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SEAN HANNITY TO LEAVE NEW YORK AFTER ANDREW CUOMO'S ANTI-CONSERVATIVE RANT — In a radio interview last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) made some disparaging comments about pro-life conservatives, stating they had “no place in the state of New York because that's not who New Yorkers are.”
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Christie's Image Turns More Negative — Most Don't Believe His Assertions on Highway Controversy — Chris Christie's public image today is starkly different than it was a year ago. Last January, following Christie's visible role in Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, favorable opinions …
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Obama's NSA Speech Has Little Impact on Skeptical Public — Most Say U.S. Should Pursue Criminal Case Against Snowden — President Obama's speech on Friday outlining changes to the National Security Agency's collection of telephone and internet data did not register widely with the public.
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Hillary's no slam dunk in 2016 — everyone thinks. — Could Hillary Clinton be the next Richard Nixon? Now that's a provocative question, but it isn't quite what you think. — The other day, I watched Hillary and Bill Clinton take in their close friend Terry McAuliffe's inauguration as governor of Virginia.


The Dr. V Story: A Letter From the Editor — How “Dr. V's Magical Putter” came to be published — “How could you guys run that?” — We started hearing that question on Friday afternoon, West Coast time, right as everyone was leaving our Los Angeles office to start the weekend.
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The Young and the ObamaCare-less — HHS is already rewriting rules to deal with adverse selection. — ObamaCare's defenders say its troubles are over as more people sign up and, by the way, stop griping because the law is here to stay. Much evidence says otherwise …
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Wendy Davis hits back at questions about bio — Wendy Davis, the Democratic state senator running for governor of Texas, swung back Monday at swirling questions about her personal life after a newspaper report suggested there were inconsistencies in the biography she's shared on the stump.
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Wendy Davis admits to fuzzy facts in bio — Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, who is running for governor of Texas, has admitted that some of the public details about her personal history are incomplete or inaccurate, according to a report in the Dallas Morning News.
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Government conspiracy theories aren't crazy: Column — From the IRS to the NSA, Americans have reasons not to trust the Obama Administration. — At a tax symposium at Pepperdine Law School last week, former IRS chief counsel Donald Korb was asked, “On a scale of 1-10 ... how damaging is the current IRS scandal?”
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TaxProf Blog, Ed Driscoll and Vox Popoli


Jim Messina to aid Charlie Crist — President Barack Obama's campaign manager is signing on to help former Republican Charlie Crist return to the Florida governor's office as a Democrat, two sources familiar with the move told POLITICO. — Jim Messina is joining Crist's campaign …
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Hollande's Romances Turn Into a Political Spectacle in France — By ELAINE SCIOLINO, ALISSA J. RUBIN and MAÏA de la BAUMEJAN. 20, 2014 — PARIS — As a candidate for the French presidency in 2012, François Hollande promised to be more boring spouse than flamboyant seducer.
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Multnomah Republicans misfire again with Martin Luther King message: Editorial update — Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray, fourth from right, takes part in an annual wreath laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. Multnomah County Republicans have fumbled …
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Sebelius: Observe MLK Day by signing up for Obamacare
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Palin To Obama: Honor MLK By Not Playing The ‘Race Card’
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Police Chief Accidentally Shoots Himself At Gun Shop, Blames Fleece Jacket — A Connersville, Ind. police chief accidentally shot himself in the leg while doing some shopping at a gun store on Saturday, the Indianapolis Star reported. — “I need to pay more attention,” David Counceller said.
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Indiana police chief accidentally shoots self at gun shop
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Olympic Icon Carl Lewis Offers Unique Political Perspective On Chris Christie — Shortly before Carl Lewis officially entered the 2011 state Senate election for New Jersey's 8th legislative district — a Republican stronghold located in Philadelphia's outer suburbs — Gov. Chris Christie caught wind of the decision.
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Nigerian Islamists kill 18, burn houses in northeast — (Reuters) - Islamist militants stormed a village in remote northeast Nigeria on Monday, torching houses and spraying them with bullets in an attack that killed 18 people, witnesses said. — The latest Boko Haram assault, on Sunday night …
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China pollution wafting across Pacific to blanket US — Some US cities getting an extra day of smog per year due to pollution from China, US National Academy of Sciences says — Pollution from China travels in large quantities across the Pacific Ocean to the United States, a new study has found …
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White House imposes secrecy rules on first lady's lavish, celebrity-filled birthday party — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL BARACK OBAMA MICHELLE OBAMA — There was a party in the East Room of the White House Saturday night, an affair attended by a reported 500 people, a lavish celebration with celebrities galore …
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Al Roker on going to first lady's 50th: ‘Literally a house party’ at the White House
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Urgent Search for ‘Black Widow’ Suicide Bomber, May Be Already in Sochi … Police in Sochi have launched an urgent search for a possible female suicide bomber who may have already made it past the ring of security set up for the Olympic Games. — Hotel employees in Sochi told ABC News …
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Warships part of U.S. contingency plan for Sochi Olympics
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