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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee raised $5.2 million in March, beating its Republican counterpart by $2 million. Senate Democrats have grown their money advantage so far in 2013, as incumbents from red states last week and now the committee reported sizable first-quarter hauls.
Senate Democrats have grown their money advantage so far in 2013, as incumbents from red states last week and now the committee reported sizable first-quarter hauls.
Two-thirds of Americans would vote against a state law that would increase the gas tax by up to 20 cents a gallon, with the revenue going toward improving roads and bridges and building more mass transit. Three in 10 Americans would vote for an increase in the gas tax in their state.
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Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon's performance as an upset wife earned her a trip to jail and a disorderly conduct charge Friday. "You are going to be on national news," Witherspoon allegedly told a Georgia state trooper as he handcuffed her on Atlanta's Peachtree Road early Friday morning. That didn't discourage Trooper First Class J. Pyland from writing a very quotable arrest report suitable for national news. Witherspoon, who is in Atlanta to make a movie titled "The Good Lie," is charged with interfering with Pyland's arrest of her husband, Hollywood agent James Toth, on a drunken driving charge.
"You are going to be on national news," Witherspoon allegedly told a Georgia state trooper as he handcuffed her on Atlanta's Peachtree Road early Friday morning. That didn't discourage Trooper First Class J. Pyland from writing a very quotable arrest report suitable for national news.
Witherspoon, who is in Atlanta to make a movie titled "The Good Lie," is charged with interfering with Pyland's arrest of her husband, Hollywood agent James Toth, on a drunken driving charge.