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ARAPAHOE HIGH GUNMAN HELD STRONG POLITICAL BELIEFS, CLASSMATES SAID — The teenage gunman who entered Arapahoe High School on Friday afternoon and shot two fellow students with a shotgun was outspoken about politics, was a gifted debater and might have been bullied for his beliefs, according to students who knew him.
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Karl Pierson identified as Arapahoe High School gunman who shot student while targeting librarian — Karl Halverson Pierson as pictured in the 2012-2013 Arapahoe High School yearbook. — None — Regular Photo Size — Last Updated: 12 minutes ago — HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. …
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Exclusive: Thousands of HealthCare.gov sign-ups didn't make it to insurers — Enrollment records for close to 15,000 HealthCare.gov shoppers were not initially transmitted to the insurance plans they selected, according to a preliminary federal estimate to be released Saturday.
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Missing 834s as Percentage of Enrollment Now Near Zero — Site Tags: — Julie Bataille, Director of Communications, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — Saturday, December 14, 2013 — As the technical improvements to HealthCare.gov continue making a difference to consumers using the website …
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Ryan: Boehner ‘got his Irish up’ — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) “just kind of got his Irish up” when he lashed out at conservative activist groups this week, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said. — “He was frustrated that these groups came out in opposition to our budget agreement before we reached …
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Cross-state presidential rivalries building for 2016
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Nelson Mandela memorial security scandal: ‘There were no checks’ — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL WHITE HOUSE BARACK OBAMA NELSON MANDELA — It's becoming increasingly clear that when President Obama arrived at the Nelson Mandela memorial service in Johannesburg, South Africa Tuesday …
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Federal Court Strikes Down Criminalization of Polygamy In Utah — It is with a great pleasure this evening to announce that decision of United States District Court judge Clarke Waddoups striking down key portions of the Utah polygamy law as unconstitutional.
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The site once vouched for its “lie of the year.” — PolitiFact.com, the Tampa Bay Times's “fact checking” operation, is out with its “Lie of the Year,” and it's a doozy of dishonesty: “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.' ” — Just to show how fast the news can move …
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Google Adds to Its Menagerie of Robots — SAN FRANCISCO — BigDog, Cheetah, WildCat and Atlas have joined Google's growing robot menagerie. — Google confirmed on Friday that it had completed the acquisition of Boston Dynamics, an engineering company that has designed mobile research robots for the Pentagon.
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Backdating ObamaCare — A last-minute HHS rule orders insurers to pay for the law's blunders. — The White House says that ObamaCare is all fixed, but its conduct suggests otherwise. As it has realized that the government-created chaos is exposing patients to nasty and even deadly surprises …
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The Reasoning of the Utah Opinion Partially Striking Down and Rewriting the State's Bigamy Law — In his post below, Eugene notes the new decision in Brown v. Buhman, involving Utah's bigamy law. In the case, a group that considers polygamy a core part of its religious practice challenged …
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The New Politics of Pot: The 2014 Candidates Who Want to Legalize It — Forget decriminalization or medical marijuana. Bolstered by state ballot victories, top-tier contenders in 2014 are seeking full legalization, the drug's highest-profile advocacy ever.
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Bill de Blasio Walks Away From White House Meeting With Sweeping National Hopes — Bill de Blasio and the other newly-elected mayors. — WASHINGTON — Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio went down to Washington, D.C. today to meet with President Barack Obama, emerging emboldened that a “progressive movement” was sweeping the nation.
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