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2 hrs ago | Wausau Daily Herald

Oliver makes case for N.J. woman in Senate

A New Jersey woman's place is in the U.S. Senate. That's one of the messages from Democrat Sheila Oliver, who is running in the special election for the Senate seat of the late Frank Lautenberg.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Rush Holt, US News, US House of Representatives, Frank Pallone, US Senate, Frank Lautenberg, Cory Booker

6 hrs ago | WHBF-TV Rock Island

Chicago's next US attorney faces urgent dilemma

Chicago's next U.S. attorney faces a dilemma sprung from the twin evils bedeviling America's third-largest city.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, Senator Mark Kirk, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bobby Rush, Senator Dick Durbin, Barack Obama

6 hrs ago | WNYT NewsChannel 13

NY lawmakers push Amtrak for bike baggage cars

New York lawmakers are pushing Amtrak to add baggage cars to its passenger trains that would be capable of carrying bicycles.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Charles Schumer, US News, US Senate, Warren County, NY, Adirondack, NY, Albany, NY

10 hrs ago | KMIZ

New report: Britain spied on G-20 delegates

Britain's electronic intelligence agency monitored delegates' phones and tried to capture their passwords during an economic summit held there in 2009, the Guardian newspaper reported Sunday.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Mark Udall

14 hrs ago | KIII

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Melanie Servetas lived the American dream. She had a six-figure salary as an executive with Wells Fargo, a Jaguar and a three-bedroom house in sunny Southern California.

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Related Topix: Online Dating, Immigration Reform, Washington DC, Gay/Lesbian, US Politics, US News, Patrick Leahy, US Senate

19 hrs ago | KMIZ

Poll: Markey expands lead in Mass. Senate race

A new poll indicates Democratic Rep. Ed Markey has slightly widened his advantage over Republican opponent Gabriel Gomez in the campaign for the June 25 special election for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Joe Biden

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Northern Michigan News

Glasnost on the Potomac under Obama? Not quite

It's as if the United States has two governments, one open and one very much not.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, George Bush, John Conyers, US House of Representatives

KOCO-TV Oklahoma City

Menendez: Time to 'tip the scales' in Syria

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Robert Menendez, US Politics, US Senate, US House of Representatives

CBS Local

Graham: GOP In 'Death Spiral'; Will Fail in 2016 Without Immigration

Republicans are "in a demographic death spiral" and will fail in their effort to win the presidency if the party blocks an immigration overhaul, a leading GOP senator said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Robert Menendez, US House of Representatives

CBS News

Video: Rogers: NSA surveillance program has stopped threats

Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., explains why he thinks the National Security Administration's phone monitoring program is an appropriate use of power and how it's stopped terrorist threats.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, Mike Rogers, US Senate, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Elijah Cummings

Detroit Free Press

Is your driveway making you sick? Pavement sealant linked to high cancer risk

A professional applicator applies a coal-tar-based sealant to a test plot used to measure emission of polycyclic aromatic carbons into the air in Austin at the University of Texas.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Lloyd Doggett, US News, US House of Representatives, Texas, Geology, Science, Medicine, Pharmacology, Environment

Albany Times Union

Some evacuations lifted in destructive Colo. fire

Evacuess and fire officials listen to a news briefing on the Black Forest Fire in Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday, June 14, 2013.

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Related Topix: Fire, Black Forest, CO, Colorado Springs, CO, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Mark Udall, Mark Udall, US House of Representatives

Sat Jun 15, 2013

KMIZ

GOP: Education system 'congested' with mandates

A Senate committee voted this week to move forward with a Democratic-backed education plan, but Republicans argue the proposal forces the country's school systems to further rely on the federal government.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Tom Harkin, Standardized Testing, Education, Opinion

KPIC

Obama trade dilemma: Scant support from Democrats

As President Barack Obama pushes an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading, political trade wars already are forming, and they're with fellow Democrats rather than with Republicans, his usual antagonists.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, George Bush, W., US Senate, Debbie Stabenow

The Arizona Republic

Chicago joins growing club of bike-sharing cities

Chicago's new bike-share program, Divvy, will start in two weeks with about 750 bikes at 75 solar-powered docking stations and expand over the next year to at least 4,000 bikes at 400 stations scattered across the city.

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Related Topix: Tulsa, OK, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Rahm Emanuel

Seattle Times

Chicago to hire 600 for school safe-passage routes

The city of Chicago, which plans to close dozens of schools this summer to save money, has received 11,000 requests for help getting children to their new schools along safe-passage routes.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., US House of Representatives, US Politics, US News, Rahm Emanuel

Lincoln Daily News

Senate Dems' answer on health care: Go on offense

Far from reversing course, Senate Democrats who backed President Barack Obama's health care law and now face re-election in GOP-leaning states are reinforcing their support for the overhaul even as Republicans intensify their criticism.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, Barack Obama, Senator Mark Begich, US Senate, Mark Pryor

Visalia Times-Delta

Obama touts Ed Markey in new Senate ad

First President Obama campaigned for Ed Markey, now the words and images from that Massachusetts event are featured in the Senate candidate's newest TV ad.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Scott Brown, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Republican

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Log Cabin Democrat

House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill

The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Representative Jackie Walorski, Republican, US House of Representatives, Guantanamo Bay, Barack Obama, US Senate

CNN

Obama nominates several financial backers as ambassadors

He nominated Rufus Gifford, who had served as finance chairman of the inaugural committee, as ambassador to Denmark.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Hillary Clinton