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Democrat Challenges Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Marisa DeFranco is a step away from getting on the primary ballot to challenge Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic front-runner.

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Elizabeth Warren’s Indian Claims Don’t Sway Voters

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

The controversy over whether Elizabeth Warren falsely claimed Native American ancestry has fascinated the news media, but voters seem largely indifferent.

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University of Pennsylvania also listed Elizabeth Warren as a minority

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Harvard University isn’t the only one of Elizabeth Warren ’s employers to have described her as a minority; so did the University of Pennsylvania. According to Penn’s 2005 “ Minority Equity Report ,” it too identified Warren, who taught there from 1987 to 1995, as a minority. Read full article > >

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DealBook: Live Blog: Berkshire’s 2012 Annual Meeting

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

DealBook is live blogging Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting, where analysts and investors are likely to again focus on Warren E. Buffett’s succession plans.

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Buffett has early prostate cancer

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he has been diagnosed with stage one prostate cancer, but that his condition is not life-threatening.

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Scott Brown Raised $3.4 Million

Friday, April 6th, 2012

More than Elizabeth Warren.

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In meditative mindfulness, Rep. Tim Ryan sees a cure for many American ills

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Rep. Tim Ryan (D) is a five-term incumbent from the heartland. His Ohio district includes Youngstown and Warren and part of Akron and smaller places. He’s 38, Catholic, single. He was a star quarterback in high school. He lives a few houses down from his childhood home in Niles. He’s won three of his five elections with about 75 percent of the vote. Read full article > >

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Gatland offered Lions coach role

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Wales coach Warren Gatland is offered the job to coach the British and Irish Lions on their 2013 tour to Australia, BBC Sport understands.

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Elizabeth Warren raised $5.7 million in fourth quarter

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren (D) raised a whopping $5.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, her campaign announced today. Sen. Scott Brown (R) raised $3.2 million for the race against Warren in the past three months — a respectable total for a Senate candidate but one that pales in comparison to Warren’s haul. Read full article > >

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What’s behind President Obama’s recess appointments

Friday, January 6th, 2012

The general explanation of the Obama administration’s controversial, precedent-setting recess appointments is that they were just another salvo in the ongoing war being waged between the White House and congressional Republicans over nominations. The less obvious, but perhaps more true, interpretation is that Wednesday’s appointments are a salvo in an ongoing war over a controversial tactic that congressional scholar Thomas Mann has dubbed “a modern-day form of nullification.” Read full article > >

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FLDS leader voids marriages, bans sex

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

A long-time follower of a jailed polygamist sect leader says he has been ex-communicated after admitting to having sex with his wife — a violation of an order that Warren Jeffs apparently issued from behind bars.

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Twitter’s latest investor: The ‘Arabian Warren Buffett’

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Twitter got a big check from investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family who’s been nicknamed the “Arab Warren Buffett.” According to a Monday press release from Alwaleed’s investment company, Kingdom Holdings, the prince invested $300 million in Twitter saying that it represents a “strategic stake” in the micro-blogging company. Read full article > >

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Al-Qaeda claims it’s holding American hostage

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri claimed in a new recorded message released Thursday that the terrorist group is holding an American aid worker hostage in Pakistan, an assertion that U.S. intelligence officials said was credible. The message marked the first time that al-Qaeda has asserted responsibility for the kidnapping of Warren Weinstein, the 70-year-old Pakistan director for an Arlington County-based development contractor. He was abducted in August at gunpoint from his residence in Lahore . Read full article > >

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Buffett buys $10.7bn stake in IBM

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Warren Buffett, one of the world’s most successful investors, reveals he has built a 5.4% stake in IBM after years of avoiding tech stocks.

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Christian leaders talk about marriage and sex

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Last week, Rick Warren sent this message to the nearly 500,000 people who follow him on Twitter: “Husbands & wives should satisfy each other’s sexual needs. 1 Cor 7:3.” His Twitter feed lit up with amens and retweets. “Oh gosh,” exclaimed one follower. Evangelical Christians want to talk about sex. And not in the same old punitive way. They want to talk about hot sex — as long as it’s between a man and a woman who are husband and wife. That Warren, perhaps the nation’s most prominent evangelical pastor, would take up the cause only shows how much it matters to the people who listen to him. Read full article > >

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