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Obama: Trayvon ‘could have been me’ — President Obama said Friday that all Americans should respect the George Zimmerman verdict, but white Americans should also understand that African Americans continue to face racial discrimination. — “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago …
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In Wake of Zimmerman Verdict, Obama Makes Extensive Statement on Race in America — WASHINGTON — President Obama, making a surprise appearance on Friday in the White House briefing room to address the verdict in the Trayvon Martin killing, spoke in personal terms about the experience …
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Raising the Wrong Profile — In 2003, State Senator Barack Obama spearheaded a bill through the Illinois legislature that sought to put the clamps on racial profiling. Obama called racial profiling “morally objectionable,” “bad police practice” and a method that mainly served to …
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Obama: ‘Trayvon Martin could have been me’ — (CNN) - President Barack Obama said Friday that “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago” in his first live comments since the verdict last weekend in the case of Martin's shooting death last year. — Americans, Obama said, are aware of the …
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Obama: ‘Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago’ — (CNN) — President Barack Obama said Friday that “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago” in his first live comments since a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman last weekend in the teenager's shooting death.
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READ AND WATCH: President Obama addresses the Trayvon Martin case — President Obama spoke about the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and the subsequent acquittal of his killer, George Zimmermann, at the White House press briefing today. — REPORTERS: Whoa! — Q: Hello.
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Obama: Trayvon Martin ‘could have been me’
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I could have been Trayvon Martin — The Don Imus controversy …
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Obama: “Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me”
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Zimmerman brother: Obama ‘very sincere’ in comments on racial fallout of Trayvon case
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The Real Face of Terror: Behind the Scenes Photos of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Manhunt — In response to the controversial Rolling Stone cover, new photos of Tsarnaev's capture emerge. — The Rolling Stone cover featuring the suspected Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has, of course …
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‘Real Boston bomber’ photos released
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A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal — A higher office is implicated. — The IRS scandal was connected this week not just to the Washington office—that had been established—but to the office of the chief counsel. — That is a bombshell—such a big one that it managed to emerge in spite of an unfocused …
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DNA shows Rep. Cohen not model's father: “I loved her” — (CBS News) Rep. Steve Cohen (Dem., Tenn.) admitted Thursday that the woman he believed for three-and-a-half years was his out-of-wedlock daughter is not related to him. — In an exclusive interview with CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford, Cohen said, “I was totally stunned.
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EXCLUSIVE—RAND PAUL: OBAMA WILL BAIL OUT DETROIT ‘OVER MY DEAD BODY’ — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he will use every resource he has at his disposal to stop President Barack Obama from bailing out newly-bankrupt Detroit because he believes the city can and must save itself and learn from its fiscal mistakes.
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Detroit isn't alone. The U.S. cities that have gone bankrupt, in one map — On Thursday, the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy protection after being saddled with debts totaling more than $18.5 billion. — That makes Detroit the largest city in the United States ever to file for bankruptcy …
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HHS Admits: You Might Not Be Able to Keep Your Doctor Under Obamacare — As Obamacare was being pushed through Congress in 2010, the Obama administration and its allies were unequivocal in two claims: If you like your doctor and you like your current health care plan, you can keep them both.
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Hitting China's Wall — All economic data are best viewed as a peculiarly boring genre of science fiction, but Chinese data are even more fictional than most. Add a secretive government, a controlled press, and the sheer size of the country, and it's harder to figure out what's really happening …
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GOP Strategist Ed Rollins: Liz Cheney Will Be Portrayed As 'A Housewife Who's Kind Of Bored' — Liz Cheney's nascent Senate bid drew skepticism Thursday from a veteran Republican strategist. — Ed Rollins, who worked on the presidential campaigns of Mike Huckabee and Michele Bachmann …
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Liz Cheney rejects carpetbagging charge in Wyoming race
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GOP lawmaker: The Obamas use Air Force One as ‘personal toy’ — Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) said Thursday morning that President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are using Air Force One and other official aircraft as their “personal toys.” — “I'm not suggesting …
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Hobby Lobby wins a stay against birth control mandate — (Reuters) - A federal judge has temporarily exempted Hobby Lobby Stores Inc from a requirement in the 2010 healthcare law that it offer workers insurance coverage for birth control, which the retailer said violated its religious beliefs.
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Richmond gang-rape defendants found guilty — Photo: Michael Macor, San Francisco Chronicle — It was an attack that horrified the Bay Area - the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl outside her homecoming dance at Richmond High School in which her attackers beat her unconscious and left her under a picnic table in a darkened courtyard.
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