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Former Vice President Joe Biden is planning to host a "virtual fireside chat" fundraiser in April, sources tell The Hill. Biden, who has spent the last few weeks sidelined in his Wilmington, Del., home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been looking for ways to connect more intimately with voters and donors. “There’s nothing cozy about a virtual fundraiser but they’re trying to make it a little more palatable,” said one donor. The virtual fundraiser, which is set to take place on April 16, will be hosted by Jed Katz, a venture capitalist. Katz helped put together another in-person fundraiser...

Rocky Mountain News For sign pilferer, politicians aren't only ones falling flat on their face By Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain NewsOctober 19, 2004 A Lakewood Republican stealing campaign signs late one night got nabbed when he ran across a low- hanging driveway chain, fell face first onto a pilfered sign and the concrete and knocked himself unconscious. Randal Wagner, 50, was loaded into an ambulance, treated at Lutheran Medical Center for abrasions and facial cuts and issued a summons. Wagner, who unsuccessfully tried to steal a "Dave Thomas" congressional sign that evening, had signs for other Democratic candidates in his...

This is the live thread for tonights debate on Fox scheduled for 8 pm..

[b]N.Y. Councilmen say even water guns should be banned[/b] January 5, 2003, 5:31 PM EST NEW YORK (AP) _ Two city councilmen said Sunday that last week's fatal police shooting of a teenager who was holding a pellet gun highlights the importance of their proposed bill to ban the sale and possession of toy guns. Current city law permits the sale of only brightly colored toy guns constructed of transparent material. At a City Hall news conference, Councilman David Weprin, a Queens Democrat, brandished his daughter's water pistol, which he had painted black, to demonstrate that even obviously fake guns...