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Rubio takes jokes with good humor, says \"I needed water\".

Sen. Marco Rubio continued to poke fun at himself Wednesday morning after his now-famous sip of water made a big splash during his Republican response to the State of the Union.


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Department of Transportation budget has gone up since 2003 but many say it's not enough

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- President Obama is expected to once again call for billions more in federal spending on roads, bridges, rail and other infrastructure projects in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.


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Hadiya Pendleton's parents will sit with Michelle Obama at the State of the Union Address

CHICAGO (CNN) -- Gun violence has inextricably joined Michelle and Barack Obama with a family from their Chicago neighborhood, and the president will give them a place of prominence during Tuesday night's State of the Union address.


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It's the latest in a series that's been beaming back data since 1972

(CNN) -- NASA put its newest Landsat satellite into orbit on Monday, extending a long-running program that has been beaming back dramatic images of Earth for more than 40 years.


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Officials said the speech will lay out a roadmap for 'expanding opportunity for the middle class'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When President Barack Obama delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term Tuesday, he'll return to the topic that's proven to be the most lasting dilemma of his presidency: jobs and the economy.


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At least nine people are killed in a blizzard that hit the Northeast

(CNN) -- A major winter storm whipped the Upper Midwest early Monday, just after a historic snowfall left much of the Northeast buried and without power.


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Authorities are offering a $1 million reward for information leading to an arrest

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- As the manhunt for the renegade ex-cop accused of killing three people in a revenge plot targeting the Los Angeles Police Department entered its second week on Monday, the big question facing authorities -- where is Christopher Jordan Dorner?


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Obama irritated some with criticism of conservative members in 2010

For members of the Supreme Court, enduring the State of the Union address is a civic exercise in poker-faced discretion. As recent history has shown, that is not always easy.


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Claims that Menendez intervened in federal audits dismissed as Republican attacks

Sen. Robert Menendez has denied wrongdoing regarding several recent claims, including that he partied with prostitutes while on trips to the Dominican Republic.


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Outtage caused 35 minute delay at Sundays game

The cause of Sunday's power outage at the Super Bowl in New Orleans has been traced to a newly installed device that was meant to protect Superdome equipment, utility company Entergy New Orleans announced Friday morning.


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