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Roanoke College poll: Romney, Allen lead in Virginia
A new poll released Wednesday by Roanoke College found that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has overtaken President Barack Obama in Virginia, and that George Allen is leading Tim Kaine in Virginia’s U.S. Senate race. According to...
Tags: Political Candidates, Polls, Democratic Party, Quinnipiac University, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: No need to leave Fido behind Vacationers traveling to Orlando don’t have to leave Fifi or Fido behind with Rosen Hotels & Resorts’ VIP ¿ Very Important Pet ¿ package...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Lotus (music group), Sailing, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Environmental Pollution
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Factbox - Benghazi attacks and U.S. politics
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats are waging a political battle over attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi in September that killed Washington's ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. Republicans say the attacks exposed...Tags: Michael G. Mullen, Susan Rice, U.S. House of Representatives, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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TIMELINE-Events in U.S. IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny scandal
ReutersBy Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is under investigation for extra scrutiny it gave to conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, a practice that elicited complaints...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, Washington, DC
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Timeline: Events in U.S. IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is under investigation for extra scrutiny it gave to conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, a practice that elicited complaints from the groups during the 2012 presidential election...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Internal Revenue Service, Parties and Movements, Tea Party Movement, Washington, DC
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COLUMN - Benghazi and the Republican abandonment of the center
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist) By Nicholas Wapshott May 10 (Reuters) - In World War Two, the Libyan port of Benghazi was hard fought over, changing hands five times between Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Allied forces. Seventy years on,...Tags: Marco Rubio, Ronald Reagan, Polls, Immigration, Mike Huckabee
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COLUMN: For Obama, 2014 is his number
WASHINGTON — Thirty-one months ago Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affronted the media and other custodians of propriety by saying something common-sensical. On Oct. 23, 2010, he said: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is...Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Immigration, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Mitch McConnell
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Comeback complete, Republican Sanford could be wild card in Congress
Reuters* Republican Sanford does not owe national party after win * Democrats say result undermines Republican pitch to women By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Fresh off a redemptive win in South Carolina's special election, former Governor...Tags: Democratic Party, Tea Party Movement, U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Elections
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2012 elections boost TV stations; L.A. market reaches $1.4 billion
Politics may often seem like a dirty business, but for local TV stations it's also a very good business. Political advertising helped propel a 13.2% growth in television station revenue last year, allowing the broadcast industry to regain much of the...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Television Industry, Online Advertising, Politics, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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Senate votes to consider gun control laws
WASHINGTON — In a lopsided vote, the Senate launched a debate Thursday over the most significant gun legislation in more than a decade, setting up a contest that could last weeks between reinvigorated advocates for stricter laws and conservatives...
Tags: Susan Collins, Ted Cruz, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Patrick J. Toomey, Max Baucus
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GOP moves to plug technology gap with Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Embarrassed by how the last presidential election exposed their yesteryear technology, Republicans are turning to a younger generation of tech-savvy social media experts and software designers to improve communications with voters,...
Tags: Primaries, Political Candidates, Parties and Movements, Washington, DC, Reince Priebus
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It's a Gray Area: Muslims are the latest targets of discrimination
In so many ways, one of the biggest civil rights issues of our day is the way we treat Muslims in our country. Yes, 9/11 was an act of war against the United States, and yes, it was carried out by radical Muslims. But it is our obligation to realize...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Pakistan, Colin Powell, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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