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(JIM COLE/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., brings out money to pay for items she bought during a campaign stop at Zeb’s General Store Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, in North Conway, N.H.

Bachmann: Debt ceiling fight kept her out of NH

Last updated Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 5:07pm

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann said Sunday that her unsuccessful fight against raising the federal debt ceiling kept her away from New Hampshire for nearly four months, but she’s still committed to winning over voters in the key early primary state.

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(The Associated Press) In this Jan. 8, 2011 photo released by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office shows shooting suspect Jared Loughner. A judge in Tucson hears arguments Wednesday Sept. 28, 2011 over whether Jared Lee Loughner should spend eight more months in psychological treatment in a bid to make him competent to stand trial. Loughner has been at a Missouri prison facility since U.S. District Judge Larry Burns found him mentally unfit four months ago.

Judge to mull an extension of Loughner’s treatment

Amanda Lee Myers, Jacques Billeaud The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 8:39am

TUCSON, Ariz. — The man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly shooting rampage is scheduled Wednesday to make his first court appearance since an angry outburst got him kicked out of a May competency hearing.

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The ambulance carrying Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is escorted from University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. Giffords is being moved Houston for further rehabilitation. (David Wallace/Associated Press)

Rep. Giffords is moved to Houston - January 21, 2011

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 21, 2011 - 12:26pm

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Mark Kelly, husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, talks about his life with Gabby Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 at the University Medical Center in Tucson, Az.

Giffords husband 'extremely hopeful' for recovery

Marilynn Marchione, Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 12:11pm

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can stand with assistance, the latest milestone in her recovery as her family prepares to move her to Houston for extensive mental and physical rehabilitation from a bullet wound to the brain.

Her swift transition from an intensive care unit to a rehab center is based on the latest research, which shows the sooner rehab starts, the better patients recover.

Giffords' family hopes to move the Arizona congresswoman on Friday to TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston, where her husband lives and works as an astronaut.

"I'm extremely hopeful that Gabrielle is going to make a full recovery," Mark Kelly said at a news conference at University Medical Center. "She is a fighter like nobody else that I know."

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Giffords able to stand up as she readies for rehab

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 9:55am

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords stood up and looked out the window of her hospital room, the latest milestone in the Arizona congresswoman's recovery as her family prepares to move her to Houston for extensive mental and physical rehabilitation from a bullet wound to the brain.

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