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Tea partiers hone skills in N.Y. House race

Nov. 4, 2009
Their candidate lost in the end, but for many in the rapidly expanding "tea party" movement, this fall's special House race in upstate New York was a "training ground" that taught its cadre of loosely organized grass-roots activists how to challenge both major parties and has...
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The leadership of the U.S. Republican Party is "becoming more extreme" and marginalized, a top White House adviser said Sunday.

Moderate Republican drops out of race

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava withdrew Saturday from a special congressional election in New York, allowing the party to endorse a conservative.
Palin endorses conservative in N.Y. race

Palin endorses conservative in N.Y. race

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Former Republican vice presidential candidate and ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed the conservative third-party candidate in a New York congressional race.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler