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Congressman Chaka Fattah and Associates Charged with Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy — A member of Congress and four of his associates were indicted today for their roles in a racketeering conspiracy involving several schemes that were intended to further the political …
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Rep. Chaka Fattah Charged in 29-Count Indictment (Updated)
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Taliban conflict: Afghanistan probes Mullah Omar ‘death’ claim — Mullah Omar, filmed in secret by a BBC crew in 1996, was rarely seen in public — The Afghan government is investigating new reports that Taliban leader Mullah Omar has died, a spokesman said.
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Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Is Dead, Afghan Officials Say — Death raises questions about who will lead movement — KABUL— Mullah Mohammad Omar, the spiritual leader of the Taliban, is dead, according to Afghan officials and a person close to the group. — His death raises questions …
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Taliban leader Mullah Omar died in a Karachi hospital, says Afghanistan — Supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban Mullah Omar died suffering from tuberculosis two years ago in a Karachi hospital, Afghanistan's top intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) confirmed on Wednesday.
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Taliban Denies Reported Death of Leader Mullah Omar
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Afghan intelligence: Taliban leader Mullah Omar dead
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Hillary's haircut: $600? — Hillary Clinton reportedly went to great lengths to keep a $600 haircut private and away from prying eyes. — The Democratic presidential candidate went to New York's ultra-exclusive John Barrett Salon on Friday for a snip session of her oft-photographed blonde locks, according to the New York Post.
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Linda Tripp reveals why ‘Hillary Clinton must never be President’
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Joe Biden's Political Moment
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Hillary Clinton's ridiculous hedge on Keystone XL
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Hillary Clinton's $600 haircut
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In one-on-one interview, Clinton talks issues, calls Planned Parenthood videos ‘disturbing’ — New Hampshire Union Leader — Calling them “disturbing,” Hillary Clinton said undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of aborted fetal tissue raise questions about the process nationwide.
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Morning Plum: The GOP Congress is set to run off the rails. That could help Hillary Clinton. — Hillary Clinton has signaled that she hopes to run for president in part by painting the GOP-controlled Congress — and, by extension, the Republican Party — as a divisive, destructive, hidebound, reactionary force.
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Under Oath, Donald Trump Shows His Raw Side — Donald J. Trump seemed irritated. He had been grilled for two hours in a lawsuit over a failed Florida real estate project, and he told the lawyer that her questions were “very stupid.” — When the lawyer, Elizabeth Beck, asked for a medical break …
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Lawyer: Trump called me ‘disgusting’ for request to pump breast milk
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The Note: Clinton, Sanders And The Keys To Keystone
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American dentist says he regrets role in death of Cecil the lion — Story highlights — (CNN)Two Zimbabwean men were expected to appear in court Wednesday over the killing of Cecil the lion, one of Africa's best known big cats. But most of the attention — and the anger …
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Cecil the lion's killer donated to Romney — The Minnesota dentist who authorities say killed a beloved Zimbabwe lion named Cecil donated to Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign. — Federal Elections Commission (FEC) forms show Walter James Palmer, a dentist in Eden Prairie, Minn., donated $5,000 to the Romney campaign in 2012.
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Camille Paglia takes on Jon Stewart, Trump, Sanders: “Liberals think of themselves as very open-minded, but that's simply not true!” — Trump's a carnival barker, but funnier than Stewart. Richard Dawkins is a joke. Sanders and Drudge earn approval — In part one of our three …
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Jon Stewart's secret Obama meetings reveal he's a partisan hack
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Congress set to back short-term highway funding — The House will vote Wednesday on a three-month highway-spending bill, paving the way for Congress to leave for a six-week recess without a lapse in federal transportation funding. — Senate leaders signaled they will approve …
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McConnell presses Dems on Planned Parenthood
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McConnell to fast-track bill to defund Planned Parenthood
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I am very disappointed by the NFL's decision to uphold the 4 game suspension against me. I did nothing wrong, and no one in the Patriots organization did either. — Despite submitting to hours of testimony over the past 6 months, it is disappointing that the Commissioner upheld …
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Debris in Indian Ocean checked for MH370 ties — (CNN)Apparent airplane debris found off the coast of Reunion island, a French department in the western Indian Ocean, is being examined to see if it is connected to the 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a member of the French Air Force in Reunion said Wednesday.
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Chris Christie doubles down on marijuana comments — In a Chris Christie administration, there would be no such thing as legal marijuana use. — “Marijuana is against the law in the states and it should be enforced in all 50 states,” the New Jersey governor said on “Fox and Friends” Wednesday morning.
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Christie: Smoke Your Weed While It's Still Legal
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The Kochs freeze out Donald Trump — Continued stiff-arming by the powerful Koch network could limit Trump's ability to build a professional campaign operation. — The Koch brothers are freezing out Donald Trump from their influential political operation — denying him access to their state …
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Investigation Launched After Albuquerque Dispatcher Hangs Up on 911 Caller — An Albuquerque Fire Department dispatcher has been reassigned after he allegedly refused to help a distraught woman asking for assistance on a 911 call as her friend was dying after being shot, fire officials said.
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