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February 23, 2011

Walker prank-caller: "I was wildly unprepared"

Ian Murphy, the man who posed as David Koch on a call with Gov. Scott Walker, talks to Salon
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Published on February 23, 2011 13:02

Indiana official fired for tweets about protests

The deputy attorney general had advocated using live ammunition against protesters in Wisconsin
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Published on February 23, 2011 13:02

February 22, 2011

Will Wisconsin start a walkout trend?

Legislators in Wisconsin -- and now Indiana -- flee to defeat anti-labor bills. Will the tactic spread?
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Published on February 22, 2011 12:02

Thune says no to 2012 presidential bid

The South Dakota senator's decision not to run for president may be good news for Mitt Romney
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Published on February 22, 2011 09:02

Richard Perle: Libya lobbyist

Prominent neoconservative met with Muammar Qadhafi as recently as 2006 as part of a job to burnish Libya's image
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Published on February 22, 2011 05:02

February 21, 2011

Tea Partyers gone wild!

Gold, guns and anti-gay: State legislatures have become havens for the battiest Tea Party ideas ever
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Published on February 21, 2011 06:02

February 19, 2011

The terrorist attempt you've never heard of

Why did a lethal bomb placed on the route of a Spokane MLK Day parade draw so little sustained attention?
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Published on February 19, 2011 08:02

February 18, 2011

The mystery of the Tucson firefighter

One man refused to respond to the mass shooting last month because of concerns about "political bantering"
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Published on February 18, 2011 08:02

February 17, 2011

Targets of Chamber of Commerce fight back

Anti-Chamber activists will file bar complaints against the business group's powerful law firm
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Published on February 17, 2011 10:02

Bachmann comes out as birther-curious

The right-wing congresswoman says "it's not for me to state" whether Barack Obama is an American citizen
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Published on February 17, 2011 07:02

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