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• Fans celebrate UConn's 10th title with parade

  12-04-2015 23:45
  
  Thousands of fans showed they aren't tired of celebrating national titles with the UConn women's team, gathering for an hour-long parade and rally in downtown Hartford on Sunday afternoon in mild spring weather. The victory parade began at the state Capitol and ended in a rally and a shower of confetti at the XL Center, the downtown basketball arena where the team often plays. ''Last year we declared Connecticut the basketball capital of the world, and this year we are doing
  
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• Obama, Abadi to map 'long, long' fight against Islamic State

  12-04-2015 22:47
  
  President Barack Obama will huddle with Iraq's prime minister at the White House on Tuesday to plot crucial next steps in what US officials admit will be a long fight to defeat the Islamic State. Obama will host Haider al-Abadi and try to forge a strategy to snatch back swaths of territory lost to jihadist fighters, after Iraqi forces' tough victory in Tikrit. It was also a reality check for those who hoped that Baghdad was poised to seize back territory relinquished in northern and ce
  
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• Spokesman: Sanders to decide on presidential run by April 30

  12-04-2015 22:34
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A spokesman for Sen. Bernie Sanders says the Vermont Independent will decide by the end of the month whether to enter the 2016 White House race.
  
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• Hillary, hungry for White House, launches Clinton 2.0

  12-04-2015 22:28
  
  Hillary Clinton finally announced her White House candidacy Sunday, a move that empowers her to parry Republican attacks as she seeks to become the United States' first female president. "I'm running for president," a beaming Clinton said in a video on her campaign website that went live at about 3:00 pm (1900 GMT) Sunday. Clinton will first head to Iowa, the state that holds the debut vote early next year to determine the parties' nominees. The announcement, which meets
  
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• Clinton: A first lady with White House dreams

  12-04-2015 22:10
  Hillary Clinton has been a public fixture for 37 years, and at 67 she is aiming once again to win over a skeptical America. They have not just endured but suffered and thrived in symbiotic tandem under the political spotlight since 1977, the year before Bill's election as governor of Arkansas. Parts of first lady Clinton's archives have been made public, and candid papers of Hillary confidante Diane Blair, who died in 2000, are available at the University of Arkansas. Bill Clinton'
  
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• Clinton Foundation donations land Hillary in hot water

  12-04-2015 21:59
  
  The millions of dollars donated by foreign governments to the Clinton Foundation have boosted the couple's global reach but critics warn they ensnare the White House candidate in conflicts of interest. During the four years Hillary Clinton spent as US secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, foreign funds continued to flow into the charity founded in 2001 by her husband, former president Bill Clinton. To avoid the appearance of conflict of interest, the foundation agreed to curb foreign donati
  
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• Clinton launches White House bid with promise to champion everyday Americans

  12-04-2015 21:20
  
  By Jonathan Allen and John Whitesides NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton promised to be a champion for everyday Americans on Sunday as she kicked off a long-awaited second run for the White House as the commanding Democratic front runner. I want to be that champion," Clinton said in a video released on the internet that announced her run. Clinton, who lost a bruising Democratic nominating battle to Barack Obama in 2008, was expected to travel soon to Iowa, the state that holds
  
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• Hillary Clinton officially enters White House race

  12-04-2015 21:17
  
  It's official - Hillary Rodham Clinton is running for president.
  
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• Clinton running for president, top aide tells backers

  12-04-2015 21:09
  
  Washington (AFP) - Hillary Clinton is launching a run for the White House and will soon embark on a campaign tour in Iowa, a top advisor to the Democrat told donors and supporters Sunday.
  
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• Hillary Clinton to run again for president

  12-04-2015 21:06
  Hillary Clinton has officially launched a run for the White House and will soon embark on a campaign tour in Iowa.
  
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• Hillary Clinton Announces Presidential Campaign

  12-04-2015 21:04
  
  Hillary Clinton announced her presidential campaign on Sunday, ending what may have been the longest period of speculation over the plans for a prospective contenders for the White House. “Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion,” Clinton said in a video released by the campaign. “It’s your time and I... Read more »
  
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• Hillary Clinton enters White House race

  12-04-2015 21:03
  
  Hillary Rodham Clinton is running for president.
  
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• Second shot: Hillary Clinton running again for president

  12-04-2015 20:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics on Sunday, as a top adviser announced her much-awaited second campaign for the White House.
  
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• Hillary Rodham Clinton enters White House race; Democrat seeks to be first female president

  12-04-2015 20:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton enters White House race; Democrat seeks to be first female president.
  
