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Asbury Park, N.J. - Gov. Chris Christie has downplayed the risks from his gastric banding surgery at New York UniversityA s Langone Weight Management Program, but New York authorities investigated the clinic three years ago after three patients died following bariatric procedures.

There was no way around it: The room was half-empty. The 2013 edition of South by Southwest was just getting underway as Natalie Maines stood onstage at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater, sporting a brunette faux-hawk and holding an acoustic guitar.

President Barack Obama on Saturday called on the US Congress to end the "reckless" and "dumb" budget cuts known as the sequester, and to adopt a plan of "smarter" cuts to fuel economic growth.

I swung by the Stop the NRA March this afternoon to watch the protest and march against gun violence.

Maryland Gov. Martin OA Malley, a rising star in Democratic politics, said Wednesday that he is considering making a run for the White House in 2016 and will likely make a decision later this year.