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    Props and costumes from Middle Earth sold at auction, including Gimli's battle axe for $180,000

    Dec 06, 2013 04:32 PM EST

    (Click to enlarge the photo) Photo courtesy of Julien's Auction There are less than 11 months until Halloween 2014, but it is never too early to start planning your costume. Julien's Auctions sold off props and costumes from Middle Earth, which were used during the filming of ...

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    Congress adjourns until Tuesday as hope for a shutdown deal nears

    Oct 14, 2013 10:37 PM EST

    ... is that a spirit of cooperation will move us forward over the next few hours," he said. And yet, he added, "If we don't start making some real progress both in the House and the Senate, and if Republicans aren't willing to set aside some of their partisan ...

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    President Argues Case for Action in Syria

    Aug 29, 2013 01:08 PM EST

    ... Woodruff in the Blue Room, Mr. Obama got at the heart of why the United States is accelerating its push for action: ...[W]hen you start talking about chemical weapons in a country that has the largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the world, where over time, their control over ...

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    The Fed's Terminal Dilemma: When to Begin 'the Great Unwind'

    Aug 07, 2013 02:53 PM EST

    ... referring to the trillions of dollars worth of bonds that the Fed has purchased to support the economy since the 2008 crisis. "Now when you start selling, you know, you, at that point, you start sopping up reserves," he adds. "And that's a much different action than buying." (The ...

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    Syria Crossed President Obama's Red Line. What Happens Next?

    Jun 14, 2013 01:00 PM EST

    ... killed by chemical weapons. When asked about the unfolding conflict in Syria last August, Mr. Obama said "that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized." The Washington Post's Karen DeYoung and Anne Gearan report that the ...

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    Obama Looks to Bridge Political Divide With Second Inaugural

    Jan 21, 2013 01:23 PM EST

    President Obama takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday. Pool Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Reuters. Nearly one day into the official start of his second term, President Obama Monday will stand again before the nation to deliver a sweeping overview of how he hopes the ...

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    Slow Growth Is Biggest Economic Challenge Facing Incoming President

    Nov 02, 2012 10:02 PM EST

    ll, Austan Goolsbee, do you want to respond on what the president you worked for has done? AUSTAN GOOLSBEE: Look, I will just say that we can agree on the basic economics, but I think that Professor Taylor has got his history a little backward on that. In the 1990s ...

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    To Win Over North Carolina Voters, Organizing Democrats on the Ground

    Sep 03, 2012 10:41 PM EST

    To Win Over North Carolina Voters, Organizing Democrats on the Ground

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    Spotlight on North Carolina as Democrats Arrive in Battleground State

    Sep 03, 2012 12:47 PM EST

    A volunteer sorts T-shirts Sunday before the start of the Alabama Gospel Brunch held at Grace on Brevard in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Jared Soares for PBS NewsHour. CHARLOTTE, N.C. | Four years ago President Obama turned this state into a general election battleground and won by fewer than 14,000 votes, becoming the first Democratic...

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    Will Americans Buy Romney's Proposals to Turn Around the Economy?

    Aug 28, 2012 10:41 PM EST

    WIll Americans Buy Romney's Proposals to Turn Around the Economy?