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Project Vote Smart helps you pick the right candidate for you
reporterIt looks more like a high tech video game with music, pop-ups and drop-in graphics. But, it's actually a tool to keep you informed about your candidates as you head to the polls. "Primarily we're covering 6-categories of data on all elected officials and...Tags: Voting, Politics, Jimmy Carter, Elections
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Donald Rumsfeld is coming to Roanoke
reporterDonald Rumsfeld isn't afraid to talk to the media. During his time in the Bush administration, he was front and center as Secretary of Defense. Nearly 25-years earlier, he served in the same role for President Ford. Even though he left public service in...Tags: International Military Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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With oath, Colgan is state's longest-serving senator
Sen. Charles J. Colgan took his Senate oath for his 10th term Wednesday, making the 85-year-old Democrat the longest-serving state senator in Virginia history.
Colgan, a Democrat from Prince William County, was elected during the term of President Gerald...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, Prince William County, Elections, World War II (1939-1945)
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Donald Rumsfeld visits Roanoke
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visited Roanoke Thursday night.
The Roanoke City Republican Committee invited him.
Rumsfeld answered questions from Roanoke college professor, Harry Wilson.
The discussion focused on Rumsfeld's memoir,...Tags: Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, George W. Bush
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Former first lady Betty Ford dies at 93
DETROIT (AP) --
A family friend says former first lady Betty Ford has died at age 93.
Marty Allen says Ford, whose battles with cancer and substance abuse inspired millions to seek treatment, died Friday.
Allen did not say how Betty Ford died.
He says...Tags: Politics, Behavioral Conditions, Celebrities and Health Issues, Jimmy Carter, Substance Abuse
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Kudos for the week of May 13
Here is our weekly salute to the people, places and organizations that make Northern Michigan a special place to live. Patrick Parker receives national award Petoskey native Patrick Parker was honored recently for a life-long commitment to his community....Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Boy Scouts of America, Government, Culture
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Cloned: Inheritance Windfall: Record-Breaking Year For Estate Taxes Helps Fuel Budget Surplus
The Hartford CourantEven if death and taxes are the only things certain in life, state legislators say they can never be certain about death taxes. With no crystal ball and no idea when spectacularly wealthy Connecticut residents might die, state officials make an educated...Tags: CNBC (tv network), Crime, Law and Justice, New York City, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Budgets and Budgeting
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GOP, Democrats continue to dispute regarding Benghazi deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History...
Tags: Republican Party, Christopher Stevens, Washington, DC, Benghazi, U.S. Elections
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ANALISIS-Credibilidad de la Fed es puesta a prueba por inflación debajo de la meta
ReutersPor Pedro Nicolaci da Costa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Con la tasa de inflación estadounidense cerca de la mitad de la meta de un 2,0 por ciento de la Reserva Federal, el banco central está enfrentando una gran prueba y algunos expertos se preguntan si...Tags: Fines, Punishment
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RPT-FED FOCUS-Fed's credibility tested as inflation drifts below target
ReutersBy Pedro Nicolaci da Costa WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - With the U.S. inflation rate about half of the Federal Reserve's 2.0 percent target, the central bank is facing a major test and some experts wonder whether it will eventually need to ramp up its...Tags: Financial Markets, Economic Indicator, Market and Exchange, Productivity, Consumer Confidence
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Ford's structure complete after last "puzzle piece"
If the hull of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is a massive jigsaw puzzle – a metaphor sometimes employed by its shipbuilders – then the forward end of the catapult is like a corner piece. On Tuesday, a crane operator at Newport News...
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Ford launch moved back from July to November
The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will be launched in November as opposed to July as was originally set in a contract between the Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding, a Navy official said. "We have agreed to push back the launch of CVN 78 (the Ford's...
Tags: Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Engineering, John F. Kennedy, Newport News Shipbuilding
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