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Fox News: Trump Raises Eyebrows as He Rises in Presidential Polls

Apr 9, 2011 - 7:48 AM |Fox News

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Donald Trump is famous for being brash, rich and opinionated. And at this stage in 2012 presidential jockeying, all that has put him in the theoretical running for the Republican nomination.

Petraeus Says He's Not Sure What Next Post Will Be

Apr 9, 2011 - 6:15 AM |AP

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gen. David Petraeus said Saturday that he's not sure what his next job will be but that he has committed to staying as the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan...

Lawmakers Reach 'Historic' Deal to Avoid Government Shutdown

Apr 8, 2011 - 10:53 PM |AP

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WASHINGTON - Perilously close to a government shutdown, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders reached a historic agreement late Friday night to cut about $38 billion in federal spending...

House GOP Meeting on Budget Talks

Apr 8, 2011 - 9:25 PM |AP

WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders have called the party's House rank and file to a highly unusual late night meeting in the Capitol to discuss budget negotiations with President Barack Obama and...

Fox News: Democratic Activists Plan Protest to Dump Trash at Boehner's Home Saturday

Apr 8, 2011 - 4:59 PM |Fox News

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Confronted with the possibility of a shutdown in basic services, a group of Facebook users in Washington, D.C., wants to take its aggression out on House Speaker John Boehner -- playing a dirty trick...

Giffords Staff Planning for Space Shuttle Launch

Apr 8, 2011 - 4:30 PM |AP

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PHOENIX -- Aides for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are preparing for her to travel to Florida to watch her husband's space shuttle launch at the end of the month, although doctors have yet to clear her to...

No Death Benefits for Military During Shutdown

Apr 8, 2011 - 3:45 PM |AP

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon says a government shutdown would delay the $100,000 death benefit paid to families if a military service member dies in the line of duty during the shutdown. Families...

Congress Doesn't Shut Down During a Shutdown

Apr 8, 2011 - 12:26 PM |AP

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WASHINGTON -- Senators would have to push their own elevator buttons. House members would go without their free gym. Food on Capitol Hill would be sparse. And the lawmakers' restrooms? Perhaps not as...

Vote-Counting Error Rocks Wisconsin Court Race

Apr 8, 2011 - 10:10 AM |AP

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WAUKESHA, Wis. -- A stunning discovery of votes in Wisconsin could give the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race to the conservative incumbent in an election largely seen as a referendum on...

46 Percent of Mississippi Republicans Want Interracial Marriage Banned

Apr 8, 2011 - 8:24 AM |AOL News

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A new poll gauging Mississippi Republicans' preferences going into the 2012 election ended up revealing something more startling: 46 percent of GOP voters in the state think interracial marriage...

Barack O'Llama Visits Nixon Library and Museum

Apr 8, 2011 - 7:42 AM |AOL News

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The slow-moving procession crossing the busy intersection next to the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif., was truly a traffic stopper. After all, how often is it...

American Indian Tribes Face Struggles With Federal Shutdown

Apr 8, 2011 - 6:59 AM |AP

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The threat of a government shutdown Friday has America Indian leaders scrambling to determine what the stalemate on Capitol Hill would mean for their reservations, where the...

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