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Obama Skipping Sikh Temple to Dodge Muslim Rumors
(Newser) - President Obama won't be visiting Sikh worshipers' holiest site on his upcoming trip to India because he doesn't want to fuel rumors that he is a Muslim, a US official tells the New York Times . Visitors to Amritsar's Golden Temple are required to cover their heads and the White House... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Russia's Sexy Spy Heats Up Maxim
(Newser) - This generation's wanna-be Mata Hari appears in all her blazing hotness in Russian Maxim in what officials hope might be a morale-booster for their spooks. "Anna Chapman has done more to excite Russian patriotism than the Russian soccer team," the mag sniggers about the nearly-total-boob-baring shot of the... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Virginia Beach's GOP Chairman Resigns Over Racist Joke
(Newser) - The head of the GOP in Virginia Beach has heeded calls from both sides to step down over a racist joke he emailed. The district GOP chairman says David Bartholomew forwarded the joke—involving a dog who is "black, unemployed, lazy, can't speak English and has no frigging clue... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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NSA: Hey Kids! Spy on Your Family!
(Newser) - New CryptoKids cartoons created by the National Security Agency urge wanna-be baby spies to make and break codes, pick up languages for easy eavesdropping, and oh, hey, monitor family computers so they know exactly what everyone in the house is doing. The character Decipher Dog discusses his "favorite project"... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Meg Whitman Twitter Fail Sends Backers to Odd Video
(Newser) - A tutu-wearing Japanese man who plays bass guitar in his bedroom has won the break of a lifetime, courtesy of the Meg Whitman campaign. A spokeswoman for the California GOP candidate made a typo when trying to tweet a link to a Whitman endorsement, and sent followers instead to a... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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GOP Fatcats to Plot 2012 Races at Hush-Hush Huddle
(Newser) - Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch and their secretive network of wealthy Republican donors are planning a meeting first thing next year to forge their strategy for the 2012 elections. The bros—who finance libertarian causes and are accused of secretly funding the Tea Party movement , although David denies it... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Univision Pulls Ad Urging Latinos Not to Vote
(Newser) - Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to dupe Hispanic voters into staying home on Election Day with a new ad slated to run in Nevada, Florida, and other states with large Latino populations. The ad, by a group called Latinos for Reform, makes the case that President Obama and Democrats haven't... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Sarah Palin Endorses Candidate, Gets State Wrong
(Newser) - Sarah Palin endorsed a Senate candidate today on Twitter but got his home state wrong. The conservative leader tweeted about Pennsylvania's need "2 send GOP 2 DC 2 avoid PA economic disaster that will occur under Obama/Pelosi Cap & Tax," but then said "workers need Raese,"... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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GOP Rout May Be Great News —for Obama
(Newser) - If even the worst Democratic fears play out next month and they wind up losing both the House and Senate, Eugene Robinson sees a bright silver lining for the party. Conservatives and Tea Party activists will suddenly find themselves in government instead of in the peanut gallery, and our "... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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O'Donnell: Constitution Separates Church, State?
(Newser) - Christine O'Donnell apparently doesn't subscribe to the view that the Constitution guarantees the separation of church and state, CBS News reports. "Where in the Constitution is (that)?" she asked Senate candidate Chris Coons during a debate over whether schools should be allowed to teach intelligent design. It prompted laughs... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Rich People, Stop Whining and Dig Deeper
(Newser) - Two high-profile attacks on President Obama's plan to raise taxes on those making more than $250,000 are mostly bunk, writes Michael Kinsley. Both were written by rich professors, and the first is simply a "self-righteous screed" by someone whining about the hardships he'll face—such as having to... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Feds Push for Stronger Law on Wiretapping
(Newser) - Law enforcement and counterterrorism officials are pressing to change a 1994 wiretapping law to force wireless carriers to make their phones easier to wiretap. Telecom companies have been upgrading their services faster than the government can keep up, the New York Times explains. Now an Obama administration task force is... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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US Can't Build Things Anymore
(Newser) - It took just 410 days to build the Empire State Building, and a mere two years to build the Pentagon. “These days it takes longer to build an overpass,” observes Jonah Goldberg of the LA Times . “This country can’t build stuff the way it used to.... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Temporary Lockdown After Shots Hit Pentagon
(AP) - Someone fired shots at the Pentagon early today, hitting the building and causing minor damage, defense officials said. Police who protect the massive Defense Department headquarters temporarily locked down some road and pedestrian entrances to the building after a civilian reported he may have heard shots at about 5am on... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Sarah Palin: 'We Can See 2012 From Our House'
(Newser) - If there was any doubt that Sarah Palin was planning a presidential run, it pretty much evaporated in Reno yesterday, when she told a Tea Party rally, “We can see 2012 from our house.” (And yes, that’s a reference to the widely-quoted SNL skit making fun of... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Lefties Plot GOP Google Bomb
(Newser) - Look out, GOP: You're about to get Google-bombed. Liberal activist and Daily Kos honcho Chris Bowers is targeting 98 Republican House candidates in a Google campaign ahead of November's elections. He's urging the blog's readers to find potentially damaging news stories about the candidates and help push them up Google's... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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State Politics: Hotbed of Sleaze, Booze, Scandal
(Newser) - You hear a lot more about the sleaze in Congress and governors' mansions than the sleaze at the state legislator level, but that's not because of a lack of low-down behavior, an ABC News investigation finds. Five grad students sent to cover a national convention of state legislators in Louisville,... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Congress Has Some Questions for Zuckerberg
(Newser) - Congress is getting involved in the latest Facebook privacy snafu. Following Monday’s revelation that many popular Facebook apps are transmitting identifying information to dozens of companies, two House members are asking the social networking site for more information about how applications handle user details. Facebook has until Oct. 27... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Levi: My Political Platform Is, Um, Uh...
(Newser) - Levi Johnston is running for mayor of Wasilla , so it seems logical to ask him about his political platform. Just one problem … he doesn’t have one. “What can you do that no one else can do? Why should they vote for you?” Whoopi Goldberg asked him yesterday... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Sharron Angle to Hispanics: You Look Asian
(Newser) - What does a Latino look like? Apparently, Sharron Angle hasn't a clue. When questioned about her campaign ads that show images of Latinos while blasting Harry Reid over illegal immigration, the Nevada candidate told a Hispanic group that the ads don't necessarily show Latinos and that they themselves looked a... More » Newser located this story for you on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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