconceptions of Mitt Romney's veepstakes

2012-04-23T06:44:03Z

As for Palin, young and telegenic, sure. But smart? And it's not like 2008 was an anomaly. George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 pick, Dick Cheney, hailed from tiny, red Wyoming, with a whopping three electoral votes. And young and telegenic ...

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Lucky Bills

2012-04-23T05:53:57Z

Kinda cool… I guess… I immediately recognized the $10 in my wallet as an moderately old bill – the picture of Alexander Hamilton was small and centered, a design used prior to the bill’s 2000 renovation. I checked the date. 1981. This bill ..

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Weekly preview: What's wrong with Royals?

2012-04-23T03:02:09Z

And here's some good news for Red Sox fans: ESPN Stats & Information informs us that since 1995 three teams have started 4-10 or worse and made the playoffs -- 2007 Phillies, 2001 A's, 2000 Giants (all started 4-10). Including the pre-wild-card ...

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Goodlatte runs like he's unopposed

2012-04-22T09:15:34Z

But incumbent Goodlatte, R-Roanoke County, is running like it's 2000 or 2004 -- presidential election years in which he faced no challenger on the ballot. "I'm running my campaign -- reaching out to my constituents, talking about the issues that are ...

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More women are making — and enjoying — beer

2012-04-22T08:39:46Z

Firmat also started in beer about 25 years ago, a time when there were about 20 craft breweries nationwide compared to today’s 2,000. Back then, it was considered more outlandish to be challenging the big domestic producers than to be a woman ...

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Elderly woman killed in crash with fire truck in Central El Paso

2012-04-22T01:15:57Z

It was the 16th traffic death in El Paso this year. Just before noon, firefighters were responding to an emergency call in the area when the woman's 2000 four-door Honda Civic struck the firetruck at Paisano and Trowbridge, police said.

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National Record Store Day attracts Cleveland-area buyers looking for old-fashioned vinyl

2012-04-21T23:57:13Z

They were shopping Greater Cleveland businesses Saturday on Record Store Day, a national event that encourages music fans to patronize the nation's 2,000 independent record stores rather than chains and online retailers. More than 300 new ...

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Brew crew gets a makeover

2012-04-21T01:52:56Z

"It's an industry that is born from a lot of love." Firmat also started in beer about 25 years ago, a time when there were about 20 craft breweries nationwide compared to today's 2,000. Back then, it was considered more outlandish to be ...

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Clintonland looks to next year

2012-04-20T23:29:46Z

hosting a fundraiser at his Washington home for Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign manager Bill de Blasio this week. The fundraiser, held Wednesday night, was attended by Tony Podesta, Ken Feinberg, John Wilhelm, and former Clinton adviser Neera Tanden

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Around Town: Clay said to be eyeing race for county commission chairman

2012-04-20T22:46:49Z

Bush’s 2000 campaign for president. He left the Senate in 2004 to run unsuccessfully for the 6th District Congressional seat representing east Cobb (a race won by Tom Price) and prior to that ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor. It is believed ...

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Rose-Hulman president dies after suffering medical emergency in office

2012-04-20T12:31:12Z

The university's board of trustees Chairman William Fenoglio asked the school's 2,000 students to join him in offering condolences to Branam's family. “Our loss today saddens us deeply. Matt Branam was unique and talented; as a graduate of ...

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Romney Begins to Bulk Up Campaign Team for General Election

2012-04-19T20:03:22Z

Mr. Grenell previously worked for President George H. W. Bush’s re-election campaign, as well as for Arizona Senator John McCain’s 2000 bid. Ms. Pompei previously worked as press secretary for Meg Whitman’s gubernatorial campaign ...

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Bart Mueller, the executive director of the South Jersey Transportation Authority, to step down

2012-04-19T18:30:18Z

Jim Florio’s 2000 U.S. Senate campaign. Under state law surrogates may participate in partisan politics, but their employees may not. He also was fined $4,350 to settle allegations of campaign finance violations during his time as surrogate.

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Latest economic data don't fit Obama, Romney narratives

2012-04-19T16:28:37Z

On the plus side, that's 2,000 fewer from the previous week and 14,000 less than 400,000, the rough dividing line between rising and shrinking unemployment. On the minus side, the number of new claims in recent weeks has been higher than it was ...

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Reorganization key after personnel cuts

2012-04-19T08:07:32Z

I think that the central office should be asked to do the same." The cuts will eliminate nearly 10 percent of the system's 2,000 employees, with more layoffs to come. St. Landry United Coalition of Educators spokesman Ricky Julien defended the ...

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Former Staten Island BP Guy Molinari to get state GOP's Lifetime Achievement Award

2012-04-17T17:49:44Z

Molinari served as George H.W. Bush's New York presidential campaign director in 1988, and served in the same capacity with John McCain's 2000 White House bid.

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A RICH DESSERT FOR OBAMA'S HEAPING PLATE

2012-04-17T00:10:18Z

In the latest iteration, a British inventor who cleaned up the emissions of London's 2,000 hacks has now found a way to produce copious amounts of hydrogen without an electrolyte, which is the barrier set by British air quality standards that he has been .

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Coachella 2012: The Hives return to main stage to conquer after nine years away

2012-04-16T18:41:01Z

Most people played into the game, dancing and shouting happily along when told to during still more new tracks, “Wait a Minute” and “Go Right Ahead,” with the group’s 2000 smash hit “Hate to Say I Told You So” tucked in between.

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Cruz brings tea party flavor to Texas Senate race

2012-04-16T09:01:12Z

It was there that he fell in love with his wife while both were working on George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign. When Bush took office, he made Cruz an associate deputy attorney general. Republican U.S. Sens. Jim DeMint of South Carolina ...

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Cruz brings tea party flavor to Texas Senate race

2012-04-16T09:01:12Z

The Ultimate Job Interview

2012-04-15T22:31:16Z

did not interview his shortlist,” says former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, who was on Bush’s 2000 shortlist but lost out to chief vetter Dick Cheney, whom Keating suspects of leaking damaging personal information that he gave Cheney in ...

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Cruz brings tea party flavor to Texas Senate race

2012-04-15T14:45:59Z

Son of Cuban immigrant brings tea party flavor but no elected experience to Texas Senate race

2012-04-15T14:24:31Z

Four men arrested for allegedly preparing to jump off WCTI's 2,000-foot tower

2012-04-13T23:59:33Z

TRENTON — Four men were arrested this week after Jones County authorities found them BASE jumping equipment near WCTI-12 and FOX Eastern Carolina’s TV broadcast tower north of Trenton. The 2,000-foot tower, whose signal reaches from Raleigh to ...

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Samsung Mobile 500 Fact Sheet

2012-04-13T15:09:50Z

Matt Kenseth, who won this race last year, has the field’s best average finish, 8.737, at this track. The last time the sport’s 2000 champion, Bobby Labonte, led a race was 27 races ago. Informative, humorous or quotable in some other sense ...

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Does Mitt Romney need Rick Santorum?

2012-04-12T22:56:18Z

Vince Galko, who worked on Santorum's 2000 campaign for U.S. Senate and ran his 2006 re-election run, said Santorum, in running for president and making it this far, is now "the leading conservative in the country." "He has a message ...

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Police: Rays' Matt Bush in three wrecks in one day

2012-04-12T08:01:31Z

At 5 p.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol, Bush hit Tufano's 2000 Harley Davidson from behind. Bush, who has been arrested several times for alcohol-related incidents, was arrested later in North Port. In February 2009, Bush admitted ...

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Racial Passing and the Real Mitt Romney

2012-04-12T07:54:22Z

In just under three minutes, the video mashes up carefully selected snippets of Romney and others and transforms them into a cover of Eminem's 2000 classic, "The Real Slim Shady." Before these videos emerged one of Romney's personas did come out of the clo

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Scott County arrests 7 sex offenders during checks

2012-04-12T05:16:53Z

The compliance checks and investigations resulted violations of failure to register residency and violations of the state's 2,000-foot law, which prohibits offenders from living near schools and day care centers. Investigations are expected to continue ...

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Mrs. Obama pushes her 'Joining Forces' effort for vets and their families on 'Colbert Report'

2012-04-11T23:26:07Z

Christianity Is Not Bad For Women

2012-04-11T21:24:26Z

Yes, for much of the faith's 2,000 year history, the role of its women has been overshadowed by that of its men. None of the world's religions have fully lived up to the ideals they espouse. And granted one can take particular and often isolated verses ...

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Port lands soil recycling facility gets funding

2012-04-11T16:52:25Z

Plans to recycle contaminated soil from Toronto's 2,000-acre waterfront at a site in the port lands are moving steadily along. Earlier this week, Waterfront Toronto announced it has received a $350,000 cash infusion from the Federation of Canadian ...

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Michelle Obama invites 'The Biggest Loser' contestants to the White House

2012-04-11T15:12:12Z

Christianity Is Not Bad For Women

2012-04-11T13:17:40Z

African-Americans Nowhere to Be Found in Romney’s Orbit

2012-04-11T04:42:16Z

Democratic consultants compared Romney's outreach unfavorably with George W. Bush’s efforts. Tad Devine recalled Bush’s 2000 campaign, which “conspicuously did a lot of outreach to the African-American community. Even thought it didn’t a ...

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A legacy of Wallace: silence

2012-04-10T21:47:06Z

Even during the aired pleasantries, Wallace looks unimpressed with Jiang. During Minute 2 of the hour-long interview, aired days before Jiang’s 2000 U.S. visit, Wallace tells Jiang “shorter answers, please. More concise” and a touch of pan ...

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Unite leader joins fuel tanker drivers' dispute talks at Acas

2012-04-10T07:13:47Z

McCluskey will be joined by shop stewards from the ranks of Unite's 2,000 tanker driver members, with six of the seven haulier companies involved in the dispute also attending. Unite is seeking minimum standards over safety and training, as well as an ...

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De Blasio calls on other Bill

2012-04-10T01:01:33Z

The New York City mayoral hopeful is heading to DC next Wednesday to rub shoulders with Beltway insiders — many of whom he knows through his work as manager of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2000 Senate campaign. With disgraced ex ...

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Local Lawmakers Prepared To Trash Mayor's Waste-To-Energy Ideas

2012-04-09T23:35:39Z

"Staten Islanders have a chip on our shoulder. It's a pretty big chip. It's 55 years old, it's 2,000 acres large," said Staten Island Councilman James Oddo. This Fresh Kills site is not the only area a waste-to-energy facility could end up in ...

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Tuesday's Calendar

2012-04-09T21:41:07Z

Tuesday Trivia Night Live team trivia at Skosh Monahan's, 2000 Newport Blvd., begins at 7:30 every Tuesday night, with prizes for contestants. For more information, call (949) 548-0099. The Fab Four's Magical Mystery Tour As part of the Inside ...

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Luxury liner was height of fashion

2012-04-08T10:07:57Z

Some of the fashion industry's leading ladies of the time also dotted the luxury liner's 2,000-plus passenger list. Among the more notable were Lady Duff Gordon, an internationally recognized British designer credited with advancing couture and ...

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Kids make short work of egg-filled field in Bonita

2012-04-08T00:42:27Z

“Now she knows what to do.” People could not believe how many eggs were scattered across the field. “I think there’s 2,000,” said Makenna Keith, 8. “I think there are 3,000,” said her twin brother Connor. “That’s a lot,” they ...

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Luxury liner was height of fashion

2012-04-07T23:59:30Z

2gether Back Together: MTV Movie-Created Band Sets Appearance Date

2012-04-07T18:01:35Z

It's really happening: U + Me = Us getting excited about the return of 2gether. The parody boy band from MTV's 2000 smash hit movie of the same name has taken the first step in their previously reported reunion. This weekend, the following was ...

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A RICH DESSERT FOR OBAMA'S HEAPING PLATE

2012-04-06T00:16:11Z

Former Canyon star named Randall coach

2012-04-06T00:01:52Z

“We feel that Brooke stood out amongst the incredible pool we had to select from.” Walthall played on Canyon’s 2000 and 2003 state championship teams — USA Today named the Lady Eagles its mythical national champions in 2003 — and was ...

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Canaan man critically injured in three-vehicle accident in Fairfield

2012-04-05T21:53:01Z

Hunt’s 2000 Chevrelot Prism hit a 2008 Subaru traveling northbound on Route 201 driven by Eugene Steinberger, 51, of St. Albans. After being struck, Steinberger’s vehicle traveled into the opposite lane and hit Fernald’s pickup truck.

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Advancing 'Eddie D' toward Hall of Fame

2012-04-05T19:58:30Z

DeBartolo's 2000 departure from the 49ers following a one-year NFL suspension damaged his reputation. The passage of time has helped. The 49ers' recent successes under York, who frequently taps his uncle for advice, also should work in DeBartolo's favor.

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Pope Benedict Sternly Rejects Reformerers In Austria

2012-04-05T19:58:30Z

About 15% of Austria’s 2,000 priests signed the initiative’s call for disobedience in June last year. The appeal calls for “long-needed reforms” and the “admission of women and married people to the priesthood”. The Pope said he understood that

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First Lady Michelle Obama coming to Nashville to raise money for campaign

2012-04-05T15:26:29Z

Mitt Romney Hires GOP Super-PAC Guru And Ex-Corporate Lobbyist

2012-04-05T11:30:15Z

He also worked on Bush's 2000 campaign and later served as a counselor to Bush in the White House. What the Romney campaign's press release doesn't mention is Gillespie's years as a well-traveled Washington lobbyist. At his firm, Quinn Gillespie ...

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Worry about Romney's positions, not his gaffes

2012-04-05T06:36:46Z

Here's what is important: According to Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein's comparative analysis of Romney's current and Bush's 2000 economic policy platforms, Romney's tax scheme is even more conservative and friendly to the already wealthiest ...

