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Trump to meet with GOP mega-donor but says 'I don't want his money' — LAS VEGAS — Republican front-runner Donald Trump will meet privately here Tuesday with Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul who remains a much sought-after donor in the race for the party's presidential nomination.
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How Donald Trump Could Win, and Why He Probably Won't — Despite controversy after controversy, Donald Trump still dominates the polls. With his seemingly impervious lead, it is tempting to declare that he is a clear front-runner for the nomination. — He has, after all …
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Trump's Proposed Ban on Muslim Travel Ignites Republican Debate — Republican presidential candidates' final debate of the year is the first since two terror attacks pushed national security to the top of the political agenda. — michaelcbender — McCormickJohn
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Rubio ridicules ‘ridiculous’ Obama climate deal
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Liberal Hispanic activists assail Rubio, Cruz as ‘traitors’ to their culture
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Trump Edges Cruz in Iowa; His Supporters Think Japanese Internment Was Good; Clinton Still …
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Seven Insights About the Republican Field Ahead of Las Vegas Debate
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Jeb Bush vowed that Donald Trump would be in decline by Dec. 15. That didn't happen.
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Can Ted Cruz topple Donald Trump in Tuesday's big GOP debate?
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Ben Carson: Debate focused on national security would be a ‘slam dunk’
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In face of criticism, Trump surges to his biggest lead over the GOP field
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Donald Trump to meet with Sheldon Adelson in Vegas
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The spotlight — and target — is on Cruz in the last GOP debate of 2015
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All LAUSD schools closed after bomb threat called in to board member, police say — All Los Angeles Unified School District campuses were closed Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was called in to a board member, police said. — It is unclear when the threat was made and to which school board member …
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LAUSD Closes All Schools Due to Emailed Threat of Violence That May Be Hoax — All Los Angeles Unified School District campuses were closed until further notice Tuesday after LAUSD received threat of violence to all schools that a local congressman said had been preliminarily been deemed a hoax.
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Teen killed crossing street after L.A. schools closed over threat was ‘awesome student’
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Threat That Closed Los Angeles Schools Being Treated as Hoax
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Bratton: New York City Schools Received ‘Hoax’ Terror Threat, Says It Was Similar To LA Threat
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Muscatine man fights panhandlers who refuse his offer of a job — It's a picture that's been shared around the world. Two boys panhandling in Muscatine, another man holding a sign telling people not to give them money. — In Muscatine, Iowa you can find panhandlers several times a week.
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Trump Campaign Rally Erupts In Chaos And Ugly Confrontation — LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump's campaign rally had only been underway for a few minutes Monday night when the first angry eruption occurred. — The Republican frontrunner had invited a supporter up to the stage to recount how his son was killed by an undocumented immigrant.
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Trump's protester problem — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — LAS VEGAS — “It's like Obama in reverse! Obama in reverse!” said an excited Donald Trump supporter visiting from Tennessee who came to the Republican front-runner's debate-eve rally in an enormous convention room off the Vegas Strip.
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Trump audience member yells Nazi salute as protester removed from Las Vegas rally
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‘The Obamas treat Air Force One like an Uber ride’: Chief of spending watchdog says president's Christmas Hawaii trip is too expensive to justify — Barack Obama has been savaged by a top spending campaigner for taking the First Family on an eighth consecutive Christmas vacation to Hawaii, at huge expense to the American taxpayer.
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The Experts Were Wrong About the Best Places for Better and Cheaper Health Care — These maps look nothing alike. Their big differences are forcing health experts to rethink what they know about health costs across the country. — Medicare spending per capita
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Sources: Review affirms Clinton server emails were ‘top secret,’ despite department challenge — EXCLUSIVE: An intelligence community review has re-affirmed that two classified emails were indeed “top secret” when they hit Hillary Clinton's unsecured personal server despite a challenge …
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VIDEO: Boy arrested 20+ times, arrested again for stealing 89-year-old man's car — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A 12-year-old boy who has been arrested more than 20 times was arrested again on Monday. St. Petersburg police say he stole a car from an 89-year-old man.
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Feminist trouble — It's doubtful whether Camille Paglia - cultural critic, academic and the author of several acclaimed books including, most recently, Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars - has ever pulled a punch. Since she burst on to the cultural scene in the 1990s …
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Women Say Their Hair Is Falling Out In Chunks After Using Wen Hair Products — Women say a popular hair care line created by a celebrity stylist in Los Angeles is making them go bald, with hundreds of people joining a class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer. — Instagram: @wenbychazdean Murphy Rosen LLP
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Views of Government's Handling of Terrorism Fall to Post-9/11 Low — Little change in views of relationship between Islam and violence — Following the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., the public's concerns about terrorism have surged and positive ratings …
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Paris Hilton moving to Switzerland for millionaire beau … Paris Hilton wants to trade in her “Simple Life” — for a Swiss one. — The hotel heiress is making moves to permanently call Switzerland home so she can continue living with her millionaire Austrian boyfriend in the town of Schwyz, a well-known tax haven.
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Jeb Bush's $35 Million: The Least Effective TV Ad Campaign in Presidential History? — It's maybe too early to completely write off Jeb Bush's struggling presidential campaign. — But it isn't too early to declare that the $35 million - and counting - that Bush and his allies have spent …
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