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Fast Forward Gabrielle Giffords To Resign From Congress
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona’s first Jewish congresswoman, will resign later this week to focus on her rehabilitation, the Tucson Democrat said Sunday. Giffords’ announcement came just over a year after she was shot in the head in a Tucson supermarket parking lot, where she had been meeting with constituents. Jared Lee Loughner, a mentally ill…
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Fast Forward Giffords Resigns From Congress
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was critically wounded in an assassination attempt last year, announced Sunday she is resigning her seat in Congress. Citing her long recovery, Giffords said she would officially step down this week. “I have more work to do on my recovery, so to do what is best for Arizona I will step…
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Fast Forward Gingrich Pounds Romney in South Carolina
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich swept to a powerful win over Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Republican primary Saturday, throwing the GOP race wide open. Gingrich rode a surge powered by his impressive performance in debates that catapulted him into the lead among voters in the strongly conservative state. With 99% of the votes…
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Fast Forward Cantor May Endorse a Presidential Candidate
Eric Cantor says he may step into the Republican presidential race after all. The No. 2 House Republican said he might make an endorsement before a nominee is decided, MSNBC reported Friday. “The more we can coalesce around a single nominee the more straightforward the choice will be for the for American people,” said Cantor,…
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Fast Forward Santorum Claims Belated Win in Iowa
Remember the Iowa caucuses? Well, there’s a new winner in Des Moines. Republican Rick Santorum claimed a delayed-reaction victory after a final count showed him ahead of frontrunner Mitt Romney by 34 votes. The original count on the January 3 election night showed Romney on top by 8 votes. But certified results found Santorum received…
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Opinion Remember Iowa? Santorum Really Won
Remember the Iowa caucuses? Well, there’s a new winner in Des Moines. Republican Rick Santorum claimed a delayed-reaction victory after a final count showed him ahead of frontrunner Mitt Romney by 34 votes. The original count on the January 3 election night showed Romney on top by 8 votes. But certified results found Santorum received…
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Fast Forward NY Archbishop Dolan Is Headed to Israel
Archbishop Timothy Dolan will be traveling to Israel next week. The leader of New York’s sprawling archdiocese will be in Israel for nine days, in advance of his trip to Rome, where he will be made Cardinal, The New York Daily News reports. Dolan will traveling alongside 50 New York-area priests, and the group is…
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Fast Forward Police: Man Made Anti-Semitic Calls to Mom
The common refrain “call your mother, she worries” doesn’t refer to the kinds of calls that one Manhattan man is suspected of making. David Haddad, who was arrested January 16, is alleged to have made anti-Semitic calls to three elderly women, including his 80-year-old mother. “All Jews should die and go to hell,” he reportedly…
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