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A RICH DESSERT FOR OBAMA'S HEAPING PLATE

2012-04-05T01:50:26Z

First lady Michelle Obama to appear on 'Colbert Report'

2012-04-04T17:15:02Z

LAWRENCE: GOP strategist Karl Rove speaks at Rider

2012-04-04T16:53:34Z

Mr. Rove, who was instrumental in former President George W. Bush’s 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns and who served as his senior adviser from 2000 to 2007, spoke to more than 500 people at Rider University’s Bart Luedeke Center Monday night.

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Bazzle leaves Newton-Conover for Alexander Central

2012-04-04T14:01:46Z

Bazzle’s 2000 team went 12-3 and played for the state 2A title, losing 14-13 to Southwest Onslow in Chapel Hill. His 2008 team (15-1) beat Tarboro 51-28 to win the state 2A title at UNC, and his 2009 team was beaten 28-6 by Reidsville in the ...

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Yahoo's 2,000 layoffs a 14% reduction

2012-04-04T09:29:45Z

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is laying off 2,000 employees as new CEO Scott Thompson sweeps out jobs that don't fit into his plans for turning around the beleaguered Internet company. The cuts announced Wednesday represent 14 percent of the 14,100 ...

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N.J. Stage notes: Florence Henderson at McCarter

2012-04-04T07:28:04Z

In “Copenhagen,” Michael Frayn’s 2000 Tony-winning play, old friends Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr once again meet. They’d revolutionized nuclear science in the ’20s, but now, 20 years later, politics separates them. Heisenberg is ...

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Eastern Shore's Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival has big impact

2012-04-03T19:53:42Z

This year, the estimate was about 300,000. Visitors are also staying longer. The Eastern Shore's 2,000 hotel rooms were full, said Bender, and the chamber referred guests to Foley and Mobile. Bender said she talked to visitors from Georgia ...

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Talking Horses: Latest news and best bets in our daily racing blog

2012-04-03T11:32:38Z

Will Hayler: The betting public seems determined to find a value alternative to Camelot for next month's 2,000 Guineas. Last month, it was the Roger Charlton-trained Top Offer who was all the rage and now it's the Brian Meehan-trained Most ...

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Address health cost issues

2012-04-01T22:33:34Z

However, the United States has the most expensive health-care delivery system on Earth, an issue rightfully addressed in the ACA’s 2,000-plus pages. Regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision, addressing the issue of cost should remain a ...

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Michelle Obama presents Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award to Taylor Swift

2012-04-01T14:05:19Z

IDG Announces Unique Online Marketing Program Aimed at Employees at Forbes Global 2000 Companies

2012-04-01T03:28:14Z

TA360 focuses on public listings of the world’s 2,000 largest companies as compiled by Forbes magazine. With the TA360 program, marketers will be able to present ads based on the IP addresses of those companies as employees visit IDG media ...

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Congress: Expand CU Business Lending Now: Editor's Column

2012-04-01T00:00:39Z

At the same time the American Bankers Association issued a release bragging that the nation’s 2,000 agricultural banks had created just over 6,000 jobs. That’s three jobs per bank—three very important jobs, but still just three.

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Warburg to host Easter egg hunt

2012-04-01T00:00:39Z

“The kids love it because when they show up to the park, there’s 2,000 plus eggs sitting in the park so it looks really cool when you first come in. “I think it has just turned into a family tradition for a lot of people is what I have heard,” said

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IGTNT: Waiting for him to come home.

2012-03-31T21:23:10Z

His athletic versatility helped him earn honorable mention on the newspaper's 2000 All-Bergen County defensive team. Friends say Joe "grew up wanting to be a US Marine, and in the end, it was a dream that he died for." The 29-year-old was a ...

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Extra points: Wildcats vs. Cardinals

2012-03-31T01:56:22Z

The school's championship drought that dates to 1960 is the longest among this Final Four's participants, and Michigan State's 2000 crown was the last for the Big Ten, the longest gap for the four leagues represented in New Orleans. Where ...

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Final Four capsules

2012-03-31T00:08:59Z

The school’s championship drought that dates to 1960 is the longest among this Final Four’s participants, and Michigan State’s 2000 crown was the last for the Big Ten, the longest gap for the four leagues represented in New Orleans.

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Cabbies' Suit Against Dallas and Its Love Field Line-Cutting Rule Tossed Out of Court

2012-03-30T19:51:17Z

That elicited a collective shrug from the city, which figured, despite the association's 2,000-driver membership, that Dallas already had a surfeit of cabbies. Then DFW followed suit. The new policy, the group feared, would put them out of business.

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Michelle Obama to appear on Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards

2012-03-30T15:33:36Z

California Republicans in Crisis: Another Big Shoe Drops

2012-03-30T02:19:01Z

He's married to Mindy Tucker Fletcher, who was spokeswoman for George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign and later a deputy chief of staff for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. And he's backed by some of the state's top moderate conservative Republicans ..

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Santorum stumps in Bay Area, despite long-shot status in Golden State

2012-03-29T22:22:48Z

"The best and only way for Santorum to win in California in June is to win a whole lot of other primaries in April and May," said Dan Schnur, a veteran GOP political strategist who ran John McCain's 2000 campaign communications and now directs ...

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Tejano Monument dedicated at Capitol

2012-03-29T21:25:32Z

The Legislature approved the $2 million-plus project in 2001, but the idea was born in McAllen physician Cayetano Barrera's 2000 visit to the Capitol, when Barrera saw that none of the 18 monuments then recognized Hispanic contributions. Though he noted ..

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Michelle Obama Welcomes Dangerously Radical Girl Scouts Into Her Garden

2012-03-29T19:09:32Z

Rahm vows $7.2 billion in infrastructure work, calls for final new runway at O'Hare

2012-03-29T07:28:01Z

Included in the latter are renovating or rebuilding 100 Chicago Transit Authority stations, repaving half of the city's 2,000 miles of streets, and rebuilding so many parks that at least one will be within a 10-minute walk of every Chicagoan.

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Union official urges Democrats to replace state party leader

2012-03-29T06:02:07Z

Records show that he has donated money to Republicans. According to a filing with the Federal Election Commission, Giardini gave $500 to Mike DeWine’s 2000 U.S. Senate campaign. Giardini’s law firm also gave $100 to two GOP Ohio Supreme ...

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SAN DIEGO: Nathan Fletcher switches political parties before mayoral vote

2012-03-28T23:21:15Z

Bush's 2000 and 2004 campaigns. Still, his move will have little effect on the balance of power in the state Capitol, where Democrats hold a 52-28 majority in the Assembly. Win or lose the mayor's race, Fletcher plans to depart the Assembly when his term .

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Emerald ash borer traps deployed

2012-03-28T19:53:40Z

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will hang about 6,500 traps in ash trees around the state — that's 2,000 more than last year. The infestation by the emerald ash borer beetle is slow moving, but has killed millions of trees around the ...

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Paulson Predicts Double-Digit Inflation From Benanke Policies

2012-03-28T18:49:14Z

And this is to expected. No government in inflation's 2000 year history has ever taken full responsibility for causing it. Governments also have a history of finagling with the inflation numbers as well. This seems to be a universal practice ...

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Michelle Obama to speak at 3 college graduations

2012-03-28T11:03:57Z

Allergen levels ‘very high’ this month

2012-03-28T01:09:49Z

New plants release airborne particles like pollen that can react with people’s immune systems. UF’s 2,000-acre campus contains thousands of trees, according to a Facilities Planning and Construction publication. It includes several forested ...

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K Street Files: Patton Boggs’ Nick Allard Named Law School Dean

2012-03-27T23:58:14Z

Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) and as a Judiciary Committee staff member for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.). He also worked full time on Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign. But he got his start in Washington in private practice at the firm Kaye

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First Lady Michelle Obama Marks the Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial

2012-03-27T18:50:25Z

Carville: Ruling against Obamacare would be ‘best thing to ever happen’ for Democrats

2012-03-27T18:43:16Z

We did something and go see a 5-4 Supreme Court majority.” Carville referred to the Supreme Court’s 2000 Bush v. Gore decision, which determined the outcome of that year’s presidential election, as another albatross around the neck of the high court.

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No More Mr. Nice Santorum

2012-03-27T03:19:51Z

Santorum losing his cool on the campaign trail as Romney's lead grows "suggests the nomination battle is effectively over," says a consultant who worked on John McCain's 2000 and 2008 campaigns. "The lashing out at the media and grasping at ...

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Obama Says Not ‘Hiding the Ball’ From Voters on Russia Talks

2012-03-27T01:32:28Z

an adviser to Republican Senator John McCain’s 2000 bid for the White House who isn’t affiliated with any current campaign. Schnur compared the comment to a Romney adviser’s statement last week that the Republican candidate could move past ...

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College Makes IBM i Apps Appear Less Old, More Cool

2012-03-26T23:52:15Z

While the platform has, by all appearances, served its purpose well at Baker, some of the college's 2,000 users balked at using the green-screen interface. "The feedback we received from end-users at the college is that the applications they accessed on ..

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Children help first lady Michelle Obama plant White House garden

2012-03-26T16:42:46Z

Obama Says Not ‘Hiding the Ball’ From Voters on Russia Talks

2012-03-26T14:12:26Z

Camelot encourages in Curragh gallop but Aidan O'Brien remains cagey

2012-03-25T15:32:22Z

Aidan O'Brien may not have trained a winner but proved he was in the same, rather evasive, form as ever by repeatedly describing Camelot as a "possible" runner in Newmarket's 2,000 Guineas, rather than a "definite". Given that Camelot is a best ...

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Just a distraction

2012-03-25T12:11:56Z

Exactly what is their business in telling what health care we can and cannot get? Obamacare's 2,000 pages of legal jargon really is just a skeleton that subverts its implementation to unelected bureaucrats. I personally counted 145 instances of ...

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Locals to make voices heard on health care case

2012-03-25T00:16:06Z

Gore case nearly 11 years ago effectively sealed George W. Bush's 2000 presidential election victory. A February AP-GfK poll found that 35 percent of Americans support the health care law overhaul, while 47 percent oppose it. That's about the same split as

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Paulsboro High School's Xavier Lundy named Gloucester County Boys Basketball Player of the Year

2012-03-23T23:55:49Z

He played in the shadow of Division I prospects Jared and Isaiah Roberts of Woodbury his freshman year and lost out to Pitman's 2,000-point scorer Luke Dickson last season. But Lundy fulfilled the expectation this season, averaging over 22 ...

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2000 A.D.’s ‘Judge Dredd’ Returns To America With New IDW Series

2012-03-23T16:32:00Z

IDW Publishing announced on Wednesday that, in conjunction with England’s 2000 A.D., they will be bringing a brand new Judge Dredd series to American soil this Fall. It’s a good year for Judge Dredd fans as 2012 marks the 35 anniversary of ...

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Sting’s Suppressed Disney Documentary Leaked Online

2012-03-23T15:49:03Z

A workprint of a lost documentary about the tumultuous making of Disney's 2000 animated The Emperor's New Groove has magically appeared on YouTube (watch it while you can, in its entirety, above). The back story, via MousePlanet's Wade Sampson, prominently

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Samsung picks MTS for Russian retail push

2012-03-23T07:49:27Z

Samsung will open its own stores in Russia's biggest cities and sell its handsets and tablet computers on contract in MTS's 2,000 shops, the companies said on Friday. Samsung topped global smartphone sales rankings last year, more than ...

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Mother of Gilroy Iraq war veteran found dead

2012-03-23T06:59:20Z

An autopsy will be conducted to confirm the cause of death. Investigators had found Martha Gutierrez's cell phone and evidence of a shooting in the family's 2000 Ford Mustang. The car was in the parking lot outside their apartment at 9005 Kern Ave.

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Report: Setoguchi was hit by a car last summer

2012-03-23T05:19:07Z

"To be around is special. You can't take it for granted," said DaCosta, who along with athletic therapist Don Fuller has been in Minnesota since the Wild's 2000 inception. "I've been fortunate it's always been in this league, which is pretty cool.

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Franklin County seeks $2.8 million it claims manager embezzled

2012-03-23T03:46:04Z

The alleged embezzlement was discovered this year when county auditors were verifying the legitimacy of the county's 2,000 vendors. Huston was hired as a Public Works accountant by Franklin County in May 1989, less than eight months after he ...

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Gas stations running dry as Brazil truckers strike

2012-03-23T00:04:10Z

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Sao Paulo's 2,000 gas stations are rapidly running out of fuel as a strike by truck drivers who haul gas in South America's largest city completed a second day, according to business representatives. A state court judge ruled ...

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Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, panel hear Three Hebrew Boys case appeal

2012-03-22T15:35:55Z

Scholars have noted that she often played the role of the moderate swing vote that would sway landmark split decisions, such as the 5-4 decision to halt challenges to Florida's 2000 presidential election results, effectively ending Vice ...

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Five Finger Death Punch set to hit Redding Civic

2012-03-22T02:57:09Z

Maximov said he was drawn to the Civic’s 2,000-seat capacity. “Chico didn’t have a room big enough so that’s why we’re putting it in Redding,” he said, adding that he booked the Civic for a second hard-rock show, Primus, on June 10.

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Romney cornered by right

2012-03-22T02:57:09Z

Anyone for a Romney-Santorum co-presidency? Carter Eskew was chief strategist for Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign. He wrote this for the Washington Post.

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Naming Your India Book: A Pocket Guide

2012-03-22T02:07:02Z

“India Unbound: From Independence to the Global Information Age.” Gurcharan Das’s 2000 book spawned many other India books. Now has its own Wikipedia page. Something with “Elephant” in the title “The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell ...

