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Man Arrested for Sending Ricin-Laced Letters to President, Senator

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:31:14 +0000

Federal authorities have arrested Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, for allegedly sending letters containing the deadly poison ricin to President Obama and Senator Roger Wicker (R.-Miss.) earlier this week.

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Letters Containing Ricin Sent to President, Two Senators [UPDATED]

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:25:33 +0000

1:10 p.m. (EST): A third letter, this one sent to Senator Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.), has been found to contain ricin.

12:45 p.m. (EST): FBI spokesman Paul Bresson has confirmed that the substance found in the letter to the president was ricin.

The Secret Service says that a letter containing a suspicious substance and addressed to President Obama was received on Tuesday at a White House mail facility. This comes just after a letter sent to Senator Roger Wicker (R.-Miss.) was found to contain the poison ricin.

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Clinton vs. Reagan: Who Gets Your Vote in the Ex-President Showdown? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:54:02 +0000

In a recent Yahoo News and Esquire poll of 1,002 adults, Barack Obama was pitted against Ronald Reagan and Mitt Romney got a hypothetical matchup with Bill Clinton. In both cases, the ex-president defeated the current presidential candidate by a healthy margin.

Which begs the question of who would win a fantasy presidential matchup of Clinton vs. Reagan? Yahoo and Esquire surveyed that, too.

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Celebrate President's Day with a Look at Presidents Tossing Ceremonial First Pitches

Danny Groner — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:41:26 +0000

Did you know that President Taft was the first president to toss the ceremonial first pitch before a Major League Baseball game? He did in in 1910 on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium before a Washington Senators game. Since Taft, every president has followed suit taking the mound at some point during his presidency.

Franklin Roosevelt holds the record for the most times a president got the honor, hurling nine different times (eight opening days and an All-Star Game). Here’s a look back at some of the more memorable performances of presidents over the past century:

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Rick Perry Quits Race – Endorses Gingrich

Andree Valentine — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:29:07 +0000

Texas Governor Rick Perry says he has decided to drop out of the shrinking crowd of GOP Presidential wannabes, and he will throw his support behind former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

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Ronald Reagan Is the President Most Americans Want to Bring Back — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:18:43 +0000

When asked which former president they would like to run the country today, 36 percent of Americans picked Ronald Reagan.

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Chris Christie Isn't Running for President — Or Is He?

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:48:53 +0000

Republican pundits have been clamoring for new blood in the GOP presidential primary race since Texas Governor Rick Perry’s debate performance last Thursday. But so far it looks like their first choice Chris Christie is no longer an option.

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Donald Trump Not Running for President in 2012

Andree Valentine — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:17:26 +0000

'Celebrity Apprentice' host Donald Trump announced Monday that, despite previous intentions, he will not be running for President in 2012.

"I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election," Trump said in a statement, according to ABC News. "I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and recognize that running for public office cannot be done half heartedly. Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector."

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Obama's Approval Rating Hits Highest Point – 60 Percent

Andree Valentine — Wed, 11 May 2011 16:35:07 +0000

President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit its highest point in two years – 60 percent – and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll taken after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

In worrisome signs for Republicans, the president's standing improved not just on foreign policy but also on the economy, and independent Americans – a key voting bloc in the November 2012 presidential election – caused the overall uptick in support by sliding back to Obama after fleeing for much of the past two years.

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Obama's State of the Union Address [FULL VIDEO]

Andree Valentine — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:32:23 +0000

President Obama's 2011 State of the Union (titled "Winning the Future") focused heavily on all political parties working together -- Republican and Democrat congress members even watched in a mixed seating arrangement, rather than occupying separate sections of the House. Obama also announced his administration would move forward with health care reform, work on immigration law, build infrastructure to help us compete with advanced nations like China, and make a serious effort to reduce the national deficit, among other topics. Watch the full speech after the jump:

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Reagan Family Drama

Andree Valentine — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:16:07 +0000

Although doctors diagnosed former President Reagan with Alzheimer's disease five years after he was in office, Reagan's youngest son, Ron Jr., begs to differ about his father's memory-losing condition. In his new book, My Father at 100, the political consultant claims that his father may have shown signs of the disease three years into his first term.

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