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Jersey Governor Weeps After Meeting Springsteen
In yet another case of politics making strange bedfellows, Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the man who delivered the keynote address for Mitt Romney at the Republican National Convention, was driven to tears after meeting and hugging his...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Government, Executive Branch, Bruce Springsteen
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LETTER: Cafero, McKinney Betrayed Republican Party
Recently, Connecticut's legislature passed expanded gun control laws to punish law-abiding gun owners here in Connecticut. Among others, John McKinney and Larry Cafero, leaders of Connecticut's Republican Party, voted in favor. In 2012, they were both...Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice
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The Bush library and the willing suspension of disbelief
To nobody's surprise, all four living former presidents were on their best behavior last week at the dedication of the library and museum named for the latest of them, George W. Bush, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The honoree's father,...Tags: Elections, Arts and Culture, Parties and Movements, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Mitt Romney
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Boston Bombing Focuses Public On Surveillance
The Hartford CourantVideo played a strong role in finding the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, but it was mostly old-style detecting that appeared to do the trick as the FBI and police pored through hours of clips collected on bystanders' phones, then put it out...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Stew Leonard's, Government, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Science and Technology
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Competition films announced for 2013 Florida Film Festival
The 2013 Florida Film Festival is shaping up to be the biggest one yet: Enzian Theater, which hosts the festival, says a record-breaking 170 films representing 23 countries have been selected from more than 1,500 entries. Of the 170 films, 143 are...
Tags: Jack Carpenter, Jane Adams, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Melanie Lynskey
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Mitt Romney had 3 of top 2012 search memes, and not in a good way
Online news giant Yahoo! announced its top search terms of 2012 Monday and, no surprise, the 2012 election topped all other topics, including the iPhone 5, which registered the second-most searches; Kim Kardashian, who attracted the third most and...
Tags: Elections, Hillary Clinton, Government, Executive Branch, Apple iPhone
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The 'stupid party'
Last week, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called on his fellow Republicans to stop being "the stupid party" Yet in his recent column, commentator Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. made it clear that if he got the memo, he chose to ignore it ("The vast left-wing...Tags: Elections, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Barack Obama, Government, Bobby Jindal
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Our Laguna: Taking a look at the last half of the year
Same song, second verse. Here are some highlights of 2012, culled from the pages of Coastline Pilot in the second half of the year. Refresh your memories. July. 6: Principal Planner Carolyn Martin was named project manager for the proposed overhaul of...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Auction Service, Dana Rohrabacher, Artists, Animal
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NJ Governor blasts Boehner, Republicans
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's blunt talk has long been one of his hallmarks. But Christie, who has verbally tangled with many, showed Wednesday he's willing to aim his barbs at the highest echelons of his own party. In a State House...Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, Government, Executive Branch, Parties and Movements
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Column: You gotta have hope
Tribune Media Services"You gotta have hope; mustn't sit around and mope." — "Damn Yankees" Sitting in the room at the Jack Kemp Leadership Award dinner last week, listening to Senator Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, and Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican and of...Tags: Elections, Ronald Reagan, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Philosophy, Parties and Movements
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Fridays's Buzz: Should Marco Rubio run for president?
Talk about it Freshman U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a fast-rising star in the Republican Party, has been a media magnet lately, with his pronouncements about immigration reform, school choice – even the age of the Earth – getting lots...
Tags: Elections, Mitt Romney, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Politics
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Political buzzwords of 2012
Pull up an empty chair, folks. (Up to you whether to interrogate it.) It's time to take a look back at the year that was, politically speaking. We won't know the 2012 word of the year until The American Dialect Society's annual conference next week....
Tags: Elections, Ben Bernanke, Government Health Care, Todd Akin, The Huffington Post
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Dec 7, 2012
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