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    Anita Dunn won't join White House

    Anita Dunn, a top adviser to President-elect Obama, is returning to her consulting firm — Squier Knapp Dunn &...

    Stevens leaves to a standing ovation

    Ted Stevens — the longest-serving Republican senator in history — bid farewell to the Senate Thursday. Althoug...

    JFK mandates end to housing discrimination, Nov. 20, 1962

    On this day in 1962, President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order mandating an end to housing discrimination. The pres...

    Conservatives mull the political future

    On the same day word leaked out that President-elect Barack Obama intends to name former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (...

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    Boone County stays loyal to Democrats
    Palin looks ahead to 2012
    Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has put the "brutal'' 2008 campaign behind her and has the next presidential race in her sights. John McCain gave her a hearty thumbs-up, saying Palin didn't damage his own White House bid.
    Georgia GOP congressman warns of Obama dictatorship
    A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship.
    Weeks done with politics after losing W.Va. gov race
    Republican Russ Weeks says he isn't bitter about his lopsided loss to Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin in last week's election.
    W.Va. county commissions start vote canvas
    Byrd steps down as Appropriations Committee chairman
    U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd announced today that he will step down as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee as of Jan. 6.
    McDowell County delegate Frederick dies
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Delegate Eustace Frederick, a Democrat who represented Mercer County for 15 years, has died.
    Clinton praises Obama's choice for chief of staff
    Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her first public appearance since former rival Barack Obama was elected president, praised his choice for White House chief of staff, a former top aide to her husband.
    Race is not over yet for comedian Al Franken
    One Senate candidate says the voters have spoken. The other says the electorate still needs to be heard.
    Ketchum, Workman win seats on West Virginia Supreme Court
    After a long, hotly contested campaign, voters sent Democrats Menis Ketchum and Margaret Workman to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.
    Greenbrier voters approve gambling at resort
    A small majority of Greenbrier County voters approved a referendum to allow guests at The Greenbrier resort to play video lottery and table games.
    Manchin credits vote margin to state economy, initiatives
    A day after apparently getting a bigger share of the vote than any West Virginia gubernatorial candidate ever, Gov. Joe Manchin said he intends to use that momentum to push an aggressive agenda in the 2009 legislative session.
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