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Police need help of citizens to end crime

2012-03-22T00:12:30Z

Littlejohn later told police that as she got off the ground a male inside the store said one of the women was driving off with Littlejohn’s 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix. Police checked the area for the stolen car and the attack was captured on the ...

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The Situation enters rehab; Madonna 'Girl Gone Wild' video; S Club 7 reunion: Daily Buzz

2012-03-21T23:00:55Z

S Club 7 is reuniting for a summer tour and two new albums. The dance-pop septet had their own BBC series and four No. 1 singles in Britain and one Top 10 hit in the U.S., 2000's "Never Had a Dream Come True." » Read more at The Mirror.

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Nutter applauds arbitration award for correctional officers

2012-03-21T20:16:17Z

We just got this release from Mayor Nutter, hailing a new arbitration award for the city's 2,000 correctional officers. The Inquirer wrote about this today, but one thing we think is interesting is that in addition to putting new hires on a hybrid 401K ...

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Jury rules against tobacco suit plaintiff

2012-03-21T14:47:00Z

The Supreme Court allowed the plaintiffs to file individual suits using factual findings from the jury's 2000 verdict. Less than a month ago, a jury ruled in favor of the tobacco industry in the first case from the class-action ruling tried at ...

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Nutter applauds arbitration award for correctional officers

2012-03-21T13:06:47Z

Arbitrator rules for city's hybrid pension plan, created to hold down costs

2012-03-21T10:29:18Z

The Nutter administration has won a significant concession on city pensions in an arbitration proceeding with the city's 2,000 prison guards. The neutral arbitrator in the case, Richard Kasher, ruled late last week that new hires in the ...

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Arbitrator OKs hybrid pension plan for new city jail guards

2012-03-21T06:54:33Z

Arbitrator rules for city's hybrid pension plan, created to hold down costs

2012-03-21T06:47:24Z

Arbitrator OKs hybrid pension plan for new city jail guards

2012-03-21T02:58:20Z

Is big GOP money finally flowing to Mitt Romney?

2012-03-21T02:44:01Z

Geier was a campaign bundler for Sen. John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign and has given to the Republican National Committee, as well as to GOP leaders like Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida. -Perenchio ...

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Oregon employers slash 6,400 jobs in February; unemployment rate holds at 8.8 percent

2012-03-21T00:13:41Z

Oregon's 2,000-job drop in construction last month surprised Beleiciks and at least one industry insider. The sector had gradually added 3,800 jobs in 2011, but shed most of them in the first two months of 2012, figures show. R&H Construction Co ...

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HS girls' basketball: Defending champion Steel-High looks for another PIAA Class A berth

2012-03-20T22:47:47Z

Clinging to a one-point lead midway through the quarter, Steel-High’s 2,000-career point scorer closed out the game by scoring 10 straight points. For the first time this year, she didn’t lead the Rollers in scoring. “She [Tate-DeFreitas] made some .

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Top Republican super PAC donors backing Romney

2012-03-20T22:19:09Z

Mitt Romney Gains Super PAC Support From Contributors Linked To Karl Rove

2012-03-20T20:53:16Z

Is a long GOP primary good for the party?

2012-03-20T19:48:50Z

Karl Rove, the so-called "architect" of George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns, told Fox News the "scales have moved from the long process being a positive to being a negative." And he thinks some of the "worst moments for the ...

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Debt-heavy Canada shouldn’t be smug about its economy

2012-03-20T18:58:44Z

For Greece, in economic terms, it’s now calendar year 1999. For Iceland, it’s 2000, the dawning of the millennium. For Portugal, Latvia and the United States, it’s 2002, a full decade ago. For Ireland, it’s early 2003; for Hungary, late 2003.

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Elsevier's backpedalling not stopping scientist strike

2012-03-20T18:30:06Z

Dutch publishing house Elsevier is facing increasing pressure from the scientific community, with the company's 2,000 journals now being blacklisted by over 8,600 academics. The petition protested against the high prices Elsevier charges for its journals .

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Will The Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up: Eminem Parody Satirizes GOP Candidate In His Own Words (VIDEO)

2012-03-20T08:35:57Z

is often used to question the authenticity of his or her views. But let's face it -- how often can we hear that phrase without thinking of Eminem's 2000 smash hit, "The Real Slim Shady"? Hugh Atkin apparently thought the same thing after hearing ...

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State trooper's attorney wants felony thrown out in New Year's Day drunken driving crash case

2012-03-20T07:31:32Z

O'Connor visit called 'wonderful event for Greenville and the Upstate'

2012-03-20T05:08:22Z

Scholars have noted that she often played the role of the moderate swing vote that would sway landmark split decisions, such as the 5-4 decision to halt challenges to Florida’s 2000 presidential election results, effectively ending Vice ...

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Truck driver strike draining gas out of Sao Paulo

2012-03-19T03:57:58Z

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Striking truck drivers refused to make deliveries of gas and ethanol to any of Sao Paulo's 2,000 gas stations Wednesday, deepening a standoff with the mayor that is threatening to create major fuel shortages in South America's ...

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When it comes to lobbying, Florida’s Sunshine law is dark

2012-03-18T23:54:35Z

Florida’s overall grade was dragged down by what critics say are loose laws regarding the state’s 2,000 registered lobbyists, who wield considerable sway in shaping policy and spending in Tallahassee. “You have a lot of these state ...

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Citrix timeline

2012-03-18T21:52:54Z

Citrix shares closed the year at $22.50. The company’s 2000 proxy statement said the Roger W. Roberts, a longtime director and former CEO, served as chairman and CEO starting in June 2000, while Templeton remained president and a board member.

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Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenouda III dies

2012-03-18T04:27:47Z

But in the past six years, Muslim-Christian violence has flared repeatedly. On the eve of New Year's 2000, sectarian battles killed 21 Copts and a Muslim in the southern village of el-Kusheh. The northern city of Alexandria twice saw sectarian bloodshed ..

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Enslaving Mother Earth’

2012-03-17T23:12:49Z

Don’t these people claim to be Christians? That’s 2000 years — a hundred generations. Is that over, now? Are these guys telling us to drill and mine and log and deplete so there’s nothing left for even one generation in the future? That’s what I

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HS girls' basketball: Steel-High moves on to the PIAA Class A semifinals as a team

2012-03-17T20:35:20Z

Not hitting her shots wasn’t the only problem with Steel-High’s 2,000-point career scorer. She picked up her third personal foul with 7.7 seconds left in the first quarter. Tri-Valley (28-1) held an 11-8 lead entering the second quarter and ...

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Bill Maher doesn't stress shows in red states

2012-03-17T04:36:08Z

I do think it’s nice when you’re living in a place where you’re mostly bumping up against conservatives to get into a building where there’s 2,000 or 3,000 people who think like you, which is not conservative. How was your last Nashville ...

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Oregon Preview track and field meet with be fitness test for Sally Kipyego

2012-03-17T02:34:26Z

Once again, she’ll line up in the 3,000 at this year’s UO Preview that begins with the women’s 2,000-meter steeplechase at 12:30 p.m. The women’s 3,000 starts at 3:50 p.m. For Kipyego, who heads to Flagstaff, Ariz., on Tuesday for four weeks of ...

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Third person in custody in Greene County double murder

2012-03-16T22:59:42Z

There was an existing warrant out for Jones' arrest on an unrelated violation. Investigators say Whitlock has two aliases, "Burgos" and "Todd." One of the victim's 2000 Honda Accord was also recovered Friday night.

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The Case for Crazy: What the GOP Would Learn by Picking Rick Santorum

2012-03-16T10:35:14Z

Nixon’s 49-state win in 1972 is stripped from the history books as winning candidates with shades of gray in their resume—Ike’s successful center-right two terms, George H.W. Bush’s country-club conservatism, or even W’s 2000 call for ...

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Obama fundraising blitz stars Tyler Perry, Cee-Lo Green

2012-03-16T10:06:36Z

And Republican strategist Karl Rove, who engineered George W. Bush's 2000 and 2004 victories, recently wrote that he thinks Obama suffers from an "enthusiasm gap" this time around.

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Lynda Benglis: Prints and Cast Paper from the 1970's-2000's on view at Goya Contemporary

2012-03-13T20:18:37Z

BALTIMORE, MD.-Goya Contemporary Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition of post-minimalist, cult American artist, Lynda Benglis (b. 1941, Lake Charles, Louisiana). This major survey of works ON and OF paper is the artist’s first in Baltimore. Benglis ..

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Six ways to keep working-class voters on Obama’s side

2012-03-11T23:55:44Z

In two heartbreaking defeats for Democrats that cost them the presidency — Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 loss in Tennessee and Sen. John Kerry’s 2004 loss in Ohio — the difference was soft support among working-class voters who rallied ...

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Greenland Ice Cap More Sensitive to Warming Than Thought

2012-03-11T21:18:15Z

At 4 degrees, the time frame decreases to 8,000 years, and at 8 degrees, it’s 2,000 years. The researchers used computer models that were able to replicate past growth and shrinkage of the Greenland ice sheet to project what might happen in the future.

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OSU men's rowing: Varsity eight tops Victoria

2012-03-11T20:28:08Z

The Beavers also finished in second in the freshman eight and varsity four races. The teams raced on Dexter Lake’s 2,000-meter course “Overall the Beavers had a good day out at Dexter Lake,” coach Steve Todd said. “We had a little bit of windy ...

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Peaker plants bring windfalls, but clouds still hang over plans

2012-03-11T03:45:59Z

The Coachella Valley's first peaker plant, the 135-megawatt Indigo plant in North Palm Springs, arrived in the wake of California's 2000 energy crisis and the rolling blackouts it caused. To avoid more power shortages, Democratic Gov.

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Peaker plants bring windfalls, but clouds still hang over plans

2012-03-11T03:45:59Z

Sam A. Myers, Veteran Advance Man, Recovering From Heart Attack

2012-03-10T22:28:17Z

Mr. Myers, 61, also worked for former Senator John Edwards during his unsuccessful bid for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, and for former Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign. “I have quite a bit of damage to my ...

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Police: Saginaw man invades motel room of domestic partner, takes her, her friends hostage

2012-03-09T12:28:10Z

Outer. Shelton forced his way into the motel room and forced the 20-year-old woman and two of her friends, in the woman's 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, to two other locations, Klecker said. Saginaw police officers located the vehicle and “were able ...

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If Obama values his re-election …

2012-03-09T02:55:31Z

In two heartbreaking defeats for Democrats that cost them the presidency – Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 loss in Tennessee and Sen. John Kerry’s 2004 loss in Ohio – the difference was soft support among working-class voters who rallied ...

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Officials say ash trees on Arch grounds can go

2012-03-09T01:29:37Z

He said replacement trees will be about 12 feet high and with trunks 3 to 4 inches in diameter. About 900 of the park's 2,000 trees are ashes, Moore said. All of the ash are planted along the walkways. About three dozen other species of trees are planted .

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Voters tuning out GOP campaign

2012-03-08T23:13:36Z

Bush's 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns. "We have a tradition of validating the frontrunner and moving on to the general election."

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Blue-collar voters elude U.S. presidential hopeful Romney

2012-03-08T19:38:51Z

John McCain's 2000 primary campaign against George W. Bush. Romney won the Ohio Republican primary on Tuesday but trailed former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum by 11 percentage points among voters making between $50,000 and $100,000 a year and by 6 points ...

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Whitney Houston's updated 2004 will leaves entire estate to one relative

2012-03-08T04:51:14Z

Several reports had indicated the late singer's 2000 codicil was her most recent will, however, Forbes.com notes that she updated the document in 2004. To see photos of Houston's friends and family arriving at the private viewing on Feb. 17, along with ...

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Republicans are battling voter fatigue

2012-03-07T22:10:22Z

Bush’s 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns. “It goes against our nature to have a protracted battle. We have a tradition of validating the frontrunner and moving on to the general election.” Holt thinks the up-and-down nature of the ...

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The Oregonian's 2000 profile of Kennie Namba

2012-03-07T19:40:03Z

Kenji " Kennie Namba was born in the U.S.A. That made him an American citizen. Born in America framed everything that followed. Each autumn evening after football practice, 17-year-old Namba came home from Gresham High School to his family's ...

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Truck driver strike draining gas out of Sao Paulo

2012-03-07T17:52:40Z

SAO PAULO (AP) — Striking truck drivers refused to make deliveries of gas and ethanol to any of Sao Paulo's 2,000 gas stations Wednesday, deepening a standoff with the mayor that is threatening to create major fuel shortages in South America's ...

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Sao Paulo drivers strike, halt gasoline delivery

2012-03-07T05:56:50Z

Sao Paulo's 2,000 gas stations are rapidly running out of fuel as a strike by truck drivers who haul gas in South America's largest city entered a second day Tuesday, according to business representatives. A state court judge ruled late Tuesday ...

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Sao Paulo drivers strike, halt gasoline delivery

2012-03-07T05:56:50Z

Romney Racks Up Delegates Even as Campaign Underscores Candidate Weakness

2012-03-07T01:53:28Z

“Romney has been having trouble closing the deal largely with the authentic conservative base of the party,” said Greg Mueller, a Republican public relations executive who was an aide to Steve Forbes’s 2000 presidential campaign ...

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Turturro casts Allen in film

2012-03-06T23:44:37Z

Allen hasn't acted in someone else's project since he appeared in Alfonso Arau's 2000 comedy "Picking Up the Pieces." Allen last starred in his own big-screen comedy "Scoop" in 2006. "Fading Gigolo" also will co-star Sofia Vergara and Sharon ...

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World news briefs — March 6

2012-03-06T21:28:36Z

Sao Paulo’s 2,000 gas stations were rapidly running out of fuel Tuesday as a strike by truck drivers who haul gas in South America’s largest city entered a second day, according to business representatives. Truckers are protesting the city government .

