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Exit stage left? Landrieu faces long odds Saturday in Louisiana Senate runoff

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the Keystone XL oil pipeline bill sponsor, turns from a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. The U.S. Senate has rejected a proposal to fast-track the approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

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Louisiana voters will head to the polls Saturday to decide on the lone outstanding U.S. Senate contest of 2014 and two outstanding U.S. House races.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a question and answer session at the BIO International Convention Wednesday, June 25, 2014, in San Diego. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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President Obama told us how he would bypass Congress on immigration and amnesty: "I've got a pen and I've got a phone." But as writer Ernest points out in his column, "A pen leaves written trails. His phone calls to subordinates do not." (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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FILE - This file image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. Lebanese authorities have detained a wife and son of the leader of the Islamic State group and she is being questioned, two senior Lebanese officials said Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

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FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y. The Labor Department releases its weekly report on applications for unemployment benefits on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

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The Rev. Al Sharpton is surrounded by other civil rights leaders while he speaks during a news conference at the National Action Network headquarters in New York, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. National Urban League President Marc Morial calls the lack of an indictment in the Garner case "a travesty of justice." Sharpton said that a civil rights summit will be held following a Dec. 13 march in Washington. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, file photo, University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Rolling Stone is casting doubt on the account it published of a young woman who says she was gang-raped at a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity party at the school, saying there now appear to be discrepancies in the student's account. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Rolling Stone apology for U.Va. rape story called ‘deeply troubling’ by Virginia AG

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The Notre Dame mascot jumps into the arms of guard Ryan Gillis in East Lansing, Mich., Sept. 21, 2002. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Notre Dame’s ‘White Privilege Seminar’ slammed as ‘indoctrination’

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Eddy Giron finishes up cleaning the Bill Cosby star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after it was defaced by graffiti in Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce wrote in a statement that it hoped people upset with Cosby would find different ways to express themselves than vandalism. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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Sports

Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden watches game action in the first quarter as the Washington Redskins play the Tennessee Titans at FedEx Field, Landover, Md., Sunday, October 19, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Redskins’ Gruden: ‘I feel like I’ve failed, in a lot of different ways’21 minutes ago

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Nationals Jayson Werth walks off the field in dejection after flying out in the bottom of the 18th inning to end the game during Game 2 of the National League Division Series as the Washington Nationals host the San Francisco Giants at Nationals Park in Washington, DC., Sunday, October 5, 2014. The Nationals lost to the Giants 1-2 in 18 innings. (Photo by Rod Lamkey Jr.)

Nats’ Werth found guilty on reckless driving charge

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Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson is assisted off the field after being injured during the second half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

DeSean Jackson considered questionable for Redskins’ game against Rams

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Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray (29) celebrates a touchdown with his teammates during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Murray, Romo lead Cowboys over Bears 41-28

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President Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House on June 13, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama threatens veto on California drought bill21 minutes ago

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Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe acknowledges legislators as he is applauded after speaking at a meeting of the Joint Budget Committee at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Outgoing Ark. governor formally announces intent to pardon son

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Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, said the NFL's domestic violence scandal has gone on "too long." (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)

Feinstein readies release of damning report on CIA terror programs

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A casket containing the remains of former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry sits in the front lobby of the John A. Wilson Building, the District's city hall, where Barry spent 16 years as mayor and another 16 years on the D.C. Council, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in Washington. Barry died Nov. 23 at age 78. His remains were brought to the Wilson Building Thursday morning to lie in repose for 24 hours before a funeral procession and two memorial services. (AP Photo/Ben Nuckols)

White House mum on Obama plans for Barry funeral

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University President Teresa Sullivan speaks during a board of visitors meeting about sexual assault at the University of Virginia on Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014 in Charlottsville, Va. The meeting comes after Rolling Stone published an article describing a woman's account of a brutal gang rape, and what the magazine called a hidden culture of sexual violence at the school. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress, Ryan M. Kelly)

Rolling Stone backs off on explosive U.Va. rape article charges21 minutes ago

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A member of the Center for Biological Diversity in polar bear costume protests the Keystone XL pipeline on May 7, 2014, during a visit by President Barack Obama for a two-day visit to Los Angeles for two political fundraisers. The Keystone XL pipeline would cross Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines to reach refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast. The Obama administration announced last month it was delaying a decision on the pipeline's fate indefinitely. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Keystone XL opponents send Obama 700 pens to sign pipeline rejection letter

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Former President George W. Bush discusses his new book "41: A Portrait of My Father" at his father's George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

George W. Bush weighs in on Eric Garner death: ‘How sad’

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The Wall Street entrance of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Global stock markets drifted higher Wednesday Dec. 2, 2014 after Chinese business surveys offered some optimism about the world's No. 2 economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Hiring surges as U.S. unemployment stays steady at 5.8 percent

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University President Teresa Sullivan speaks during a board of visitors meeting about sexual assault at the University of Virginia on Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014 in Charlottsville, Va. The meeting comes after Rolling Stone published an article describing a woman's account of a brutal gang rape, and what the magazine called a hidden culture of sexual violence at the school. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress, Ryan M. Kelly)

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The Notre Dame mascot jumps into the arms of guard Ryan Gillis in East Lansing, Mich., Sept. 21, 2002. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts as she is introduced to speak at the Massachusetts Conference for Women in Boston, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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A member of the Center for Biological Diversity in polar bear costume protests the Keystone XL pipeline on May 7, 2014, during a visit by President Barack Obama for a two-day visit to Los Angeles for two political fundraisers. The Keystone XL pipeline would cross Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines to reach refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast. The Obama administration announced last month it was delaying a decision on the pipeline's fate indefinitely. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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FILE - This file image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. Lebanese authorities have detained a wife and son of the leader of the Islamic State group and she is being questioned, two senior Lebanese officials said Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

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