Where the Democratic contenders stand in the 2016 race

In this Dec. 3, 2014 file photo, former US Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., gestures during a talk at the AP Day at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. The former Virginia senator and secretary of the Navy announced an exploratory committee last year, but he has done little publicly in recent weeks as he recovers from knee replacement surgery.

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Officials meet to address safety after aviation calamities

After a c... . FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2014 file photo, a Pro-Russian rebel looks at pieces of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane near village of Rozsypne, eastern Ukraine.

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Obama's budget offers contrasts against GOP extremes

With a blend of tax hikes and spending increases, President Barack Obama's budget spells out a policy agenda that will distinguish him from Republicans who now control Congress. It also will contain what amount to opening bids for some long-shot compromises.

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Guess who is winning the 2016 Twitter war?

With the 2016 presidential campaign well underway, it's worth examining how each of the possible 2016 candidates stack up against each other on Twitter. There are more than 284 million monthly active users on Twitter and 500 million tweets sent per day, making it an integral platform for engaging conversation with potential voters.

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The 21-day financial fast is done. Now what?

Although the group fast that began Jan. 11 is over, it doesn't mean your journey to financial freedom is ending. You still may have some work to do.

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Top House Foreign Affairs leaders urge Kerry to cut P.A. funding

Leaders from both parties on the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee urged Secretary of State John Kerry to suspend funding to the Palestinian Authority until it withdraws from the International Criminal Court. "The United States should not support direct economic assistance to the P.A. until it demonstrates a meaningful reversal of this destructive course and proves it can be a willing partner for peace," said the letter sent Jan. 22 and relayed to reporters late last week.

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Everybody Has Wishes

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Officials meet to address safety after aviation calamities

By JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON - Government and aviation industry officials from dozens of countries are meeting in Montreal this week to try to find consensus on how to keep from losing airliners like the one that vanished without a trace in Asia and another shot down in Eastern Europe. It is only the second high-level safety conference in the 70-year history of the International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency, but last year was calamitous.

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For Clinton, deciding how to prepare for a low-key primary

The challenge ahead for Hillary Rodham Clinton is one faced by few White House hopefuls: running a primary campaign in which she faces little competition, if any at all. Still not officially a candidate, the former New York senator, secretary of state and first lady sits far atop early polls against a small field of potential rivals for the Democratic nomination.

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Obama quiets Menendez on Iran | Sheneman cartoon

Senator Menendez was caught on camera at the State of the Union looking less than enthusiastic when the president vowed to veto the Senator's proposed Iran sanctions should they reach his desk. So bummed was the senator that he refused to stand for one of the myriad standing ovations for treasured democratic initiatives.

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Tyranny, Trafalgar, WWI at Sea and Obama's Navy

America and the Free World's enemies have most always been megalomaniacal tyrannical dictatorships whom we have defeated thanks in large part to free market capitalism-produced prosperity that made the building of a military force second to none possible, the wisdom of our leaders to build and maintain such a force and the courage of leaders and Americans to fight against tyranny. Witness the defeats of the Kaiser, Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union, respectively.

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Tech looks for megaphone in trade negotiations

America's biggest tech companies are eager to make sure they don't get left out of the Obama administration's trade plans.a a Companies are intensifying their focus on lobbying members of Congress so that server farms and Facebook pages are taken as seriously as prescription drugs and auto parts. "There's certainly a coordinated effort to educate lawmakers of both parties on the value of digital trade to the U.S. economy," said Noah Theran, a spokesman for the Internet Association.

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These Couture Moments Will Take Your Breath Away

As expected, a few of our favorite designers knocked it out of the park this season with their Spring/Summer 2015 collections. From Dior's intricate scaffolding set to male bridesmaids at Chanel, we couldn't stop drooling over our keyboards.

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What Time Is Hillary Clinton?

Every election cycle can be considered, first and foremost, a monument to hype. With every passing week, the political world is a blizzard of brash predictions, bold pronouncements, and bad advice.

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With Huge Tax and Spending Hikes, Obama Budget Offers Little to GOP

With a blend of tax hikes and spending increases, President Barack Obama's budget spells out a policy agenda that will distinguish him from Republicans who now control Congress. It also will contain what amount to opening bids for some long-shot compromises.

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Media Rip Republicans; Treat Democrats With Kid Gloves

Guilt by association only applies to Republicans. If you doubt me, ask the nearest Democrat or read the mainstream media.

