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Warren: 'I won't deny who I am' — Elizabeth Warren, outside her childhood home in Norman, Okla., last year. She said her parents had to elope because her father's family disapproved of her mother's Native American ancestry. — She has given clumsy answers, evaded questions …
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EXCLUSIVE: ELOPED? ELIZABETH WARREN'S PARENTS MARRIED IN RELIGIOUS CEREMONY — Last night, in an interview with the Boston Globe, Elizabeth Warren claimed that her parents were forced to elope because her father's family objected to her mother's Native American heritage:
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Warren: My parents had to elope because my mother was 1/16th Cherokee, or something; Update: A religious wedding for the elopement? — How worried has Elizabeth Warren become over the controversy surrounding her self-identification as a Native American at Penn and Harvard Law, both of which promoted her as an example of diversity?
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Cherokees to protest Warren at convention
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Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran — WASHINGTON — From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America's …
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US Creates 69,000 New Jobs, Unemployment Rate 8.2% — The American jobs engine hit stall speed in May, with the economy adding just 69,000 new jobs while the unemployment rate climbed to 8.2 percent. — As another summertime swoon looms, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported …
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Miserable May jobs report suggests U.S. in recession red zone — [THIS POST WILL UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF PAGE AS EVENTS UNFOLD ...] — The May jobs report was a complete and utter disaster for the economy and, perhaps, President Obama's chances for reelection.
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May Employment Report: 69,000 Jobs, 8.2% Unemployment Rate
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Employment In U.S. Increased 69,000 In May
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TPMMuckraker — Justice Department Demands Florida Stop Purging Voter Rolls — The Justice Department sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner Thursday evening demanding the state cease purging its voting rolls because the process it is using has not been cleared under the Voting Rights Act, TPM has learned.
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Feds to Florida: halt non-citizen voter purge
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Florida Governor Rick Scott Defends Voter Purge: We're ‘Doing The Right Thing’
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Judge Opposes Restrictions on Florida's Voter Groups
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The Number That Will Matter In Wisconsin — In the epic showdown between Big Blue and Big Red, Walker's margin may be the number being watched from Chicago and Boston. A Walker blowout means trouble for the president. — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (L) and Republican Wisconsin Governor …
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Recall Election Could Foretell November Vote
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Barrett decries ‘Willie Horton’ tactics
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Jeb Bush Proves He Won't be VP — Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush emphatically told reporters today he is not going to be a candidate for vice president. — “It's not in the cards for me,” Bush said. “I don't know how many times I have to repeat this. I have been repeating it for the last two years.
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Democrat Van Hollen tells Jeb Bush he should be criticizing his brother — A top House Democrat slammed Jeb Bush on Friday for criticizing President Obama's economic policies while not condemning those of his brother, former President George W. Bush. — Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.) …
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TRENDING: Bill Clinton, predicting Obama win, calls Romney's business career ‘sterling’ — (CNN) - Former President Bill Clinton, a stalwart backer of President Barack Obama who's already helped the incumbent Democrat raise funds for his re-election bid, said Thursday that Mitt Romney had a …
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Mitt Romney Wins Over The Right By Confronting Obama — Behind his confrontational strategy: A bet that the base cares more about grit than policy, and doesn't want him to apologize for Donald Trump. “This is right out of Breitbart's playbook,” says Thor. — Romey, in front of Solyndra Thursday.
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Morning Briefing: Disappointing Jobs Report Calls GOP's Austerity Policies Into Question — The U.S. economy added just 69,000 jobs in May, far below economists' expectations. The report suggests that the GOP's deep spending cuts and other austerity measures have undermined growth.
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Weak U.S. Hiring Adds to Global Gloom
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President Barack Obama speaks before signing the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank …
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The Charts That Should Accompany All Discussions of Media Bias — They are the ones presented this morning by John Sides, drawing on Pew analyses of positive, negative, and neutral press coverage of all Republican candidates and of President Obama through this past year. — Here's the trend in coverage of Mitt Romney.
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Obama apologizes in writing for ‘Polish death camp’ verbal gaffe — President Obama has penned a letter of apology expressing “regret” over using the phrase “Polish death camps” in a ceremony earlier this week, which has drawn heavy criticism from Polish officials.
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President Obama Shuns Lech Walesa
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John Edwards case shines light on hard-to-enforce campaign finance laws — If you're a sketchy or careless politician with an urge to tempt campaign finance law - well, go for it. — Odds are that you'll get away with your misdeeds for years, dinged only by a paltry penalty - if any at all - well after the fact.
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Obama Tells Donors Health-Care Fight May Loom After Court Rules — Obama Needs More Time to Redo Health Care — President Barack Obama is confiding to Democratic donors that he may have to revisit the health-care issue in a second term, a position at odds with his publicly expressed confidence …
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Jay Townsend, GOP Spokesman: 'Let's Hurl Some Acid At Those Female Democratic Senators' … REACT: — FOLLOW: — New York, Video, Barry Caro, Jay Townsend, Jay Townsend Spokesman, Richard Becker, Nan Hayworth, New-York-Representatives, War On Women, Politics News
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DC Comics Green Lantern relaunched as gay superhero — One of DC Comics oldest heroes is super-coming out. — The original Green Lantern - a DC Comics mainstay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a gay man in next week's issue of “Earth 2.” — Alan Scott - formerly …

In U.S., 46% Hold Creationist View of Human Origins — Highly religious Americans most likely to believe in creationism — PRINCETON, NJ — Forty-six percent of Americans believe in the creationist view that God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years.
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‘Fear of the Future’ Keeps Lid on Economic Growth: Greenspan — Investors could revolt at a moment's notice against high government deficit levels, jeopardizing chances at a recovery and potentially sending interest rates soaring, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told CNBC.
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Judge revokes George Zimmerman bond in Trayvon Martin killing — April 20, 2012: In this file photo, George Zimmerman, left, answers a question from attorney Mark O'Mara during a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla.AP/ORLANDO SENTINEL — SANFORD, FLA - URGENT: A judge on Friday revoked the bond …
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