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Sotomayor scheduling conflict leads to Biden's early swearing-in
WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden will not be sworn in Sunday at noon alongside President Obama at the White House because Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor had somewhere else to be. Biden selected Sotomayor, the first Latino justice, to...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Sonia Sotomayor, John G. Roberts, Jr., Crime, Law and Justice
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Rahm Emanuel wants Chicago to end all investments in gun makers
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Monday he was requesting all of his city’s pension funds to divest their investments in gun manufacturers, becoming the latest public official to use the purse as a weapon in the growing battle against gun violence....
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newspaper and Magazine, Interior Policy, Adam Lanza
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2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
FrameworkCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four years after riding a wave of optimism into the White House, President Obama offered a sobering message as he asked Americans for another term to help complete the country’s recovery from the worst economic crisis since... -
Readers respond: How important is religion in the presidential race?
Two recent Times articles have examined the role of religion in the 2012 presidential race. A Politics Now post addressed who would be the nation's "most religious" president. If Mitt Romney wins the election, would the title go to him? Or would it be...
Tags: Elections, Paul Ryan, Jimmy Carter, Religion and Belief, Mitt Romney
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Teacher Sal Castro fights to honor the Eastside 'blowouts'
Sal Castro sat in his book-lined den, reduced to writing on a whiteboard to fight what could be his last political battle. Hours earlier, the "usually glib and gregarious" teacher and activist, as he describes himself, had been released from St....
Tags: Bill Clinton, Teachers, Justice and Rights, University of California, Los Angeles, Health and Safety at School
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Romney and Obama forced to get personal at party conventions
No one expected Franklin Delano Roosevelt to show his wheelchair to the nation and pepper his speeches with details about his battle with polio. No campaign strategist ever thought to have Pat Nixon come onstage to talk about the homey details of her...
Tags: Barack Obama, Theodore Roosevelt, Mitt Romney, Media Industry, Abraham Lincoln
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Secretary of State Clinton takes responsibility for deadly attack in Libya
World NowAs criticism mounted on the Obama Administration, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton acted Monday to shield President Obama from blame for the deadly September attack on a U.S. mission in Libya, saying that any fault lies with her as America’... -
George W. Bush's White House portrait unveiled in ceremony with Obama
Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush were back in Washington on Thursday for the unveiling of the portraits of the former first couple that will hang at the White House. They were joined by President Obama and the former chief executive's...
Tags: Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Republican Party, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton
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A Thanksgiving Day good news list
Along with giving thanks for making it to another Thanksgiving Day, The Times' editorial board is grateful that: The 2012 elections are finally over. And that after the June presidential primary, the November general election, this coming March's...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Lee Baca, Healthcare Laws, Science and Technology, Los Angeles Unified School District
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Goldberg: A vote for election day
I'm writing this before Monday night's presidential debate, on the assumption that neither candidate changed the dynamic of the race too dramatically. But what if one did? What if Barack Obama announced in a fit of pique that "America doesn't deserve a...
Tags: Government, Australia, Barack Obama, Elections, Voting
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Paul Ryan and Ann Romney are Mitt Romney's most compelling advocates
Americans may not know Mitt Romney yet, but they do know a little more about two impressive people he has chosen to team up with at pivotal moments in his life – Ann Romney and Paul Ryan. One has been his life partner, the other will be his...
Tags: David Horsey, Sarah Palin, Apple iPod, Republican Party, Donny Osmond
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Critic's Notebook: Presidential debates as theater
The final presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney takes place Monday evening in Boca Raton, Fla., and if the concluding round is anything like the other two, the theatrical presentation of the candidates will be more closely...
Tags: Reviews, Barack Obama, George Bernard Shaw, Bob Schieffer, Candy Crowley
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