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Man robs 3 restaurants in 2 hours

2012-03-06T18:58:17Z

SALT LAKE CITY — Police are looking for a man they say robbed three restaurants within two hours Wednesday night. The crime spree began around 8 p.m. at a Wendy's restaurant at 10665 S. Automall Drive in Sandy, then a Subway restaurant at 4929 S. State .

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Kim Kardashian, The Donald trump Bible for money advice

2012-03-06T17:03:45Z

FOLLOW:Faith & Reason blog on Twitter Alas for the American Bible Society, it turns out, according to a survey released today, that despite the Bible's 2,000 verses about money and possessions: 50% would take advice from Donald Trump but only 32% say they

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Cotter rerouting tainted creek near leaking uranium mine

2012-03-06T12:17:25Z

Cotter also has agreed to use excavators and seven sump pumps to remove uranium from contaminated groundwater near the mine's 2,000-foot-deep shaft, where uranium levels top 24,000 ppb. The sump pumping and subsequent treatment of contaminated ...

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Cotter rerouting tainted creek near leaking uranium mine

2012-03-06T03:06:14Z

Contraception is chemical warfare against women

2012-03-06T00:50:13Z

David Mills' Feb. 14 letter shows outrage with the Catholic Church's 2000 year teachings against contraception and same-sex practice. After the Reformation, all Christian denominations condemned contraception until the Lamberth Conference in ...

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The Last Stand of Bab Amro

2012-03-04T18:53:30Z

On Wednesday he joined the brigade’s 2,000 to 5,000 men (he won’t give more specific numbers) in finally leaving the madness behind, shedding his fatigues for jeans and a sweater, his uniform as a “civilian” in Lebanon. It is a transformation he ..

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Frank Ocean And The Eagles' Don Henley: Odd Future Member Caught In 'Hotel California' Dispute

2012-03-04T09:27:59Z

The group was widely touted as breathing new life into hip hop in similar fashion to Eminem's 2000 Marshal Mathers EP, a perhaps hasty comparison that rested in part on the fact that both used a shock jock, "horrorcore" style that emphasized ...

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Cupcake mania

2012-03-04T03:01:26Z

“There is no cupcake craze,” he says. He ought to know. Cupcakes represent half of his company’s $20 million in annual sales, which surged following the bakery’s 2000 cameo appearance in HBO’s “Sex and the City.” Among ...

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Nicholson hits 2,000, but La Salle beats Bona

2012-03-04T00:38:17Z

He completed the traditional three-point play after joining Greg Sanders, Earl Belcher, Bob Lanier and Tom Stith as the school's 2,000-point men. He now has 2,013 career points. Demitrius Conger had 18 points and nine rebounds for Bona.

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Yum eyes young India to help mirror China profits

2012-03-03T22:15:07Z

Yum plans to make KFC the No. 1 brand in India, as it is in China, and is modeling 13 percent earnings per share growth for 2020 -- with India's 2,000 restaurants contributing 2 percent and China 9,000 units kicking in 5 percent. "It's natural ...

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PPG Launches iPhone Application

2012-03-03T17:43:06Z

The tool also allows users to take/upload inspiring photos for instantly matching with one of the company’s 2,000 color shades. Further, the company stated that the program will also offer suggestions for similar and complementary shades based ...

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Yum eyes young India to help mirror China profits

2012-03-03T06:08:45Z

Obama Administration's decision to delay backup camera rule hurt Gentex Corp and Republicans

2012-03-02T22:59:15Z

The delays won’t stop Republicans from linking Obama to expensive rulemaking, but “these types of decisions will lessen their impact,” said BusinessWeek.com, quoting Dan Schnur, communications director for John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign.

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IPSTAR, iiNet heat up satellite price competition

2012-03-01T22:53:16Z

connectivity issues and potential disruptions to the Broken Hill and Kalgoorlie base stations used to deliver the NBN service remained a relatively high support issue for Skymesh’s 2000-odd customers on the network. It is expected NBN Co could build 15 .

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Game Change’ Screenwriter Wishes Sarah Palin Would Watch His Movie Before Bashing It

2012-03-01T17:52:38Z

HBO’s film version focuses heavily on the McCain/Palin campaign. The movie was adapted by Mr. Strong and Jay Roach, who previously teamed up for HBO’s 2000 election drama “Recount.” “It tells the truth of the campaign. That is the ...

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Sarah Palin Takes On HBO [Video]

2012-03-01T15:07:59Z

HBO’s film version focuses heavily on the McCain/Palin campaign. The movie was adapted by Mr. Strong and Jay Roach, who previously teamed up for HBO’s 2000 election drama “Recount.” Both men, as well as Julianne Moore who plays Ms. Palin ...

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Iraq school shooting leaves two dead

2012-03-01T12:51:59Z

An estimated 95 percent of the school's 2,000 students come from Kurdish Muslim families, according to the Medes School website. Reuters said a US embassy spokesman said the embassy was aware of the shooting and was looking to obtain additional details.

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Retiring Burlington County College president Messina recalls path to more prestige

2012-03-01T02:57:50Z

Most of the school's 2,000 students were part-timers in their late 20s. But as the popularity of two-year public colleges grew, so did BCC, now a more prestigious institution with four campuses, gleaming glass buildings, 14,000 students ...

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Man gets 15-year prison sentence in murder case

2012-02-29T21:35:43Z

When officers arrived, they found Talley on the ground with a stab wound to the chest and Talley’s 2000 Ford SUV crashed into the house, the report said. The men involved in the fight had already fled. Talley was taken by ambulance to Veteran ...

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Sporting events to provide big lift to area economy this weekend

2012-02-29T19:34:02Z

Cooper said virtually all of Ouachita Parish’s 2,000 hotel rooms will be occupied. “Sports do great in smaller cities like ours because teams don’t necessarily need full-service convention hotels,” Cooper said. “We’re more affordable ...

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Litter of Puppies Rescued from Dumpster

2012-02-29T19:19:43Z

This scenario is nothing new. All over the valley, pets are abandoned. Last year alone, the Humane Society took in more than 46,000 animals --that's 2,000 more than the year before. “We end up finding pets who are chained to park benches ...

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Study Finds Jump in American Mosques, NY Has Most

2012-02-29T10:22:50Z

Bagby's 2000 report had estimated the U.S. Muslim population to be as high as 7 million, a number widely criticized as inflated. In this latest report, Bagby did not report a definitive population number, but stood by his earlier assertion that ...

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US Muslim study finds jump in American mosques

2012-02-29T10:15:41Z

Virginia GOP Pulls a Pelosi

2012-02-29T03:20:30Z

In that regard it was as toothless as Virginia’s 2000 constitutional amendment stipulating that “the people have a right to hunt, fish, and harvest game, subject to such regulations and restrictions as the General Assembly may prescribe.”

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Yum eyes young India to help mirror China profits

2012-02-29T00:43:01Z

The Shard is a towering icon of inequality

2012-02-28T21:08:16Z

The five star Shangri-La hotel will charge wealthy clients top dollar. And Southwark’s 2,000-plus jobless youngsters won’t be able to afford £20 for a ticket to the 72nd floor observatory to look for their houses. The Shard is a tribute to brilliant .

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Santorum’s Senate Clashes Raise Ex-Colleagues’ Leadership Doubts

2012-02-28T06:20:39Z

Criticisms Discounted Dan Schnur, an aide on Arizona Senator John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign who now directs the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the Los Angeles-based University of Southern California, said “this type of ...

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Crossover voter threat in Michigan? Officials say they’re unconcerned

2012-02-28T05:30:32Z

many believe John McCain won Michigan's 2000 presidential primary with the help of Democrats and Independents; and others suggest Republican Gov. Rick Snyder won the 2010 primary with a boost from those same voting groups. Frendewey said that the state GOP

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Billy Crystal as Sammy Davis Jr.

2012-02-28T02:45:54Z

I have no memory of some of these, even though I saw the films.) The best and most numbing example is Spike Lee's 2000 film "Bamboozled," which introduced me to more of the minstrel show/blackface world and culture than I ever dreamed existed. I hated the

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State Republicans take a page from Pelosi's book

2012-02-27T23:54:06Z

The text of the bill stipulated that it did not supersede any existing law or court precedent. In that regard it was as toothless as Virginia's 2000 constitutional amendment stipulating that "the people have a right to hunt, fish, and harvest ...

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NSW to replace unflued heaters

2012-02-27T01:35:30Z

Unflued gas heaters in NSW's 2000 public schools will be replaced when the majority break down, the state government says. Education minister Adrian Piccoli on Monday said cabinet had decided that the heaters would be removed. However, he couldn't say when

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Will gas prices stall the economy?

2012-02-26T12:35:15Z

(Not a typo, that's 2000!) With all of this good news, you would think the mood would be better, but in fact, there is a strange whiff of anxiety in the air. The problem is oil, again. A general pick-up in the economy, rising demand from China ...

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Boulder Philharmonic shows off the best of musical innovation

2012-02-26T00:46:35Z

With music director Michael Butterman on the podium at CU-Boulder's 2,000-seat Macky Auditorium on Saturday, cellist Joshua Roman rendered a free-flowing, spirited performance that places him among today's top talents to watch. But the cherubic ...

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Auto thefts spike in recent days

2012-02-25T01:59:21Z

The silver car has Colorado license plate 891-WPF and is valued at $10,000. Sally Brito's 2000 Ford Escort was stolen Thursday from the 1200 block of Euclid Avenue. According to a police report, the gold car has Colorado license plate 435-HWA ...

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Hospitality Association launches audit as search for missing executive continues

2012-02-24T22:03:07Z

Interim president Rick Erwin ordered the audit to assure the association’s 2,000 members that their financial contributions are secure, Bob McAlister, a consultant hired by the group, told The Associated Press. “That will answer some ...

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Orange Pop

2012-02-24T06:03:55Z

The band has also released a DVD including live performances from two nearby shows – at Chain Reaction in Anaheim and Soma in San Diego – both of which exclusively spotlighted the band's 2000-2005 material. The crowds on hand for those gigs ...

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Rick Perry Campaign Snipes Target Former Bush Aide

2012-02-23T23:58:51Z

Allbaugh, one of the top campaign managers in George W. Bush's 2000 campaign, has been portrayed by former Perry staffers as someone who was separate from both, but who ended up siding with the consultants. Allbaugh was brought in partly because ...

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Protesters vow to stop dam at all costs

2012-02-23T21:21:22Z

GUWAHATI: NHPC's 2000-MW Lower Subansiri hydro-electric project is likely to face more resistance in the coming days, with hundreds of anti-dam activists resolving on Thursday to launch a total blockade of all construction materials for the project.

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Romney’s Road to Nomination Rocked by Voters Shredding Rulebook

2012-02-23T06:19:25Z

“Through very little fault of his own, Romney is the front-runner, but he’s probably the weakest Republican front- runner in the history of the party,” said Dan Schnur, an aide on Senator John McCain’s 2000 presidential bid who directs ...

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Victim and driver ID'd in fatal I-65 crash

2012-02-23T03:06:09Z

Benson is alleged to be driving a 2006 Lexus RX 330 in the wrong direction on I-65 when she crashed head on into Leonard's 2000 Chevrolet Ventura van, resulting in the death and the road being shut down for several hours. Benson is being treated ...

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To 1.1 million miles and beyond

2012-02-22T02:45:51Z

The odometer on Dennis and Barbara Christoffer’s 2000 Ford F-350 truck indicates it has only traveled 92,000 some miles. That’s because the first million miles doesn’t show up. That’s right — the couple from Round Lake, Minn.,

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Designers channel Michelle Obama

2012-02-21T21:16:34Z

No criminal charges in mishandled evidence of Cannon murder case, DA rules

2012-02-21T17:06:02Z

But that finding unraveled in October, when four boxes of evidence from Cannon’s 2000 murder trial were found at the trial division of the state Department of Justice.

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Reward civility: Cursing the coarseness of political debate is not enough

2012-02-21T00:09:33Z

As a college president, this is my greatest concern. Today's young people are extraordinarily service-oriented. Allegheny's 2,000 students last year contributed nearly 60,000 hours of community service. Yet while volunteerism is up among young people ...

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Rick Santorum: 'If Government Is Going To Get Smaller, Then People Have To Get Bigger'

2012-02-20T23:48:05Z

And the party hadn't helped itself with antics like shutting down the government," wrote Stuart Stevens, a strategist for Bush's 2000 campaign who is now running Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, in his 2001 book "The Big Enchilada."

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Academics join world fight against publisher

2012-02-20T11:09:18Z

Many of the signatories have refused to publish their research, referee, or edit any of the publisher's 2000-plus journals, which include The Lancet and Cell. A University of Melbourne associate professor who joined the boycott, Simon Batterbury ...

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President Obama to Muhammad Ali: 'You shocked the world'

2012-02-19T07:21:26Z

And even after all the titles and legendary bouts, you're still doing it." The gala's 2,000 attendees were there to celebrate Ali's life and generate millions of dollars for brain research, a mission Ali's family says is important to him in part ...

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Ali’s birthday bash continues in Vegas

2012-02-19T04:29:38Z

The gala’s 2,000 attendees were there to celebrate Ali’s life and generate millions of dollars for brain research, a mission Ali’s family says is important to him in part because of his nearly 30-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.

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Emanuel mounting challenge to census showing dip of 200K Chicago residents

2012-02-19T00:40:34Z

Emanuel’s predecessor, Mayor Richard Daley, launched an unsuccessful bid to get Chicago’s 2000 population numbers increased. In 1990, Daley and other mayors tried futilely to get Congress to give them additional time to fight the census results.

