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Colin Powell Endorses Obama For President www.huffingtonpost.com 1868 TWEETS
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term Thursday. "You know, I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012, and I'll be voting for he and Vice President Joe Biden next month," he sa
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Senate Votes To Let Military Detain Americans Indefinitely, White House Threatens Veto www.huffingtonpost.com 1858 TWEETS
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a controversial provision to let the military detain terrorism suspects on U.S. soil and hold them indefinitely without trial -- prompting White House officials to reissue a veto threat. The measure, part of
Robert F. Kennedy Jr: Fox News Has Divided Country In A Way Not Seen Since Civil War www.huffingtonpost.com 1857 TWEETS
See Snow photos submitted to National Geographic by users like you.
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Pro-life GOP Congressman Doctor Pushed Mistress Patient To Get Abortion www.huffingtonpost.com 1844 TWEETS
WASHINGTON -- A pro-life, family-values congressman who worked as a doctor before winning election as a Tea Party-backed Republican had an affair with a patient and later pressured her to get an abortion, according to a phone call transcript obtained by T
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Paul Ryan claims that 30% of Americans don't want the American Dream and choose to be poor. www.huffingtonpost.com 1829 TWEETS
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, share a similarly dim view of a very large portion of Americans, according to previously unreported remarks by Ryan. Both believe that many of their fellow citizens are dependent on government and
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George Zimmerman To Be Charged In Trayvon Martin Shooting: Report www.huffingtonpost.com 1818 TWEETS
George Zimmerman will reportedly be charged in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, according to the Washington Post. NBC News confirms the report.
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Ryan Speech Full of Misleading/Factually Incorrect Assertions www.huffingtonpost.com 1776 TWEETS
TAMPA, Fla. -- Paul Ryan pledged Wednesday that if he and his running mate Mitt Romney were elected president, they would usher in an ethic of responsibility. The Wisconsin congressman and GOP vice presidential candidate repeatedly chided President Barack
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Elizabeth Warren: Minimum Wage Would Be $22 An Hour If It Had Kept Up With Productivity www.huffingtonpost.com 1734 TWEETS
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) made a case for increasing the minimum wage last week during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing, in which she cited a study that suggested the federal minimum wage would have stood at nearly
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Mitt Romney: Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside Home Or Lose Benefits www.huffingtonpost.com 1722 TWEETS
WASHINGTON -- Women who stay at home to raise their children should be given federal assistance for child care so that they can enter the job market and "have the dignity of work," Mitt Romney said in January, undercutting the sense of extreme u
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Instagram Acquired By Facebook For $1 Billion www.huffingtonpost.com 1716 TWEETS
Facebook is about to get filtered. The social network announced Monday that it is buying photo-sharing service Instagram, a two year-old San Francisco-based company that has attracted more than 30 million users, for $1 billion in a cash and stock deal.
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Westboro Baptist Church Says It Will Picket Vigil For Connecticut School Shooting Victims www.huffingtonpost.com 1709 TWEETS
The Westboro Baptist Church, the controversial group known for protesting outside funerals of slain U.S. service members, announced that it will picket a vigil for the victims of Friday's Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the second largest mass kill
Mitt Romney Wonders Why Ann Romney's Airplane Windows Don't Roll Down www.huffingtonpost.com 1709 TWEETS
Making post-fundraiser comments this weekend, presidential candidate Mitt Romney revealed a tenuous grip on the science of aviation, despite the fact that he and his wife, Ann, have been flying around the country this summer on the campaign trail. After h
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CIA's Gus Hunt On Big Data: We 'Try To Collect Everything And Hang Onto It Forever' www.huffingtonpost.com 1708 TWEETS
NEW YORK -- The CIA's chief technology officer outlined the agency's endless appetite for data in a far-ranging speech on Wednesday. Speaking before a crowd of tech geeks at GigaOM's Structure:Data conference in New York City, CTO Ira "Gus" Hunt
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Savannah Dietrich, 17-Year-Old Sexual Assault Victim, Faces Charge For Naming Attackers www.huffingtonpost.com 1690 TWEETS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A 17-year-old Kentucky girl who was upset by the plea deal reached by a pair of teenagers who sexually assaulted her is now facing a contempt charge for tweeting their names in violation of a court order. The Associated Press does not n
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Paul Slansky: Paul Ryan Said Something That Should Force Him Off the Ticket, But You Probably Didn't Hear About It www.huffingtonpost.com 1685 TWEETS
Given the demands for Akin's resignation from a mere Senate race when his musings on "legitimate rape" were publicized, what do you imagine the reaction would be if people were as familiar with VP wannabe Ryan's stunning statement?
Obama Wins 2012 Presidential Election www.huffingtonpost.com 1683 TWEETS
President Barack Obama was projected the winner of the presidential race over Mitt Romney on Tuesday night. The president scored critical wins in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin."/>
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Mitt Romney Wonders Why Airplane Windows Don't Roll Down www.huffingtonpost.com 1681 TWEETS
Making post-fundraiser comments this weekend, presidential candidate Mitt Romney revealed a tenuous grip on the science of aviation, despite the fact that he and his wife, Ann, have been flying around the country this summer on the campaign trail. After h
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/mitt-romney-airplane-windows_n_1910930.html
U.N. Envoy: U.S. Isn't Protecting Occupy Protesters' Rights www.huffingtonpost.com 1681 TWEETS
WASHINGTON -- The United Nations envoy for freedom of expression is drafting an official communication to the U.S. government demanding to know why federal officials are not protecting the rights of Occupy demonstrators whose protests are being disbanded
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Mitt Romney Abortion Stance Changes, As Candidate Says He Won't Push To Restrict Access www.huffingtonpost.com 1674 TWEETS
Mitt Romney said Tuesday he has no plans to push for legislation limiting abortion, a softer stance from a candidate who has said he would "get rid of" funding for Planned Parenthood and appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. W
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