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		<title>Gingrich sued over use of &#8220;Rocky III&#8221; theme song</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich faces a lawsuit over his use of &#8220;Eye of the Tiger,&#8221; the theme song to the movie &#8220;Rocky III,&#8221; court documents show. The claim for copyright infringement, lodged on Monday by Rude Music Inc in an Illinois federal court, relates to Gingrich&#8217;s use of the song at his political rallies. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perry urges no criminal charges over Marines&#8217; video</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry said on Sunday it would be &#8220;over the top&#8221; to file criminal charges against four US Marines who urinated on dead militants in Afghanistan. The incident, captured in a video posted online that depicts American troops desecrating the bloodstained corpses of fighters, has appalled Afghanistan&#8217;s President Hamid Karzai and embarrassed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP candidates wade into food stamp debate</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politicians normally shy away from saying they want to cut food stamps, but this year&#8217;s Republican presidential candidates are using domestic food aid as an example of a welfare state gone awry. Supporters of the program say it is one of the most reliable safety nets for families who suddenly find themselves unable to pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama re-election launches with email, website</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama formally launched his re-election campaign Monday, urging grass-roots supporters central to his first White House run to mobilize again to protect the change he&#8217;s brought over the past two years. The official start of his second White House bid, in the midst of three wars, a budget fight with Congress, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeLay gets 3-year prison term</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay remained defiant as he faced a judge&#8217;s sentence to three years in prison for a scheme to illegally influence Texas elections, insisting he committed no crime and was the victim of selective prosecution by authorities targeting his politics. &#8220;Everything I did was covered by accountants and lawyers telling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds probe Christine O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s campaign spending</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE – Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation of Delaware Republican Christine O&#8217;Donnell to determine if the former Senate candidate broke the law by using campaign money to pay personal expenses, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to protect the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rangel asks supporters to call Capitol switchboard</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – Rep. Charles Rangel of New York asked 25,000 campaign donors Wednesday to call the Capitol switchboard and urge their representatives to vote against censuring him for ethical misconduct. There&#8217;s only one problem. For many of them, Rangel is their congressman. Rangel, 80, a Democrat who has served his Harlem district for 40 years, [...]]]></description>
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