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Tony Blankley Dies at 62: Gingrich Remembers Former Press Secretary [VIDEO]

Tony Blankley Dies at 63: Gingrich Remembers Former Press Secretary [VIDEO]

Blankley, who earned the name The Speaker's Speaker while working with Newt Gingrich in the 1990s, has died at age 62 of stomach cancer. Blankley served in the Reagan administration, and was a noted author, conservative columnist and editor at The Washington Times. Watch Gingrich remember his ally and friend, and read others' remembrances of the conservative wunderkind.
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Wall Street Buoyed by Rallying Bank Shares

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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak lies on a stretcher while being transported to the courtroom at the police academy in Cairo

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According to the American Cancer Society, a person in the United States has a one in 114 chance of developing stomach cancer. An estimated 21,500 Americans were diagnosed with it in 2011 and an estimated 10,500 died from it.

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Murdoch Joins Twitter: Faces Users’ Ire

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