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Woman Attacked At ATM, Assailant Carves Letter Into Her Face — Woman Robbed, Attacked With Knife At Bloomfield ATM — PITTSBURGH — A 20-year-old woman who was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield was also maimed by her attacker, police said. — Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard …
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Why that McCain volunteer's “mutilation” story smells awfully weird — Throughout my career, I've covered dozens of fake hate crimes — campus hate crime hoaxes, Muslim hate crime hoaxes, fake noose hangings, etc., etc., etc. Most were perpetrated by liberals, but there have been some shameful ones on our side of the aisle as well.
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McCain supporter maimed for her politics by robber; Update: Photo; Update: College Republicans on the record — A 20-year-old woman got robbed at an ATM in a Pittsburgh suburb, and normally that would not make national news. However, her robber wanted to make a political statement as well.
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“Politically Motivated” Mutilation - Real or Hoax? — Pittsburgh law enforcement sources tell TMZ they have serious questions about the authenticity of the alleged victim who says she had her face cut by a politically-motivated attacker. — We're told there are several things about the alleged attack that don't add up.
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Former Bush aide voting for Obama — (CNN) — Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary who sharply criticized President Bush in his memoir last spring, told CNN Thursday he's voting for Barack Obama. — “From the very beginning I have said I am going to support the candidate …
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Barack Obama for President — Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation's future truly hangs in the balance. — The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush's failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars …
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Poll Finds Obama Strong With Some Bush Backers — Senator Barack Obama is showing surprising strength among portions of the political coalition that returned George W. Bush to the White House four years ago, a cross section of support that, if it continues through Election Day …
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McCain might skip his own election-night party — NEW YORK (AP) — John McCain's election night watch party might be missing John McCain. Instead of appearing before a throng of supporters at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix on the evening of Nov. 4, the Republican presidential nominee plans …
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Obama Winning Over the Jewish Vote — Three-quarters of U.S. Jewish voters now plan to back Obama for president — PRINCETON, NJ — Jewish voters nationwide have grown increasingly comfortable with voting for Barack Obama for president since the Illinois senator secured the Democratic nomination in June.
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Joe McCain Calls 911 To Complain About Traffic — He called the police emergency line because he was angry he was stuck in traffic. — The 911 call came into the City of Alexandria on Oct. 21st That's creating some buzz because it appears to come from Joe McCain, John McCain's brother.
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McCain: ‘She needed clothes’ — John McCain defended the Republican National Committee's decision Thursday to spend more than $150,000 dollars on clothing and accessories for running mate Sarah Palin. — “She needed clothes at the time,” McCain told a group of Florida reporters.
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Palin In 2012: The Argument
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Sarah Palin talks about wardrobe flap, double standard for women and special education — An exclusive interview: ‘If people only knew how frugal we are’ — PITTSBURGH - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin insisted in an interview with the Tribune on Thursday that she did not accept $150,000 worth …
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Fake America located — In tonight's NBC News interview with Brian Williams, McCain explains that the “elites” are located in D.C. and New York City: … UPDATE: Numerous readers in those cities note that they were the targets on 9/11.
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The Full Obama Interview — Q] I want to ask you some questions about the way you make decisions and then some questions about issues. To me the signal decision of this election was the way you chose your vice-president and the way he chose his. You are known for deliberation and being a rational decision-maker.
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Military Ballots Tossed In Fairfax — The patchwork problem of federal and state election regulations strikes again. — Military ballots are being tossed in Fairfax Co, VA because of a “technicality.” Not a lot of them compared to the size of the electorate, but more than a few.
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Greenspan Concedes Error on Regulation — Facing a firing line of questions from Washington lawmakers, Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman once considered the infallible maestro of the financial system, admitted on Thursday that he “made a mistake” in trusting that free markets …
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GOP ‘goner’ list warns of House rout — An internal document circulating among House Republicans warns of an impending congressional bloodbath, listing 58 Republican-held House seats being at risk, and 11 already considered as good as gone. As many as 34 GOP-held seats are in serious jeopardy …
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Blame game: GOP forms circular firing squad — With despair rising even among many of John McCain's own advisors, influential Republicans inside and outside his campaign are engaged in an intense round of blame-casting and rear-covering—much of it virtually conceding that an Election Day rout is likely.
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Wardrobe Mysteries Linger — About that wardrobe ... There are still aspects of the Republican National Committee's shopping sprees on behalf of Gov. Sarah Palin and her family that are murky. — Some of the fashion experts consulted Wednesday, for instance, about the $150,000 in purchases …
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What's Wrong With This Picture? (a.k.a. Nate the Poll Nazi Strikes Again) — From the latest IPD/TIPP poll: — That's right ... IBD/TIPP has John McCain ahead 74-22 among 18-24 year olds. Who knew the kids were groovin' on J-Mac these days? — IBD/TIPP puts an asterisk by this result …
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Clerk left letters calling Obama “black Hitler” — FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) — A Republican county election clerk distributed copies of an apparent chain letter referring to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as a “young, black Adolf Hitler” to two employees but later told police she intended it to be a joke.
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Council Votes, 29 to 22, to Extend Term Limits — (Photos: James Estrin/The New York Times) — After a spirited, emotional and at times raucous debate, the New York City Council voted, 29 to 22, on Thursday afternoon to extend term limits, allowing Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg …
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