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‘Call off your f- -king dogs!’ Hillary rages to Obama — An enraged Hillary Rodham Clinton blew up at President Obama, demanding he “call off your f-king dogs” looking into her emails during a tense Oval Office meeting, according to a new book. — The book, “Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary …
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Bloomberg Poll: Joe Biden Now Top Presidential Choice for 1 in 4 Democrats — As Hillary Clinton's ratings tumble, nearly half of those surveyed say they want the vice president in the race. — One quarter of Americans who are registered Democrats or lean that way say Vice President Joe Biden is now their top choice for president.

America Loves Pope Francis, But Not His Stance on Climate Change: Bloomberg Poll
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Investigators Find Emails Hillary Clinton Said Were Erased
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Poll: Marco Rubio pulls ahead of Jeb Bush in Florida; Hillary Clinton in trouble
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FBI Said to Recover Personal E-Mails From Hillary Clinton Server
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Pope Francis, in Washington, Addresses Poverty and Climate — WASHINGTON — Pope Francis quietly but forcefully made his priorities clear during his first full day in the United States on Wednesday, urging in a pair of speeches a renewed emphasis on tackling global poverty, confronting climate change …
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Huckabee rips Obama as ‘most anti-Christian’ president ever — Former Gov. Mike Huckabee is blasting President Obama as the “most-anti-Christian” president ever over his guest list for Pope Francis's state visit later this week. — Huckabee said Obama is disregarding Catholic doctrine …
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Inside the collapse of Scott Walker's presidential bid
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Pope Francis' Prepared Remarks at the White House
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The Poisonous Obama Years
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READ: Pope's Prepared Speech At The White House
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Walker's campaign manager unloads — <p>Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pulled the plug on a bloated campaign that was headed into debt and was being undermined by furious donors, a warring staff and — at the root of it all — a candidate who was badly out of his league. </p><p>Prior …
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Rubio Benefits From Walker Exit
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Trump and Fox News in another round of feuding — The on-again, off-again feud of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump with the media has taken another turn. — Trump, in a tweet, announced that he “won't be doing any more Fox shows for the foreseeable future,” as the channel “has been treating me very unfairly.”
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Donald Trump: No More Fox News For Me! — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said on Wednesday he's swearing off appearances on Fox News. — Trump complained on Twitter that the network wasn't treating him fairly:
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Donald Trump says he's boycotting Fox News
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Yogi Berra, Master Catcher With a Goofy Wit, Dies at 90 — Yogi Berra, one of baseball's greatest catchers and characters, who as a player was a mainstay of 10 Yankee championship teams and as a manager led both the Yankees and Mets to the World Series — but who may be more widely known …
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OPM says 5.6 million fingerprints stolen in cyberattack, five times as many as previously thought — One of the scariest parts of the massive cybersecurity breaches at the Office of Personnel Management just got worse: The agency now says 5.6 million people's fingerprints were stolen as part of the hacks.
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OPM underestimated number of fingerprints stolen in hack by millions
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Office of Personnel Mgmt: 5.6M estimated to have fingerprints stolen in breach
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Naked jogging couple leaves 1-year-old alone on beach — A 20-month-old girl was found alone on Holly Beach Tuesday morning, Cameron Parish Sheriff Ron Johnson said. The parents were located hours later jogging naked down the beach. — The Cameron Parish Sheriff's Office received a report …
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Boehner coup talk puts House GOP on edge — Growing chatter about a possible coup against Speaker John Boehner has set Capitol Hill on edge. — Talk that conservatives might use a government-funding showdown to overthrow the powerful Ohio Republican has triggered a flurry of behind …
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‘Happy Birthday’ song copyright is not valid, judge rules — In a stunning reversal of decades of copyright claims, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Warner/Chappell Music does not hold a valid copyright claim to the “Happy Birthday To You” song.
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“Happy Birthday” Copyright Ruled to Be Invalid
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Dalai Lama: I Could See A Female Successor, But She ‘Must Be Very Attractive’ — The Dalai Lama said in an interview with BBC News Monday that he could imagine a female successor, but she “must be very attractive.” — BBC host Clive Myrie asked the Dalai Lama whether his successor could be a woman.

Brody File Video Exclusive: Donald Trump Exclaims, “God Is The Ultimate!” — The Brody File continues to roll out a few more clips from our exclusive golf course interview with Donald Trump that was done last week on his beautiful golf course in Southern California.
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Presidential debate schedule set for next year — <p>Next year's general-election presidential debates will be in Ohio, Missouri, Nevada and Virginia, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Wednesday.</p><p> The first general-election debate will be held Sept. 26, 2016, at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
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Colbert bests Trump — <p>Donald Trump was in no fighting mood on Tuesday night.</p><p>Rather than come out swinging, as he did at the outset of last week's Republican debate, a subdued front-runner came out nodding in his “Late Show” interview with Stephen Colbert. </p><p>Rather than engage …
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