US Elections

Minn. Gov. Pawlenty Stirs Talk of 2012 in Iowa

Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty singled out President Obama during a Republican fundraiser in Iowa as many see Pawlenty as a possible 2012 presidential candidate. As Congress begins voting on health care reform, Minnesota Gov. Tim...

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Is There Any Hope For Agreement at Copenhagen?

If you want to give a U.N. climate change negotiator indigestion, which isn't terribly hard to do these days, mention three letters: W-T-O. That stands for the World Trade Organization, the global body charged with supervising...

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Krugman: Health care might not be Obama's Waterloo, but it could be his Anzio

Remember those Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Barack Obama's Waterloo? Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent health care was an issue in Tuesday's elections, it worked in Democrats'...

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Foxx's victory may signal shift to Dems in Charlotte

When Pat McCrory first ran for mayor of Charlotte in 1995, the Republican Party enjoyed a home-field advantage: 73 percent of the city voters were white, many of whom reliably chose the GOP on election day. But the electorate...

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INTERVIEW - Muslims watching U.S. with guarded optimism - OIC chief

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Muslim world is watching how the United States will act on the stalled process for Palestinian-Israeli peace and wondering how one of the main sticking points, Israeli settlements, will be resolved, the...

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(AHN) President Obama Extends Declaration Of Emergency With Respect To Weapons Of Mass Destruction

President Barack Obama on Friday notified the United States Congress that he was extending the declaration of national emergency with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the White House said.

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2010 elections: Democratic fears, Republican hopes

Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as...

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Low turnout, mail-in votes stick county with high costs

Nov 07, 2009 (The Modesto Bee - Timothy Herrera said it was the easiest $130 he ever made, working as a Spanish-speaking election inspector at Apostolic Assembly First Church, a polling place on Sonora Avenue in Modesto. During...

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Low turnout marks election

NASHUA – Turnout in Tuesday’s city election was the lowest by percentage and second-lowest by number dating to 1937, according to statistics compiled by City Clerk Paul Bergeron. In that 72-year span, only in 1985 did fewer...

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Ovide Lamontagne enters U.S. Senate race

MANCHESTER – Ovide Lamontagne has made his long-awaited decision. Tomorrow, he'll officially become a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated next year by Sen. Judd Gregg. The 52-year-old Manchester attorney, 1996...

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