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The candidates for the Republican nomination for president squared off once again in a debate Tuesday night, and although many tried few managed to land any significant blows on front runner Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts governor was in his element as the ninth debate focused largely on the economy, The Huffington Post reports.The event, [...]
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The $447 billion jobs plan President Barack Obama proposed to help stimulate the economy and reduce unemployment rates died in the Senate on Tuesday. However, by Tuesday evening, Obama had announced that Congress had not seen the last of the bill – even if that means he has to break the legislation into several pieces [...]
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Massachusetts Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren released her first campaign finance figures on Monday, and if it's any indication the 2012 election should be hotly contested. Warren announced she took in $3.15 million in just three months while her opponent Scott Brown said he has amassed at least three times that much, The Boston Herald reports.While [...]
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Both Google and internet service provider Sonic.net have been ordered by the U.S. government to hand over information from the email accounts of Jacob Appelbaum, a WikiLeaks volunteer. The data, obtained through the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) provides the government with not only Applebaum's emails but the email addresses of everyone he's corresponded with [...]
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The Occupy Wall Street protests have spread across the country, and now the movement has also got the backing of unions and college students. Thousands of people from both groups flooded Foley Square in Manhattan on Wednesday before adding to the already-growing group of protesters camped out in Zuccotti Park, The Associated Press reports.While union [...]
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Sarah Palin, who has been rather coy about her plans to run for office in 2012, finally put speculation to rest after a surprise announcement Wednesday evening. Her move preceded by yet another statement from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie reiterating that he will not run, makes it even more likely that the winner of [...]
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie clearly stated that he would not be running for president in 2012 in a speech earlier this week, but sources close to the situation say that he may not have completely ruled out a run yet, The New York Post reports.Christie may have been swayed by continued encouragement from Republicans [...]
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President Barack Obama continued to tout his deficit reduction plan at a town hall-style meeting hosted by the social networking website LinkedIn on Monday. Obama fielded questions from concerned voters on a variety of topics, but most centered on the economy and a stubbornly high unemployment rate, the Associated Press reports.At the center of Obama's [...]
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Although he has been hailed a front runner since jumping in the Republican presidential race several weeks ago, Texas governor Rick Perry suffered a startling defeat over the weekend. Businessman Herman Cain won a straw poll of Florida GOP activists on Saturday, a results which some say could signal the beginning of the end for [...]
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