Calif. Rep. Tom Lantos dies
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Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died. He was 80.
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Mr. Lantos was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress.
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Rep. Tom Lantos, the Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, died Monday due to complications from cancer, his office said. Lantos was 80.
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SACRAMENTO, California  - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday vowed to press on with legislation to provide health insurance to his state's uninsured, a day after a universal health care bill he backed died in a Senate committee.
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Despite being a solidly Democratic state in recent presidential elections and having a legislature dominated by Democrats, California has seen its governorship divided nearly evenly between Democrats and Republicans since World War II. Before that, Republicans dominated the office, holding it from 1899 until 1939. Which Democrat ended the GOP's streak?  Earl Warren Culbert Levy Olson Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr. Frank Finley Merriam
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Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.), a Holocaust survivor who became the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced yesterday that he has cancer and will not run for reelection in November.
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Former California Assemblywoman Laura Richardson was sworn in Tuesday as the newest member of the House. She replaces the late Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald, a seven-term lawmaker who died of cancer in April.
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Rep. Charles Whitlow Norwood Jr., 65, a Republican from Georgia who tirelessly promoted a patients' bill of rights and who sought stricter immigration policies, died Feb. 13 of cancer and lung disease at his home in Augusta.
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SAN FRANCISCO Mary Elaine Gennoy--a San Francisco resident and an avid medical marijuana activist--has died at age 53. Close friends say Gennoy died September fifth from complications after undergoing throat surgery for cancer of the larynx.
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California legislators neared the end of their current session on Friday by handing some stinging setbacks to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and leaving him with bills to sign that will test his political convictions.
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Baron Renton of Huntingdon, Britain&#39;s longest-serving lawmaker, died Thursday aged 98, a member of his household confirmed.
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Two-time gold medalist and former U.S. Rep. Bob Mathias has died, the United States Olympic Committee said Saturday.
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The founder of Seagate Technologies died on Tuesday following complications from heart surgery.
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A man diving off the California  coast north of San Francisco was killed in what appears to be a  rare shark attack, officials said on Monday.
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Former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton of  Missouri, running mate of Democratic presidential candidate  Sen. George McGovern in 1972, died on Sunday from heart  problems at age 77, a statement by his family said.
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Rep. Paul Gillmor of Ohio was found dead in his apartment in the nation's capital today, leadership aides for both the Republican and Democratic parties said. House Minority Leader John Boehner told congressmen their colleague "died suddenly overnight."
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Actor Brad Renfro, a former child star in films such as "The Client" and "Tom and Huck," died of an accidental overdose of heroin, the Los Angeles coroner's office said in a report on Friday.