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Prosecutor wife suspected of evidence tampering for accused rapist husband

Jennifer Grant, a supervising assistant city prosecutor in Seattle, has been been reassigned to duties that "do not entail courtroom prosecutorial work" because she is suspected of tampering with evidence to protect her husband who is accused of the serial rape of immigrants at several massage parlors.

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Minn. pastor arrested for sexual assault during 'ex-gay' therapy

A Minnesota pastor has been arrested for sexually assaulting two gay men while counseling them about their "homosexual tendencies."

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Obama tears up as he thanks campaign staff: 'I'm really proud of all of you'

In a video published to YouTube by the Obama campaign, the newly reelected president is featured wiping away tears as he thanks volunteers and campaign aides for their hard work, telling them, "I'm really proud of all of you."

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Colbert to Maddow: Romney could still win

Thursday night on "The Colbert Report," host Stephen Colbert welcomed MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, host of "The Rachel Maddow Show" and lead anchor for MSNBC's election night coverage.

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Robert Reich: GOP's supply-side mythology isn't going to work

University of California professor Robert Reich said Thursday that Republican proposals to raise revenues without raising taxes were impossible.

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Fox station tells Romney supporters how to 'beat the traffic' to Canada

The Fox station in Oklahoma on Wednesday gave supporters of former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney some helpful tips for fleeing the country before President Barack Obama starts his second term.

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Limbaugh: Obama treats women voters 'like vaginas'

On Wednesday, November 7, on his syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh declared that President Barack Obama treats women "like vaginas" and that "they say, 'He's my man.'"

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Family Research Council calls for 'civil disobedience' to block same sex marriages

The senior vice president of the Family Research Council (FRC) said on Wednesday that the civil disobedience may be necessary to prevent same sex marriages after voters in several states approved marriage equality.

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Herman Cain: Break up the Republican Party to 'save the country'

Former presidential candidate Herman Cain said Wednesday that the time has come for tea party conservatives to break away from the Republican Party and form their own political organization, which he said would "save the country."

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Las Vegas business owner fires 22 'mostly Hispanic' employees over Obama win

A business owner in Las Vegas on Wednesday told a CBS radio station that he had fired 22 of his 114 "mostly Hispanic" employees because President Barack Obama had won re-election.

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Axelrod lets Scarborough out of bet by wearing fake mustache off air

Senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod on Thursday said that he would let MSNBC host Joe Scarborough out of a bet that would have forced him to grow a mustache.

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Maddow asks Republicans to return to the world of facts

Reviewing the results of the 2012 elections, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow predicted Republicans would need to "pop the factual bubble" that they were living in.

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Rep.-elect Grayson: Democrats should concede nothing in budget deal

Florida Rep.-elect Alan Grayson (D) on Wednesday night said that Democrats should not concede anything in a grand bargain with Republicans.

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