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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Bill Kristol: Romney camp has reason to ‘worry’ — Political analyst Bill Kristol on Sunday added to conservative criticism of Mitt Romney's campaign, saying it was a troubling sign that Obama was still ahead in the polls despite a still weak economy. — “President Obama has had three …
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Gibbs: ‘Nobody knows’ if Romney is a tax dodge
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Robert Gibbs / CNN:
Gibbs blasts Romney for overseas accounts
Gibbs blasts Romney for overseas accounts
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Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
We're getting wildly differing assessments — The announcement of the Supreme Court's decision largely upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Thursday, June 28 precipitated a genuine media drama. Millions tuned in to get the result in real time, and were rewarded …
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I was a right-wing child star — At 13, I gave a speech at CPAC. Four years later, I renounced conservatives — and they attacked me for it — Four years ago, at the age of 13, I gave a speech at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference). To be honest, I had no idea how big …
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Brian Vastag / Washington Post:
U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren't there — Michelle Amaral wanted to be a brain scientist to help cure diseases. She planned a traditional academic science career: PhD, university professorship and, eventually, her own lab. — But three years after earning a doctorate …
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Swing states poll: Amid barrage of ads, Obama has edge — When it comes to campaign ads in the presidential race, there are two Americas. — In most of the country, just about the only time campaign ads for the presidential candidates are on TV is when there's a news story about the ads.
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Romney Donors Out in Force in Hamptons — EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - A woman in a blue chiffon dress poked her head out of a black Range Rover here on Sunday afternoon and yelled to an aide to Mitt Romney, “Is there a V.I.P. entrance. We are V.I.P.” — No such entrance existed.
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Jeremiah Wright: We need control — President Barack Obama's former spiritual adviser spoke just a few miles from the White House on Sunday, and politics and controversy weren't far from what Rev. Jeremiah Wright had to say. — “As we celebrate the foundations of our future …
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Robert Elliott / Examiner:
New Republican governors rapidly bringing down unemployment in their states — Voters in 17 states elected new Republican governors in November 2010. This new breed of fiscally-conservative, tea party-supported Republican governors took office in January 2011.
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
McConnell sees 50-50 chance of GOP winning back Senate majority — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday that Republicans have even odds of winning back the Senate majority in this fall's elections. — “Fifty-fifty. I think it is going to be a very close, competitive election,” McConnell said on CNN.
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Census, registration paint picture of Colorado's unaffiliated voters — They are middle-income 46-year-olds. Men slightly outnumber women. Their exact racial and ethnic breakdown is unknown, but most live in cities that are predominantly white and non-Latino.
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David Singleton / The Times-Tribune:
Scranton moves ahead with minimum wage pay for city workers despite injunction — In defiance of an injunction issued in Lackawanna County Court, hundreds of city employees will open their checks today to find they were paid only minimum wage for their work.
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Travis Andersen / Boston Globe:
State Rep. Carlos Henriquez arrested on domestic assault charges — A Dorchester state representative was arrested this morning on domestic assault charges after an altercation with a woman as they were driving near a Northeastern University dormitory, Boston police said.
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The 11 Ways That Consumers Are Hopeless at Math — This is your brain on shopping, and it's not very smart — You walk into a Starbucks and see two deals for a cup of coffee. The first deal offers 33% extra coffee. The second takes 33% off the regular price. What's the better deal?
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Barney Frank Weds Jim Ready — IT was perhaps fitting that Representative Barney Frank met his future husband, Jim Ready, at a political fund-raiser in 2005. — “I told him I had a crush on him for 20 years,” said Mr. Ready, recalling that meeting. — And what did Mr. Frank make of that?
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Congressman Barney Frank weds in same-sex marriage
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Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Barney Frank marries longtime partner
Barney Frank marries longtime partner
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