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Abortion Takes Center Stage at Iowa G.O.P. Forum  —  DES MOINES — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas sought to win over social conservative voters in Iowa on Saturday night as he drew a distinction between his opposition to abortion with the views of his leading Republican rivals and declared …

Graham: Obama's Iraq, Afghan policies ‘being run out of Chicago’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that key foreign policy decisions by the Obama administration are being made for political reasons.  —  “I would argue Iraq and Afghanistan is being run out of Chicago, not Washington …

McConnell: Layoffs a ‘local’ problem  —  In an interesting policy-political joust Sunday with CNN “State of the Union” host Candy Crowley, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stuck by his assertion that stopping federal funding to stave off local police, teacher and firefighter layoffs …

The Red State in Your Future  —  Voters around the country are concluding it's better to be red than dead—applying a whole meaning to an old phrase.  If you do not currently live in a red state, there's a good chance you will be in the near future.  Either you will flee to a red state …

Afghanistan would side with Pakistan in war with US, says Hamid Karzai  —  President says Afghans ‘will never betray their brother’ in TV interview aired days after Kabul visit by Hillary Clinton  —  The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has said he would side with Pakistan in the event of war …

Huge turnout in Tunisia's Arab Spring election  —  * Tunisians vote after uprising removed Ben Ali  —  * Eyes of region on first post-Arab Spring election  —  * Islamists expected to win but coalitions expected  —  * Secularists heckle Islamist leader at polling station (Adds quotes, details on voter turnout)

Sununu to endorse Romney for President  —  MANCHESTER — Former Gov. John H. Sununu on Monday will throw his considerable political influence behind Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.  —  “I'm viewed as a good, solid conservative Republican and I'm supporting a good …

Autopsy: Qaddafi was killed by shot to head  —  Col. Muammar Qaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years before he was driven from power by revolutionaries.  This week he was captured by rebels; an autopsy reveals he died by a gunshot to the head.  —  Anger In The Arab World

They want $lice of the occu-pie  —  Even in Zuccotti Park, greed is good.  —  Occupy Wall Street's Finance Committee has nearly $500,000 in the bank, and donations continue to pour in — but its reluctance to share the wealth with other protestErs is fraying tempers.

Protesters Occupy GE CEO Jeff Immelt's Connecticut Front Lawn  —  Occupy Wall Street protesters took a field trip from Zuccotti Park on Saturday morning, all the way to the wealthy suburban enclave of New Canaan, Conn., where they took their anger at income and tax disparity to GE CEO Jeff Immelt's front lawn.