Viktor F. Yanukovich gave a victory speech Sunday in Kiev. His opponent refused to concede. But it comes with a catch: the election won by the candidate, Viktor F. Yanukovich , was highly competitive, unpredictable and relatively fair — just the …
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Who said the Republican Party lacks a bold vision for governing America in the 21st century? Sarah Palin and Republican congressman Paul Ryan prove that Republican conservatives are bold to a fault. On “Fox News Sunday,” where the former Republican …
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… s aborted takeoff, Yeager’s ticket lobby was clogged with passengers making alternative travel … plane stopped in time, but this incident also underscores the importance of having a functioning EMAS system in place at all times.”
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KIEV, UKRAINE - The apparent victory of Russia’s preferred candidate in the Ukrainian presidential race may be a relief to Vladimir Putin, who has long sought to discredit his neighbor’s raucous democracy and its drift to the West. But it comes with …
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SAN FRANCISCO—The “Llano” processor that AMD described today in an ISSCC session is not a CPU, and it’s not a GPU—instead, it’s a hybrid design that the chipmaker is calling an “application processor unit,” or APU. Whatever you call it, it could …
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Healthcare interests eye the jobs bill, climate bill backers push an economic theme, liberals press for a consumer protection agency and the fight over Pentagon spending is just getting started. Snowmageddon kept the Capitol closed on Monday, and …
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It’s no surprise that Barack Obama’s State of the Union was a snooze: The speech has long been a dull and pompous ritual. But no one was bored two days later when the president showed up to a House Republican confab in Baltimore for a lively …
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After their big victories in the 2006 and 2008 elections, Democrats made the same mistake that they had made after 1992 and that Republicans had in 1994 and 2004: They assumed they had won a permanent majority. “Will the country really stick with …
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Hundreds attended a funeral and procession for longtime Mount Horeb fire chief Charles “Chuck” Himsel on Monday. Ice diving on Lake Monona Winter isn’t necessarily a time when devoted divers in the Madison area will hang up their flippers. Click here …
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NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar drifted lower on Monday as a modest recovery in overseas stock markets and commodities enhanced risk appetite and prompted investors to venture into other higher-yielding currencies. The euro, though, stayed near 8-½ month …
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