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Emanuel mounting challenge to census showing dip of 200K Chicago residents

2012-02-19T00:33:24Z

Emanuel mounting challenge to census showing dip of 200K Chicago residents

2012-02-19T00:33:24Z

Best of the week: Vicki Belo's lonely Valentine's and Adele's Whitney connection

2012-02-18T01:24:42Z

Houston’s 2000 “Greatest Hits” re-entered the top 10 at the no. 6 spot. — Koji Arsua We apologize to the owners of the Elorde Boxing Gym in Katipunan for a story that ran last Feb. 11 in our Best of the Week section. In it, we commented on rumors .

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A FAREWELL TO SPACE

2012-02-18T00:05:57Z

If America's 2,000 SEALS are its very best soldiers, trained at a cost of countless millions, how much more valuable - in terms of the cost of their training, not their lives - were the very few men and women of the astronaut corps? I think that someone in

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A RICH DESSERT FOR OBAMA'S HEAPING PLATE

2012-02-18T00:05:57Z

Mitt Romney tries for ‘Best in Show’ in Michigan

2012-02-17T12:38:46Z

I love the lakes.” And “I love cars.” Now, if you’re as twisted as I am, then you were immediately transported to the hilarious scene in Christopher Guest’s 2000 movie “Best in Show,” when character Sherri Ann Cabot, 36 ...

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P222-M tax raps filed vs 3 persons

2012-02-16T22:48:24Z

MRCFI’s 2000 to 2004 lease contract with Fedders Koppel provides for a lease of P4 million for 2000 that increased to P4.9 million by 2004 and an annual donation of P2 million. The contract covering 2005 to 2009 provided for an annual lease of P4.2 ...

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Westminster Dog Show: Changes for the 2013 dog show

2012-02-16T21:58:18Z

This change will allow for an entry of 3200 rather than this year’s 2000 entry. It will permit class dogs with at least one major to compete at this prestigious show. Would it not be a wonderful way of finishing your dog’s championship with a ...

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Netherlands delays ACTA ratification

2012-02-16T20:10:55Z

"ACTA will not change the role of (ISPs), as is often claimed," a EU position paper says. Rather, the agreement complies with the Commission's 2000 E-Commerce Directive, which makes it "impossible" for the government to impose "general obligations for ISPs

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First lady Michelle Obama and dog Bo welcome surprised tourists

2012-02-16T18:59:20Z

Michelle Obama Surprises White House Tour Group with Hugs

2012-02-16T13:58:41Z

DPP report: business leaders’ doubt scares centrist voters

2012-02-15T21:45:10Z

On the one hand, the party refused to emphasize the positive achievements from Chen’s 2000-2008 rule, while on the other hand, it also failed to cut off its links with the former leader convicted on corruption charges. During televised debates ...

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Obama Thinks Pennies Cost Too Much to Make; Romney Wonders, “What is a Penny?"

2012-02-15T19:14:50Z

Obama's request for change we can believe in and also produce cheaply was submitted to Congress as part of the President's 2,000-page budget earlier this week.

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Netherlands delays ACTA ratification

2012-02-15T18:53:22Z

Brewer's personnel reform plan to be introduced today

2012-02-14T13:39:35Z

He said half of the agency's 2,000 employees could be affected. "If you have a situation where employee are at-will and afforded no protection while serving under a -- heaven forbid an unscrupulous manager ... then what's the attraction to work ...

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ed2go and iLearn Partnership Brings Innovative Alternative Solution to the Traditional Developmental Math Market

2012-02-14T13:39:35Z

STAMFORD, Conn. and COLUMBIA, Mo., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Education to Go (ed2go) has formed a strategic partnership with iLearn, Inc. to help young adults and non-traditional students prepare for college level math utilizing an ...

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Proview trying to ban iPad exports out of China

2012-02-14T06:08:37Z

Even Proview's 2000 decision has been credited to Apple, since it was the iMac, iBook, and iTunes that would have spurred on Proview's trademark filing at the time.

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Memory and amnesia in the movies

2012-02-13T15:13:50Z

In the last of the current series, we watched Christopher Nolan's 2000 film Memento, and this was followed by a question and answer session with UCL spatial memory researcher Hugo Spiers, science writer and editor Simon Frantz (who organized the ...

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Mitt Romney benefiting from divide among conservatives

2012-02-11T20:45:29Z

It was the best showing for any Republican presidential hopeful since George W. Bush won 42% of the vote at CPAC's 2000 confab. But it wasn't Romney's first victory there; he won the straw polls from 2007 to 2009. The former Massachusetts governor ended ..

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Mitt Romney benefiting from divide among conservatives

2012-02-10T18:59:18Z

Police: Couple Ran Mobile Meth Lab with 16-month-old in SUV

2012-02-08T00:17:49Z

That the couple was manufacturing methamphetamine in the front seat of Middleton s 2000 Chevrolet Blazer, while their child was restrained in the backseat of the vehicle, according to police reports. A bottle of muriatic acid was leaking in the ...

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Exton Elias and 14 Other Funny Celebrity Baby Names

2012-02-07T17:08:19Z

4. Pilot Inspektor: "My Name is Earl" actor Jason lee told Entertainment Weekly that he name his son after a song on the Gramdaddy's 2000 album titled "the Sophtware Slump." 5. Apple: The name Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin from Coldplay gave ...

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Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigns After Planned Parenthood Flap

2012-02-07T13:47:53Z

But critics pointed out that Planned Parenthood was the only one of the foundation’s 2,000 recipients to fall under the axe. The Susan G. Komen foundation gives about $650,000 yearly to 19 Planned Parenthood clinics for breast cancer ...

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Three killed, three injured in crash on State Road 54

2012-02-05T22:25:39Z

Diaz’s 2000 Toyota Solara struck a 2008 Volkswagen Passat driven by Deborah Wright of St. Albans, Vermont on the left rear side of the vehicle. The Passat veered onto the north shoulder of the roadway but the Solara continued to travel into ...

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Kevin Riordan: Time for a detour on road to merging Rowan, Rutgers-Camden

2012-02-05T21:42:42Z

You may remember that Whitman didn't want the boulevard's panorama of go-go joints and hot-sheet motels greeting her fellow Republicans on their way to the GOP's 2000 convention in Philly. Pooh-poohed at first, her idea became a reality because ...

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Atheists: a forgotten minority

2012-02-05T20:09:39Z

A 2006 University of Minnesota study found that atheists were the most distrusted minority group in America. The study’s 2,000 participants rated atheists less likely than Muslims, recent immigrants and gays and lesbians to share their vision ...

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Kevin Riordan: Time for a detour on road to merging Rowan, Rutgers-Camden

2012-02-05T17:53:39Z

Yuvraj Singh diagnosed with cancer - reports

2012-02-05T11:34:15Z

In a January 27 tweet, Singh said he was reading Lance Armstrong's 2000 autobiography "It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life". "I'm sure it will motivate me and pull me throu(gh) this time! Livestrong Yuvstrong!" he tweeted.

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Jason Wu collection hits Target today

2012-02-05T09:03:56Z

Kevin Riordan: Time for a detour on road to merging Rowan, Rutgers-Camden

2012-02-05T02:58:51Z

Sequim wallops Bremerton 88-52

2012-02-05T02:44:32Z

The Wolves 88 points is the 12th highest point output in school history, a mark last surpassed by Sequim's 2000-01 team on six occasions, including a record 101 tallies against Port Townsend. Sequim will host Port Angeles Tuesday at Rick Kaps Gym ...

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MTSU in Grammy spotlight again

2012-02-04T15:10:11Z

Best Country Album: Hillary Scott (recording-industry major, 2004-06), member of Lady Antebellum, for “Own the Night”; Brandon Epps (RIM major, 1996-2001), engineer for “My Kinda Party” by Jason Aldean; Jason Hall (B.S. 2000), engineer ...

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Oops! I said too much

2012-02-04T11:56:55Z

Voters expect a certain amount of hyperbole and bomb-throwing from Gingrich, said Chris Lehane, an adviser on Al Gore's 2000 campaign, but Romney's comments build a portrait of him as insensitive. "It becomes part of a pattern," he said.

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Fittest First Lady: Michelle Obama drops to the floor in an impressive push-up challenge

2012-02-04T01:41:18Z

Highland man gets third party on ballot

2012-02-03T06:21:40Z

John Hagelin, the Natural Law Party's 2000 presidential candidate, established the lobbying group. Dern, meanwhile, gets inundated with requests by would-be candidates of all ilk who want to run under the Natural Law banner. He said the party ...

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If Labour ditched David and Ed Miliband, it could actually win an election

2012-02-02T16:02:40Z

Alan Milburn’s 2000 NHS Plan was more radical (and sensible) than anything Andrew Lansley has managed to produce. The welfare-to-work schemes which Chris Grayling is rolling out so enthusiastically were pioneered by two Labour ministers, John Hutton and

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Sources: Madonna practices 4 song halftime set

2012-02-02T11:02:01Z

LMFAO's Redfoo and Sky Blu folded lyrics from their songs "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It" into Madonna's 2000 hit "Music." Green donned a bejeweled choir robe when joining Madonna for a duet of "Like a Prayer." The rehearsal ...

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Verona Gwen Garrard

2012-02-01T00:47:36Z

Roy resident Verona Gwen Garrard, born April 30, 1934, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden after an extended illness. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at the Roy Central Stake Center, 4900 S. 2000 West ...

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Michelle Obama heads to 'Tonight Show' with warning for Jay Leno, 'Eat some veggies'

2012-01-31T19:04:00Z

Obama visits Washington Auto Show; his old Chrysler being offered on eBay for $1 million

2012-01-31T18:13:53Z

The current Blue Book value of the Chrysler is around $14,000. Last year, a Connecticut man paid $26,000 for Obama’s 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The auction ends Wednesday night. As of press time, exactly zero bids.

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GOP Seeks Big Changes In Federal Prison Sentences

2012-01-31T16:47:59Z

"There's 2,000 child porn cases, and about 1,200 of them have below-guideline sentences, and they're all white defendants," Berman said. "And so now I think the easiest explanation for that entire 20 percent — or if not the entire 20 percent ...

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Newest Kansas Casino Doing Test Run For Regulators

2012-01-30T16:42:01Z

It overlooks Turn 2 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. Invited guests scattered around the casino's 2,000 slot machines and table games Monday as state regulators kept a close eye on operations. Monday's test run was required by the Kansas Racing and

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Newcomer Baumgartner aims high: Cantwell's Senate seat

2012-01-29T22:55:26Z

And he's smart." Christian Sinderman, a Democratic consultant who managed Cantwell's 2000 campaign against then-Sen. Slade Gorton, said Baumgartner's age needn't be a disadvantage. Both Cantwell and Murray were a relatively youthful 42 when they ...

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Why Neoclassical Economics Doesn't Work In The Age Of Deleveraging

2012-01-28T17:34:30Z

The “Global Financial Crisis”, which began in late 2007, marked a turning point in the nature of market economies. Their performance from at least the mid-1960s had been under-written by a faster growth of private debt than of GDP: this was the “Age

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'Salter is carrying water for the Republicans'

2012-01-27T23:55:04Z

You’d think from what columnist Sid Salter wrote last week that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s $1 million (or more) incursion into Mississippi’s 2000 Supreme Court races was akin to guardian angel sent to save the state from “jackpot justice.”

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'Salter is carrying water for the Republicans'

2012-01-27T23:55:04Z

Randolph teen pleads guilty in Dover crash that killed newspaper worker

2012-01-27T20:56:07Z

Police have said the teenager was driving a pickup truck that slammed into Bianchessi’s 2000 Honda Odyssey at 9:42 p.m. on Aug. 12. An accident reconstruction expert determined the teen was exceeding the posted speed limit of 40 mph by between ...

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Fitch Confirms 'F1+' S-T Rating on JEA's 2000 Series F Electric System Sub Revs

2012-01-27T16:31:15Z

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Randolph teen pleads guilty to vehicular homicide for fatal crash in Dover

2012-01-27T14:15:15Z

Police have said the teenager was driving a pickup truck that slammed into Bianchessi’s 2000 Honda Odyssey around 9:42 p.m. on Aug. 12. Police have said previously that he was driving about 40 mph over the speed limit. Bianchessi’s passenger ...

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Could it be mayor vs. ex-mayor in N.C. governor's race?

2012-01-27T08:17:20Z

But that may not matter, said Wrenn. "I expect it'll make it a tougher race for (McCrory)," said Wrenn, who ran former Charlotte Mayor Richard Vinroot's 2000 campaign for governor. "Bev carried a lot of baggage and a lot of negatives

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Thousands wait in Ann Arbor for Obama tickets

2012-01-26T16:39:36Z

“For like an hour I was the only guy sitting there and then suddenly there’s 2,000 people behind you, it’s kind of surreal,” Evans said. “But I knew it would be a great turnout. Everyone here knows it’s a great opportunity.”

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Newt Gingrich's Ideas Provide Fodder For Opponents To Attack Electability

2012-01-26T09:44:25Z

Gingrich happily accepted the charge," said Dan Schnur, communications director for Senator John McCain's 2000 Republican primary campaign. Gingrich, a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is running neck and neck with former ...

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CME deal shows the problem with corporate tax breaks

2012-01-25T23:57:27Z

In practice, however, this new law does nothing to create jobs for the one in 10 unemployed Illinoisans in desperate need of work, or even to protect the jobs of CME's 2,000 Chicago employees. In fact, as it was awarded its multimillion-dollar ...

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Newt Gingrich, big thinker in chief?

2012-01-25T21:48:36Z

Michelle Obama: School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains

2012-01-25T14:10:28Z

Michelle Obama State Of The Union Dress 2012: A Blue Barbara Tfank! (PHOTOS)

2012-01-25T04:02:01Z

CompTIA Calls on President to Extend Payroll Tax Holiday, Pass Access to Capital …

2012-01-24T23:37:09Z

The Administration’s Summer Jobs+ is a step in the right direction but much more remains to be done. “On behalf of CompTIA’s 2,000-plus member companies, I look forward to working with the President and Congress to address these and other ...

