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Portland, Maine, is first East Coast city to approve recreational marijuana use
Voters in Maine's largest city made history Tuesday night by approving a measure that legalizes recreational use of small amounts of marijuana among adults.
End of a bromance: Obama disses Christie — but phones congrats to de Blasio, McAuliff
After cozying up in the aftermath of last year's Hurricane Sandy, the relationship between President Obama and newly re-elected New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may have gone south.
Wife defeats husband in Maine election
All politics is local, but this might be taking it a bit far. A Maine woman defeated her husband, 127 votes to 76, in a municipal race Tuesday, the Morning Sentinel reported.
Chris Christie wins big, but Democratic lawmakers keep control in Trenton
Despite Republican Gov. Chris Christie's landslide victory in New Jersey, Democrats held onto majorities in both houses of the state legislature Tuesday night.
GOP tops Democrats in total votes
Republicans and Democrats may have split the two big prizes on the political map in Tuesday's elections, but in terms of overall votes in New Jersey and Virginia, the GOP came out on top.
Obamas 'overjoyed' as Illinois moves to OK gay marriage
In the wake of the Illinois state House's vote Tuesday to approve gay marriage, President Obama said that he and first lady Michelle Obama are "overjoyed for all the committed couples in Illinois whose love will now be as legal as ours."
Sen. Tom Coburn to get treatment for prostate cancer: report
Sen. Tom Coburn will be away from Washington for the rest of the week to deal with a reoccurrence of prostate cancer that requires evaluation and treatment, The Associated Press said.
Obamas surprise White House visitors
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday personally welcomed visitors to the White House as public tours resumed after a seven-month break.
Cover Oregon website may be ever worse than HealthCare.gov: report
A report from Kaiser Health News suggests Cover Oregon's website might be even worse than the much-maligned federal Obamacare site, as it's failed to enroll a single person and has workers sifting through paper applications to determine applicants' eligibility for benefits.
Government shutdown caused economic confidence to plummet: Gallup
Americans' confidence in the U.S. economy plummeted by 16 points in October, the sharpest monthly drop since Gallup started to track the subject daily in 2008 and reflective of a federal government shutdown and fight over the nation's debt limit in Washington.
3 San Francisco coders show how health care website could have been simpler
The disastrous rollout of the federal Obamacare website has resulted in recriminations, congressional testimony and late-night jokes.
Jeb Bush says Obamacare will not work, less forthcoming about 2016 plans
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Monday the new health care law is "flawed to its core" and will harm Democrats heading into next year's mid-term elections, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Record Democratic spending in N.J. aimed at thwarting Christie ahead of 2016
Democrats and unions have broken records by gathering tens of millions of dollars for their preferred New Jersey candidates this election cycle, an attempt to maintain the party's stranglehold on the Legislature in Trenton as Republican Gov. Chris Christie coasts to re-election, according to The New York Times.
Democratic challenger says Chris Christie tried to confuse N.J. voters: report
A Democratic challenger who has little chance of upsetting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said late Monday the high-profile incumbent tried to confuse voters by holding a special election to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat three weeks before the gubernatorial contest, the Newark Star-Ledger reported.
Wendy Davis turns to D.C. Texans for governor's run
Rising Democratic star Wendy Davis is turning to deep-pocketed Texans who live in Washington to boost her campaign for governor, an effort to compete in the deeply red state that also exposes her to attacks from opponents who try to shun the Beltway scene, according to the Dallas Morning News.
