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    NATION/WORLD
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Cruz, Sanders emerge
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stretch that highlighted his
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Wisconsin signals the start of
his decline.
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point,” Cruz told cheering
supporters at a victory rally.
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working people of Wisconsin
to America. We have a
choice. A real choice.”
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cast his victory as a moment
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primary campaign.
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Sanders beat their rivals in
the Badger State:
Results as of 12:15 a.m. EDT April 6
DEMOCRATS
VOTES CAST: 837,172
B. Sanders
56.3%
H. Clinton
43.4
(45)
(31)
(Delegates allocated out of 86)
PRECINCTS REPORTING: 83%
REPUBLICANS
VOTES CAST: 919,904
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PRECINCTS REPORTING: 81%
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competing against Clinton.
But he still trails her in the
pledged delegate count and
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At a raucous rally in
Wyoming, Sanders cast his
victory as a sign of mounting
momentum for his campaign.
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is Wisconsin, we have now
won 7 out of 8 of the last
caucuses and primaries,” he
declared.
The results in Wisconsin
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primaries will continue deep
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Clinton in uncertainty and
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setting their sights on the
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pockets of voters, Wisconsin
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Midwestern state, she spent
Tuesday night at a fundraiser
with top donors in New York
City.
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congratulated
Sanders on Twitter and
thanked her supporters
in Wisconsin. “To all the
voters and volunteers who
poured your hearts into this
campaign: Forward!” she
wrote.
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him a handful of additional
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86 delegates at stake in
Wisconsin, Sanders will pick
up at least 45 and Clinton
will gain at least 31.
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still win 67 percent of the
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LONDON (AP) — The
leak of millions of records
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offshore
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political casualty Tuesday
as Iceland’s prime minister
stepped aside amid outrage
over revelations he had
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to shelter large sums while
Iceland’s economy was in
crisis.
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the Panama Papers.
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The announcement that
Gunnlaugsson was stepping
down as leader of Iceland’s
coalition government came
from his deputy, Sigurdur
Ingi Johannsson, who is also
the country’s agriculture
minister. It followed the
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dent to dissolve parliament
and call a new election, and
after thousands of Icelanders
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No replacement has yet
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that he had accepted the
resignation.
April 7th
Celebrating Gloria Rossi
Please join us on April 7th from 12:00 to
4:00 p.m. at the Banner Bank Commercial
Banking Center for cake, punch and a
chance to wish her well on her retirement.
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