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• Stuart Loory, CNN Reporter & Former VP Turner Broadcasting, Dead At 82

  17-01-2015 22:14
  
  CNN is reporting that veteran correspondent and former Washington D.C. and Moscow bureau chief, Stuart Loory, passed away on Friday at his home in Brooklyn, New York after battling cancer. He was 82. In addition to his posts at CNN, Loory later became a vice president at Turner Broadcasting.   Early on his career, Loory reported on the White House for the  Los Angeles Times, covering the Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon administrations. Per his biography on the website of…
  
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• Barack Obama Hosts Selma Screening at White House: Find Out Which Stars Attended!

  17-01-2015 22:03
  
  President Barack Obama hosted a screening for the Oscar-nominated drama Selma at the White House on Friday, Jan. 16 -- find out which stars attended!
  
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• Selina Meyer, Just Giddy Over Her New Post In ‘Veep’ Season 4 Teaser

  17-01-2015 20:45
  HBO dropped a teaser for the fourth season of  Veep online. The series will be returning on April 12, the same night that  Game of Thrones comes back as well as the second season of Silicon Valley. At the end of season three, POTUS stepped down, fast-tracking sassy V.P. Selina Meyer to the White House. Apparently, she still hasn’t gotten over her excitement as clearly seen in the teaser.  Veep is up for two SAG nominations next Sunday: Louis-Dreyfus for female comedy TV…
  
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• Happy Birthday Michelle Obama!

  17-01-2015 17:58
  Photo: White House Happy 51st Birthday to First Lady Michelle Obama ! Here’s to a happy, healthy, and beautiful year! Xo Yahoo Beauty
  
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• Grateful Dead reunion delights senior US senator

  17-01-2015 16:24
  
  New York (AFP) - When the White House operator tracked down Senator Patrick Leahy two decades ago to take a call, the secretary of state, Warren Christopher, asked the lawmaker to "turn down the radio."
  
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• Obama invites presidential letter writers to big address

  17-01-2015 12:02
  
  President Barack Obama has invited a handful of average Americans who wrote him letters about their lives to his annual State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. "Every day, we get thousands of letters and emails at the White House from Americans across the country, and every night, I read 10 of them," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address, broadcast on Saturday. "They tell me about their hopes and their worries, their hardships and successes. They�
  
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• U.S., Britain to share expertise on tackling domestic 'violent extremism'

  17-01-2015 09:17
  
  London, Jan 17 (ANI): Britain's Prime Minster David Cameron has announced that the United States and Britain will share expertise on tackling domestic "violent extremism" following talks with U.S. President Barack Obama. According to BBC, Cameron said after the meeting with Obama at the White House that they face a "poisonous and fanatical ideology". Britain will soon employ more unarmed drones to assist the ground forces fighting the Islamic State (IS). Cameron is on a two day visit to the U.S.
  
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• Obama hosts 'Selma' screening at White House

  17-01-2015 07:56
  
  Los Angeles, Jan 17 (IANS) US President Barack Obama hosted a private screening of the historical drama film "Selma" at the White House. It was attended by a string of celebrities.
  
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• Romney says he's not running - for US Senate

  17-01-2015 07:36
  
  In his first prominent speech since telling donors last week he was still interested in the White House, Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, hinted and quipped about a possible presidential run next year but stopped well short of any announcement. With the 2016 election cycle clearly underway and Jeb Bush announcing last month that he is actively exploring a presidential bid, Romney suddenly finds himself under political pressure to signal whether he is ready to mount a third campaign to l
  
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• BUSHES V. ROMNEYS

  17-01-2015 06:05
  
  The looming choice between two former governors, Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Jeb Bush of Florida, has induced an unease without precedent in modern American politics. This early 2016 campaign anxiety began the other day when Romney, who already has run for president twice, indicated he is contemplating a third campaign even as Bush, son and brother of a president, was assembling the rudimentary elements of a presidential campaign of his own. "This is very hard for someone like me," says for
  
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• Romney tells Republicans he's 'seriously considering' 2016 White House bid

  17-01-2015 05:33
  
  By Tim Reid SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Mitt Romney, the 2012 U.S. Republican presidential nominee, said on Friday night he was giving "serious consideration" to his near-term future, his latest signal that he is gearing up for another White House run. Romney, who would be making his third presidential bid should he choose to run again, said his wife, Ann, had been asked in recent days about the prospect of another Romney presidential campaign. "She believes people get better with exper
  
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• 'The West Wing' Cast Says Cheese In White House Comedy Sketch

  17-01-2015 05:13
  
  "The West Wing" fans didn't have to wait long to see why the cast reunited on Tuesday.
  
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• Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay Attend White House Screening of ‘Selma’

  17-01-2015 04:00
  
  Oprah Winfrey, rapper Common and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) were among the guests for a White House screening of the movie “Selma” on Friday hosted by President Obama. Also on the guest list was director Ava DuVernay; star David Oyelowo, who plays Martin Luther King Jr.; Carmen Ejogo, who portays Coretta Scott King; and actor Tim... Read more »
  
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• Texas Gov. Rick Perry: 'I'm ready' for White House run

  17-01-2015 02:16
  
  CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — Conceding there was more "excitement than preparation" for his first presidential bid, Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday declared himself ready for a second White House run should he decide to enter the crowded 2016 Republican field.
  
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• GOP field scrambles as RNC sets debate plan

  17-01-2015 01:01
  
  CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — As the leading GOP prospects for the White House ramp up their national outreach, Republicans unveiled plans Friday for a primary season aimed at keeping the nominee unscathed and ready to take on the Democratic candidate heading toward Election Day.
  
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