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Gaddafi captured and wounded near Sirte: NTC official — (Reuters) - Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs near his hometown of Sirte at dawn on Thursday, National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid said. — Majid reported the capture …
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Qaddafi Is Dead, Libyan Officials Say — TRIPOLI, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former Libyan strongman who fled into hiding after rebels toppled his regime two months ago in the Arab Spring's most tumultuous uprising, was killed Thursday as fighters battling the vestiges …
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Muammar Gaddafi killed in gun battle — NTC military chief says toppled leader died of wounds following capture near his hometown of Sirte. — Abdul Hakim Belhaj, a NTC military chief, has confirmed that Muammar Gaddafi has died of his wounds after being captured near Sirte.
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When Condi Met Gaddafi — In an exclusive excerpt from Condoleezza Rice's new memoir, ‘No Higher Honor,’ the former secretary of state tells all about her meeting with the recently killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi: his obsession with her, his WMD stockpile—and the infamous ‘tent.’
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Where Is Mitt Romney on Libya? — Have you had any difficulty discerning Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney's precise position on the US involvement in the NATO mission in Libya? — The one consistency has been criticism of President Obama. — But beyond that, he's seemed a bit all over the Libyan map.
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Muammar Gaddafi is dead, NTC says - live coverage
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News Analysis: Qaddafi's Death Is Latest Victory for New U.S. Approach to War
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Iowa: Cain 28% Romney 21% Paul 10% — Reflecting national trends, businessman Herman Cain has now jumped to the front of the Republican pack in Iowa. — A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Iowa caucus-goers shows that Cain is in front with 28% followed by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 21%.
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Herman Cain Tells Piers Morgan That He Is Anti-Abortion, Yet Pro-Choice? — Tonight, Herman Cain sat down with CNN's Piers Morgan to discuss his stance on a variety of issues. And it would appear that, where abortion is concerned, Cain is “anti-abortion in all cases,” yet “pro-choice.”
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Are Herman Cain's 15 minutes finally over?
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Obama struggling in Ohio
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Herman Cain lands Steve Grubbs in Iowa
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Herman Cain: Mine. Mine. Mine
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Cain to Piers Morgan: I'm anti-abortion yet pro-choice
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First look at US pay data, it's awful — Anyone who wants to understand the enduring nature of Occupy Wall Street and similar protests across the country need only look at the first official data on 2010 paychecks, which the U.S. government posted on the Internet on Wednesday.
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Hillary Clinton and Hamid Karzai chuckle over Herman Cain — Secretary of State Clinton and Afghan President Hamid Karzai put international diplomacy aside Thursday during their meeting in Kabul to have a few laughs at Herman Cain's expense. — According to the Associated Press …
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Hillary Clinton Mocks Herman Cain
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FBI investigating assassination threat against Rep. Schilling — The FBI and Capitol Police are investigating an online threat made against Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-Ill.) offering a $75,000 reward for his assassination. — Schilling learned of the threat in an email alert Tuesday night, according to his spokeswoman, Andrea Pivarunas.
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Congressman Schilling asked to lay low after online threat offering assassination reward
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OccupyWallStreet Protesters Go On Private Property And Threaten To Disrupt Business — Here's something you never saw at a Tea Party event, rally, or gathering. — I'm actually amazed that this guy left that restaurant with a full mouth of teeth. The guy at the end of the video …
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In Defense of Rachel Maddow — After Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington, D.C., last year, Rachel Maddow convinced Stewart to sit down with her for over an hour to discuss politics and the media. She dedicated her entire show that night to the interview.
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Public radio host fired from show after NPR questions her involvement in DC protest — WASHINGTON — A freelance broadcaster who works for music and documentary programs has been fired from a job after NPR questioned her involvement in a Washington protest.
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Pelosi's silent treatment shows breaks with President Obama — For House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), disagreement with President Obama often takes the form of silence. — While rank-and-file House Democrats have been outspoken in taking the White House to task over issues …
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A Long, Steep Drop for Americans' Standard of Living — Think life is not as good as it used to be, at least in terms of your wallet? You'd be right about that. The standard of living for Americans has fallen longer and more steeply over the past three years than at any time since …
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The GOP's ‘Thank America Last’ crowd — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) appeared on Fox News this morning to respond to reports of Moammar Gadhafi's demise. His first instinct wasn't to thank American troops, but rather, to thank French troops. — “Today's not a day to point fingers,” the right-wing Florida senator said.

Law Bans Cash for Second Hand Transactions — Cold hard cash. It's good everywhere you go, right? You can use it to pay for anything. — But that's not the case here in Louisiana now. It's a law that was passed during this year's busy legislative session.


Foreigners' Sweetener: Buy House, Get a Visa — The reeling housing market has come to this: To shore it up, two Senators are preparing to introduce a bipartisan bill Thursday that would give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 to buy houses in the U.S.
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The GOP's ludicrous claim about their jobs bill — “The entire plan will not add one penny to the federal debt, while creating 5 million new jobs.” — “Paul said the bill would create 5 million new jobs—although he did not offer a specific time frame.” — Politicians love to make claims …
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‘Occupy’ memo could discourage victims from reporting assaults — Protest group says it wants to be self-contained community — Efforts by the Occupy Baltimore protest group to evolve into a self-contained, self-governing community have erupted into controversy with the distribution …
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The Post-Gadhafi Journalism You Will Read In The Next 72 Hours — 1. Why Gadhafi's Death Vindicates “Leading From Behind” (Tom Friedman) — 2. Gadhafi's Death Shows The U.S. Was Never Really “Leading From Behind” (Anne-Marie Slaughter) — 3. There Is Still More To Do In Libya (Any Washington Post op-ed)
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Perry Campaign Chartered a Plane Used in Drug-Smuggling Ring — The campaign of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, which said Wednesday it had underpaid wealthy donors for use of their private jets, has another ticklish plane problem. … For a campaign swing that started late last month …
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