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Tom DeLay blames liberals for sentencing (Video)
Tom DeLay is not letting any jail sentence -- or the tragedy in Tucson --...
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Melissa Bell
| January 13, 2011; 1:01 PM ET |
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Gabrielle Giffords sedated, has responded to simple commands
Doctors say they are "cautiously optimistic" about the recovery of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) after Saturday's tragic shootings. Michael LeMole Jr., chief of neurosurgery at the University of Arizona and Peter Rhee, the university's trauma director, told reporters early Sunday afternoon that Giffords was responding to simple commands.
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Rachel Weiner
| January 9, 2011; 12:00 PM ET |
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Joe Biden gives girls dating advice (video)
While swearing in new senators on Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden welcomed their daughters with his favorite piece of advice. Over, and over, and over. "Just remember, no dates til you're 30," Biden told young female relatives of Sen. Barbara Mikulski, (D-Md.), Sen. Michael Bennet, (D-Colo.), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), among others. ABC News has compiled a video:
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Rachel Weiner
| January 6, 2011; 12:02 PM ET |
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Prayer service opens day for new Congress
Before the day's swearings-in, gavel-passing and speech-making, lawmakers gathered Wednesday morning for a bipartisan prayer service that some described as an emotional prelude to the opening of the 112th Congress.
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Philip Rucker
| January 5, 2011; 10:51 AM ET |
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Robert Gibbs leaving the White House
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has just told staffers he is moving on.
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Rachel Weiner
| January 5, 2011; 9:58 AM ET |
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Allen West: 'I didn't learn anything' from aide controversy
During an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," Rep.-elect Allen West (R-Fla.) said he "didn't learn anything" from a firestorm that erupted over his original choice for chief of staff.
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Matt DeLong
| January 2, 2011; 10:20 AM ET |
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, November 3, 2010
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Meg Whitman: My ex-maid should be deported,
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, October 25, 2010
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Jack Conway gets testy with CNN reporter,
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Political campaign ads: How important are they?,
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Sarah Palin endorses John Raese for ... Pennsylvania,
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Joe Miller: Mitch McConnell open to government shutdown,
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Carl Paladino to reporter: 'I'll take you out',
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Gibbs: No White House shakeup,
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, January 19, 2010
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Brown takes upset bid to Bruins game,
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Survey shows transformed Conn. Senate race,
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