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Iowa Update: It’s Cruz vs. Trump in 19 Days

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas holds a town hall at Praise Community Church in Mason City, Iowa, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016.

In politics 19 days can be an eternity. In 19 days before my fellow Iowans caucus in local churches, schools, fire houses, and even homes the Republican field will have two more debates, we’ll be exposed countless radio and TV ads, and who knows how many trees have been sacrificed to send us mailers that most of us don’t want.

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On July 9, 1776, patriots in Manhattan, having heard the Declaration of Independence read aloud for the first time, marched down Broadway and tore from its perch the two-ton lead statue of King George III.

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Quinnipiac Poll Shows Donald Trump, Ted Cruz Tied in Iowa

A newly released Quinnipiac University poll shows Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz effectively tied for first place a month before the Iowa caucus, with Trump at 31 percent and Cruz at 29 percent, within the poll’s margin of error.

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Windy City Weekend Shooting Toll: 7 Dead, 22 Wounded

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