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A Texas mom thinks it's bull that her 3-year-old girl was expelled from the Jubilee Child Development Center in San Antonio for saying "sh-t," WOAI reported. "I don't condone her saying i,t but for that to be a faith-based day care, I would think that they would reinforce and let her know that's not a word to say," Cassandra Wright told the local station. Wright said she doesn't use that word at home and isn't quite sure how little Arianna heard it in the first place. She even doubts whether she knows what it means. "I asked her what word...

New Hampshire’s two freshman congressional incumbents are going back to Washington on their Democratic Party's sweep of major elected offices. U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter held off a late charge from Republican Jeb Bradley, who served the 1st District from 2003 to 2006. U.S. Rep. Paul W. Hodes celebrated a commanding victory over Republican Jennifer M. Horn in the 2nd District. With 11 of 12 wards in Manchester reporting, Shea-Porter led Bradley by 22,751 to 17,297. Hodes won his home city of Concord by a 2-to-1 margin, 13,817 to 6,941. In an election season of attacks and counter-attacks, the incumbents worked...