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Chicagoland: 2 Shot At Funeral For Shooting Victim
Today, two Chicago men were shot outside a funeral home on the poverty-ridden South Side of the city. The two men were at a funeral for another man who was shot to death last week on the South Side;...
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Chair Of Fed. Agency Leased Luxury SUV to Avoid 10-Minute Walk
A federal audit has revealed the chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, Richard Lidinsky, used taxpayer dollars to spend more than $1,600 a month leasing a Chevy Tahoe SUV and $75 an hour to hire...
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SEC Chair Schapiro Announces Resignation
Mary Schapiro, chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, resigned on Monday and will be replaced in the interim by Elise Walter. Walker is a Democrat who was appointed by George W....
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Women's Rights Group Auctioning One-Hour Strategy Session With Sandra Fluke
A women's rights organization is auctioning the creative services of Sandra Fluke to raise money to fight for "gender justice in the media."The group Women, Action, and the Media! (WAM!) is allowing...
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Chicago Suburb Latest to Ban Nativity Scene
In Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago, the Illinois nativity Scene Committee will be denied permission to display a Nativity scene in a local park. The group has placed nativity scenes in Daly...
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Obama Officials to Cash Out at Top Lobbying Firms
President Barack Obama campaigned on shutting the revolving door that allows administration officials to peddle their influence on K-Street, but top administration officials are looking to land some of...
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Grover Norquist Fights Back Against Deserters of No-Tax Pledge
Grover Norquist, head of Americans For Tax Reform, was interviewed by Neil Cavuto on Fox today about the fact that some senators are abandoning their commitment to his no-tax pledge. Saxby Chambliss,...
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'Under God' Under Scrutiny, Again
Massachusetts’ highest court will hear a case that may permanently strike the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance in the state’s schools.Two weeks ago, attorneys representing an...
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Obama White House Rips GOP 'Obsession' with Benghazi
After Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) emerged from yesterday's meeting with Ambassador Rice with greater concern about the cover-up of Benghazi, White House...
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Buzzfeed Reporter: Jackson Could Be Faking Bipolar To Dodge Feds
Jesse Jackson Jr. may have used the excuse of being bipolar as a way to leave office without being shamed by being indicted for corruption, alleged Buzzfeed’s Washington Bureau Chief, John Stanton. In...
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Friendship First: McCain Sparing Hillary Clinton from Harsh Libya Criticism
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has blistered U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice for her incompetence and lies to the American people about Benghazi. But he has refrained from criticizing Hillary Clinton, the...
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Butler Univ: Ignore 'American-ness, Maleness, Whiteness, Heterosexuality'
If you’re a white heterosexual middle-class young male who’s attending Butler University, don’t register for Political Science 201: Research and Analysis; your perspective is unwanted there. In that...
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DOJ, Republicans Will Meet over Fast & Furious Documents
The Department of Justice and House Republicans will meet in the very near future to discuss the latter's access to documents related to Operation Fast and Furious, the gun-walking scheme that allowed...
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House Dems: Medicare Cuts Off The Table
House Democrats on Wednesday said they would not agree to any Medicare cuts during the fiscal cliff negotiations. While Democrats have pressured Republicans to raise taxes on families making $250,000,...
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Rhode Island Governor Removes 'Christmas' Tree
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee will not use Christmas to describe the state’s Christmas tree. This is the second year in a row he has called the state’s tree a "holiday" tree.After last year’s...
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25K Nevadans Will Lose Unemployment Benefits Without Budget Deal
If Congress fails to reach an agreement in the fiscal cliff negotiations, 25,000 Nevadans will lose unemployment benefits on January 2.According to the Nevada Division of Employment Security, federal...
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Hurricane Sandy May Cost Taxpayers $80 Billion
Hurricane Sandy may cost taxpayers at least $80 billion.New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- along with Northeastern lawmakers such as Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Chuck...
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Student Loan Debt Exploding After More Government Involvement
During the 2012 campaign, President Barack Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the administration’s goal was to make “student loans available to as many people as possible” regardless of...
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Third-Quarter GDP Growth Revised Upward to 2.7%
America's third quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased at a 2.7% annual rate, which was revised from an initial 2% growth estimate. In the second quarter, the economy grew at a 1.3% annual...
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Fiscal Cliff an Opportunity for GOP to Undo TARP Mistake
The fiscal cliff debate is a reprise of the TARP debate of late 2008, with the Republicans under pressure to do “something” to stave off economic collapse. This time, the threat is about a crisis that...
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