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Woman Says Lane Closings Were Not to Blame for Her Mother's Death — The daughter of a 91-year-old woman from Fort Lee, N.J., who died on the day of a major traffic jam precipitated by top aides to Gov. Chris Christie said on Thursday that she did not believe the inability of an ambulance …
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Christie Fires Aide in Bridge Scandal as U.S. Opens Inquiry — TRENTON — In a remarkable day of swirling political drama, Gov. Chris Christie tried on Thursday to control the damage from revelations that his administration ordered the revenge-closings of traffic lanes at the George Washington Bridge …
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So, Christie Says He Couldn't Pick Fort Lee Mayor ‘Out of a Lineup’... Really? — A photo posted on the New Jersey governor's own website, taken at a news conference on Dec. 8, 2011, tells a different story. The photo shows Christie speaking on the issue of sick pay reform with several mayors …
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Four Uncomfortable Questions From Chris Christie's Bridgegate Press Conference — The thrust of Gov. Chris Christie's (R-N.J.) Bridgegate press conference this morning has been: I didn't know, my staff lied to me, I'm so embarrassed, I'm sorry. — Let's say he's telling the truth.
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U.S. attorney probing Christie has opened wallet to Democrats — Washington (CNN) - Paul J. Fishman, the U.S. attorney tasked with looking into New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's bridge controversy, has donated to several Democratic politicians and organizations, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Over Two Weeks Ago, Christie Claimed His Staff Gave Him a ‘Full Briefing’ on Bridgegate
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His press conference was bold, but if anything he said turns out to be false, he could be finished.
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Chris Christie ally David Wildstein pleads Fifth to panel
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Christie Ally Seeks to Block Testimony on Bridge Scandal
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Chris Christie did everything right today. But Bridge-gate is still a very real problem for him.

Is Chris Christie political road kill?
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Full transcript: N.J. Gov. Chris Christie's Jan. 9 news conference on George Washington Bridge scandal

Christie Pal Pleads The Fifth At Bridge Scandal Hearing
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Intel panel: DOD report finds Snowden leaks helped terrorists — Edward Snowden's leaks about National Security Agency programs have put U.S. troops at risk and prompted terrorists to change their tactics, according to a classified Pentagon report. — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers …
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EPA publishes emissions rule to GOP's dismay — The Environmental Protection Agency published its rule limiting carbon emissions from new power plants on Wednesday to the dismay of coal advocates and the GOP. — The proposed rule, published nearly four months after EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy announced …
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Who is this man? Many Americans don't recognize top news anchor — Nightly News is now the nightly White House propaganda , it's talking points , personal attacks and lies. They don't even give reeivent news. I stopped watching the communist run media when I got my first computer.
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Millionaires' Club: For First Time, Most Lawmakers are Worth $1 Million-Plus — For the first time in history, most members of Congress are millionaires, according to a new analysis of personal financial disclosure data by the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Gillespie, Former Republican Chairman, Readies to Run for Senate in Virginia — WASHINGTON — Ed Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman, has told senior members of his party that he will challenge Senator Mark R. Warner of Virginia and announce his candidacy as early as next week …
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Marriage and Poverty — Oddly enough, there is a gang of Republicans who have recently taken up the mantle of poverty. With the exception of Mike Lee, who has proposed to increase the Child Tax Credit, none of the people in this gang has come out with anything remotely interesting or worthwhile.
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How Marriage Fights Poverty
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RINOs Stampede Away from Christie — RUSH: Governor Christie just yesterday, I believe, and frequently many times prior has talked about how he's different because he's shown he can work the other side. He said (paraphrasing), “It's not that we don't have arguments, we have arguments …
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A health industry expert on ‘the fundamental problem with Obamacare’ — Robert Laszewski is president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, a policy and marketplace consulting firm where he works closely with many in the heath industry as they try to navigate the Affordable Care Act.
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Obamacare To Cover Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs — WASHINGTON — Certain medications that are intended to prevent breast cancer will be fully covered under Obamacare, in new guidance set to be issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Thursday morning.
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Reid's Uncompromising Power Play in Senate Rankles Republicans — WASHINGTON — With his strong-armed change to the filibuster rule and an iron-fisted control of the Senate floor, Senator Harry Reid has engaged in the greatest consolidation of congressional power since Newt Gingrich ruled the House …


Hitler's ‘Mein Kampf’ Surges in E-Book Sales … Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic political testament “Mein Kampf” is surging up electronic book bestseller lists, even as sales of the printed version have been stagnant for years. — As of Wednesday, two electronic versions of “Mein Kampf” …
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Rep. Paul Ryan gives U.S. a ‘failing grade’ in war on poverty — (CNN) - On the heels of the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's call for an “all-out war on human poverty,” Rep. Paul Ryan said efforts to reduce poverty should happen outside think tanks in Washington …
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