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Vice-President Joe Biden raises his arms after being sworn-in during Inaugural ceremonies on the west steps of the Capitol on January 20, 2009. (UPI Photo/Pat Benic)
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a huge lead over a field of 2016 Democratic presidential hopefuls, a Quinnipiac University poll showed.
A national poll by Quinnipiac University indicated Hillary Clinton would beat three potential Republican candidates in the 2016 presidential election.
Congressional leaders, after taking the United States to the edge of the "fiscal cliff," reached a deal Monday night to veer away.
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Former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork died of heart disease early Wednesday at a hospital in Arlington, Va., his family confirmed. He was 85.
Iran has resumed shipping military supplies to Syria, and the route takes their planes through Iraqi airspace, say senior American officials.
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The National Education Association, the largest U.S. teachers union, reports membership has dropped by 100,000 in two years.
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden has apologized to President Barack Obama for jumping the gun on same-sex marriage, a Biden spokeswoman said Thursday.
U.S. President Obama says he has reversed his opposition to same-sex marriage and while he supports the concept, thinks states should make their own decisions.
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