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salomon t Warner reports on an alleged plot by a Christian militia group to kill police officers in the Midwest and talks to Paul Egan, federal court reporter for the Detroit News about the group members arrested by the FBI over the weekend. THE WHITE HOUSE ;S WEB STRATEGY | In the first in a series of reports on how political battles are being waged online, Ray Suarez looks at how the Democrats are harnessing the power of new media to reach voters and constituents, following President Obama presidential campaign on the Web.OBAMA ;S RECESS APPOINTMENTS | Over the weekend, President Obama made a series of recess appointments to administration posts that had been stalled for months. Judy Woodruff looks at the process and politics of the appointments with Norman Ornstein, congressional expert and resident scholar with the American Enterprise Institute, and Paul Light, professor of public service at New York University.HAITI | Adam Da
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ABYAN PROVINCE, YEMEN This past weekend, in southern Yemen, we went where most foreigners haven ;t been allowed to travel since late 2008 Abyan province, east of the port city of Aden on the Arabian Sea. It been a hotbed o
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WASHINGTON 鈥?The Ohio congressman challenging House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says his colleagues understand that regaining the majority requires a new message and a n
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stanley cup nger, 43-year-old Tim Ryan, tells Fox News Sunday that colleagues have told him the Nov. 8 election was about change and that they want change, too.The leadership vote was to be held right after the election. It was delayed after Republicans won the White House and kept control of the House and Senate. Left: Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi D-CA waves after speaking to supporters at the
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