Wyoming Sen. dies after battle with leukemia
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Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas died Monday, according to his family. He was 74.
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accident nine years ago made him a worldwide advocate for embryonic stem cell research and gave him a hate-love relationship with the Christian community, died Sunday of heart failure, his family and publicist announced Monday, October 11.
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Democratic Rep. Robert T. Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas  - Richard Kelley, former U.S. President Bill Clinton's stepfather, died on Wednesday at his home in Hot Springs, Arkansas, after a lengthy illness. He was 91.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, a South Dakota Democrat, was hospitalized on Wednesday after suffering a possible stroke, Johnson's office said.
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt  Romney won the Wyoming Republican presidential caucus on  Saturday, taking eight of the state's 12 delegates and giving  him a much-needed boost after his recent loss in Iowa.
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Terminal cancer sufferer Jane Tomlinson dies following a lengthy battle with the disease.
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John Barrasso, a Wyoming lawmaker  and surgeon, was appointed as a U.S. senator from his state on  Friday to replace fellow Republican Craig Thomas, who died on  June 4 following a months-long battle with leukemia.
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In tribute to Ronald Reagan, a lawmaker from Missouri who once got campaign help from the "Great Communicator" is pushing federal legislation he hopes bolsters funding and public awareness about the brain-degenerating disease that claimed the former president's life.
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A bill that would have given District of Columbia residents their first-ever member of Congress died in the Senate on Tuesday, dashing hopes of finally gaining full voting rights after a 206-year wait.
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Dr. John Barrasso began his rounds on Capitol Hill on Monday, learning how to be a senator. Barrasso, a conservative Republican surgeon who was until now a Wyoming state senator, was sworn in by Vice President Dick Cheney Monday afternoon. Gov. Dave Freudenthal selected him to fill the seat of Sen. Craig Thomas, who died June 4 while being treated for leukemia.
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A spokesman for the Idaho Republican said the senator has all but abandoned the notion of trying to finish his term.
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A longtime congressman who voted for the Iraq war but later said he regretted the decision was defeated Tuesday by a well-funded Republican state senator.
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Former Rep. Jennifer Dunn, who became the most powerful Republican woman in Washington state history during six terms representing Seattle's east-side suburbs, died Wednesday after developing a blood clot in her Virginia apartment, her family said. She was 66.
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A preliminary autopsy shows the former Packer great died from a respiratory disease that affected his lungs. A final cause of death for the NFL legend could take up to three months to determine.
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Ancel Keys, a pioneer in public health best known for identifying the connection between a cholesterol-rich diet and heart disease, has died.
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Health officials in the Hudson Valley said a woman&#39;s death in November was caused by Cruetzfeldt-Jacob disease. died of the disease.