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Statement by the Vice President — It is with broken hearts that Hallie, Hunter, Ashley, Jill and I announce the passing of our husband, brother and son, Beau, after he battled brain cancer with the same integrity, courage and strength he demonstrated every day of his life.
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Beau Biden, Vice President Joe Biden's Son, Dies at 46
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Beau Biden, vice president's son, dies of brain cancer
Beau Biden, vice president's son, dies of brain cancer
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Kelly Chen / The Huffington Post:
Beau Biden, Joe Biden's Son, Dead At 46 From Brain Cancer
Beau Biden, Joe Biden's Son, Dead At 46 From Brain Cancer
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Joseph R. Biden III, Vice President's Son, Dies at 46
Joseph R. Biden III, Vice President's Son, Dies at 46
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Beau Biden, son of the vice president, dies at 46
Beau Biden, son of the vice president, dies at 46
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John Kerry in Geneva hospital after bike accident in nearby France — Story highlights — (CNN)U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his right femur in a cycling accident in Scionzier, France, on Sunday morning, State Department spokesman John Kirby said.
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Secretary of State John Kerry Cuts Europe Trip Short After Bike Crash — GENEVA — Secretary of State John Kerry has cut short his trip to Europe after suffering an accident while bicycling on Sunday and is returning to Boston for medical care. — The State Department said that Mr. Kerry …
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How Bernie Sanders' ‘radical’ ideas entered the municipal mainstream — “He ran against everything.” — On March 4, 1981, red dawn broke over the Green Mountains. — “'Everyone's scared.' Socialist elected mayor of Vermont's largest city,” blared the UPI headline over an article that began …
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NBC trying to keep Brian Williams - but maybe not as ‘Nightly News’ anchor — Brian Williams may lose his seat as anchor of the “NBC Nightly News,” but executives are looking for a way to keep him at the network in a new role. — Weeks of complex negotiations between Williams and NBC are not yet complete …
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Fatal police shootings in 2015 approaching 400 nationwide — In an alley in Denver, police gunned down a 17-year-old girl joyriding in a stolen car. In the backwoods of North Carolina, police opened fire on a gun-wielding moonshiner. And in a high-rise apartment in Birmingham, Ala. …
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Op-Ed Mike Huckabee's rhetoric of religious victimization — Just prior to announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, Mike Huckabee addressed the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition in Waukee. “We are criminalizing Christianity in this country,” Huckabee declared.
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The Hugh Hewitt Show
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Hastert's post-Congress life one of political withdrawal and chasing cash — J. Dennis Hastert's political winter in Washington has been defined by two seemingly contradictory traits. He shrank almost completely from the spotlight, while becoming so dogged in the pursuit of wealth that it puzzled his longtime friends.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
After Speakership, Hastert Amassed His Millions Lobbying Former Colleagues
After Speakership, Hastert Amassed His Millions Lobbying Former Colleagues
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The PJ Tatler
Tahera Ahmad / Facebook:
I am sitting on a United airlines flight in the air 30,000ft above and I am in tears of humiliation from discrimination. The flight attendant asked me what I would like to drink and I requested a can of diet coke. She brought me a can that was open so I requested an unopened can due to hygienic reasons.
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Yet another anti-freedom politician jumps in the race today for POTUS. As cool as he is with his rock 'n roll persona, this typical liberal's erroneous grasp of our Bill of Rights merely continues the strange and disastrous agenda of Barack Obama. Good to know he doesn't have much chance of winning.
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Democrats Seek a Richer Roster to Match G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — Over the last few months, Harold M. Ickes, a longtime ally of Hillary Rodham Clinton, has helped organize private meetings around the country with union leaders, Clinton backers and Democratic strategists.
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NYT's Artistic Display of Religious Hypocrisy: Runs Offensive Virgin Mary Painting Once Again — Share it Tweet it — Yet when the paper refused to reprint a cartoon of Muhammad that appeared in the Paris satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that resulted in the January 2015 massacre of 12 magazine staffers …
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Scott Walker Has Early Lead in Iowa Poll as Jeb Bush Faces Challenges — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has expanded his early lead in Iowa, while former Florida Governor Jeb Bush continues to face headwinds and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida shows upside potential in the state that hosts …
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Washington Monthly, The PJ Tatler, Outside the Beltway, The Moderate Voice and Politico
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Walker maintains popularity with 7-point lead
Iowa Poll: Walker maintains popularity with 7-point lead
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