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Ground zero construction workers split $165,000 lottery prizeupdated: Fri Jan 07 2011 19:57:00

A lucky band of ground zero construction workers scored a $250,000 prize in a Christmas Eve Mega Millions lottery drawing, picking five of six numbers correctly, the New York Lottery says.

AP takes over coveted White House briefing room seatupdated: Sun Aug 01 2010 18:28:00

The Associated Press has won the political version of musical chairs, beating out Fox News, Bloomberg and National Public Radio to win the coveted front row, center seat of the White House briefing room left vacant by Helen Thomas' retirement in June, the White House Correspondents Association announced Sunday.

TV election debates: Tune in -- or drop outupdated: Fri Apr 30 2010 13:11:00

"It was the Sun wot won it" claimed the bumptious newspaper in a famous headline the day after the 1992 UK election surprisingly returned Conservative Prime Minister John Major to power.

Last TV debate before UK electionupdated: Fri Apr 30 2010 13:11:00

CNN's Max Foster takes a look at the highlights and feisty point-scoring of the last televised British leaders debate.

JFK and Elvis on the wallupdated: Thu Nov 19 2009 17:17:00

At an auction at a gallery in New York recently, a piece of artwork sold for a higher price than had been anticipated by the auctioneers: $4,080.

JFK's last autograph nets big bucks at auctionupdated: Sat Nov 14 2009 20:43:00

What could be the last autograph signed by President Kennedy was sold recently at an auction of items linked to his assassination in Texas.

Top honor for ex-senatorupdated: Wed Oct 28 2009 16:17:00

Former senator Edward Brooke receives the Congressional Gold Medal from President Obama.

Former senator awarded Congressional Gold Medalupdated: Wed Oct 28 2009 16:17:00

Edward Brooke, the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote, was honored Wednesday with a Congressional Gold Medal.

Commentary: Did Obama underestimate his critics?updated: Tue Sep 01 2009 09:26:00

One of the great puzzles this summer has been why President Obama seemed to have underestimated the intensity of the counter-mobilization he would face in proposing health care reform.

Kennedy's life in his wordsupdated: Fri Aug 28 2009 11:23:00

A timeline of the tragedies and the happier moments that shaped Sen. Ted Kennedy's life and career.

Ted Kennedy visitation begins at JFK Libraryupdated: Fri Aug 28 2009 11:23:00

A bell tolled atop Boston's Faneuil Hall on Thursday as the body of Sen. Edward Kennedy passed through the streets, while mourners lined up outside his late brother's presidential library for a chance to say goodbye.

Obama at risk from gun-toting protesters?updated: Fri Aug 21 2009 09:34:00

Is the anger in American politics edging towards violence?

Recordings: Kennedy saw nuclear test ban as Cold War thawupdated: Thu Apr 02 2009 23:29:00

Former President John F. Kennedy saw a proposed ban on above-ground nuclear tests as a way to thaw U.S.-Soviet relations after the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to recordings released Thursday.

Get back to good old-fashioned playtimeupdated: Mon Mar 30 2009 12:11:00

Here are 15 ways to bring back the art of having fun (without any electronic thingamajigs).

Commentary: Obama's just the kind of hero we need nowupdated: Tue Jan 20 2009 17:49:00

President Barack Obama, our newly inaugurated 44th president, showed the millions watching around the world and the freezing millions there in person on the Mall why he won the election -- and why so many believe he can lead us in these troubled times.

Commentary: What Obama should do with Bidenupdated: Tue Nov 11 2008 09:06:00

Now that he is president-elect, Barack Obama must start thinking about what to do with Joe Biden.

Races to watch: John Robertsupdated: Mon Nov 03 2008 17:27:00

Through Election Night, CNN.com users can customize their online election tracking through the site's "Your Races" feature.

When president is ill or injured, who needs to know?updated: Mon Oct 13 2008 09:22:00

March 30, 1981. Arguably the most powerful man in the world is shot.

Ohio and GOP VP choices.updated: Mon Aug 11 2008 12:35:00

CNN's Ed Henry reports on what real people in Ohio are saying about the GOP choices for Vice President.

Analysis: Who will be McCain's running mate?updated: Mon Aug 11 2008 12:35:00

With Sen. John McCain touring Pennsylvania with his good friend and the state's popular former governor, Tom Ridge, the buzz is inevitably building about the Republican presidential candidate's choice for running mate.

Key member of Obama's VP committee steps asideupdated: Thu Jun 12 2008 10:03:00

A key member of Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential search team, Jim Johnson, is stepping down after criticism over a mortgage he received, the Obama campaign said Wednesday.

