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Today's Celebrity Birthdays
Actor Fyvush Finkel is 86. Former Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., is 67. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nona Hendryx is 64. Singer Jackson Browne is 60. Actor Gary Frank is 58. Actor Richard Chaves is 57. Actor Robert Wuhl is 57. Actress-TV personality Sharon Osbourne...Tags: Annika Sorenstam, Music Industry, Jackson Browne, James Williams, Scott Bakula
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We think: The outcome of the Nov. 4 election won't spell progress for everyone
In fewer than five weeks, millions across the nation will brim with pride, having witnessed the election of the nation's first black president or its first female vice president. But there's ample room for Americans to also feel shame. An AP-Yahoo poll...Tags: Polls, National Government, Strom Thurmond, Barack Obama, Government
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FOR MCCAIN
There's an old adage in competitive debating that if you can make judges want to vote for you, they will find a way to justify that vote. So what do you need to do to make us, as your judges, vote your way come Nov. 4? There certainly are some...Tags: Al Gore, Diplomacy, Mitt Romney, Thad Cochran, Political Candidates
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McCain adviser got money from Georgia
Associated Press WriterMcCain's chief foreign policy adviser and his business partner lobbied the senator or his staff on 49 occasions in a 31/2-year span while being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by the government of the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The payments...Tags: Democracy, New York University, Ceremonies, Lobbying, Lockheed Martin Corporation
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Dems: beware 'irrational exuberance'
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown With little more than a hundred days before the elections, the chairmen of the House and Senate Democrats' campaign operations both say they will expand their majorities come November. But as they try to reach deeper......Tags: Colorado, National Government, Vehicles, Kansas, Upper House
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Since 1998, Dolans gave $2.7M to politicians, causes
reid.epstein@newsday.com; Staff writer EdenThe Dolan family and its Cablevision political action committee are heavy hitters in the halls of power in Albany and Washington, giving more than $2.7 million to politicians and causes of all stripes since 1998. The contributions bridge any political...Tags: Charles Dolan, National Government, Charity, NAACP, Alaska
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0N THE TRAIL
John Hagee, a Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized yesterday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews."...Tags: National Government, Texas, Roman Catholic, Government, Nebraska
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Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJesse Helms, the former U.S. senator from North Carolina who for half a century infuriated liberals with his race-baiting campaign tactics and presidents of both parties with his use of senatorial privilege, died Friday. He was 86. Helms, who won...Tags: Treaties, National Government, Coup d'Etat, Edward M. Kennedy, Diplomacy
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Democrats take another Republican seat
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown Anti-abortion, pro-gun Democrat Travis Childers has won today's special election in Mississippi's deeply conservative First Congressional District, the Associated Press is reporting. Following special election victories in Illinois...Tags: National Government, Republican Party, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Upper House
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House GOP loses to Democrats - again
The SwampTravis Childers delivers his victory speech in Booneville, Miss., Tuesday night May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael H. Miller) by Jill Zuckman Another Republican district bites the dust. First, House Republicans lost previously safe seats in Louisiana and...Tags: National Government, Republican Party, Nancy Pelosi, Mike Huckabee, Upper House
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Guide to the Sunday morning shows
The Swampby James Oliphant Here's a guide to who's where Sunday morning. Meet the Press (NBC) Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia, mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate, plus former Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Rep. Harold Ford, he head of......Tags: Colorado, Bette Midler, CBS Corp., Meat Loaf, Movies
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