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Electoral College count affirms Obama's win

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:34:46 GMT

It's official. A tally of the Electoral College vote affirms President Barack Obama's re-election.

House re-elects Boehner speaker

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:32:56 GMT

The House and Senate ushered in a new Congress Thursday, re-electing embattled Republican John Boehner speaker and hailing one of its own senators who returned a year after being felled by a stroke.

RI Electoral College casts votes

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:17:27 GMT

Rhode Island has officially has its four electoral votes for President Barack Obama.

Electoral College set to affirm Obama re-election

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:08:07 GMT

Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes in the 2012 presidential election, a constitutional formality on President Barack Obama's march to a second term.

Election hits $2B mark amid last-minute donations

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:16:25 GMT

Remarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their quest for the White House.

Gen Y: Listen up, GOP

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:08:38 GMT

The 2012 election was embarrassing for the Republican Party, and the biggest group of people pointing and laughing came from one of the largest voting blocs: Those under age 30.

Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuana

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:35:15 GMT

The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle's Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality: Marijuana is legal under Washington state law.

Capitalism and socialism wed as words of the year

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:19:48 GMT

Dictionary look-ups of malarkey represented the largest spike of a single word on the website by percentage, at 3,000 percent, in a single 24-hour period this year.

Wis. governor insists he's not thinking about 2016

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:27:13 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Plenty of Republicans are talking about a possible presidential run by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, but Walker insists he's not one of them.

INFLUENCE GAME: Tax them, not us, groups say

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:45:02 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A big coalition of business groups says there must be give-and-take in the negotiations to avoid the "fiscal cliff" of massive tax increases and spending cuts. But raising tax rates — a White House priority — is out of the question, the group adds.