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GOP shows signs of bending after election defeat

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control. Now, seven weeks after an electoral

GOP willing to bend on issues after election

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control. Now, seven weeks after an electoral

GOP willing to bend on issues after election

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control. Now, seven weeks after an electoral

Quotations of the day

By The Associated Press "He was equipped to go to war, kill innocent people." - Webster, N.Y., Police Chief Gerald Pickering speaking about an ex-convict who killed two firefighters with a military-style .223-caliber semiautomatic Bushmaster rifle with flash suppression, the same make and caliber