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In the racially diverse Washington suburb of Greenbelt, the term “progressive” is a badge of honor. But the city that began as a New Deal-era cooperative and overwhelmingly voted for Barack Obama has never had a minority sit on its council in its 71-year history.
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Nearly 20 years of John McCain’s contrition over his role in a 1980s banking scandal vanished this week in 17 minutes and 30 seconds.
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Curtis Lemons was supposed to report for jury duty in a drunk driving case. Instead, according to authorities, the 50-year-old Cape Girardeau man skipped the jury duty...
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Wyoming bested Colorado in the One Shot Antelope Hunt over the weekend, despite Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal failing to kill his animal with the required single shot.
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AP, Washington
What happens if the Senate is supposed to meet and there aren’t any senators around?
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For somebody who’d been playing golf 50 years and never had a hole-in-one, Bob Hickey got the hang of it quickly. The 66-year-old Grayling man used a 7-iron to...
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