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Romney v. Gingrich in smackdown mode

2012-01-24T17:53:33Z

And it really hit me: She’s talking to me." In 1999, Gillibrand began working on Hillary Clinton's 2000 US Senate campaign. There, she focused on campaigning to young women and encouraging them to join the campaign. Many of those women would ...

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Michelle Obama's State of the Union guest: Warren Buffett's secretary

2012-01-24T13:35:52Z

State of the Union Trivia and History

2012-01-24T12:24:17Z

His 1995 address weighed in at 9,190 words. But even that wasn’t the… Longest spoken message, in minutes. Clinton’s 2000 State of the Union speech, at 1:28:49 was actually longer than the ’95 address (1:24:58), even if the text was ...

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Obama’s biggest threat was Huntsman

2012-01-23T23:52:39Z

Thus, he might have repeated Sen. John McCain’s 2000 New Hampshire victory against George W. Bush. The Arizona Republican’s candidacy had shot from the basement to the heavens as he modestly addressed small groups on the crying need for fiscal ...

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Penn State Joe Paterno death services: Penn State Joe Paterno death services - mcall.com

2012-01-23T19:27:48Z

One of the two players posted near the casket was Allentown Central Catholic High School graduate Mike Cerimele, a captain on Penn State's 2000 team. Cerimele was unsure whether he could leave his post to the left of the casket. But when a woman ...

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Newt's Florida Suicide Strategy

2012-01-23T06:27:33Z

With three candidates each boasting one primary victory, Florida is partying like it's 2000: another pivotal ballot with presidential implications and the whole nation watching. The winner of next Tuesday's Sunshine State ballot has the clearest ...

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Top Easter Eggs of 2011 Best of The Rest

2012-01-23T05:23:07Z

Many political promises kept – honest

2012-01-22T12:40:58Z

Bush’s 2000 effort. I keep running into the same reaction: Who cares? It’s a fool’s game to spend too much time analyzing campaign policy proposals. Everyone knows that politicians make all kinds of crazy promises during elections that ...

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Ezra Klein: Politicians often keep their promises — honest

2012-01-22T06:21:35Z

And though Romney is probably the most moderate candidate in the race, his campaign is well to the right of George W. Bush’s 2000 effort. I keep running into the same reaction: Who cares? It’s a fool’s game to spend too much time analyzing campaign .

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SELWESKI: Another reason why Iowa should not go first

2012-01-22T06:00:06Z

Congratulations, Iowa, you have given hope to the state of Florida that, when the next chapter in American history is written, the Sunshine State’s 2000 recount fiasco (those dang hanging chads) will enjoy some competition for the worst ...

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HARROP: Obama's biggest threat was Huntsman

2012-01-22T03:51:15Z

Thus, he might have repeated Sen. John McCain's 2000 New Hampshire victory against George W. Bush. The Arizona Republican's candidacy had shot from the basement to the heavens as he modestly addressed small groups on the crying need for fiscal ...

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LI lawmakers turn against SOPA, PIPA

2012-01-21T19:44:29Z

Michelle Obama to Appear on 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'

2012-01-21T19:08:42Z

SELWESKI: Another reason why Iowa should not go first

2012-01-21T14:08:03Z

A sneak peek at next year's Nuggets: Skyline's Max Browne drawing interest

2012-01-20T18:55:34Z

Josh Heupel, quarterback of Oklahoma's 2000 national championship team and current co-offensive coordinator for the Sooners, visited Skyline High earlier this month. Heupel was one of the first college coaches to stop by the Sammamish Plateau ...

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The real reason no one impersonates dead voters: high risk, little benefit

2012-01-20T13:11:58Z

The benefit of impersonating a dead voter, meanwhile, is one more vote for your chosen candidate. Florida's 2000 Electoral College vote was an anomaly; the average Electoral College vote over the last 10 cycles, 510 elections, was 247,848 votes ...

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Jon Huntsman posed greatest threat to Obama

2012-01-20T03:17:50Z

He said the right socially moderate and fiscally conservative things. Thus, he might have repeated Sen. John McCain's 2000 New Hampshire victory against George W. Bush. The Arizona Republican's candidacy had shot from the basement to the heavens ...

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Michelle Obama heading to Leno's 'Tonight Show'

2012-01-19T20:36:58Z

A South Carolinian Among the Mormons

2012-01-19T18:56:45Z

Recent interest in this historic moment has been underscored by Robert Shlaer’s 2000 book, “Sights Once Seen,” in which he retraces Carvalho’s trip, and the film of Brooklyn-based director Steve Rivo on his forthcoming PBS documentary, ...

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Michelle Obama to appear on 'Tonight Show' with Jay Leno

2012-01-19T16:26:26Z

Rick Santorum Is Getting The Worst Of South Carolina's Dirty Politics

2012-01-19T14:03:16Z

The state is just crawling with political consultants and freelancers who like to play rough. John McCain's 2000 campaign was hindered in the Palmetto state by anonymous phone-calls that questioned his patriotism and brought up the race of his adopted daug

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Gingrich to campaign in Orangeburg on Friday

2012-01-19T04:09:08Z

Romney." Roquemore was also instrumental in arranging for then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush's 2000 presidential primary visit to the Orangeburg County Fairgrounds. Meanwhile, former Sen. Rick Santorum has canceled plans for a Friday appearance in Orangeburg .

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Romney Delivers a Low Blow to Gingrich

2012-01-18T18:00:40Z

“Congressmen taking credit for helping create jobs is like Al Gore taking credit for the Internet,’’ Mr. Romney said, referring to the infamous moment during Vice President Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign when he seemed to boast of a ...

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State GOP moves to scrap loyalty oath in primary

2012-01-17T23:52:37Z

In Virginia's 2000 GOP presidential primary, won by then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, voters were required to sign a different pledge: "I, the undersigned, state that I do not intend to participate in the nomination process of any other party than ...

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Update: Jefferson County motorist, stopped for cell phone call, robbed and shot

2012-01-17T13:15:32Z

Authorities are searching for the victim's 2000 silver Toyota Camry, license plate 1B81C19 Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office at 325-1450.

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On policy, Romney is far to Bush’s right

2012-01-17T09:55:06Z

George W. Bush, for instance, looks like a Kenyan socialist in comparison. “Renewing America’s Purpose,” the collection of policy speeches that detailed Bush’s 2000 policy platform, didn’t begin with tax cuts or Medicare reforms or austerity.

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South Carolina Offers Romney Rivals Best Chance to Slow Him Down

2012-01-17T06:13:11Z

“It’s personal. It’s hard hitting.” Senator John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign was derailed in South Carolina in part because of automatic phone calls to voters falsely accusing him of fathering a black baby. The political ...

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Litchfield to hold meeting tonight

2012-01-16T23:32:20Z

The group was formed almost a year ago to update the town's 2000 comprehensive plan. So far, town committees and other groups have focused on certain areas: * The Conservation Committee is handling water resources and critical natural resources ...

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Even Martin Luther King, Jr. got a 'C' in school

2012-01-16T18:38:50Z

As part of BU's Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, King's papers are the most frequently consulted of the Center's 2,000 different archives. One of the most interestingly detailed objects on display is King's BU transcript, its blue cardstock ...

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Speaking in the forked tongue of racial codes

2012-01-16T16:58:37Z

The codes remain clear in a state where John McCain's 2000 run was partially done in by rumors that his Bengali adopted child was black and illegitimately fathered by him. In Romney's first appearance here after his New Hampshire victory, he repeated his .

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Michelle Obama officially on Twitter (@michelleobama)

2012-01-16T16:44:18Z

Nutley: Police blotter, Jan. 16

2012-01-16T16:01:21Z

Giardina's 2000 Pontiac was also impounded. "Through investigation, it was determined that a Nutley business owner, John Pino, 38, of Union, was an accomplice and believed to have ties to Giardina," police said in release. Pino's business was searched and

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First Lady Michelle Obama's rise from modest Chicago upbringing is a fulfillment of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream

2012-01-16T08:01:45Z

Super PACs bring new nastiness to South Carolina

2012-01-14T17:36:47Z

South Carolina is where John McCain’s 2000 campaign, flush from a New Hampshire win, was pierced with rumors that his adopted daughter was the result of an affair, that his wife Cindy was hooked on drugs — and more. It’s the state where its current .

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Hair Stop and Shop Inc. Reports First Lady Michelle Obama’s Influence on the Wig Industry

2012-01-14T14:23:31Z

Obama camp unlikely to gather $1 billion

2012-01-14T06:59:42Z

George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential bid. Though Obama seems likely to fall short of a billion dollars, he is raising more than Republican candidates. By way of comparison, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announced this week that he had ...

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Comelec ready for hearing on plan to split Davao del Sur in two

2012-01-14T05:19:29Z

These towns also have a total population of 302,570 or half the province’s 2000 population figure of 768,801, he said. In the Senate, the bill proposing the division of the province was authored by Senators Ralph Recto and Francis Escudero. Recto said ..

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'Random dancing' by Michelle Obama featured at US appearance promoting episode of "iCarly"

2012-01-13T22:02:50Z

The Media Is Doing Great P.R. Work for Michelle Obama

2012-01-13T19:25:21Z

Flyers’ Bryzgalov Watching Bobrovsky from the Bench: Fan’s Take

2012-01-13T17:09:20Z

This 31-year-old Russian native had originally been selected by the Ducks in the second round of the National Hockey League's 2000 entry draft. He initially played for them in 2001 and was a backup on their 2007 Stanley Cup-wining squad. After being waived

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Video: Rick Perry’s campaign may end where it began, South Carolina

2012-01-13T15:50:36Z

Bush’s 2000 and 2004 campaign teams, including Katon Dawson, ex-chairman of the state Republican Party, and former South Carolina House Speaker David Wilkins. They are sticking with Perry even though he’s scraping the bottom of the GOP field ...

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Italy's Colosseum at center of battle over restoration

2012-01-13T09:59:50Z

REPORTING FROM ROME -– A high-profile maker of designer shoes is threatening to withdraw his offer to finance restoration of Italy's 2,000-year-old Colosseum, saying that other sponsors would be welcome to step right up if his offer wasn't appreciated.

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Change sought to avoid confusing voters

2012-01-13T07:50:59Z

John McCain's upset of Bush in Michigan's 2000 GOP presidential primary was aided by Democratic crossover votes, and Michigan Republicans have been leery of open primaries ever since. Although Obama will be the only choice on the Democratic ballot ...

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Romney Free-Enterprise ‘Trial’ Links Republicans to Obama

2012-01-13T04:16:15Z

“Obama is never going to convince those white working- class voters to stay home rather than vote for Romney,” said Dan Schnur, an adviser to Arizona Senator John McCain’s 2000 Republican presidential campaign. “Some of that rhetoric ...

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Dems want rule change to avoid confusing voters

2012-01-12T21:56:51Z

Half of one percent

2012-01-12T17:53:28Z

Still searching for words, Torres pulls out a thick scrapbook and turns to a wrap-up of Assumption's 2000 season by the local Thibodaux Daily Comet. The story is almost entirely about Jacobs' monster senior season, except for two paragraphs near ...

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Will President Obama be the first billion dollar man? Probably not.

2012-01-12T17:10:31Z

George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential bid. Not reaching $1 billion, however, doesn’t mean Obama’s fundraising haul is unimpressive. (The Obama team has long bristled at the idea that raising ten figures is even a remote possibility.) His $130 million ..

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Romney Free-Enterprise ‘Trial’ Links Republicans to Obama

2012-01-12T15:44:37Z

See surgeries, other vet tasks at new Busch Gardens facility

2012-01-12T13:50:05Z

Guests can also see routine physicals, X-rays, dental care while the park's 2,000 animals are tended to in an interactive environment. Internationally known animal expert Jack Hanna, who is scheduled to make appearances at Busch Gardens on ...

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Michelle Obama joins Twitter: First lady gets presidential welcome to world of tweeting

2012-01-12T11:05:27Z

Lightspeed Ventures Dials It Down for 9th Try

2012-01-12T10:51:08Z

Lightspeed’s 2000 fund, in which CalPERS invested, lagged comparatively: it generated an investment multiple of 1.10x. Some recent successful exits for the firm include IO Turbine, which was sold to Fusion-IO, another Lightspeed company, which went ...

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S.C. no stranger to downright dirty politics

2012-01-12T09:10:55Z

Nowhere is that more true than in South Carolina, says Jan Crawford. One example of rough-and-tumble campaigning came in the state's 2000 primary between then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John McCain. The race was notorious ...

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Family drama turns to a hopeful chapter

2012-01-11T23:23:56Z

She’s also been instrumental in handling many other family troubles, like trying to get Zenia’s 2000 Chevy Impala running better. Foster’s parenting skills are well-honed from rearing five boys with her husband of 16 years. Next week Zenia ...

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On Location: 'Bourne Legacy' makes a stop in the Philippines

2012-01-11T18:44:46Z

It served as Jakarta in Peter Weir’s 1982 drama “The Year of Living Dangerously,” Bangkok in Jonathan Kaplan’s 1999 thriller “Brokedown Palace,” and Panama City in Showtime’s 2000 biopic “Noriega: God’s Favorite.” “

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Michelle Obama rejects claims of backroom conflict at White House

2012-01-11T18:37:36Z

Prison term for stealing, torching pizza driver's car

2012-01-11T16:00:08Z

Walters stole the victim’s 2000 Hyundai Elantra on the night of Sept. 29 while she made a delivery across from his home on Stark Avenue SW. The Papa John’s driver told Canton police that a man jumped in her car, found the keys and drove off while she .