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Overzealous Media Responsible for Deflate-gate

Beer, Benjamin Franklin supposedly said but almost certainly didn't, is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Without cannonballing into deep theological waters, perhaps Deflate-gate proves the same thing.

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Indian PM Modi to visit China in May

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China in May, the foreign minister said Sunday during her own three-day visit to Beijing. "Mr. Modi is going to come in May. I will give them dates today.

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For Clinton, deciding how to prepare for a low-key primary

Clinton, the presumed Democratic front-runner, may soon encounter a unique challenge for a... Authorities say a 3-year-old boy got ahold of a handgun from his mother's purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents. Authorities say a 3-year-old boy got ahold of a handgun from his mother's purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents.

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With 10th Katrina anniversary ahead, tell us how you view recovery: Editorial

When a U.S. senator from Alaska questioned in November 2005 why anyone would rebuild in Lakeview, or any flooded neighborhood, Times-Picayune Features editor James O'Byrne responded in an essay . The city of New Orleans, he wrote, had established its importance to the nation as a "place of commerce, culture and history" almost 300 years ago.

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Democrat Seeks Limits On Operations Against ISIS

Rep. Adam Schiff of California plans to introduce a bill that would authorize military operations against ISIS. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rep. Schiff about the new legislation.

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Capitol Insider: Nominee could command the Horseshoe

Columbus has "offered" but not necessarily "pitched" 105,000-seat Ohio Stadium for the Democratic nominee's acceptance speech, should Ohio's largest city be chosen for the party's 2016 national convention, a source with knowledge of the plan says. Party leaders also are proposing the Joseph, a new Le Meridien hotel in the Short North, to house major Democratic donors.

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Irondale redevelopment plans worry long-time residents

Letters were delivered to nearly 100 homes in Roebuck Plaza informing residents about developers' interest in their properties. Hilda Parker has lived in her modest house on a leafy street in Irondale since 1968, but a letter that arrived in the mail several weeks ago has her worried that her quiet life is about to be uprooted.

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Beatty gets carried away with research

The Dispatch welcomes letters to the editor from readers. Typed letters of 200 words or fewer are preferred; all might be edited.

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Following Paris attacks, Sen. Dianne Feinstein calls to tighten US visa rules

Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein speaks to reporters about the committee's report on CIA interrogations at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on December 9, 2014 US politicians are calling for changes to a law that allows Europeans and other foreigners to enter the country without visas, citing fears that jihadists could exploit the rules to stage attacks on American soil. The visa waiver program, which covers tourists from 38 countries, represents the "Achilles' heel of America," said Senator Dianne Feinstein, who is urging a tightening of the rules.

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Don't expect Cuba to embrace change overnight

Anyone who believed that a mutual decision by the United States and Cuba to normalize diplomatic relations would produce immediate changes is bound to be disappointed by the results of the first round of face-to-face talks between top diplomats for the two countries. Last week's talks in Havana, led on the U.S. side by Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson, produced no breakthroughs on those issues that Americans, especially Cuban Americans, care about the most - namely, human rights.

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Kejriwal takes on BJP over issues of women's rights, security

Accusing BJP of "failing" to prevent crimes against women, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the saffron party's model for women's security was to "lock them up" inside four walls while his party believed in creating safer environment through "strong deterrence". The former Delhi chief minister also said 10-15 lakh CCTVs would be installed across the city to ramp up security.

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[David Ignatius] A breakthrough on trade

Strange bedfellows of 2015: As the Obama administration pushes toward a major new trade agreement in Asia this spring, it is developing two unlikely allies - Chinese officials abroad, who are signaling that they want in, and Republicans in Congress, who appear willing to support what would be one of President Barack Obama's biggest successes. The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, as the Asia trade deal is known, is down to its final haggling.

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Proposal: Take Away Guns From People Subject To Temporary Restraining Orders

Two years after Connecticut passed one of the nation's toughest gun-control laws, advocates are pushing for a new bill that would allow the removal of guns and ammunition from a person subject to a temporary restraining order, without a hearing by a judge. Advocates say the proposal is a common-sense measure that would help domestic violence victims at an emotionally volatile time when a restraining order is obtained against their spouse or partner.

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Court hears arguments in American Samoans' citizenship case

A federal appeals court in the nation's capital is scheduled to hear oral arguments Feb. 9 in a case related to the citizenship rights of residents of American Samoa. At issue is the fact residents of the territories do not have the same rights as residents in the rest of the United States.

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