U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor found dead
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U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor, an Ohio Republican who served in the House of Representatives for nearly 20 years, was found dead in his apartment, a congressional aide said on Wednesday.
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After a 16-day delay while ballots were counted, a state representative Thursday conceded to the state's former state natural resources chief in the tight GOP primary for the 3rd Congressional District.
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What until last Friday appeared a safely Republican seat in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 16th District is now anything but, in the wake of the resignation of six-term Republican Rep. Mark Foley Ã¢ÂÂ and the ballooning scandal surrounding inappropriate e-mails and instant messages he sent to teenage male congressional pages, and the Republican leadershipÃ¢ÂÂs handling of the situation.
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A constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration died in a Senate cliffhanger Tuesday, a single vote short of the support needed to send it to the states for ratification and four months before voters elect a new Congress.
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With her victory in an Oct. 16 special election in MassachusettsÃ¢ÂÂ 5th District, Democrat Niki Tsongas is the newest representative in a seat once held by her late husband, Paul E. Tsongas (House 1975-79, Senate 1979-85). Prior to Niki Tsongas, how many widows had followed their late husbands into Congress without directly succeeding them?
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A man died over the weekend at a wind farm under construction in Oregon in what is believed to be the first death of a wind power worker in the United States, law enforcement and industry officials said on Monday.
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A U.S. congressman chased and caught a man who picked the lawmaker&#39;s pocket on Thursday night in Washington&#39;s tony Georgetown neighbourhood, a local television station reported.
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The final outcome of the House contest in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 13th District has now been delayed for more than a month. Democratic nominee Christine Jennings has filed official complaints and lawsuits seeking to overturn state election officialsÃ¢ÂÂ Nov. 20 certification of Republican Vern Buchanan as the winner of the open-seat contest, by a margin of 369 votes.
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The body of one of three climbers missing for more than a week on Mount Hood in Oregon was found on Sunday, a spokesman for the Hood River County Sheriff's Department said.
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Rod Beck, an All-Star relief pitcher  who notched 286 saves during a 13-year Major League Baseball  career, has been found dead at his Phoenix home, police said on  Sunday.
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U.S. officials have agreed to investigate the death of an 81-year-old Haitian pastor who died last month in the custody of immigration authorities, a U.S. congressman said Thursday.
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A US diplomat in Cyprus who went missing four days ago is reportedly found dead on a remote part of the island.
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The body of CNET Editor James Kim was discovered in the Oregon wilderness Wednesday afternoon, just two days after his wife and two children were rescued safely from their vehicle.
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The youngest brother of Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich was found dead at his home Wednesday.
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Ukrainian Transport Minister Heorhiy Kyrpa was found dead Monday at his home outside Kiev, a government source said.
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U.S. Rep. Robert Matsui of  California, a top Democrat in Congress re-elected  overwhelmingly in November to a 14th two-year term, has died of  a rare blood disorder, his office said on Sunday. He was 63.
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Former U.S. Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage, who held "endangered salmon bakes" and once accused federal agents of using black helicopter gunships, died Monday in a car crash, her daughter said. She was 68.