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WASHINGTON (AP) — Though noting persistent challenges, President Barack Obama heralded Africa as a continent on the rise and a growth market for U.S. businesses as he closed an unprecedented summit Wednesday aimed in part at fostering his own African legacy. The summit also marked a rare return to Washington for former President George W. […]

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The deaths this year of three major Texas Republican donors, including a billionaire who died over the weekend, could signal a generational change for party kingmakers in the nation’s largest GOP stronghold. Harold Simmons, whose business interests ranged from energy to nuclear waste dumps, helped transform Texas from a Democrat-controlled state […]

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela on Tuesday is poised to be one of the largest such gatherings in generations with tens of thousands of local mourners and almost 100 foreign leaders expected. South African officials say the normal seating capacity of Johannesburg’s FNB stadium of 95,000 probably […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly is apologizing for incorrectly claiming that no Republicans were invited to participate in ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for civil rights. In his on-air apology Thursday, O’Reilly said it was a reminder to check the facts before making a definitive statement. […]

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Talking Points Memo is reporting that a group of Louisiana Republicans think President Barack Obama is to blame for the federal government’s poor response to Hurricane Katrina despite the fact that the storm occurred three years before Obama took office. They reported: The latest survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling, provided exclusively to TPM, showed […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has called his predecessor, former President George W. Bush, to wish him well as he recovers from a heart procedure to ease a blocked artery. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the two spoke on Wednesday. He says Obama was glad to hear the procedure went well and that […]

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Former President George W. Bush successfully underwent a heart procedure in Dallas on Tuesday after doctors discovered a blockage in an artery during his annual physical, Bush spokesman Freddy Ford said. “At the recommendation of his doctors, President Bush agreed to have a stent placed to open the blockage,” Ford said. “The procedure was performed […]

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This is Chris Paul from the TJMS running through the top stories in roughly sixty seconds with The Morning Minute. The five living U.S. Presidents got together yesterday for the dedication of the George W. Bush Library.  Standing together were President Obama, President Clinton, President George H.W. Bush, President Carter and then President George W. […]

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It was flashback Friday on the TJMS when 1990’s comedic legend Pauly Shore visited the Red Velvet Cake Studio to chat with the crew about President Barack Obama,  the George W. Bush library and Redd Foxx  once giving him a joint.  

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D.L. Hughley jokes with the crew about George W. Bush’s library, being off of “Dancing with the Stars” and more on the TJMS.

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DALLAS (AP) — All the living American presidents past and present are gathering in Dallas, a rare reunion to salute one of their own at the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Profound ideological differences and a bitter history of blaming each other for the nation’s woes will give way — if just […]

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Tom and the crew try to figure out how President George W. Bush is going to turn eight years of bad presidency into a quality library. Plus more on Shane Battier’s love for beer.