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Bobby Jindal doubles down on ‘no-go zone’ comments, even as Fox News backs off similar statements — Gov. Bobby Jindal was interviewed by a CNN reporter about controversial comments he made about Muslim “no-go zones” in Europe. — Gov. Bobby Jindal continued to claim Muslim “no-go zones” …
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CNN Correspondent Confronts Bobby Jindal Over False Comments About Muslims — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) struggled to substantiate his claims that European cities have been taken over by Muslim extremists during an interview with CNN correspondent Max Foster on Monday in London.


ISIS executes 13 teens for watching soccer — demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State slogans in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad. — ISIS jihadists publicly executed 13 teenage boys for watching a soccer match.
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Islamic State threatens two Japanese captives in video
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Obama has worst State of the Union record since Ford, study shows … Judging by his recent history, it doesn't really matter what President Obama says in Tuesday's State of the Union address — Congress is going to ignore him anyway. — Mr. Obama has the second-worst record of getting …
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Obama has proposed tax hikes in every State of the Union
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Obama tries to steal GOP thunder — President Obama, no longer handcuffed by worries about vulnerable red-state Democratic senators, has been putting Republicans on their back foot. — The GOP hoped Obama would be humbled by the midterm elections that saw Democrats swept from power in the Senate.
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Just another Obama speech
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9-month-old dies after being shot in the head by 5-year-old brother in NW Mo. — ELMO, Mo. - An infant has died after being shot in the head in Northwest Missouri. — According to the Nodaway County Sheriff's Office, the nine-month-old baby boy was shot shortly before nine o'clock Monday morning …
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Northwest Missouri boy fatally shoots 9-month-old brother
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In State of the Union Address, Obama Is to Move Past Hardship and Reset Goals — WASHINGTON — With the American job market surging to life, President Obama plans to use his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to effectively declare victory over the economic hard times that dominated …
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Your Guide To The State of the Union
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Obama's Social Media Team Tries to Widen Audience for State of the Union Address
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NBC/WSJ Poll: No Bump for Romney, Bush After '16 Hints — Both candidates have lost ground since pollsters last measured Americans' feelings towards them.
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Republicans Like Romney More Than Jeb Bush — WSJ/NBC Poll
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Majority still supports single-payer option, poll finds — More than five years after the single-payer system was scrapped from ObamaCare policy debates, just over 50 percent of people say they still support the idea, including one-quarter of Republicans, according to a new poll.
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How a vacuum salesman invited to a birthday party for a child with autism moved the room to tears — CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Ever since he was a two-year-old boy, Dylan Greene has had a passion for vacuum cleaners. Dylan, who has autism, was never into “normal” toys, his mother Jodie said.
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Where Obama Has—and Has Not—Recovered — And what the president's changing fortunes could mean for the 2016 contest. — President Obama heads into his State of the Union address tonight enjoying reviving approval ratings from key groups in his coalition, but still facing entrenched skepticism …
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Poll: Rising economy boosts Obama's standing on eve of the State of the Union
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The Swiss currency bombshell - cause and effect — The completely unexpected decision of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to remove the 1.20 floor on the Swiss franc against the euro on Thursday was one of the biggest currency shocks since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971.
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European ‘No-Go’ Zones: Fact or Fiction? — Part 1: France … The jihadist attack on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French magazine known for lampooning Islam, has cast a spotlight on so-called no-go zones in France and other European countries. — No-go zones are Muslim-dominated …
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Is Carol Swain Charlie? or Hateful? — A prominent Vanderbilt University professor published a column last week that is being called hate speech for its critique of Islam in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris. Angry students held a protest Saturday that attracted many critics of the professor …
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Obama trolls, talks trash with a purpose — Politically, President Obama has never been weaker, after losing both House and Senate. At the same time, he has never talked tougher. There is a connection between the two. — Obama recently told Democratic lawmakers that he's going to “play offense” in coming months.
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Up to 50,000 gallons of oil spilled in Yellowstone River; residents told not to drink water — Story highlights — (CNN)A Montana pipeline burst sent as much as 50,400 gallons of oil gushing into the Yellowstone River, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency.
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