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• Clinton did 'terrific' job repairing US global ties: Kerry

  12-04-2015 19:18
  
  US Secretary of State John Kerry praised his predecessor Hillary Clinton Sunday for the "terrific job" she did in repairing global ties while she was America's top diplomat. She "did a terrific job of rebuilding alliances that had been shredded over the course of the prior years," Kerry told ABC's "This Week" as Clinton was expected to announce later Sunday that she would run for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 White House race.
  
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• Hillary, hungry for White House, set to launch Clinton 2.0

  12-04-2015 18:10
  
  Hillary Clinton is expected to finally announce her White House candidacy Sunday, empowering her to parry Republican attacks as she seeks to become the United States' first female president. Seven years after her bitter nomination defeat to Barack Obama, the former secretary of state and one-time first lady would enter the race as the Democratic Party's overwhelming favorite, as Clinton and her rivals gird for a bruising 18-month campaign.
  
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• White House Brief: Things to know about Sen. Marco Rubio

  12-04-2015 18:09
  
  Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is expected to enter the 2016 presidential campaign on Monday. A look at key things to know about Rubio.
  
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• Laura Bush ‘Shocked’ at Initial Barbara Bush Hesitancy to Support Jeb Bush’s White House Bid

  12-04-2015 17:44
  
  “I was shocked,” Bush told ABC’s Jonathan Karl during an interview Wednesday, adding that she disagreed with the Bush family matriarch’s comments in 2013, but also making clear that she had no intention of making her aware of that fact. Bush told ABC News doing that would be both impractical and immoral. During her several trips to Africa, the former first lady has established herself as a strong proponent of women’s rights through the Bush Institute in Dallas. Bush, who called working
  
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• Hillary Clinton through the years

  12-04-2015 16:57
  
  Hillary Clinton announces her second run for the presidency, starting her campaign as the Democrats' best hope of fending off a crowded field of lesser-known Republican rivals and retaining the White House. The overwhelming favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton will nonetheless face multiple challenges as she returns to the campaign trail seven years after losing the nomination in 2008 to Barack Obama. (Reuters) Find more news-related pictures in our photo galleries and fo
  
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• Hillary Clinton announces her run for the presidency

  12-04-2015 16:57
  
  Hillary Clinton announces her second run for the presidency, starting her campaign as the Democrats' best hope of fending off a crowded field of lesser-known Republican rivals and retaining the White House. The overwhelming favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton will nonetheless face multiple challenges as she returns to the campaign trail seven years after losing the nomination in 2008 to Barack Obama. (Reuters) Find more news-related pictures in our photo galleries and fo
  
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• Republican hopeful Paul opens criticism ahead of Clinton announcement

  12-04-2015 16:00
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Senator Rand Paul said Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state cast doubt on her qualifications to be president, joining what promised to be a heavy day of Republican criticism as she launches her White House bid. Clinton is expected to officially open her campaign later on Sunday as the prohibitive Democratic front runner in the 2016 election race. Paul repeated both longstanding criticism of her handling of a 2012 attack on a U
  
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• Hillary Clinton officially launches White House bid

  12-04-2015 13:16
  
  Hillary Clinton promised to be a champion for everyday Americans on Sunday as she kicked off a long-awaited second run for the White House as the commanding Democratic front-runner. I want to be that champion," Clinton said in a video released on the internet that announced her run. Clinton, who lost a bruising Democratic primary battle to Barack Obama in 2008, was expected to travel soon to Iowa, the state that holds the kickoff nominating contest in early 2016.
  
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• The Hillary Clinton record: In the Senate, she reached across the aisle, but the old ways there are no more

  12-04-2015 11:00
  The world has changed dramatically since Hillary Clinton launched her first bid for the White House in January 2007. But the institution she served in then, the U.S. Senate, has undergone significant changes. Those are worth noting as Clinton gets ready to point to her record of service as a senator and as Obama’s secretary of state, as justification for why voters should support her.
  
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• Hillary Clinton 'would make an excellent president': Obama

  12-04-2015 10:07
  
  Panama City, April 12 (IANS) Hillary Clinton would make "an excellent president", US President Brack Obama said a day before Clinton's much-touted launch of her run for the White House in 2016. Obama's former secretary of state and 2008 primary opponent, Clinton was set to announce her candidacy for the Democratic nomination on Sunday, the Guardian reported on Sunday. The president was speaking in Panama City, after an historic meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro on the sidelines of the Sum
  
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• Hillary Clinton poised to step back into presidential fray

  12-04-2015 08:32
  
  Hillary Clinton is expected to finally announce her candidacy for US president Sunday, ending prolonged speculation that she once again seeks to become the first woman elected to the White House. Seven years after her bitter nomination defeat to Barack Obama, the former secretary of state and one-time first lady would enter the race as the Democratic Party's overwhelming favorite, as Clinton and her rivals gird for a bruising, 18-month campaign slog.
  
