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Letter to editor: Young voters are interested in issues
In the 2012 presidential election, young voters were a mighty force keeping a Republican out of the White House. An analysis of the 2012 race by the Pew Research Center revealed that if the legal voting age were 30 in Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and...Tags: Political Fundraising, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Ashley Judd, Ethics, Elections
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Presidential race could factor in to Danville elections, candidates say
dbrock@amnews.comThursday's vice-presidential debate will bring home the race for the White House in a way area candidates for local and state office rarely have to contend with, or capitalize on, depending on how you look at it, during the stretch run of a general...Tags: Republican Party, Government, Elections, Executive Branch, Parties and Movements
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Distinguished Centre alum to watch over vice-presidential debate in Danville
dbrock@amnews.comOne of Centre College’s most prestigious — and long deceased — alumni was paraded through campus Tuesday all the way to a prime spot at the Norton Center for the Arts, the site for Thursday’s vice-presidential debate. “The...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Paul Ryan, Joe Lieberman, Justice System
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GUEST COLUMN: Down syndrome groups offer debate question
Contributing WriterOct. 1, was the start of National Down Syndrome Awareness Month. The Obama campaign website posted its “Letter of the Week” from Brittany, a 25-year-old with Down syndrome. And, predictably, right-wing commentators expressed outrage. But their...Tags: Barack Obama, Genetic Condition, Politics, Elections, Medical Procedures and Tests
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A backward glance: Looking back, 2011 wasn't such a bad year
The Advocate-Messenger's news staff combed over the calendar month by month looking for the headlines that mattered most in 2011. Choosing among hundreds of possibilities, each staffer selected 10 stories that he or she ranked as the most important of the...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Joe Lieberman
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IRS foul-up shows how bad laws breed good scandals
Much to my surprise, I find myself sympathizing with the Internal Revenue Service. Tenderness toward that agency isn't my default position. I'm a British expat living in the United States, with retirement savings locked up in Britain and other cross-...Tags: Litigation and Regulation, National Rifle Association of America, Elections, Internal Revenue Service, Interior Policy
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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Pakistan's incoming prime minister turns pragmatic
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a resounding victory in Pakistan's national elections, presumptive new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could have pressed his populist, hard-line approach that paints the U.S. as hopelessly malevolent and self-interested....
Tags: Government, Pakistan, National Government, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Elections
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Pakistanis vote in landmark election
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Millions of Pakistanis braved threats from militants and voted Saturday in national elections that marked the country's first democratic transfer of governance and appeared to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on track for...Tags: Government, Voting, Pakistan, Explosions, National Government
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GOP, Democrats continue to dispute regarding Benghazi deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History...
Tags: Republican Party, Government, Libya, Jimmy Carter, Elections
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Pakistan bombing again targets Islamist party
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the second day in a row, a bomb blast killed and maimed participants at a campaign rally being held by one of Pakistan's Islamist religious parties, indicating a broadening of targets in the violence that has primarily...
Tags: Explosions, Pakistan, Elections, Taliban, Parliament
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Winners and losers in Venezuela's presidential election
Venezuela's National Electoral Council declared Nicolas Maduro, the handpicked successor of the late President Hugo Chavez, the winner in the presidential election Sunday. But it was a victory in a compromised system that tilted the table in his favor....
Tags: International Law, Nicolas Maduro, International Court or Tribunal, Politics, Hugo Chavez
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