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Pelicans Division-Winning Field Staff Returns

2012-01-11T15:10:01Z

A native North Carolinian and graduate of Greensboro College, Bodenhamer worked as a trainer for Clemson's 2000 College World Series baseball team. The 36‐year‐old resident of Newberry (SC) started his professional baseball career with the ...

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The Dark Art of South Carolina Politics

2012-01-11T14:19:55Z

The most infamous and high-profile attack was scripted by George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign, which suggested – through affiliated channels – that then-presidential rival Sen. John McCain had fathered a baby with a black ...

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New Hampshire Post-Mortem

2012-01-11T09:26:25Z

Indeed, he beat John McCain’s 2008 vote total, although he likely will not beat McCain’s 2000 vote total. Moreover, Romney has drawn Ron Paul as his biggest rival. (You know who that benefits?) The exit polling suggests that while Ron Paul ...

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South Carolina Offers Romney Rivals Best Chance

2012-01-11T02:38:24Z

Senator John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign was derailed in South Carolina in part because of automatic phone calls to voters falsely accusing him of fathering a black baby. The political advertising in South Carolina is likely to dwarf ...

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Iraq’s American Embassy is ‘Suspicious’ and ‘Dangerous’! (Al Iraq News, Iraq)

2012-01-10T20:54:48Z

For the Al-Iraq News, Ibrahim Zaidan’s 2,000 word report says in part: There has been a tremendous reaction to the suspicious nature of the U.S. Embassy. Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement, believes that if staff at the U.S. Embassy .

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Obama’s chief of staff is out

2012-01-10T20:33:20Z

“No one in my administration has had to make more important decisions more quickly than Bill.” Daley, who chaired Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, will reportedly serve as a national co-chairman of the president’s re-election campaig

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Obama’s chief of staff is out

2012-01-10T16:58:35Z

Bulgaria's Rulers Bow to Blackmailing Ski Company on Controversial Law

2012-01-10T09:49:05Z

"Bulgaria has only 94 km of skiways, compared with Austria's 3,000 or Italy's 2,000, or even Slovenia's 500. We need to do more," said Minister Naydenov. On her part, Minister Karadzhova said that the conservation of protected areas will not suffer ...

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Who's on Third?

2012-01-10T05:52:51Z

This is the strategy that Huntsman's top adviser, John Weaver, pursued in John McCain's 2000 campaign; McCain did win New Hampshire, but he quickly hit a dead end. McCain's 2008 campaign only succeeded after firing Weaver, who in between the two ...

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Michelle Obama 'felt alone and frightened' during first days at White House

2012-01-10T05:17:04Z

Officials: White House chief of staff William Daley resigning, replaced by budget director Jacob Lew

2012-01-10T03:08:13Z

He replaced Rahm Emanuel, who is now Chicago’s mayor. Daley served as commerce secretary under President Bill Clinton and ran Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign. He’s the brother of recently retired Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and the ...

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The Latest Headlines from CNN Radio and the CNN Wire

2012-01-09T19:44:24Z

Cordova is a coastal town 150 miles east of Anchorage. The state's National Guard reports it was sending Guardsmen and resources to help Cordova's 2,000 residents.

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Trip to London girls' school was Michelle Obama's turning point

2012-01-09T17:42:43Z

Officials: White House chief of staff resigning

2012-01-09T17:21:14Z

He replaced Rahm Emanuel, who is now Chicago's mayor. Daley served as commerce secretary under President Bill Clinton and ran Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign. He's the brother of recently retired Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and the ...

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White House Chief Daley Exits Early As Obama Girds For Re-Election

2012-01-09T16:16:49Z

Daley will serve as Obama's re-election campaign co-chair. And that's after all that he went through as the chair of Al Gore's 2000 campaign, including the Florida recount. The man clearly has a high pain threshold. Obama is now two for two on ...

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Obama Confirms Chief Of Staff Change

2012-01-09T15:12:23Z

Daley served as commerce secretary under President Bill Clinton and ran Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign. He's the brother of recently retired Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and the youngest son of legendary Chicago Mayor Richard J.

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Martin Luther King Day quotes, sayings, speeches: MLK Monument quotations

2012-01-09T06:01:12Z

With Martin Luther King Day fast approaching, many Americans are looking for meaningful MLK quotes for the upcoming federal holiday. One of the best ways to experience Martin Luther King's quotes, is to view the new 30-foot monument in person, or by ...

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Vehicle hit with bullet as man drives along Seneca Street in Flint

2012-01-08T10:12:56Z

FLINT, Michigan — A man's 2000 Chevy Monte Carlo was struck by a bullet Thursday afternoon after someone in another vehicle shot at a person standing near the corner of Dayton and Seneca streets, according to a police report. The victim told ...

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Football fans find nirvana in New Orleans this weekend

2012-01-07T12:15:48Z

Sometime around noon today, if the traffic is right, Quintin Gorman's 2000 Honda Accord will pull into New Orleans as the city gears up for the latest big game. He'll have his four children and wife in tow, his LSU and New Orleans Saints flags ...

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New Book Describes Tension Over US First Lady Michelle Obama

2012-01-07T00:48:37Z

A New Hampshire Native Returns Home to Cover the Primary

2012-01-06T18:36:23Z

As a volunteer for Arizona Senator John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign, I was among the countless Granite Staters and others from across the country who readily embraced this quadrennial rite of political passage. I was among a group of volunteers who

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Paul disavows anti-Huntsman video

2012-01-06T18:36:23Z

In South Carolina's 2000 GOP presidential primary, McCain --who has an adopted daughter from Bangladesh --was stung by a whisper campaign that alleged, among other things, that he had an illegitimate black child.

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Obama’s chances look good on current trends

2012-01-06T14:25:50Z

The uncertainty the race generates could easily mess up markets. The Iowa caucuses, settled by eight votes (far closer than Florida’s 2000 recount between Al Gore and George W. Bush), forcefully underlined that forecasting politics is hard. How should ..

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Va. GOP urged to drop loyalty oath

2012-01-06T13:21:25Z

If the party rescinds the oath, it would be for the second time in recent years. In Virginia's 2000 GOP presidential primary, won by then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush, voters were required to sign a different pledge: "I, the undersigned ...

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Kansas House Speaker apologizes for email referring to Michelle Obama as ‘Mrs. YoMama’

2012-01-06T02:30:01Z

Va. GOP urged to drop loyalty oath

2012-01-05T23:59:41Z

Rwandan is convicted in Canadian court

2012-01-05T20:24:56Z

Canada's 2000 war crimes legislation followed suit. “Canada is one of the biggest champions of international tribunals, but up to now had done nothing to deal with international criminals on its own territory. This will redress that to some extent ...

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Best Syracuse Football Recruits From the 1990s and 2000s: A Fan's Take

2012-01-05T18:59:02Z

Quinton Spotwood attended Elizabeth High School, in Elizabeth, N.J. He was one of the 1999 Syracuse football recruits and is among the best wide receivers Syracuse University football has seen recently, perhaps because he was catching Donovan McNabb's ...

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First lady Michelle Obama makes appearance on 'iCarly'

2012-01-05T13:01:08Z

New look Skoda Fabia S2000 Rally car

2012-01-05T10:02:10Z

Skoda UK Motorsport have released a picture of the new colour scheme of their Fabia S2000. Driver Andreas Mikkelsen will attempt to become the first driver to win back-to-back Intercontinental Rally Challenge driver titles. Andreas’ car will retain its .

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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Thursday

2012-01-05T06:34:35Z

Members fret over Balto. Co. plans to close Essex Skypark: Baltimore County officials have developed a plan to clear the site's 2,000-foot runway and its hand-built hangars, planting the area with oak and maple trees to improve water quality ...

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Pro-Israel group asks for separate DNC protest zones

2012-01-04T23:53:43Z

It has protested neo-Nazi events and, according to its website, defendjerusa lem.net, the group even protested Pope John Paul II's 2000 visit to Jerusalem. This year, Kunst said, the group plans to protest what he calls Obama's anti-Israel policies.

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Why the Internet was wrong about Ron Paul

2012-01-04T19:00:14Z

In other words, Paul’s domination of the social media conversation might, much like Nader’s 2000 and 2004 campaigns, shape the conversation nationally and not be mere sound and fury. Washington bigwigs went social in a big way in 2011 ...

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First Lady Michelle Obama upcoming guest on Nickelodeon's 'iCarly' (Video)

2012-01-04T18:17:17Z

Reid Smith, Ron Paul, and the Non-Cons

2012-01-04T15:32:38Z

Posters and typewriters sufficed.) I dallied with this for a bit, finally recovering and being one of approximately five Nixon supporters on a campus of Franklin and Marshall College's 2,000 or so member student body. The Ron Paul of the day was ...

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Qantas Air: Capacity Cuts Put 150 Pilots on Unpaid Leave

2012-01-04T13:38:06Z

Because of financial constraints at Qantas Airways -- Australia's biggest carrier --150 of the company's 2,000 pilots went on unpaid leave. Many of the pilots asked for time off from the struggling airline. Qantas was losing about 200 million ...

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Just One Minute: Ron Hunter

2012-01-04T03:36:48Z

Georgia State is 10-3 -- its best start to a season since Lefty Driesell's 2000-01 team -- and 2-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association with five seniors, two sophomores and a freshman in the regular playing rotation. The Panthers' 10-game ...

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State GOP chairman asks party to reconsider loyalty oath

2012-01-03T23:47:45Z

In Virginia's 2000 GOP presidential primary, won by Texas Gov. George W. Bush, voters were required to sign a different pledge: "I, the undersigned, state that I do not intend to participate in the nomination process of any other party than the ...

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State GOP chairman asks party to reconsider loyalty oath

2012-01-03T23:47:45Z

Littrell named Hoosiers Offensive Coordinator

2012-01-03T23:33:26Z

He has coached in seven bowl games, played in two and was team captain on the University of Oklahoma’s 2000 national championship team. A four-year letterwinner at Oklahoma, Littrell rushed for 231 yards and seven touchdowns in 1999 and finished his ...

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Police asked to separate protests

2012-01-03T23:26:16Z

Police asked to separate protests

2012-01-03T22:14:41Z

It has protested neo-Nazi events and, according to its website, defendjerusalem.net, the group even protested Pope John Paul II’s 2000 visit to Jerusalem. This year, Kunst said, the group plans to protest what he calls Obama’s anti-Israel policies.

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Michelle Obama On 'iCarly': The First Lady Visits Nickelodeon

2012-01-03T15:12:21Z

RIM's Board Is About To Strip The CEOs Of Some Power - REPORT

2012-01-03T09:07:16Z

Research In Motion is preparing to change its board, stripping Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie of chairman status, Theresa Tedesco and Matt Hartley of the Financial Post report. RIM's board has been under pressure from irate shareholders to do something .

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'Knuckle' movie review: Irish documentary is harsh, brutal and fascinating

2012-01-03T07:12:45Z

Think of Mickey O'Neil, Brad Pitt's subtitled character in director Guy Ritchie's 2000 film "Snatch." They are him. With "Knuckle," Palmer offers a thorough -- and extraordinarily compelling -- portrait of the Travellers, as seen through the ...

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Michelle Obama - Hawaii wardrobe a fashion hit or a fashion miss?

2012-01-02T16:17:57Z

TATA Power to change Cuttack coal based to gas fired power plant

2012-01-01T23:35:48Z

TATA Power's 2000 MW project was to come up on 1000 acres of land. But with the change in technology, if there is any surplus land after allocating land to the company as per the norms of Central Electricity Authority for gas-based plants, it will be ...

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Developer in legal fight with Forks Township could close major road

2012-01-01T16:11:59Z

However, the township had previous plans in the project’s 2000 master plan for Winchester to become a township-owned road. Strausser said he has been maintaining the road for years, including snow removal, and wants the township to take over as planned.

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Leland Victor Bangerter

2011-12-31T19:19:17Z

Leland Victor Bangerter, 91, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. The funeral will be 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, at the Lake View Ward 4900 S. 2000 West, Roy. A viewing for family and friends will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at ...

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Civil war in Perry-world

2011-12-31T08:49:21Z

Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign take command. “Did she have a lot of say to have him make that decision?” said a senior strategist close to Perry. “Yes.” Perry’s communications director Ray Sullivan, one of the Texas loyalists, said in an ...

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Michele Bachmann limps to Iowa caucus finish line

2011-12-31T01:04:04Z

Bush’s 2000 bid. By Friday, she deflected questions on the subject and signaled she was ready to move on. Still, it didn’t help that the departures came on top of calls by some Iowa pastors that either she or Santorum leave the race so ...

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Police log

2011-12-30T23:16:42Z

There was no damage reported to Schneidmill's 1999 Chevrolet. Damage to Smith's 2000 Ford was listed as functional. Auburn * Cars driven by Emily K. Cromwell, 25, of Poland and Steven A. Moran, 25, of Greensboro, N.C. collided, 3:25 p.m. Tuesday ...

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GOP's Bachmann limps to Iowa caucus finish line

2011-12-30T17:04:28Z

Bush's 2000 bid. By Friday, she deflected questions on the subject and signaled she was ready to move on. Still, it didn't help that the departures came on top of calls by some Iowa pastors that either she or Santorum leave the race so evangelical voters .

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Year end: Philip Scott Cannon

2011-12-30T14:12:40Z

In October, four boxes of evidence from Cannon's 2000 murder trial, thought to have been lost, were found at the trial division of the state Department of Justice. It remains to be seen whether Cannon will face a retrial. But Oregon State Police ...

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Tata Power alters technology for 2000 MW plant

2011-12-30T13:58:21Z

Tata Power's 2000 MW project was to come up Aon 1000 acres of land. But with the change in technology, if there is any surplus land after allocating land to the company as per the norms of Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for gas-based plants ...

