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57 min ago | Wall Street Journal

Opinion: Moonlight Serenade

Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress two years ago this Friday in a side-splitting social-media scandal, is running for mayor of New York? We don't know why, but we're now pretty sure it's not for the money.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Anthony Weiner, Democrat, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Bill Clinton, Republican, Chuck Grassley, Opinion

4 hrs ago | Trend

US names special envoy for Guantanamo closure

A diplomat has been appointed to focus on coordinating with other governments to accept inmates from the US prison in Guantanamo, Cuba, the US State Department announced Monday, dpa reported.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Guantanamo Bay, Bill Clinton, W.

8 hrs ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bill Clinton: Israel must make peace to survive

In this Jan. 21, 2013 file photo, Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, touches the stones of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News, Bill Clinton, Palestinian Territories

9 hrs ago | US News & World Report

Obama Passive-Aggressive in the Face of Syria Hawks

Actually he can't outrun the hawks some from within his own administration prodding him toward the bitter bloodbath going on in a lawless country ruled by a ruthless tyrant.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, US Politics, John McCain, Opinion

11 hrs ago | CBS News

Video: CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson's computer hacked

CBS News has confirmed that someone has been breaking into the computer of investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.

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Related Topix: CBS This Morning, Entertainment, Television, Immigration Reform, Face the Nation, Chris Christie, US Governors, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

14 hrs ago | CBS 3 Springfield

Man found dead in Fairfield was 59-year-old artist

A man found dead of an apparent drowning in a Fairfield marsh was a 59-year-old artist whose work was admired by former President Bill Clinton and actress Kathleen Turner.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, Holyoke, MA, Springfield, MA

16 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

Hillary Clinton addresses Michigan business group

Former secretary of state and possible 2014 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is giving a speech to business leaders in western Michigan.

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, Michigan, George Bush, Bill Clinton

18 hrs ago | WPMT-TV York

Its Toth vs. Food in this battle of Gettysburg

This week, Bill goes to the Blue and Gray Bar and Grill in Gettysburg and he takes on the Pickets charge challenge.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

The American Conservative

Fighting Terrorism by Arming Terrorists

The Obama administration appears to be moving toward arming rebels in Syria, though the White House has only publicly confirmed an increase in the "scope and scale" of its military support.

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Related Topix: US News, Terrorism, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, Bill Clinton, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, John McCain

Asbury Park Press

Christie maintains a political balancing act

A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be... Former President Bill Clinton shakes New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's hand as he arrives on stage during the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting in Chicago.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Bill Clinton, Chris Christie, US Governors, New Jersey, US News, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican

Tony's Kansas City

TKC Breaking News!!! Clay Chastain Starts his Mo Supreme Court Battle ...

TKC BREAKING NEWS!!! CLAY CHASTAIN STARTS HIS MO SUPREME COURT BATTLE AGAINST A "WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING" OVER RAIL TRANSIT!!! Here's what we like .

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Jacksonville Daily News

A legacy started and carried on by fathers

"My dad was a great man," said Ernest Hoopii, the sergeant major of Marine Corps Installations East.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps

Lawyers, Guns, and Money

This Day in Labor History: June 16, 1918

On June 16, 1918, the socialist leader and former head of the American Railway Union Eugene Debs gave a speech in Canton, Ohio, criticizing the United States' actions in World War I and urging resistance to the draft.

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Related Topix: Canton, OH, US News, Liberal Political News

Philly.com

Why are N.J. Democrats so smitten with Christie?

Tuesday alone, he collected endorsements in his reelection campaign from North Jersey's dominant Democratic power broker, a Democratic state senator, and five Democratic mayors.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Bill Clinton, Wedding, Rutgers University

Alamogordo Daily News

New trial, different verdict

Former 12th Judicial District Court judge and district attorney Robert Doughty, portraying special prosecutor Owen Roberts, sifts through some paperwork as he prepares to cross-examine a defense witness Saturday night at the retrial of A.B. Fall.

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Related Topix: Alamogordo, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Prison, New Mexico State University

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Boston Herald

Clinton in Mass. for Markey; Gomez holds town hall

Pointing out contrasts between Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward Markey and his opponent, Republican Gabriel Gomez, former President Bill Clinton called on Markey supporters Saturday to vote in the coming special election - and to avoid a repeat of the surprise election result that sent Republican Scott Brown to the Senate in 2010.

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Related Topix: Edward Markey, US Politics, Scott Brown, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Bill Clinton, Opinion

C-SPAN

Three Days at Gettysburg, Part 2

John Marszalek and James McPherson spoke about the Battle of Gettysburg, focusing on the second and third days of the fighting.The three-day battle fought in Pennsylvania from July 1-3, 1863, was the bloodiest of the war, ..

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania

Washington Times

de Gracia: President Obama shouldn't intervene in Syria

Photo: President Obama is under immense political pressure to erect a no-fly-zone in Syria.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Bill Clinton, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Mediaite.com

Maher Tears Into Panel Over Syria: Obama 'Looks Like A Pu*sy' For Obeying Bill Clinton

Bill Maher bemoaned the increasingly likely intervention into Syria on Friday night, especially so recently after Obama's speech about the drawdown of the War on Terror.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, Television

CBS News

Video: Bush: "Immigrants are more fertile"

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush explained how he believes immigration policy should change to benefit the U.S. economy.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Florida, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, Florida Government, Jeb Bush, Bill Clinton, Chris Christie, US Governors

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