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Trash collection time
Paul GreenbergWho is this Todd Akin and why is everybody, it seems, paying so much attention to what he has to say? Answer: He's a congressman from Missouri who's running for the U.S. Senate in a race that could prove critical for control of the next Congress. And he'...Tags: Parties and Movements, John Ashcroft , Mitt Romney, Cancer, Bette Davis
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Akin's idiocy is infectious
Jonah GoldbergTodd Akin's idiocy appears to be infectious. The evil genius of the Missouri congressman's comments is that they lend themselves to such broad interpretations -- and misinterpretations. By now his remarks are familiar, but just in case ... Akin told...Tags: Abortion Issue, Herring, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Incest, Mitt Romney
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Democrats Hold onto Narrow Majority in U.S. Senate
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat or two,...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Minority Groups, Tommy Thompson, George W. Bush, Los Angeles Times
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Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr.: Ignorance hardly unique
Rep. Todd Akin's fame - more accurately, his infamy - now reaches all the way to the Congo. There, Eve Ensler, the award-winning American author of ''The Vagina Monologues'' and herself a survivor of rape, wrote an open letter castigating last week's...Tags: Entertainment Events, The Miami Herald, Periodicals, Planned Parenthood, Parties and Movements
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Akin's ignorance hardly unique
Leonard PittsRep. Todd Akin's fame -- more accurately, his infamy -- now reaches all the way to the Congo. There, Eve Ensler, the award-winning American author of "The Vagina Monologues" and herself a survivor of rape, wrote an open letter castigating last week's...Tags: The Miami Herald, Planned Parenthood, Parties and Movements, John Ashcroft , Schindler's List (movie)
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Monday, August 27, 2012
5:30 - 9 a.m. Bill Leff in for Jonathon Brandmeier 7:35 a.m. She directed her first feature at 12. Bill Leff (in for Johnny B) chats with the young filmmaker during Hollywood on it's ear. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Mike McConnell 10:05 a.m. Why can't... -
Is there a Republican Party war on women?
Is the Republican Party really pursuing a war on women? Well, yes and no to that question. Is it the official position of the Republican Party to strip away women's rights? No, with the caveat that if you are in favor of abortion rights then you're...Tags: Punishment, Labor Legislation, Voting, Parties and Movements, U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
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Dems fight for continued Senate control
WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Democrats fought Republicans for control of the Senate on Tuesday after a bitter campaign marked by roughly $1 billion in outside spending in competitive races from Virginia to Montana. Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who...
Tags: Joe Lieberman, Joe Donnelly, Mitt Romney, Washington, DC, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Election Blog: Akin campaign preparing for election night events
jkaplan@kspr.comHello from Chesterfield! KSPR's Jonah Kaplan here in this St. Louis suburb at Rep. Todd Akin's campaign headquarters. It's pretty quiet here thus far, but the scene will surely light up later on this evening. Campaign staffers are busy inflating hundreds...Tags: Paul Ryan, Sarah Steelman, Polls, Claire McCaskill, Elections
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Tropical Storm Isaac's Slow Pace Makes it More Dangerous
CNNTAMPA, Fla. -- New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast faced the anniversary of devastating Hurricane Katrina by hunkering down for new storm amid "a high level of anxiety," as the Crescent City's mayor put it Monday. Forecasters project Tropical Storm...Tags: Rick Scott, Air Transportation Delays, Medicare, Government Health Care, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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Controversies dim GOP hopes to take over Senate
CNNEven before a second Republican Senate candidate tripped over incendiary comments about rape, GOP leaders in Washington knew that their once promising chances of winning control of the Senate had diminished. Whether Richard Mourdock of Indiana can move...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Tommy Thompson, Joe Donnelly, Jon Tester, Mitt Romney
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The politics of rape and abortion
In the 1988 presidential election, Republicans successfully hanged Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis with Willie Horton, a convicted murderer who committed a rape and assault after he was furloughed. Horton was free because Dukakis, as...
Tags: Abortion Issue, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Planned Parenthood, Parties and Movements, Incest
Aug 24, 2012
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Aug 24, 2012
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Nov 7, 2012
|Story| KTLA-LTV
Aug 26, 2012
|Story| Aberdeen News
Aug 26, 2012
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Aug 25, 2012
|Story| WGN-AM
Aug 27, 2012
|Column| Petoskey News
Nov 6, 2012
|Story| WSBT-TV
Nov 6, 2012
| KSPR-TV
Aug 27, 2012
|Story| KTLA-LTV
Nov 6, 2012
|Story| CNN
Aug 28, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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