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Maine, Maryland back same-sex marriage

By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – CLEVELAND — Maine and Maryland became the first states to back same-sex marriage in the voting booth Tuesday night, buoying gay-rights advocates awaiting results of

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Democrats retain slim majority in Senate

By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly

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Candidates hit battleground states

by William Douglas and Anita Kumar, McClatchy Newspapers – CONCORD, N.H. — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clashed Sunday over who could deliver change to a gridlocked nation as

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Away from storm, voters unswayed

By Mark Z. Barabak and Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Gabrielle Smith is that rarest of rarities, coveted by both sides in the presidential campaign: an undecided voter

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Bill Clinton joins Obama in New Hampshire

By Kathleen Hennessey, Los Angeles Times – CONCORD, N.H. — President Barack Obama’s campaign isn’t nostalgic just for 2008. As it blew through New Hampshire 48 hours from Election Day, it was

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Romney, Obama clash over Ohio car ads

By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times – TOLEDO, Ohio — The demand for Jeep Wranglers outstrips supply these days, so the assembly line keeps cranking straight through the lunch shift at the

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Grassley Remarks on MF Global Collapse

NOV. 1 – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the aftermath of MF Global’s collapse.  Grassley is a senior member of the Agriculture Committee. “This week marked

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