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Sometimes, Iowa Democrats award caucus delegates with a coin flip — In a couple Democratic caucus precincts Monday, a delegate was awarded with a coin toss. — It happened in precinct 2-4 in Ames, where supporters of candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton disputed the results …
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How Iowa went wrong for Hillary Clinton — DES MOINES - Monday night was Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign in miniature - it began with high hopes of a doubt-eradicating victory and ended with that same old anxiety, an inch beyond the jaws of an underdog.
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Cruz Beats Trump in Iowa; Clinton Edges Out Sanders in Historically-Close Caucus — Sen. Ted Cruz bested billionaire Donald Trump to win Iowa's Republican caucuses Monday night as Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton eked out a victory in a historically-close race.
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Why a ‘Virtual Tie’ in Iowa Is Better for Clinton Than Sanders — Bernie Sanders is right: The Iowa Democratic caucuses were a “virtual tie,” especially after you consider that the results aren't even actual vote tallies, but state delegate equivalents subject to all kinds of messy rounding rules and potential geographic biases.
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Coin toss broke 6 Clinton-Sanders deadlocks in Iowa — and Hillary won each time — While it was hard to call a winner between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders last night, it's easy to say who was luckier. — The race between the Democrat presidential hopefuls was so tight …
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Bernie Sanders wants raw vote count released after tight finish in Iowa caucuses — Dramatic clash with Hillary Clinton for Democratic presidential nomination is sign public want change, says leftwing senator — Bernie Sanders has called on the Democratic party to release a raw vote count …
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AP calls Iowa Democratic caucuses for Clinton — Update: AP called the Iowa Democratic caucuses for Hillary Clinton just after 1 p.m. ET after the state party said it had finalized all results and planned no recount and after Bernie Sanders' campaign said it did not intend to ask for a recount.
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Sorry, Bernie: A tie in Iowa is still a win for Hillary
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Hillary Clinton Has Won Iowa Caucuses, A.P. Says
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Clinton's lucky quarter: Democratic frontrunner wins 6 coin tosses in narrow Iowa caucus victory
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Caucus turnout: Robust, record-setting and surprising
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Sanders rally chant: 'She's a liar!'
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Little Separates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in Tight Race in Iowa
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Microsoft app used to tally votes at Iowa caucus fails in some areas
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Sanders: We may look into a recount
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Why Trump Lost Iowa — Evangelicals come through for Cruz. — West Des Moines, Iowa — All of the televisions in the Sheraton ballroom at Donald Trump's caucus watch party were turned to CNN when the news arrived a little after 9:00 p.m. local time. With 97 percent of precincts reporting …
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Sarah Palin talks about Trump's Iowa loss and whether they've discussed running together — DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ® flew out of Iowa on Tuesday after traveling there to campaign with presidential hopeful Donald Trump. — Yahoo News spoke to Palin …
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Donald Trump Comes Out Of Iowa Looking Like Pat Buchanan — On Monday, Iowa voters did something that Republican “party elites” had failed to do for more than seven months: They rejected Donald Trump. — Trump received 24 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses, placing him closer …
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How pollsters got Iowa wrong — Donald Trump led almost all of the polls leading up to Monday night's Iowa caucuses - just ask him. — He was in first place in the nine most recently conducted live-interviewer surveys of Republicans, going back three weeks.

5 takeaways from the Iowa caucuses — Here's one little 2016 tradition that should bite the dust after Monday night: Donald Trump's giddy recitation of the public polling showcasing his supremacy over the lesser, more vulnerable candidates in his party. — The Iowa polls …
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Ted Cruz Wins Republican Caucuses in Iowa
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Iowa caucuses: Ted Cruz wins
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Consequences of Iowa: Trump still strong, new life for Rubio, long-term trouble for Sanders
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Donald Trump Isn't Real
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Scott Brown to endorse Trump — MILFORD, N.H. — Former Massachusetts senator Scott P. Brown, a moderate Republican who two years ago ran for Senate in New Hampshire, will endorse Donald Trump at a rally here Tuesday night, one week before the state's presidential primary.
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Here's what to expect in the New Hampshire Republican primary
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Can Marco Rubio Save Republicans From Themselves?
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Christie belittles Rubio as ‘the boy in the bubble’
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Ben Carson Accuses Ted Cruz of Dirty Tricks at Iowa Caucuses — Ben Carson was incensed as the results of Monday night's Iowa caucuses rolled in, accusing the winner of spreading falsehoods about him at caucus sites. — Carson's team claimed that Ted Cruz's campaign deliberately sent emails …
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Carson: Cruz ‘Dirty Tricks’ Ruined My Chances In Iowa!
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Woman Who Gets Waferless KitKat Demands Lifetime Supply — A woman is demanding a lifetime supply of KitKats after she bought a packet of the chocolatey treats without any wafer. — Saima Ahmad, 20, a law student from Enfield, north London, purchased a multipack of eight KitKat bars from a supermarket for £2 last month.


FBI joins Flint drinking water investigation — The FBI is now investigating the contamination of Flint's drinking water, a man-made public health catastrophe, which has left an unknown number of Flint children and other residents poisoned by lead and resulted in state and federal emergency declarations.
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FBI joins Flint, Michigan water contamination probe
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