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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Runs Counter to the Senate's Courtly Ways — WASHINGTON — As the Senate edged toward a divisive filibuster vote on Chuck Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, sat silent and satisfied in the corner of the chamber — his voice lost to laryngitis …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s Nasty Newcomer — WHEN a Vesuvius like John McCain tells you that you belch too much smoke and spew too much fire, you know you've got a problem. — And Ted Cruz, a Republican freshman in the Senate who has been front and center in his party's effort to squash Chuck Hagel's nomination …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Jesse Jackson Jr. Charged With Misusing Campaign Funds — WASHINGTON — In the span of four years starting in 2007, Jesse L. Jackson Jr., then a representative from Illinois, amassed a collection of celebrity memorabilia, furs, jewelry and furniture. — Working with an antiques dealer …
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Jesse Jackson Jr. to plead guilty to federal charges
Jesse Jackson Jr. to plead guilty to federal charges
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Katherine Skiba / Chicago Tribune:
Federal charges filed against Jesse Jackson Jr., wife
Federal charges filed against Jesse Jackson Jr., wife
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Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Elizabeth Warren's Aggressive Questioning Prompts Anger From Wall Street — Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) meeting with bank regulators Thursday left bankers reeling, after the politician questioned why regulators had not prosecuted a bank since the financial crisis.
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Protecting People On Facebook — Facebook, like every significant internet service, is frequently targeted by those who want to disrupt or access our data and infrastructure. As such, we invest heavily in preventing, detecting, and responding to threats that target our infrastructure …
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FBI investigating allegations Sen. Menendez patronized prostitutes in Dominican Republic — A team of FBI agents has been conducting interviews in recent weeks in the Dominican Republic and the United States, looking into allegations that Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) patronized prostitutes …
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JEB BUSH: I WOULD GOVERN LIKE LYNDON JOHNSON AS PRESIDENT — Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said he would strive to be like Lyndon Johnson, the Democrat famous for expanding the U.S. welfare state through the “Great Society,” if he were elected president.
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Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Bear Bombers Over Guam — Two Russian nuclear-armed bombers circled the western Pacific island of Guam this week in the latest sign of Moscow's growing strategic assertiveness toward the United States. — The Russian Tu-95 Bear-H strategic bombers were equipped with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles …
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LGBT Percentage Highest in D.C., Lowest in North Dakota — All states are within two percentage points of the overall national average of 3.5% — PRINCETON, NJ — The percentage of U.S. adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) ranges from 1.7% in North Dakota …
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Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Incomes Flat in Recovery, but Not for the 1% — WASHINGTON — Incomes rose more than 11 percent for the top 1 percent of earners during the economic recovery, but barely at all for everybody else, according to new data. — The numbers, produced by Emmanuel Saez, an economist at the University …
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The best choice for pope? A nun. — In giving up the papacy, Pope Benedict XVI was brave and bold. He did the unexpected for the good of the Catholic Church. And when it selects a new pope next month, the College of Cardinals should be equally brave and bold. It is time to elect a nun as the next pontiff.
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Fars News Agency:
Iranian Elites, Scholars Urge Mursi to Foster Unity, Implement Islamic Law — TEHRAN (FNA)- A group of renowned Iranian elites and scholars in a letter to Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi stressed the Islamic community's high capacity to save the world, and asked Mursi to implement Islamic governing system in his revolutionary state.
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Fox Business host: Preschool is just Obama ‘handing out goodies’ to the poor — Fox Business host Stuart Varney is blasting President Barack Obama's proposal to provide high-quality early education for poor and middle-class children, saying that the plan is just Democrats handing out “goodies” …
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