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Obama's cybersecurity initiative mired in 'shortfalls,' audit says
(CNN) - More than a year after President Obama called for improved national cybersecurity, only two of his recommendations have been fully implemented and the remaining 22 have been only partially...
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A 'female Obama' seeks California attorney general post
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) – She's been called "the female Obama" by some media, and the president even paid her a visit this week to help her political fortunes. Like Barack Obama, she aspires to a...
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Variety of proposals on ballots in 37 states
Click to watch video (CNN) – California voters rejected the legalization of marijuana Tuesday, according to a CNN projection based on exit polling. Supporters of Proposition 19 argued that the...
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Mayor vetoes ban on Happy Meals with toys
(CNN) - San Francisco, California, Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed Friday the city's ban on most McDonald's Happy Meals with toys. In making the veto, the mayor released a new report on how a public-private...
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Federal appeals court hears Proposition 8 case
(CNN) – Attorneys on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate faced off Monday in a federal appeals court in California, as a panel of judges heard arguments about the constitutionality of...
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Shooting throws spotlight on state of U.S. political rhetoric
(CNN) - The tenor of American political rhetoric became a centerpiece in the national debate over Saturday's attack by a gunman in Tucson, Arizona, that killed six people and left local Democratic...
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California lawmakers to vote Tuesday on deficit plan
(CNN) - Both chambers of the Democrat-controlled California legislature are scheduled to vote Tuesday afternoon on a budget deal to reduce the state's staggering $26 billion deficit to $5 billion,...
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King remembered for his triumphs over a 'mountain of despair'
(CNN) - Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered Saturday as an irrepressible civil rights leader who many times triumphed over a "mountain of despair." "Everywhere he went, the mountain of despair was...
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Campaign fund manager for California Democrats charged with mail fraud
Los Angeles (CNN) - A prominent California Democrat campaign fund manager charged with defrauding a state legislator of $677,181 is in settlement negotiations with federal prosecutors, a law...
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Former U.S. Sen. Charles Percy of Illinois dead, at 91
(CNN) - Former U.S. Sen. Charles Percy, a prominent Illinois Republican who served in the Senate for nearly 20 years and became chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, died Saturday, said a...
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Appeals court removes Carl Lewis from New Jersey ballot
(CNN) – A federal appeals court removed Olympian Carl Lewis from a New Jersey state Senate race ballot Thursday, yet another turn in his on-again off-again quest for candidacy. A three-judge panel with...
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'Universal background check:' What does it mean?
(CNN) – In an effort to stem gun violence across the United States, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed 23 executive actions, which don't require congressional approval - some of which called...
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Former New Orleans mayor indicted on federal corruption charges
(CNN) - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who captured the drama of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 with an "SOS" call to the nation, was indicted Friday on 21 federal corruption charges, including...
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The evolution of the nation's 'first gay president'
(CNN) - He has been declared America's "first gay president." But President Barack Obama's evolution to that title hasn't been easy. His positions zig-zagged over almost two decades.
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Obama honors girls killed in 1963 church bombing
(CNN) - President Barack Obama on Friday awarded posthumous Congressional Gold Medals to four African-American girls killed in a Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that became a key and tragic moment...
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U.S. asks Ecuador to reject any asylum request from Edward Snowden
(CNN) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden asked Ecuador "to please reject" the request for asylum from self-avowed National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, according to Ecuadorian President Rafael...
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Hillary Clinton defends Obamacare against Republicans''bad politics'
(CNN) - Hillary Clinton on Tuesday defended Obamacare against "a noisy minority" in Congress and described some Republicans' legislative tactics to defund the landmark program as "deeply distressing"...
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Five good examples of citizens, philanthropies filling void of shutdown
(CNN) - Ours is a government of the people, by the people, for the people. It may be time to add turned over to the people, too - if the volunteerism of a few kind people, companies and philanthropies...
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Four things we learned from government shutdown
(CNN) - Whew, it's all over, folks - the twin crises of government shutdown and national default countdown. At least for now. This one wasn't easy. And we'll be talking about it for a while. That's...
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Utah to appeal same-sex marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
(CNN) - Utah officials will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower-court ruling allowing same-sex marriage in the state, the state attorney general's office said Thursday. Newly appointed Utah...
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