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RNC Chairman Reince Priebus says President Obama 'hasn't even run a garage sale'

TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- In reference to Obama, Priebus said "he hasn't even run a garage sale or seen the inside of a lemonade stand." The nation needs a president "with real experience in a real economy," Priebus added. "Mitt Romney will be that president."

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Tuesday's festivities will include remarks from John Boehner and Rick Santorum

Tampa, Fla.– Republican officials today released a revised convention-week schedule.  Changes in the schedule are the result of the convention's decision postpone the Monday, August 27 sessions due to weather-related concerns.

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Owners of these homes are as tough and resilient as only survivors of a deadly storm could be

(CNN) -- The 30-mile stretch between Biloxi and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is still dotted with battle wounds from Hurricane Katrina seven years later.

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The gap between older voters and the younger smartphone generation is immense

Even as online news sources make inroads, voters still rely on local television for their daily news more than any other news source, according to a national survey released on the eve of the Republican National Convention.


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Stay tuned to John Moreno's reports on the ground from both parties' nominating conventions

This year The Skanner News Group is partnering with the Los Angeles Wave and several other papers to bring readers all the latest news on the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.


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Complaint didn't address allegations of disproportionate suspensions of black disabled students

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) -- The state Department of Education has determined that the Beaufort County School District violated federal rules for treatment of disabled students.


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Nine pedestrians suffered bullet or fragment wounds, all from shots fired by police

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The man killed by a former co-worker on a Manhattan sidewalk Friday was shot five times in the head, the New York Medical Examiner's office said Sunday.


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Thousands in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Monday were told to evacuate their homes

TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- As the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall approaches, New Orleans -- and much of the Gulf Coast -- is preparing to put into practice the lessons learned from that defining storm.


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In boys, exposure to chlorpyrifos in womb linked to lower scores on short-term memory tests

NEW YORK --A widely used pesticide – banned in homes but still commonly used on farms – appears to harm boys' developing brains more than girls', according to a new study of children in New York City.


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Report: State had spent $4 billion on death penalty while carrying out 13 executions since 1978

SAN FRANCISCO--A perfect alignment of advantageous factors enabled opponents of capital punishment to place its abolition on the ballot for the first time in California.


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