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• Clinton tries again to crack 'highest glass ceiling' with White House bid

  12-04-2015 07:02
  
  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will take another stab at cracking what she calls "the highest and hardest glass ceiling" on Sunday when she starts a long-awaited second run for the White House as the prohibitive Democratic front runner. Clinton's campaign for the November 2016 election will emphasize her plans to address economic inequality and will tout the historic nature of her bid to become the first woman U.S. president, aides say. Clinton, who lost a
  
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• US condemns life sentence against American in Egypt

  12-04-2015 06:21
  
  Mohamed Soltan, who is on hunger strike, received his sentence alongside 14 other defendants who got the death penalty, including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie. His father Salah Soltan was among those sentenced to death. "The United States condemns the life sentence issued today in Egypt against American citizen Mohamed Soltan," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement.
  
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• Egypt court confirms death sentence for Brotherhood head, 13 others

  12-04-2015 06:12
  
  A Cairo court confirmed death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 13 others over Islamist protest violence, while the jailing of a US-Egyptian citizen for life was slammed by the White House. The group were accused of plotting unrest from their headquarters in a sprawling Cairo protest camp in the months after the military overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. Among those sentenced to life in prison was Mohamed Soltan, a US-Egyptian citizen who is on hung
  
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• 12 things to know about Hillary Clinton

  12-04-2015 06:01
  
  Democrats' best hope for the White House has a long — and sometimes rocky — financial history.
  
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• Hillary Clinton stepping back into presidential fray

  12-04-2015 05:12
  
  Hillary Clinton is expected to announce her candidacy for US president Sunday, ending prolonged speculation that she once again seeks to become the first woman elected to the White House. Seven years after her bitter nomination defeat to Barack Obama, the former secretary of state and one-time first lady would enter the race as the Democratic Party's overwhelming favorite, as Clinton and her rivals gird for a bruising, 18-month campaign slog.
  
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• No decision on removing Cuba from terror sponsors list yet

  12-04-2015 04:06
  
  Panama City, April 12 (IANS) US President Barack Obama said Saturday he has not yet decided on whether to remove Cuba from State Sponsors of Terrorism List and that he has held "candid and fruitful conversation" with Cuban leader Raul Castro on the sidelines of a regional summit. Obama, however, said Cuba is not a threat to the US,"we are not in the business of regime change" and the Cold War on Cuba is over, Xinhua reported. The US State Department has completed the review of Cuba's status and
  
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• Obama, Venezuela's Maduro speak at summit amid tensions

  12-04-2015 03:57
  
  US President Barack Obama briefly spoke with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at a regional summit Saturday, telling him Washington was not seeking to threaten Caracas amid rising tensions. During the brief encounter, Obama voiced his support for a peaceful dialogue between Venezuela's government and the opposition, said Katherine Vargas, a White House spokeswoman. The US leader also "reiterated that our interest is not in threatening Venezuela, but in supporting democracy, stabilit
  
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• Obama, Venezuela's Maduro speak at summit

  12-04-2015 01:52
  
  Panama City (AFP) - US President Barack Obama briefly spoke with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Summit of the Americas on Saturday, telling him Washington was not seeking to threaten Caracas, the White House said.
  
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• Obama says Hillary Clinton would be "excellent president"

  12-04-2015 01:45
  
  (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton would be an "excellent president," U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday, one day before his former secretary of state is expected to announce her campaign for the White House in 2016. "She was a formidable candidate in 2008, she was a great supporter of mine in the general election, she was an outstanding secretary of state, she is my friend. I think she would be an excellent president," Obama said during a news conference at the Americas s
  
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• Obama: Hillary Clinton would be "excellent president"

  12-04-2015 01:22
  
  (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton would be an "excellent president," U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday, one day before his former secretary of state is expected to announce her campaign for the White House in 2016. "She was a formidable candidate in 2008, she was a great supporter of mine in the general election, she was an outstanding secretary of state, she is my friend. I think she would be an excellent president," Obama said during a news conference at the Americas s
  
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