Time.com: How to Pick a Veepupdated: Thu Jun 12 2008 02:00:00

There's no right way to choose a No. 2. McCain and Obama have to decide what matters most: heft, diversity, party unity, regional balance, buzz -- or a combination of all five

Donati gives Celtic last-gasp winupdated: Wed Nov 28 2007 17:56:00

Massimo Donati cracked a winner in time added on to boost Celtic's chances of reaching the last-16 knockout stage of the Champions League with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk.

Celtic held in drab opening gameupdated: Sat Aug 04 2007 23:58:00

Scottish champions Celtic made a disappointing start to the new season when they were held to a drab 0-0 draw by Kilmarnock at Parkhead on Sunday.

Romney faults administration for mistakes in Iraqupdated: Fri May 11 2007 17:27:00

As former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney tries to distinguish himself from his Republican rivals in the race for president, he's also distancing himself from President Bush.

Greenfield: History turns on fate's whimupdated: Fri Jan 06 2006 11:23:00

Once when French President Charles de Gaulle heard an aide describe someone as "indispensable," the general replied: "The graveyards are full of indispensable men.''

CNNMoney: Delta to silence Song?updated: Fri Oct 28 2005 05:34:00

Delta Air Lines is considering dissolving its discount unit Song, although it looks to incorporate many successful elements of that fleet successful, according to a news report published Friday.

Zurawski out of vital Celtic matchupdated: Thu Oct 13 2005 12:47:00

Poland striker Maciej Zurawski is out of Celtic's top-of-the-table Scottish Premier League clash with leaders Hearts on Saturday.

Kennedy-Nixon debate changed politics for goodupdated: Mon Sep 26 2005 12:30:00

The first televised debate between presidential candidates, which took place 45 years ago Monday, not only had a major effect on the 1960 election, it changed America politics for good.

CNNMoney: One in three music CDs is stolenupdated: Fri Jun 24 2005 11:37:00

On the eve of a crucial Supreme Court ruling on music piracy, a leading industry group claimed this week that the global black market for stolen music discs reached $4.6 billion last year -- or one in three CDs.

Transcript: When has Bush misled the public?updated: Fri Oct 01 2004 00:46:00

The following is a partial transcript of the debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry held Thursday night at the University of Miami. The topic of the debate is foreign affairs, and the moderator is Jim Lehrer of PBS:

Clinton: Time again to choose a more perfect unionupdated: Mon Jul 26 2004 23:09:00

Former President Bill Clinton addressed the Democratic National Convention Monday night. This is a transcript of his speech.

Washington awaitsupdated: Wed Jun 09 2004 07:16:00

Hours before daybreak today, mourners started lining up at the Botanical Gardens on Capitol Hill. They'll remain there all day -- swelling in number from hundreds to thousands, and eventually to hundreds of thousands -- as they wait to pay respects to Ronald Reagan, whose casket will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda starting this evening.

Any votes in the cosmos?updated: Mon Jan 19 2004 11:02:00

Mission to Mars: Bush's vision

Fortune: BILL CLINTON'S SYBIL SYNDROME QUESTION: WHICH OF THIS PRESIDENT'S MANY FACES ARE WE LIKELY TO SEE IN CAMPAIGN '96? updated: Mon Feb 19 1996 00:01:00

His opponents say he's two-faced. Or too fresh-faced. Or too obsessed with saving face. But there's one thing even they can't contest: Bill Clinton is no new face.

Fortune: IS GREED DEAD? The party may be over for the Money Society of the 1980s. Flashy spending is out, saving and family are in, and hupdated: Mon Aug 14 1989 00:01:00

DON'T DOFF your designer dinner jacket just yet, but be warned: The long, glittery banquet may be coming to a close, the waiters serving the final candied course. The watchwords of the Eighties -- ...

Fortune: WORKFARE: A FINE IDEA IN NEED OF WORK The current welfare system failed to reach a noble set of goals. It's up to Congress to faupdated: Mon Oct 24 1988 00:01:00

-- Have we learned anything in the quarter century since the last great war on poverty was conceived? After all, that war was lost, and poverty in the U.S. is just as ugly and sprawling now as it w...

Money Magazine: THE OTHER RACE: WHICH BUTTON WILL TRIUMPH DOWN THE ROAD?updated: Sun May 01 1988 00:01:00

In a year with so many candidates, choosing which campaign buttons to store in the attic can be even more difficult than predicting the next President. The election will be decided in November, but...

Fortune: NOW HEAR THISupdated: Mon Nov 23 1987 00:01:00

LEONARD GREEN, 54, partner in the leveraged buyout firm of Gibbons Green van Amerongen, on observing the market crash, which he thinks returned stock prices to more reasonable levels: ''It's like w...

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