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Manufacturing coming back—but at what cost?

2011-12-30T13:44:02Z

A similar contract limits the wages of new hires at a nearby Ford Motor Company stamping plant, but neither G.E.’s 2,000 hourly workers nor Ford’s 2,900, nor their unions nor the mayor, Greg Fischer, have objected. I understand that $12 to $ ...

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Va. Primary: GOP Requires "Loyalty Oath" to Support Whoever is Nominated

2011-12-30T11:28:02Z

In Virginia’s 2000 GOP presidential primary, won by Texas Gov. George W. Bush, voters were required to sign a different pledge: “I, the undersigned, state that I do not intend to participate in the nomination process of any other party than the Republi

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Nancy Pelosi 'Wants To Leave' Congress, Would Retire 'Right Now,' Says Daughter Alexandra [UPDATED]

2011-12-29T17:34:17Z

Bush's 2000 presidential campaign, and "Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi," a documentary about the influence of fundamentalist evangelical Christians on Republicans and conservative voters ahead of the 2008 elections.

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Nancy Pelosi 'Wants To Leave' Congress, Would Retire 'Right Now,' Says Daughter Alexandra [UPDATED]

2011-12-29T17:34:17Z

Year in Review: Residents see significant changes to Frederick County governance

2011-12-29T17:12:49Z

Under Porter’s plan, 528 of the county’s 2,000 employees would have been laid off in an effort to save $109 million in five years. But in July, after hearing from hundreds of employees upset with Porter’s report, commissioners voted ...

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Pens expect cool reception for Jagr's return to Pitt

2011-12-29T15:54:04Z

Now, just as he was 20 years ago or 10 years ago -- when he overcame a slow start during Lemieux's 2000-01 comeback season to win the scoring title -- Jagr is the talk of Pittsburgh. Only for a much different reason this time. Jagr once complained in ...

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Va. GOP to require loyalty oath in presidential primary

2011-12-29T12:26:29Z

If the Democrats and Republicans hold primaries on the same day, a voter must choose one or the other. In Virginia’s 2000 GOP presidential primary, won by Texas Gov. George W. Bush, voters were required to sign a different pledge ...

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Nancy Pelosi Wants to Quit Congress, Says Daughter

2011-12-29T10:31:57Z

She won Emmy Awards for her work on 2002's Journeys with George, an HBO documentary on George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign. Nancy Pelosi’s departure could boost her deputy, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the current Minority Whip ...

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Va. GOP will require loyalty oath in presidential primary

2011-12-28T23:54:52Z

If the Democratic and Republican parties hold primaries on the same day, a voter must choose one or the other. In Virginia's 2000 GOP presidential primary, won by Texas Gov. George W. Bush, voters were required to sign a different pledge ...

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Johnson quits Republican Party

2011-12-28T22:36:07Z

On immigration, Johnson would not build a fence on America's 2,000-mile southern border. He said America should welcome foreigners who want to work and contribute to the U.S. economy. "Immigration is a good thing," Johnson said. Immigrants who ...

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Mormon Romney struggles to win over Christians

2011-12-28T18:32:44Z

Dan Schnur, who ran John McCain's 2000 campaign, says an independent group backing Obama could remind voters of Romney's faith as a way to suppress Republican turnout among conservatives, likely to be least enchanted with Romney as nominee.

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Gary Johnson becomes a Libertarian, continues presidential campaign (4:05 p.m.)

2011-12-28T18:04:06Z

Mexican Cartels Seek Recruits Among California Latinos

2011-12-28T12:41:59Z

A report by the San Diego Association of Governments, or SANDAG, notes the positive results of San Diego County's 2000 Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act, adopted in response to a sharp rise in youth violence during the 1990s. Ríos believed ...

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Heads up! Ancient plaster falls from Rome's 2,000-year-old Colosseum weeks before start of 25 million euro renovation

2011-12-27T14:23:23Z

Slabs of ancient lime plaster have fallen from the Colosseum - just weeks before the start of its long-delayed 25 million euro restoration. The chunks of volcanic tuff fell from Rome's 2000-year-old tourist attraction on Christmas Day and Boxing Day ...

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Huskies seniors have whale of a time visiting SeaWorld

2011-12-27T14:09:04Z

“It’s a big old blob,” he said. “I had to lay next to it and I was afraid of it rolling over on me. It’s 2,000 pounds. It’s huge.” Ta’amu and Kelemete competed in a sit-up contest against Taneka. “I was struggling with my sit ...

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Government at a glance: Sabattus

2011-12-26T23:35:45Z

Issue: Sabattus Fire Department's 2,000-gallon tanker, Engine 4, has been sidelined by engine failure. The scoop: Town Manager Andrew Gilmore said the Wales Fire Department has been on automatic response for structure fires while Engine 4 is down.

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Jeb Bush

2011-12-26T10:35:30Z

Gov. Jon Corzine has spent millions of dollars reminding voters that Christie – who was appointed U.S. Attorney by President Bush in 2001 – was a major fundraiser for Bush’s 2000 campaign, earning the honorary title of “Pioneer.”

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Michelle Obama confirms Santa is on his way

2011-12-25T04:24:28Z

Details have changed in Stephen Bloom’s ‘come to Jesus’ anecdote

2011-12-23T21:59:06Z

Is this necessary use of, say, “creative nonfiction” to help reveal “uncomfortable truths” to all Iowans? Bloom’s 2000 L.A. Times commentary also includes this paragraph about his experience as a Jew after moving to Iowa from ...

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The US Double Standard on Elections in Latin America and the Caribbean

2011-12-23T15:25:24Z

After passing a similar judgment on Haiti’s 2000 parliamentary elections, the United States mounted a campaign to destabilize the country’s left-leaning government that culminated in a coup and the forced exile of the democratically-elected ...

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Breaking down the South Carolina ground game

2011-12-23T11:43:29Z

Perry’s state chair Katon Dawson, who worked for George W. Bush’s 2000 campaign, said he expects to activate such boots-on-the-ground operations during the “72-hour program,” in which campaigns engage their network of supporters in the ...

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US politician to apologise for criticising Michelle Obama's 'large posterior'

2011-12-23T01:35:02Z

Obama’s Hawaii Vacation Hangs on Settling Tax Cut Standoff

2011-12-22T17:49:45Z

“But what we have to remind ourselves of is this is about people.” Lichtman and Chris Lehane, who was press secretary to former Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, agreed that any negative impact for Obama from leaving ...

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Screenings of 'Grinch' and 'Elf' at Prytania offer extra holiday cheer this weekend

2011-12-22T17:42:35Z

Here's what's on tap this week: Prytania Theatre Classic Movie Series 5339 Prytania St., 891.2787. This week: director Ron Howard's 2000 film "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (noon Sat, Sun and Wed), starring Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen and ...

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Michelle Obama would come back as Bo the dog in another life

2011-12-22T17:35:26Z

Billy Elliot at the Kennedy Center, Reviewed

2011-12-22T15:40:54Z

Billy Elliot, a musical adaptation of Stephen Daldry’s 2000 film, is in residence at the Kennedy Center through Jan. 15, but don’t let the holiday sweet-spot in the theatrical calendar fool you into thinking the show about a blue-collar boy ...

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Grappling With Ron Paul's Racist Newsletters

2011-12-21T22:30:06Z

Bush's 2000 campaign against John McCain and Hillary Clinton's 2008 primary bid to gain support from disaffected whites in Appalachia. In the GOP primary, judging by avowed statements made by the candidates, the ugliest sentiments are remarks Rick Santorum

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TSA Chorus checks in at LAX with holiday spirit, music

2011-12-20T21:48:20Z

And who'll be checking those bags during showtime? "There's 2,000 employees at LAX. Someone will cover scanners," Matute, 60, said. Even though the group's signature piece is Ray Charles' "America the Beautiful," Matute said he looks forward to ...

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Boy missing after trying to rescue dog

2011-12-20T09:31:02Z

Police dogs were also being used along the river banks, The (Montreal) Gazette said. Many of the town's 2,000 residents were also searching with police instructions to stay away from the river's edge, the reports said.

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Soldier Shot During Traffic Stop

2011-12-20T08:05:08Z

A Hopewell sheriff's deputy pulled over Henderson's 2000 Nissan Altima after estimating its speed at 100 mph, according to Virginia State Police. As the deputy approached the car, Henderson drove off but stopped about two miles further south in ...

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Check out Facebook’s new 1M-square-foot Menlo Park campus (pics)

2011-12-19T20:59:25Z

The new eco-friendly, private office- and cubicle-free compound houses Facebook’s 2,000 local employees. It’s a 1 million-square-foot space that could one day hold up to 9,400 staffers, spanning East and West campuses. “This morning ...

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Search for Salinas woman expands outside of county

2011-12-19T18:36:15Z

Christopher Sorenson was taken into custody following a two-day search after he was found asleep in his mother’s 2000 MPV minivan near Jacks Peak County Park in Monterey. “We have reason to believe he was either in San Luis Obispo County or ...

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A (Relatively) Cheap Thrill That can Turn Expensive

2011-12-19T09:46:32Z

When compared to renting an exotic, tours are a bargain. Gotham charges $895. DFW Drive Your Dream's "2000-Horsepower Tour" costs $697. A three-day weekend rental in any exotic can run as much as $6,000. And remember that in either case ...

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Salinas teen suspect in fatal DUI crash

2011-12-19T08:13:29Z

He was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Colorado that struck Petroutsas's 2000 Toyota Tundra, the CHP said. The older man was trapped in the wreckage and was declared dead at the scene, the CHP said. A 51-year-old Santa Cruz man who was a passenger ...

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Kobach opposes national popular vote

2011-12-19T07:01:54Z

at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., earlier this month to warn against the national popular vote movement, which was motivated by Al Gore’s 2000 loss of the presidency despite winning the popular vote. Eight states and the District of ...

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Ten Commandments come to Times Square

2011-12-18T17:25:51Z

“The Ten Commandments scroll is actually in very good condition, considering it’s 2,000 years old,” exhibit curator Risa Levitt Kohn said. “And if someone was able to read modern Hebrew they could actually look at this scroll and make ...

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Keep on Rockin' in the Free World

2011-12-18T13:58:16Z

Though such outbursts always look comical in retrospect—Buckley ended up befriending John Lennon in the 1970s, and Tipper Gore attempted to rehabilitate her uptight image by insisting during her husband’s 2000 campaign that she’d been a ...

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TOUR: The Garages and Houses Where Giants Like Google, Apple and Square Were Born

2011-12-17T18:09:59Z

Apple is now worth $350 billion. The Google guys rented the garage space in Susan Wojcicki's 2,000 square foot Menlo Park home for $1,700 a month. Sergey Brin also fell in love with Susan's sister Anne and ended up marrying her. Tesla's CTO JB ...

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Volvo C70 Inscription will cost an extra $3,900

2011-12-17T15:03:52Z

The Polestar-modified hardtop droptop carries a $3,900 premium above the four-seater's $40,450 MSRP and is "exclusive to the North American market," although exclusivity in this case appears to mean we get 500 of the car's 2,000-unit global volume.

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Janet Nene Sorenson: Missing from Salinas

2011-12-16T15:48:01Z

The police found nothing out of the ordinary at her home and Nene was not there. Nene's 2000 Mazda MPV minivan was also not there. Her son, Christopher Sorenson, 29, was seen leaving the house in the van on December 9th. Christopher was known to live with

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Dead Sea Scrolls hit New York City for first-time exhibit

2011-12-16T06:29:40Z

“The Ten Commandments scroll is actually in very good condition considering it’s 2,000 years old,” exhibit curator Risa Levitt Kohn said. “And if someone was able to read modern Hebrew they could actually look at this scroll and make the ...

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Ten Commandments Scroll To Be Shown In NYC

2011-12-15T20:49:51Z

"The Ten Commandments scroll is actually in very good condition considering it's 2,000 years old," exhibit curator Risa Levitt Kohn said. "And if someone was able to read modern Hebrew they could actually look at this scroll and make their way ...

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Goldman Loses at Least 37 Partners in Weakest Year Since 2008

2011-12-15T04:57:48Z

Berlinski Netherlands 1996 Paul D. Bernard U.S. 2004 Leslie A. Biddle U.S. 2006 Laura C. Conigliaro U.S. 2000 Kevin P. Connors Ireland 2008 Matthew H. Cyzer U.K. 2004 Martin R. Devenish U.K. 2002 Katinka I. Domotorffy U.S. 2006 Glenn P.

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Goldman Loses at Least 37 Partners in Weakest Year Since 2008

2011-12-15T04:43:29Z

Putin Opposition to Keep Up Protests as Russian Presidential Vote Nears

2011-12-15T03:17:35Z

Economic growth averaged 7 percent a year during Putin’s 2000-2008 tenure and he remains Russia’s most popular politician. His approval rating is 46 percent, according to a Nov. 26-27 poll of 3,000 people by the Public Opinion Foundation.

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Ron Paul: His Adman Profiled, By Rush Reviled; Sullivan Wants to Hail Him, and Eric Holder? Paul Wants to Jail Him

2011-12-14T21:12:30Z

Some highlights: Back in July, Republican ad man Jon Downs met with fellow veterans of George W. Bush’s 2000 campaign at a local IHOP for their quarterly professional catch-up. “He said, ‘Unbeknownst to you guys, I’ve been working and I ...

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Ten Commandments scroll to be shown in NYC

2011-12-14T18:56:30Z

Obama bolstered by Republican fight, economic gains

2011-12-14T17:37:45Z

"As the voters get a better sense of their choices, Obama is starting to come out better," said Republican Dan Schnur, an aide on John McCain's 2000 presidential bid. "The general impression of Republicans is being colored by the whole field."

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