While the attendance of Ted Nugent at President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address presumably guarantees camera-time for the rocker-and-gun-enthusiast, especially when the speech focuses on gun control, other guests in the U.S. House gallery audience also will be paying...
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Photos of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims sits at a small memorial near the school on Jan. 14, 2013 in Newtown, Connecticut.
Newtown Will Be Well Represented at State of the Union Address
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Rep. Allen West during an address to the 39th Conservative Political Action Committee February 10, 2012 in Washington.
West, Berman, Bloomfield Biggest Spenders to Lose House Races
Representative Allen West, a Tea-Party fav and Florida Republican who just this week conceded that he lost his bid for a second term, achieved one milestone this election year: The biggest-spending loser in House races. West spent at least $13.8 million, according...
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, center, campaigns with Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Linda McMahon, right, in Waterbury, Conn., on Oct. 22, 2012.
McMahon on Mat? — Poll Countdown
Rep. Chris Murphy, the Democratic nominee for Connecticut’s open Senate seat, is pulling away from his Republican challenger, Linda McMahon, the former chief executive officer and founder of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., a Quinnipiac University poll shows. Murphy led McMahon,...
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon greets supporters outside Harborside Middle School in Milford, Connecticut, in this file photo.
McMahon Seeks Obama Voters in Connecticut Senate Race
Linda McMahon, a Connecticut Republican seeking a U.S. Senate seat in the Nov. 6 election, knows that President Barack Obama probably will carry her Democratic-leaning state by a comfortable margin. So the former wrestling executive is trying to convince Obama...
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