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• Obama rings in New Year with friends, family

  01-01-2015 11:57
  
  Kaneohe (United States) (AFP) - President Barack Obama -- still on vacation in Hawaii -- spent New Year's eve with loved ones at home, the White House said.
  
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• Jeb Bush 'sheds business ties ahead of possible White House run'

  01-01-2015 11:16
  
  Washington (AFP) - Former Florida governor Jeb Bush has stepped down from all of his corporate and non-profit boards, US media reported Thursday, in another sign that he is gearing up for a White House run.
  
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• 10 who might have an impact on 2016 campaign

  01-01-2015 09:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the year that will pass before the 2016 campaign for president formally kicks off with the votes in the Iowa Caucus, any number of candidates, donors, political operatives — and people who have nothing to do with American politics — will shape the race for the White House. Here's a look at 10 people (OK, 12 people) who will be worth watching in the next year.
  
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• Jeb Bush quits board posts ahead of possible White House run: Washington Post

  01-01-2015 08:28
  
  (Reuters) - Potential U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has resigned from all of his corporate and non-profit board member positions, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, as the former Florida governor explores a run for the White House. The Post, citing a statement emailed to the paper by one of Bush's aides late on New Year's Eve, said he even stepped down from the board of his education foundation. ...
  
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• Obama to ring in New Year with friends, family

  01-01-2015 08:26
  
  President Barack Obama -- still on vacation in Hawaii -- plans to spend New Year's eve with loved ones "at home," the White House said. "The president plans to stay at home tonight and ring in the New Year with family and friends," the White House said in a brief statement released late Wednesday a few hours before Hawaii was to ring in 2015. Obama has been on holiday in Hawaii, his birth state, for a two-week break.
  
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• Maryland governor commutes sentences for remaining death row inmates

  01-01-2015 04:37
  
  By Victoria Cavaliere (Reuters) - Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley on Wednesday commuted the death sentences of the last four inmates remaining on death row, effectively ending capital punishment in the state. Maryland lawmakers voted two years ago to abolish the death sentence for future offenders beginning 2013. O'Malley, a Democrat and possible White House contender, on Wednesday said that leaving the last four prisoners to await the death penalty "does not serve the public go
  
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