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Neil Armstrong 1930-2012: Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies at 82 — Neil Armstrong, who made the “giant leap for mankind” as the first human to set foot on the moon, died on Saturday. He was 82. — His family said he died of complications “resulting from cardiovascular procedures.”
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First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82: NBC — (Reuters) - Former U.S. astronaut, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on Saturday. — Armstrong underwent a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his birthday on August 5 …
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Obama: Neil Armstrong ‘among the greatest of American heroes’ — President Obama on Saturday mourned the passing of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. — Armstrong died on Saturday at the age of 82. — Obama praised Armstrong “as among the greatest of American heroes …
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Hurricane impending, Republicans cancel first day of convention — Updated 7:10 p.m. - TAMPA, Fla. — Republicans announced Saturday that they had effectively canceled the first day of its convention for safety concerns associated with an impending hurricane.
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BREAKING: GOP delays start of convention until Tuesday — Tampa, Florida (CNN) - The Republican National Convention has cancelled the program's first day due to Tropical Storm Isaac, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus announced Saturday. — The convention will convene …
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NYT's Abramson rebuts Brisbane charge — The executive editor of the New York Times is disputing an accusation of liberal bias made by her very own public editor, Arthur Brisbane. — In his final column for the Times, Brisbane wrote that his fellow staffers “share a kind of political …
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Success and Risk as The Times Transforms — “WHY on earth would you want this job?” — Two years ago, I set out to answer this question in my inaugural public editor column — if only because so many people at The New York Times had asked it. Now, as I complete my term and hand the baton …
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So, Mitt, what do you really believe? — Too much about the Republican candidate for the presidency is far too mysterious — WHEN Mitt Romney was governor of liberal Massachusetts, he supported abortion, gun control, tackling climate change and a requirement that everyone should buy health insurance …
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Former Gov. Charlie Crist: Here's why I'm backing Barack Obama — I've studied, admired and gotten to know a lot of leaders in my life. Across Florida, in Washington and around the country, I've watched the failure of those who favor extreme rhetoric over sensible compromise …


Romney pulls '08 clip for Medicare pushback — It's the weekend before a political convention in Florida and both presidential campaigns are escalating the air war over — what else? — Medicare. — After the Obama campaign released its second attack ad yesterday accusing Mitt Romney …
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Obama's second, harder Medicare attack
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Republican Women For Obama? [UPDATED: Another Fake “Republican” Exposed] — It happens all the time in talk radio: a caller will say that he is a lifelong Republican, and will recall fondly how he voted for Ronald Reagan. Then he says that today's Republicans have gone too far …
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“Republican” In Obama Ad Is A Democrat
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Poll shows Akin's slide in Missouri Senate race — U.S. Senate challenger Todd Akin's support in Missouri has plummeted since his remarks a week ago about “legitimate rape” and pregnancy, putting him 9 points behind Sen. Claire McCaskill in a race he was previously winning, according to a new Post-Dispatch/News 4 poll.
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Missouri conservatives rally to Akin, blast Republican “establishment”
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Mike Huckabee rallies Southern Baptists for Todd Akin
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Exclusive: Apple-Samsung juror speaks out — Manuel Ilagan, one of the nine jurors who ruled in favor of Apple, tells CNET he thought Samsung's internal e-mails about incorporating some of Apple's technology into its devices, and the evasive way Samsung executives answered questions, was damning.
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That's the message in the skies above today's Romney/Ryan rally in Powell, [Oiho] Ohio. Courtesy of Jan Crawford at CBS News, here's a banner ad that's being flown overhead: — Maeve Reston at the LA Times says MoveOn.org is responsible for this. That makes sense, because they're super-smart.
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