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Lowell Sun Online:
Tsongas declared 5th District winner — LOWELL — Democrat Niki Tsongas of Lowell defeated Republican John Ogonowski of Dracut today to capture the 5th District congressional seat vacated by Marty Meehan earlier this year. — With 195 of 195 precincts reporting, Tsongas captured 54,363 votes …
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Kurt Hayes / WCVB-TV:
5th U.S. Congressional District Special Election — Massachusetts Fifth U.S. Congressional District — Precincts Reporting - 96 out of 195 - 49% — Should You Get A Home Equity Loan? — Thinking of remodeling your home or paying off some debt? LendingTree has expert articles …
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Lynne Cheney: 'Dick and Barack Obama are eighth cousins.' — In an MSNBC interview today, host Norah O'Donnell asked Lynne Cheney her views on Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) presidential campaign and whether "America is ready for a woman president." Cheney replied that she actually has a "certain bias":
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CNN Political Ticker:
All in the family: Cheney and Obama related — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Go back far enough, the saying goes, and everyone's related. — But could it be possible that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney share a common ancestor? — Cheney's wife Lynne says yes.
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
CHENEY AND OBAMA COUSINS? — From NBC's Adam Verdugo — In an interview with MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell this afternoon, Lynne Cheney revealed that while researching the Cheney family tree for her new book "Blue Skies, No Fences," she discovered that the Vice President Cheney and Barack Obama are related — albeit distantly.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Support Wanes in House for Genocide Vote — Worried about antagonizing Turkish leaders, House members from both parties have begun to withdraw their support from a resolution supported by the Democratic leadership that would condemn as genocide the mass killings of Armenians nearly a century ago.
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Marilyn W. Thompson / New York Times:An Ex-Leader in Congress Is Now Turkey's Man in the Lobbies of Capitol Hill
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David B. Caruso / Associated Press:
Talk show host apologizes for faulty report of NYC mugging — NEW YORK - An Air America radio personality apologized Tuesday for saying that a colleague, the liberal talk show host Randi Rhodes, had been the victim of a violent street mugging perpetrated by "the right wing hate machine."
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NY Daily News:Air America host Randi Rhodes wasn't mugged
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
N.H. inches toward December primary — Notice to all national political reporters, campaign operatives and presidential candidates: You may not be home for the holidays. — Until recently, I did not think that any state actually would hold its 2008 primary as early as this December.
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CNN Political Ticker:
Carville: Jeb Bush will be GOP nominee — NEW YORK (CNN) — Democratic strategist and CNN analyst James Carville tossed out a provocative idea during a panel discussion on politics Tuesday. — At CNN's America Votes 2008 Breakfast, the chief architect of Bill Clinton's successful 1992 …
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
More S-Chip Poster Children — Yes, it was hard to miss the blogospheric frenzy over my piece this morning on the latest poster child the Democrats are upholding for S-CHIP. — As best I can tell, mostly the response has been a misreading of what I wrote.
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David Cassel / BLORGABLE.com:
Hacked Ann Coulter site: my career was a prank! — Ann Coulter's web site was apparently hacked Monday night. In place of a column about Republican politics was "An Open Letter to Readers" announcing that her entire career had been a practical joke. — Radar magazine's site spotted …
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Sarah Maria Santorum's tears inspire song — This is the story of a defeated senator, his crying daughter, a Nashville songwriter and Martina McBride, the country music star. — It begins in Pittsburgh on election night 2006. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), losing to Democrat Robert P. Casey Jr …
Mark Mackinnon / Globe and Mail:
Some Palestinians prefer life in Israel — In East Jerusalem, residents say they would fight a handover to Abbas regime — JERUSALEM — After 40 years of living under Israeli occupation, two stints in Israeli prisons and a military checkpoint on the same road as his odds-and-ends shop …
Bill Schneider / CNN:
Poll: As Thompson's star fades, Clinton's on the rise — CNN Senior Political Analyst — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Fred Thompson got into the Republican race with great expectations. And sure enough, just after he got in last month, polling showed Thompson and Rudy Giuliani were just about tied for front-runner.
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Neal Kozodoy / Commentary:
An Announcement — We are delighted to announce that John Podhoretz has been named to succeed — Neal Kozodoy in the position of COMMENTARY's Editor as of January 1, 2009. — Mr. Podhoretz will join the COMMENTARY staff this November. In the interim role of Editorial Director …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Lifers as Teenagers, Now Seeking Second Chance — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In December, the United Nations took up a resolution calling for the abolition of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for children and young teenagers. The vote was 185 to 1, with the United States the lone dissenter.
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