Louisiana elects Jindal, first Indian-American governor
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Republican Rep. Bobby Jindal was elected governor of Louisiana on Saturday to become the first Indian-American to lead a U.S. state.
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Sanjaya Malakar, 17, is the first Indian-American finalist on American Idol.
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ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. George Pataki has signed legislation that creates a French and Indian War 250th Anniversary Commemoration Commission.
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India's ruling Congress party won power  in a key state on Saturday after it emerged as the largest  group in elections, the first major political test since its  victory in national polls in May.
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NEW ORLEANS, La.  - Louisiana voters on Saturday  overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state constitution  banning gay marriages and civil unions.
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U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal won the Louisiana governor's race Saturday, becoming the nation's youngest governor and the first non-white to hold the state's post since Reconstruction.
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After three vote tallies and nearly two nerve-racking months of waiting, Democrat Christine Gregoire was declared Washington's governor-elect on Thursday. But her Republican rival did not concede and wants a new election.
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Country singer Sammy Kershaw officially entered the race for lieutenant governor of Louisiana on Wednesday, challenging incumbent Mitch Landrieu.
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The embattled Louisiana representative won his reelection, but will he regain his influence in a new Democratic majority?
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NEW DELHI -- India chose its first female president yesterday in an election hailed as a victory for women in a country where gender discrimination is deep-rooted and widespread.
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Louisiana voters on Saturday approved consolidating the New Orleans area's levee boards, the generations-old agencies whose politically appointed members were criticized after Hurricane Katrina for failing to maintain the area's levees and floodwalls.
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Deval Patrick, a Democrat making his first run for elective office and a bid to become the state's first black governor, beat two opponents in Tuesday's gubernatorial primary to win a place in November's general election.
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India's ruling Congress party won power  in a giant state on Saturday, a victory that will boost the  fortunes of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's party and strengthen  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's minority national coalition.
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The tribe that shared in the first Thanksgiving celebration received federal recognition Thursday as a sovereign American Indian nation, 32 years after it began its quest.
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On the eve of her scheduled inauguration, Democrat Christine Gregoire was certified by legislators as winner of the election for governor while her supporters traded jeers with protesters outside the Capitol.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 9 -- Voters looked past a federal bribery investigation of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) and reelected the eight-term congressman in a runoff election Saturday.
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN  NEW ORLEANS - Call it a sign of the times for Louisiana's embattled governor: A chance to dine with Gov. Kathleen Blanco fetched a winning bid of $1 at a recent fundraising auction hosted by a group of business leaders.