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Eleanor Mondale had carved out her own reputation as an entertainment reporter, radio show host and gossip magnet.

A family spokeswoman said she died at her home in Minnesota on Saturday. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2005.

She was 51.

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"I've never gotten around the question of her having left the governorship of Alaska in mid-term," former Vice President Dick Cheney said today when asked about fellow Republican Sarah Palin and her suitability for national office.

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In an interview with NBC News, the former vice president also said he'd "strongly support" waterboarding a "high value detainee."

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The 69-year-old former vice president, who has had five heart attacks, was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on Friday after experiencing discomfort.

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Media reports, quoting an e-mail from Al and Tipper Gore, say that the former vice president and his wife have decided to separate after 40 years of marriage.

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The 69-year-old former vice president was admitted to the hospital on Monday after experiencing chest pains.

An aide said Cheney is feeling better and likely to leave the hospital in a day or two. The heart attack is Cheney's fifth since age 37.

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Dick Cheney was "resting comfortably" at George Washington University Hospital on Monday night after suffering chest pains, the former vice president's assistant said in a statement.

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney says his successor, Joe Biden, is "dead wrong" about terrorist threats facing the United States.

Biden says Cheney is "misinformed."

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The former vice president told the FBI he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.

In a summary of the conversation, which was released under court order Friday, Cheney repeatedly said he could not recall key events.

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Did former Vice President Dick Cheney order the CIA to keep Congress in the dark about a program to capture or kill al-Qaeda leaders?

NPR Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving, Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Peter Hoekstra discuss a potential congressional investigation.

Meanwhile, will Attorney General Eric Holder appoint a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture during the Bush administration?