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Mitt Romney is given a tour by Google Vice President Jim Lecinski at the Google Chicago headquarters.
Charlie Black, a veteran Republican strategist and adviser to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, criticized “phony antitrust suits” at an event co-sponsored by Google Inc., a lobbying client whose competitive practices are under U.S. investigation. “Phony antitrust suits that are...
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Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry on Capitol Hill.
Senator John Kerry will report for duty in Charlotte at the Democratic National Convention — a somewhat different “duty” than the one he accepted in Boston in 2004. The Massachusetts Democrat and decorated Vietnam war veteran will make national security...
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Rep. Ben Quayle, with wife Tiffany, at an evening gathering of supporters as he concedes his Republican primary loss to Rep. David Schweikert on Aug. 28, 2012, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Ben Quayle’s loss in a Republican primary yesterday in Arizona made him an unlucky 13th House member to be defeated for re-election in the primaries. Quayle, the son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, was unseated by another Republican congressman,...
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Attendees line the floor at Google's Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Times are tough all over — unless you’re in the technology business. Since the 2004 end of the dotcom bust, job growth in high-tech companies outpaced overall private sector employment, according to a new study by the San Francisco-based Bay...
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie addresses the Republican National Convention.
In his convention speech in Tampa last night, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spoke of “a second American Century.” “I don’t know about you, but I don’t want my children and grandchildren to have to read in a history book...
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Former Republican presidential contender Herman Cain at a Tax Day Rally in Washington, DC.
Let’s preface this with the reason Herman Cain quit his quixotic campaign for president: allegations of sexual harassment by a number of women and the public assertion by one of a long-time extramarital affair with the former Godfather’s Pizza chief....
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A Paul Ryan button during the Republican National Convention.
Can you describe Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan in word? A poll out today by the Pew Research Center and the Washington Post asked that question, and as befits a nation divided, 37 percent described the Wisconsin congressman in positive...
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Cats go viral on the Internet. That’s why the host committee of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte — the one where President Barack Obama will be nominated for re-election next week — is playing it feline this week. The...
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker poses for a photo during the Republican National Convention.
Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin says Mitt Romney needs to be more specific in telling voters how he as president would deal with nation’s fiscal crisis. “The more meat you can put on the bones, the better,” Walker said...
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Images of Paul Ryan projected on the wall during the 2012 Republican National Convention.
While Paul Ryan prepares to try to win over undecided voters in his speech tonight at the Republican National Convention in Florida, the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington is meeting to consider a rule that would allow hedge funds...
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