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'Amazing Race' cast announced for season 16
Reality CheckWe'd heard the rumors about Jeff and Jordan from Big Brother and former Miss Teen South Carolina Caitlin "some people out there in our nation don't have maps" Upton being on the next season of The Amazing Race.It turns out......Tags: Georgetown, Healthcare Contract Issues, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Purple State showdown: DNC picks '12 convention finalist cities
The Swampby Mike Memoli In a letter to members of the DNC, party chairman Tim Kaine announced the four finalist cities being considered to host the 2012 Democratic National Convention. They are: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Cleveland, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina;...Tags: John McCain, Democratic National Conventions, Timothy M. Kaine, Minneapolis, Elections
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Obama's new START: Health and security
The Swampby Mark Silva This is somewhat more complicated than walking and chewing gum at the same time, this achievement of the biggest healthcare initiative since Medicare and negotiation of a treaty with Russia curtailing the arsenals of nuclear arms, but......Tags: Arms, Czech Republic, Hillary Clinton, National Security, Political Development
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Obama: 'Worst of the storm is over'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated again at 1 pm EDT "The worst of the storm is over,'' President Barack Obama said of a recovering American economy today. The president toured a Charlotte, N.C.-based company, Celgard, which is manufacturing components for......Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Corruption, George W. Bush, Companies and Corporations, White House
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Obama touting job growth on the road
The Swampby Michael Muskal Armed with a positive jobs report, President Barack Obama headed south today to promote his plans to deal with the economy and job creation. The Obama administration called the latest jobless numbers "encouraging," but warned that the......Tags: Employment, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Republican Party, White House
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The trouble with Obama's rhetoric: It bites the man who reads it
Once it was all about "hope and change." Now it's "we hope he changes." Barack Obama was marketed in 2008 as some kind of messianic political god, leaving the enraptured throngs unshaken in their faith that every word from his mouth was pure gold....
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Bill Clinton, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), George W. Bush
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Lessons from the Olympics: Republicans and Democrats should allow us space to dream at conventions
With the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa Fla., on Monday, that once-every-four-years feast of political stagecraft is upon us. These conventions (the Democratic Party meets in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 3-6) have their nominative...
Tags: Tim Berners-Lee, Elizabeth II, Bain Capital, LLC, Customs and Tradition, Time Warner Cable Arena
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Viewpoint: Greenville, S.C., was place to be for columnist
I just returned from a delightful trip to Greenville, S.C., to help my daughter celebrate her last birthday in her 40s. I had an early start up the hill because I did not want to share the road with the hundreds of RVs returning home from Easter break....
Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations
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GOP: R.I.P.?
Cal ThomasSome political commentators are dancing on what they believe to be the grave of the Republican Party, claiming that the only way the GOP can have a viable future is for them to behave like Democrats. Last weekend, National Review magazine sponsored a...Tags: Politics, Bobby Jindal, Ronald Reagan, Belief and Faith, Philosophy
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Local leaders ask taxpayers to support $1.3 billion plan to expand mass transit
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and other local leaders announced their support for a dramatic expansion of the mass transit in Central Indiana. The expansion will cost $1.3 billion and it will require some funding at the local level. "You have to...
Tags: Public Transportation, Local Government, Transportation, Travel, Railway Transportation
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Strike lessons learned
What are the lessons learned from the Chicago Teachers Union strike and its battle with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and what does the future look like going forward? "This didn't have anything to do with the children; this was an adult fight," said the...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Local Government, Career and Workplace, Unions, Chicago Teachers Strike
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CNN Poll: Obama up six points over Romney
A new survey indicates President Barack Obama moved up four points following the Democratic National Convention last week, and now has a six point advantage over his Republican challenger Mitt Romney. According to a CNN/ORC International Poll released...
Tags: John McCain, Politics, News Agency, White House, Jay Carney
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