As Jeff Bercovici noted earlier tonight, Carol Bartz is now out as CEO at Yahoo!

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Earlier tonight, the nation heard from President Obama, when he laid out his plan for a strong middle class and a strong America.

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Whatever the truth of what happened in this room earlier tonight, it is unlikely to be on all fours with her statement, which she has not yet read.

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Earlier tonight we heard an intense amount of gunfire.

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Our toasts earlier tonight reminded me of a story.

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And after being unceremoniously dumped by NBC 10 months earlier, the former Tonight Show host scored just that.

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The Conservative MP for Cannock Chase, Aiden Burley, also earlier said he believed UKIP gains across England was "the real story of tonight".

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans.

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