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Sen. Joe Lieberman To Announce Retirement Plans
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Sen. Joe Lieberman was so determined to hang onto his seat in 2006 after losing the Democratic primary in Connecticut that he ran as an independent. Now he's leaving without a fight. The 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, who...Tags: Illinois, Republican Party, Retirement, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama
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Gov. Brown Undergoes Surgery For Cancerous Growth
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- California Governor Jerry Brown underwent surgery last week to remove a cancerous growth from his nose, his office said Saturday. The growth was removed Friday after tests revealed it may be basal cell carcinoma, a common type of...Tags: Surgery, California, Diseases and Illnesses, Executive Branch, Basal Cell Carcinoma
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Ailing Kennedy Plans January Return to Senate
WASHINTON -- Sen. Edward Kennedy will not be on Capitol Hill this week when Congress returns from its summer break. But the Massachusetts senator, who has brain cancer, does plan to return in January. A Kennedy aide said Sunday that Kennedy's doctors...Tags: Massachusetts, Cancer
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Teresa Heinz Says She's Battling Breast Cancer
KTLA NewsBOSTON -- Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer discovered through mammography and argues that younger women should continue undergoing the tests despite a federal panel's recent recommendation to reduce their frequency. The 71-year-...Tags: Chemotherapy, Illinois, Breast, Entertainment, Massachusetts
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Malcom X Attorney Percy Sutton Dies at 89
Associated PressNEW YORK -- Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89. Marissa Shorenstein, a spokeswoman for Gov. David Paterson,...Tags: San Francisco, Entertainment, Ed Koch, African Americans, Civil Rights
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VP Joe Biden's Son Hospitalized
KTLA NewsNEWARK, Del. -- Vice President Joe Biden's oldest son was being treated at a Delaware hospital Tuesday, the White House said, though it did not say why. Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden was admitted to Christiana Hospital on Tuesday morning, his...Tags: Delaware, Democratic National Convention (2008), Women's Health, Barack Obama, Politics
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Man Carrying Assault Weapon Attends Obama Protest
KTLA NewsPHOENIX -- About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday -- the latest incident in which protesters have...Tags: Demonstration, Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Civil Rights
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Won't you please come to Chicago
They've come to protest war, or to protest the money spent on war, or to protest the cuts in social programs that they blame on the money spent on war. They want a tax on Wall Street, a moratorium on home foreclosures, an end to deportation of...Tags: NATO Summit, Michigan Avenue, Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Organizations, Muammar Gaddafi
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Police, Secret Service tighten the Loop
Chicago police officers are used to flooding hot spots on the South and West sides to fight the street gang violence that drives most of the mayhem in the city, but this week they have begun to flood another side of the metropolis: the glittering...
Tags: NATO Summit, Metra, Garry McCarthy, Michigan Avenue, Politics
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Chicago's parade of protests
As NATO leaders and protesters head this way, let it be noted that Chicago launched the most imitated street demonstration of all. Each year on May 1, myriad trade unionists and socialists parade through cities around the world, commemorating an 1886...
Tags: Demonstration, Haymarket Riot (1886), Near West Side, Republican Party, Grover Cleveland
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Sheriff's official suspended for disrupting Secret Service efforts to protect VP Joe Biden last year
One of Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings top aides has been disciplined for "conduct unbecoming" stemming from an incident during Vice PresidentJoe Biden'svisit to Orlando last year.
Besides trying to get his picture taken with Biden, Maj. Danny Vereen...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Joe Biden, Eatonville, Politics, Walt Disney
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News briefs for Thursday, May 10
A long, slow contemplation, then a decisive turn, behind Obama's move to endorse gay marriage WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's evolution on gay marriage unfolded at a Darwinian pace, like that of the giant tortoise. For more than a year...
Tags: Adoption, Union (Tolland, Connecticut), Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, White House
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