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Clinton's schedules reveal curious deletions … The early days of 1996 were tense times inside the Clinton White House. On Jan. 4, the First Couple's top personal aide reported that she had stumbled upon Hillary Clinton's long-lost Rose Law Firm billing records—documents that had been requested …
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Clinton's Calendar and Vince Foster — Elizabeth Holmes reports on Clinton's White House schedules. — Among the many things Hillary Clinton's schedule sheds light on are her activities before, during and after major events in her husband's presidential tenure — such as the death of Vince Foster.


In Hillary Clinton's Datebook, A Shift — Events Less Lofty After Health-Care Debacle — Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in the White House with a schedule befitting a president, packed with policy sessions, meetings with senators and trips to promote an ambitious political agenda.

11,000 Long-Awaited Pages of Clinton's Schedules as First Lady Are Released
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Clinton Facing Narrower Path to Nomination — WASHINGTON — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton needs three breaks to wrest the Democratic presidential nomination from Senator Barack Obama in the view of her advisers. — She has to defeat Mr. Obama soundly in Pennsylvania next month to buttress …
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Revote donors linked to Clinton — WASHINGTON — Ten wealthy Democrats have offered to pay for a new presidential primary in Michigan — all with ties to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who showed up in the state Wednesday seeking a revote. — Five of the donors are listed on Clinton's campaign website as among her major fundraisers.


DNC won't give in on Fla., Mich., official warns — States must redo primaries to be seated — Unless Florida and Michigan Democrats devise workable plans to redo their outlaw primaries, there is no chance the national party will yield to pressure and approve their delegates if it could tip …

Fantasies on Iraq — THE FIFTH anniversary of the invasion of Iraq prompted a flurry of speeches from President Bush and the Democratic candidates who hope to inherit the White House next year. Sadly, what they had in common was their failure to grapple with hard realities …
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On War's Anniversary, Bush Cites Progress
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Tom Reynolds expected to announce retirement on Thursday — Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-N.Y.) has scheduled a noon press conference on Thursday, and GOP insiders say the veteran lawmaker is going to announce his retirement from Congress, effective at the end of this year.
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Reynolds Out — Yet another retirement by a House Republican is imminent.
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In Which I Eat Crow — Please pass the mustard. — From the day that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told us that impeachment was “off the table” I have been ragging on her backside and on the 110th Congress, and, I submit, for good reason. We're still funding that illegal and misbegotten war in Iraq …

Clinton leads by 16 points in statewide poll — TRIBUNE-REVIEW — Sen. Hillary Clinton has extended her lead over Sen. Barack Obama among registered Democrats likely to vote in the Pennsylvania primary on April 22, a poll released today shows. — Clinton of New York leads Obama of Illinois …


How a Film Triggered a Global Panic — It is the kind of stunt that has many fearing the worst: Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders plans to release a film about Islam. Politicians worldwide are already trying to stop the project, before a single scene has been shown.

Mr. Lessig Comes to Washington — Lawrence Lessig, Stanford University law professor and world-renowned expert in intellectual property, is announcing that he's going to invest a significant amount of his time and energy confronting the pervasive and corruptive influence of money in our democracy.
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It's a wrap - ‘Milk’ filming ends in S.F. — “Harvey will be coming out soon,” an extra assured the crowd in front of City Hall on a recent Sunday. They had gathered to be in a scene in “Milk"- the movie about the life and death of Harvey Milk - in which the San Francisco supervisor delivers an impassioned speech.

Anti-Obama video crafted by talk radio producer — A YouTube video mash-up that attacks Barack Obama on issues relating to his patriotism that has rocketed around the Internet in recent days was created in part by a prominent conservative talk radio producer.


States' Data Obscure How Few Finish High School — JACKSON, Miss. — When it comes to high school graduation rates, Mississippi keeps two sets of books. — One team of statisticians working at the state education headquarters here recently calculated the official graduation rate …