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Michele Bachmann

Tea Party Group to Michele Bachmann: Time to Quit Race [FULL TEXT]

It's time for Michele Bachmann to go, writes Ned Ryun, president of American Majority, in an official statement echoed by the majority of the Tea Party organization. Bachmann's floundering campaign and recent focus on social issues have alienated former supporters, who now argue the GOP candidate is not an adequate spokeswoman and has no chance of winning the primary.
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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton Would Trounce Romney and Perry: Poll

The secretary of state and former first lady would beat Mitt Romney by 17 percentage points and Rick Perry by 26 percentage points, compared to leads of 3 and 12 percentage points for President Obama, according to a new Time Magazine poll.
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Obama Unveils Student Loan Relief Plan

President Obama, on Wednesday, announced a series of new measures aimed at easing the burden of debt on students struggling to repay their federal college loans.
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Regulator said to mull forgiving mortgage debt

The regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was reviewing a proposal to help troubled homeowners by forgiving a portion of their outstanding mortgage debt, Democrats in the House of Representatives said on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama waves on stage after delivering remarks on education at the University of Colorado in Denver

Obama nods to Hispanics in West as Republicans slip

With Hispanic voters upset at Republican presidential candidates over immigration, President Barack Obama played to a Latino audience on a trip to the West this week to shore up support from a group that is key to his re-election hopes.
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Obama Announces Student Debt Relief to Mixed Response

President Obama announced a much-heralded plan on Wednesday to help recent college graduates struggling to pay back their student loans. Reactions were mixed, with some people lauding the President for taking decisive action and others saying he didn't go far enough.
Max Baucus

Baucus To Super Committee: Think Big

The Congressional super committee charged with finding $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions by Nov. 23 was reportedly encouraged to aim higher by Senate Democrats.
Leader of Libya's National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, announces the liberation of Libya in Quiche, Benghazi

NATO Postpones Decision to End Libya Mission; NTC Urges Stay Until Year's End

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has put off making a final decision on whether it will end its military presence in Libya as discussions continued Wednesday with the United Nations and the country's interim government over how and when it to wind down the operation, The Associated Press reported.
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Bombs in Iraq's Mosul kill five, injure 22 - police

At least five people were killed, including three Iraqi soldiers, and another 22 wounded when two car bombs and a roadside bomb exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, hospital and police sources said.
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Obama: Shouldn't 'Relish' Gaddafi Death Footage

President Barack Obama took issue on Tuesday with the broadcasting of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's bloody demise, saying even those who had done terrible things deserved decorum in death.
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College Costs Outpace Inflation: College Board

The cost of college in the United States rose sharply for the 2011-2012 school year, continuing a multiyear pattern in which public school increases outpaced private school hikes and both eclipsed the average rate of inflation by significant amounts, the College Board reported on Wednesday.

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