Okla. Senate Hopeful Did Sterilizations
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Coburn, who has been accused of sterilizing a young woman without her permission 14 years ago, now says he has performed similar procedures on "lots" of underage women.
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If Oklahoma Republican Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin is elected Nov. 7 to the stateÃ¢ÂÂs 5th District Ã¢ÂÂ as is widely expected Ã¢ÂÂ she will enter the 110th Congress next January as one of its most politically seasoned freshmen.
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Nearly 40 years ago, a U.S. senator  from South Dakota suffered an illness that sidelined him for  years, yet he kept his Senate seat.
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Republican Senate candidate Bob Corker on Saturday called his Democratic opponent, Harold Ford Jr., a member of a family engaged in "machine-type politics," while Ford accused Corker of flip-flopping on abortion.
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An Oklahoman who used to be married to the woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting the baby from her womb says she often faked pregnancies to get attention.
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One leading candidate has been debilitated by what he said was an attempt to poison him.
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A Nacogdoches man was in critical but stable condition after three surgeries aimed at saving him from a flesh-eating bacteria that infected him during a swim off the coast of Galveston County.
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ELIZABETH EDWARDS, the wife of the Democrat vice-presidential candidate John Edwards, was given a diagnosis of breast cancer on Wednesday, the day her husband and John Kerry conceded the US election to President Bush.
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Rep. Dan Lipinski endures at least nine needle pricks a day to control the diabetes he's had since childhood. Rep. Joe Barton takes a half dozen prescription pills daily to ward off another heart attack. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry's little girl may need her fourth open-heart surgery in a few months. Such personal details are spilling out in debates close to home for the lawmakers shaping policy on prescription drugs, stem cell research and more.
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Sen. Sam Brownback, campaigning for president Saturday before the National Catholic Men's Conference, questioned whether rape victims should get abortions.
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Agriculture Secretary nominee Mike Johanns will draw sharp questions from Midwestern lawmakers about the U.S. decision to reopen its borders to Canadian beef despite a second case of mad cow disease in Alberta.
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State Sen. Paul Koering once fit neatly into the profile of socially conservative central Minnesota: abortion opponent, supporter of gun and property rights, outspoken supporter of veterans.
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OSWEGO, Kan. - Labette County election officials found a curious solution to ballots jammed in an electronic scanner - a hair dryer.  Problems started when the county clerk's office began counting 805 advance ballots just after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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BOSTON - Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of the former Democratic vice presidential nominee, was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after her husband and Sen. John F. Kerry conceded the election.
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How the Illinois senator came to embrace religion in his life.
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In his votes as a state senator, Barack Obama sometimes sidestepped sensitive issues.
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Chicago Tribune - In the summer of 1996, for instance, the Massachusetts senator was agonizing over his vote on President Clinton's plan to end welfare as the nation knew it.