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Woman denies being a prostitute, meeting Menendez — (CNN) - A woman accused of being a prostitute involved with U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez denied those claims in a Spanish-language interview released Monday. — The woman, identified as 21-year-old Yaneisi Fernandez, says she's never met Menendez or worked as a prostitute.
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HookerGate: Miami Herald Confirms Elements of Menendez Prostitute Story
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Why Ron Paul's Twitter Is Getting A Little More Interesting — The former great libertarian hope has started running his own Twitter feed since he left office. — Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul has been attracting negative attention all day for a tweet he sent Monday morning regarding the death …
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Ron Paul · 1,118,198 like this — As a veteran, I certainly recognize that this weekend's violence and killing of Chris Kyle were a tragic and sad event. My condolences and prayers go out to Mr. Kyle's family. Unconstitutional and unnecessary wars have endless unintended consequences.
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Vince Coglianese / The Daily Caller:
Former congressman and libertarian icon Ron Paul tweeted …
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Thisistwitchy / Twitchy:
Disgusting: Ron Paul attacks murder victim, war hero Chris Kyle; Updated
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Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Tagg, you're it for GOP Senate hopes — Tagg Romney is considering a run in the special Senate election now that Scott Brown has opted out, the Truth Squad has learned. — Calls for Romney, 42, to join in the short campaign to replace Secretary of State John F. Kerry have increased since …
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Tagg Romney On Senate Run: “Timing Is Not Right With Me'
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Tagg Romney for Senate? No Way, Sources Say
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David Nather / Politico:
Kasich's Obamacare flip burns conservatives — Conservative groups wanted to stop the march of Obamacare expansion at ground zero: the states. — But one of their best hopes just caved. — John Kasich, the fiercely conservative governor of Ohio, announced Monday that he's …
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John Kasich Accepts Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion
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Jeffrey Young / The Huffington Post:
Ohio Medicaid Expansion Backed By GOP Gov. John Kasich
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BBC:
Reconstructed face of Richard III — The reconstruction was revealed earlier for the first time — A facial reconstruction based on the skull of Richard III has revealed how the English king may have looked. — A skeleton found under a car park in Leicester has been confirmed as that of the king.
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Richard III / BBC:
Car park skeleton is Richard III — The skeleton is ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ the remains of Richard III — A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park has been confirmed as that of English king Richard III. — Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch's family.
Maev Kennedy / Guardian:
DNA confirms bones belong to Richard III
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Karen Tumulty / She The People:
Janet Napolitano: A woman to watch for 2016 — So, what happens if Hillary Clinton doesn't run in 2016? — It is hard to imagine the presidential field without a woman contender, and here's one to keep your eye on: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama pushes immigration reform with CEOs, labor leaders
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Carney: Obama never ‘pretended’ he grew up as an avid hunter
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Gio Benitez / ABCNEWS:
Alabama Hostage Standoff Ends: Jimmy Lee Dykes Dead, Child Safe After Secret Surveillance — A week-long standoff in Alabama, where a retired trucker held a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker, has ended with the kidnapper dead and the child safe, according to law enforcement.
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Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Cops Say Road Rage Incident Was Prompted By Suspect's “Impeach Obama” Bumper Sticker — Paul Guaschino was driving Friday when a fellow motorist spotted an “Impeach Obama” bumper sticker on the 62-year-old Connecticut resident's vehicle. — According to cops, the other driver apparently …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Sue S&P Over Ratings — Justice Department Says Endorsements of Risky Mortgage Bonds Fueled Crisis — The Justice Department is expected to sue Standard & Poor's Ratings Services as soon as Tuesday, alleging the firm ignored its own standards to rate mortgage bonds that imploded …
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Manu Raju / Politico:
McCain: Don't filibuster Hagel — Sen. John McCain appears to have cleared the way Monday for Chuck Hagel to be the next secretary of defense. — The Arizona Republican, who has been a prominent voice in the debate over Hagel, said Monday he would oppose any attempt to filibuster the nomination …
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Reuters:
Insight: Electric cars head toward another dead end — (Reuters) - Are electric cars running out of juice again? — Recent moves by Japan's two largest automakers suggest that the electric car, after more than 100 years of development and several brief revivals, still is not ready for prime time - and may never be.
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Natasha Singer / NBC News:
Why the AR-15 is most-wanted gun in America — 'It's kind of fashionable ... the young generation likes them, the assault-looking guns' — Below: — Latest market data — PASADENA, Md. — The phone rings again at Pasadena Pawn and Gun, and a familiar question comes down the line: “Got any ARs?”
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Hispanics' Approval of Obama 70%, Up 12 Pts. Since August — Approval up seven percentage points among all adults in same time span — PRINCETON, NJ — In January, 70% of Hispanics approved of the job President Barack Obama was doing, down slightly from 75% in December.
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Brandon Friedman / TIME:
Just Who Do They Represent: At Hagel Hearing, Concern for Israel Tops U.S. Troops in Combat — When Senator Mike Lee took his turn to cross-examine defense-secretary nominee Chuck Hagel during last Thursday's confirmation hearing, he expressed considerable concern for Israel's security.
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Paul Campos / Salon:
Student loans: The next housing bubble — College students accrue hundreds of thousands in debt with little hope of paying it back. It's a cruel game — The American system of higher education is increasingly becoming a fiscal disaster for ever-larger numbers of students who move through it.
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