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Pennsylvania   Photos   Road   Travel   Wikipedia: Travel   		 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Pennsylvania Turnpike continues to offer employees free travel
| Pennsylvania Turnpike employees will continue to have unlimited free travel on the toll road despite Auditor General Jack Wagner's recent criticism of the privilege. | Responding to Mr. Wagner&... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Reince Priebus speaking at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Reince Priebus backs electoral vote change, but it's state's decision
Madison - The head of the Republican National Committee believes Wisconsin and other battleground states should change the way they allocate their Electoral College votes, but he said he is not insert... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore)
Maj. Tammy Duckworth, who was recently nominated by President Barack Obama as the assistant secretary of public and intergovernmental affairs for the Department of Veterans Affairs, listens as Gen. Craig McKinley, chief, National Guard Bureau, introduces her as the keynote speaker during the National Guard Bureau's "Women Taking the Lead" event held in recognition of Women's History Month in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Duckworth, a helicopter pilot with the Illinois Army National Guard, lost both legs while deployed to Iraq in 2004 when the helicopter she was piloting came under rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire. She spoke of her experiences in Iraq and those she served with.  The Washington Times 
Tammy Duckworth in the 113th Congress: Can she make a difference?
| Video: | YAKIMA, Wash., January 12, 2013 ― The 113th Congress is little changed from the 112th, but one significant change is Tammy Duckworth, who defeated GOP representative Joe Walsh. | The 112t... (photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Jon Soucy)
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Elvis Presley in 1970. Elvis Aron Presley. cg1  The Tribune San Luis Obispo 
Rhythm guitar player for Elvis Presley dies at 67
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Vice President Joe Biden speaks with members of the media after voting at Alexis I. duPont High School The Star
Biden says Obama could use executive orders to restrict guns
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the White House plans to act quickly to curb gun violence and will explore all avenues - including exe... (photo: AP / Matt Rourke)
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In this photo taken Sunday, March 27, 2011, a woman looks out to the destroyed neighborhoods from atop Weather Hill in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The hill was originally built to give fishermen a view of sea conditions but now offers an unforgettable look out over the vastness of the mass destruction left from tsunami caused by the March 11 earthquake. More than two weeks after the tsunami devastated communities along Japan's coast, the neighborhood around "Hiyori Yama" - Weather Hill - is beginning to show signs of life. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) The Examiner
U.S. experiences warmest and second most extreme weather year on record in 2012 (Video)
| In terms of weather, 2012 was a year for the record books across the contiguous U.S. Today, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) officially classified 2012 as th... (photo: AP / Wally Santana)
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Brad Pitt tweets to Chinese that he's coming
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Outgoing U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel talks to supporters Thursday Dec 18, 2008 during a farewell news conference in Omaha, Neb. Newsday
Chuck Hagel, Republican Vietnam vet, to get top spot at Pentagon
| WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday. | The ... (photo: AP / Dave Weaver)
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Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel listens to questions at a news conference during his campaign in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. The Examiner
Mayor Emanuel, elected officials and community leaders want stronger gun control (Photos)
| Mayor Rahm Emanuel gathered elected officials, community leaders and residents at St. Sabina Church on Chicago’s Southside on Friday to continue calling for stronger ... (photo: AP / Nam Y. Huh)
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Central Intelligence Agency Director Gen. Michael Hayden, center, peers out of a doorway following a closed-door briefing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on the destroyed CIA interrogation tapes, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington. The News & Observer
Senators: Did CIA tell ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ filmmakers torture led to bin Laden?
Email Print Order Reprint Share This | Text | tool name | tool goes here | By Jonathan S. Landay - McClatchy Newspapers | By Jonathan S. Landay McClatchy Newspapers | WAS... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
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Rain, a Korean pop star and actor, performs in front of a video image of himself as he makes his American solo concert debut in the first of two "Rainy Day New York" shows in The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, Thursday, February The Tribune San Luis Obispo
Pop star Rain to be punished for meeting actress
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Death of hemlock trees yields new life for hardwood trees, but at what cost to ...
| URBANA – Due to the introduction of exotic pests and pathogens, tree species are being eliminated one by one from forest ecosystems. In some cases, scientists can... (photo: Creative Commons)
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