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Bushes Buy Home in Ritzy Dallas Suburb

By the Associated Press

Posted Dec 4, 2008 8:19 PM CST

(AP) – President Bush and first lady Laura Bush have bought a home among business leaders and prominent Republican donors in an affluent North Dallas neighborhood, where they will live after the president leaves office in January. "We picked out a house, but we don't have... Read full story »

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