Leonardo Blair

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  May 9, 2013

  Dead Giveaway: Hero Charles Ramsey Gets Autotuned and a Tweet From McDonald's

  From the moment Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey's animated interview on how he helped save Amanda Berry and two other women began trending on social media, America knew it would only be a matter of time. The Gregory Brothers have autotuned news interviews of America's newest hero and the song, 'Dead Giveaway', published on Tuesday is already a hit.

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  May 8, 2013

  Saving Amanda Berry Was 'Christian, American' Thing to Do, Says Hero Charles Ramsey

  Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland man whose courage led him to help save Amanda Berry and two other women from a man who had held them captive for almost 10 years, doesn't think his actions were heroic. It was just the "Christian, American" thing to do, he says.

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  May 8, 2013

  Marco Rubio, Heritage Foundation Spar Over $6.3 Trillion Immigration Bill

  Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and the Heritage Foundation are now at odds over a study released by the foundation on Monday that calculates that the cost of an immigration reform proposal partly authored by Rubio would add $6.3 trillion to America's deficit.

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  May 8, 2013

  Ex-S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford Overcomes Past Scandal, Wins in Special Election

  After a grueling political fight filled with personal drama that spurred even his Republican colleagues to desert him, former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford experienced what the media is describing as redemption on Tuesday night when voters re-elected him to represent the state's First District in Congress.

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  May 8, 2013

  Poll: Americans Divided Over New Immigration Bill

  As the Senate's "gang of eight" works to enact a sweeping immigration reform bill proposing a 13-year pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants in America, a recent Gallup poll is showing that the nation is almost equally divided in its opposition and support for the bill.

• May 7, 2013

  New Study Claims Porn Not as Bad as You Think, But Not Everyone Agrees

  A new study conducted in the Netherlands has concluded that pornography consumption has only a small influence on risky, adventurous sexual behavior, but some U.S. experts disagree.

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  May 7, 2013

  MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Says Bush Library Won't Cover Sins of Katrina

  MSNBC political commentator and resident of post-Katrina New Orleans, Melissa Harris-Perry, took aim at former President George W. Bush over the weekend, pointing out that his recently opened library would not cover the legacy of his Hurricane Katrina decisions.

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  May 6, 2013

  SC Dem Chairman Vows to Send Indian-American GOP Gov. Nikki Haley 'Back to Wherever the Hell She Came From'

  South Carolina Democratic Chairman Dick Harpootlian has been getting mounting flak for suggesting this past weekend that the state's Indian-American Republican governor Nikki Haley go "back to wherever the hell she came from."

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  May 6, 2013

  Dems Anxious About Obamacare Effect on 2014 Elections

  With its piecemeal rollout and general confusion among the public about its implementation, President Obama's Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as it is popularly known, could be a liability for Democratic politicians in the 2014 elections as it was in 2010 when the act was signed into law.

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  May 6, 2013

  GOP Shows Surprising Grit Ahead of Special, Gov., General Senate Elections

  On the eve of a special election to determine the next representative of South Carolina's First Congressional District, embattled ex-governor of the state Republican Mark Sanford, has been showing plucky resilience at the polls with a one point lead over Democratic challenger Elizabeth Colbert Busch. And he isn't the only GOP candidate showing grit in the polls.