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Today's Politics News:
FBI warns letters to governors could stir violence
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:05 pm PDT
AP - The FBI is warning police across the country that an anti-government group's call to remove governors from office could provoke violence. Full Story
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Democrats stand by candidate for Obama's old seat
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:02 pm PDT
AP - Democrats are quietly worrying about whether Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias can win President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. His family's bank is believed to be on the verge of collapse and reportedly made $20 million in loans to two convicted felons. Full Story
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Karzai calls Clinton amid US criticism
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:05 pm PDT
AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday after the Obama administration expressed dismay at his assertion a day earlier that the international community was to blame for the controversy over last year's disputed Afghan election. Full Story
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Arizona border fight heats up
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:17 pm PDT
Politico - The murder of an Arizona rancher intensifies a GOP debate about border security. Full Story
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Court battle may upend Obama agenda
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 01:30 pm PDT
Politico - White House's drive to recalibrate the message could get off track if Justice Stevens decides to retire. Full Story
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Napolitano tours flooded RI, deemed disaster area
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:58 pm PDT
AP - U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano took a helicopter tour over still-flooded Rhode Island on Friday, witnessing waterlogged shopping malls and homes with people's possessions laid out to dry in their yards, as residents and officials in the already economically troubled state pleaded for her to secure more federal aid. Full Story
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Bad check charge dropped against Nevada candidate
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:01 pm PDT
AP - Criminal bad check charges were dismissed Friday for a Tea Party of Nevada candidate seeking to unseat Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Full Story
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Sen. Bob Bennett debates GOP challengers in Utah
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:30 pm PDT
AP - U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett, facing a wave of conservative opposition as he seeks a fourth term, squared off with seven GOP challengers in a debate Friday as candidates tried to win over delegates who meet next month to choose the party's nomination. Full Story
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2nd American woman charged in 'Jihad Jane' case
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 03:31 pm PDT
AP - Federal prosecutors filed terrorism charges Friday against a pregnant American woman in the so-called Jihad Jane case. The two American women are accused of plotting online to attend a terror training camp. Full Story
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Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Moyer dies at 70
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:01 pm PDT
AP - Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, who was the longest-serving sitting state Supreme Court chief justice in the United States, died Friday at age 70. Full Story
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Army: Gays will be discharged if they speak up
Thu, 1 Apr 2010 02:50 pm PDT
AP - Army Secretary John McHugh is backtracking on his promise not to discharge troops who tell him that they are gay. Full Story
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Turkey to send ambassador back to US
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:16 am PDT
AP - Turkey's prime minister says the country's ambassador to Washington, who was recalled a month ago in protest at a U.S. move to declare the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks genocide, will return to his post. Full Story
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Poland marks John Paul's death on Good Friday
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 03:48 am PDT
AP - Predominantly Catholic Poland is marking the fifth anniversary of the death of its native son, Pope John Paul II, along with the traditional Good Friday processions and reenactments of Christ's death. Full Story
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US sees biggest job growth in three years
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:24 pm PDT
AFP - President Barack Obama said the recession-racked US economy was "beginning to turn the corner," as data showed 162,000 jobs were created in March, the biggest increase in three years. Full Story
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School group's reason for Palin speech: It needs the money
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:23 pm PDT
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ Tax records show leaner times for the college foundation now drawing fire for paying Sarah Palin an undisclosed sum to speak at Stanislaus State. Full Story
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GOP Leaders Hit The Recess Fundraising Circuit
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:06 pm PDT
CQPolitics.com - House GOP leaders are using the two-week Easter recess to hit the road and fundraise for some of their top candidates and vulnerable incumbents in tough races in places California, Illinois and Pennsylvania, as well as to pad the National Republican Congressional Committee's coffers. Full Story
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