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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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Rep. Todd Akin addresses members of the media in Chesterfield, Mo., on Aug. 24, 2012, where he confirmed his plans to remain in Missouri's U.S. Senate race despite a political uproar over remarks he made about rape and pregnancy.
As the Republican Party celebrates its nominees for president and vice president in Tampa, one of the party’s candidates for another one of its most important elections is having some words for the party “bosses.” Yesterday, Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican...
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Supporters cheer as Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at the St. Pete Times Forum in this May 21, 2008 file photo in Tampa, Florida.
That’s the percentage-point margin of victory in the 2008 election for President Barack Obama in Hillsborough County, Florida, where Republicans are holding their national convention in Tampa. Hillsborough is a swing county in a swing state that is drawing the...
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Shoppers buy memorabilia in the official RNC store.
As he prepares to accept the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has a likability problem. A majority of registered voters view him unfavorably, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll taken right before the party’s convention in Tampa, Florida. The...
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