Recent Votes

• Prices at the pump soar ... and it's only February

  We’re all used to gas prices going up in the springtime when the driving season is about to approach, but this year the increase is happening sooner, and it is going up more than before.

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• New defense cuts threaten bases, shipyards

  At a time when President Barack Obama is proposing more than $120 billion in new and enhanced tax incentives for companies to manufacture in America, not overseas, one part of the nation’s industrial base -- a sector where foreigners aren't allowed to fully compete -- is u …

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• Best Valentine ever? Six-year-old girl with cancer gets date with Justin Bieber

  Battling a rare form of cancer, Avalanna Routh scored the most coveted Valentine’s Day date in the world this year. Affectionately known as “Mrs.

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• 'Cash mobs': Flash mobs go to bat for small local businesses

  Emery's 5 & 10 is believed to be oldest family-owned five-and-dime store in the U.S.

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• Obama 'Truth Team' aims to counter attacks

    While Republicans continue to wrangle over exactly who they should pick as their flagbearer against the Democratic incumbent in the White House, President Barack Obama's re-election team is arming itself against the GOP's arguments against granting him a second term.&nbs …

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