Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neil knew when to argue — and when to share lunch.

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What Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill could teach Washington today

London Mayor Boris Johnson says the 50p top tax rate could harm the UK’s economy in an interview with BBC Radio 4′s Today programme.

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Mayor Johnson in 50p tax warning

The USA Today series on the systematic misconduct of federal prosecutors continues today, with an examination of the consequences that prosecutorial misconduct has for criminal defendants. It considers the case of James Strode: . . .

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SCOTT HORTON—How Prosecutorial Misconduct Helps Criminals Get Off

Pope Benedict’s Christmas message for the UK was broadcast as Thought For The Day on the Today programme on Radio 4.

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Find out who will take over the helm at the Today programme between Christmas and New Year

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Kanye West’s tweets are free-associative enough, but when he’s not limited to 140 characters, things get wild. During a concert in New York Tuesday night, West compared Today show host Matt Lauer, whom he had a controversial interview with earlier this…

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Kanye Alleges Matt Lauer Is Abusive

Perhaps he can get a refund: Kanye West actually hired a public-relations consulting firm to coach him for his disastrous interview last week with the Today show’s Matt Lauer. Former President George W. Bush, promoting his new book last week, called…

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Kanye Was Coached for Lauer Interview

Kanye West has shown his Twitter followers yet again that he’s mad and he’s not going to take it anymore. The rapper canceled his performance on NBC’s Today show after he finished a “brutal” interview with Matt Lauer. Lauer peppered West with questions…

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Did Today’s Matt Lauer force Kanye West to apologize to George W. Bush? West tweeted Tuesday night that Lauer had “tried to force my answers,” and that the interview was “very brutal and I came there only with positive intent.” A portion of West’s…

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Bush Forgives Kanye West

The number of federal workers earning $150,000 is ten times what it was five years ago-and has doubled during the Obama administration alone, USA Today reports. The group now makes up 3.9 percent of the workforce. Republicans in the House are now…

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Fed Salaries Boom Under Obama

Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein will be replaced by Cathie Black, the former publisher of USA Today and chairwoman of Hearst Magazines. Mr. Klein will become an executive vice president of the News Corporation.

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Could this be the final push to help Lindsay Lohan? The troubled actress’ mother, Dina Lohan, admitted in an interview with Today’s Matt Lauer that her daughter is addicted to drugs and alcohol. Lohan, who has denied that her daughter had a…

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Dina Lohan: Lindsay’s an Addict

Mariah Carey has finally confirmed reports she’s expecting her first child. “Yes, we are pregnant, this is true!” she told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush in an interview broadcast on Today Thursday. “It’s been a long journey, but it’s been tough because…

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Mariah Carey Confirms Pregnancy

Fifty percent more voters cast their ballots early in this year’s primary elections compared to the midterm primaries in 2006, USA Today reports. The newspaper reviewed the records of 13 states, and found that 6 million people voted early, 2 million…

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Early Voting Up 50 Percent

President Obama called for students to have a longer school year and for the worst teachers to be fired in an interview on the Today show Monday. The president said that more money can’t solve the U.S.’s education problems alone-reform has to go along…

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Obama Calls for Longer School Year