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A new poll of Connecticut AARP members released today finds strong support across party and ideological lines for elements of health care reform included in the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which recently passed the House of Representatives.
Same-sex marriage advances in one region, then retreats in another, making the United States a two-nation nation on this issue – now and for years to come.
A year after returning following a series of ankle surgeries, D.C. United veteran Ben Olsen announced his retirement Tuesday at RFK Stadium. Flanked by team president Kevin Payne and general manager Dave Kasper, the 32-year-old said the state of his ankles showed itself after a season of needing painkilling injections just to get on the pitch. "I wanted to cleanse myself from a lot of [the ...
By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo soon will become the second major city in Ohio to ban text-messaging while driving, under an ordinance city council passed yesterday. When Mayor Carty Finkbeiner signs the measure, which he brought before council in August, the texting ban will take effect Jan. 1. Repeat violators could face jail time and fines of up to $1,000. The text-messaging ban ...
Business news in brief for Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, who leaves office in January, today encouraged people with nonviolent felony convictions who have paid their debt to society to apply to have their voting rights restored.
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Actor Missi Pyle and her Smith & Pyle band mate, Shawnee Smith, along with actor/comedian Hal Sparks put a comedic spin on the serious topic...
1 in 4 absentee ballots requested by U.S. military personnel deployed overseas were not counted in the 2008 election because election officials did not receive them in time or rejected them.
D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray would defeat Mayor Adrian Fenty in a head-to-head Democratic primary, according to poll results released Monday that show Fenty’s approval rating at 43 percent.
Gray Leads Fenty in Trial Heat; Rhee, Lanier Ratings Posted
