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SPIN METER: Romney backed earmarks as governor
23 mins ago
Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts.
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Santorum plans aggressive strategy against Romney
55 mins ago
Rick Santorum is pursuing an aggressive strategy to challenge Mitt Romney in the state where the GOP presidential front-runner grew up.
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USAID contractor work in Cuba detailed
62 mins ago
Reports written by American aid contractor Alan Gross detail secret work he carried out in Cuba before his arrest there in 2009.
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Obama's budget offers short-term help for economy
1 hour 44 mins ago
The president will send Congress a budget that will provide short-term help to a struggling economy while offering a long-term plan to deal with soaring deficits, the White House said Sunday. Republicans attacked the spending blueprint as offering more of the same failed solutions for the economy.
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White House: Matter of time before Assad falls
2 hours ago
President Barack Obama's chief of staff says it's only a matter of time before the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad collapses.
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Santorum says he'll be in 2-man race with Romney
2 hours 25 mins ago
Rick Santorum says he expects to do well in the next GOP presidential contests and will be in a two-man race with Mitt Romney.
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From the go, roller-coaster GOP White House race
3 hours 20 mins ago
From the start, it's been a roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Analysis: Obama pitches middle while GOP eyes base
5 hours 36 mins ago
The past week's dustup over contraception underscored President Barack Obama's early advantage in one important area: working to attract independent voters without alienating his Democratic base. His Republican rivals, meanwhile, are forced to keep emphasizing their conservative credentials to attract the right-leaning activists who dominate primaries and caucuses.
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Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark
Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale ...
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