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2012 presidential election

Obama honors Vietnam vets on Memorial Day NATO: No Afghan deaths in airstrikes Obama strikes at Romney in Iowa, seeks 2008 energy NATIONAL BRIEFS Metro area Dominicans called pivotal in election

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Literary scholar Paul Fussell dead at 88 Radio pioneer Hal Jackson, dead at 96 Former WVU coach Bill Stewart dead at 59 Chuck Brown, pioneer of 'go-go' funk music, dies Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies

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