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Laura Myers / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Romney poised to roll, poll shows — A new poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney headed for a blowout victory Saturday in Nevada's GOP caucuses. — Romney wins support from 45 percent of Nevada Republicans who said they plan to participate in the caucuses …
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KLAS-TV 8 News Now:
BREAKING NEWS: Trump to Endorse Newt Gingrich Tomorrow — LAS VEGAS — An advisor to Donald Trump says he will make a major announcement in Las Vegas tomorrow. Sources tell the 8 News NOW I-Team Trump will endorse Newt Gingrich. — According to Trump advisor Michael Cohen …
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Sources: Trump to endorse Newt — Word started leaking out in Las Vegas earlier that Donald Trump's “major announcement” is to back Newt Gingrich, and sources are confirming it to POLITICO. — The announcement is expected to come at an 11:30 a.m. press conference tomorrow that The Donald is holding.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report says Trump set to endorse Gingrich Thursday in Vegas — Reality show host Donald Trump is set to endorse Newt Gingrich Thursday in Las Vegas, according to a report by the Associated Press. — Trump, who has flirted with his own presidential run and at one point last summer was leading …
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GOP 12, americanthinker.com and Naked Politics
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Among These Republicans, Paul Supporters Go From Outsiders to Vanguard
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Gingrich faces rough February
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Bribery, compromised officials leave indicted financial-crime suspects free from prosecution under Holder's DOJ — A U.S. Justice Department source has told The Daily Caller that at least two DOJ prosecutors accepted cash bribes from allegedly corrupt finance executives who were indicted …
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Doug Ross, Nice Deb, The Right Scoop, Ricochet Conversations Feed, Patterico's Pontifications and The PJ Tatler
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Fox News:
Family of murdered Border Patrol agent files $25M claim against ATF — The family of murdered Border Patrol agent Brian Terry has filed a $25 million wrongful death claim against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives claiming Terry was killed with AK-47s that were knowingly sold under …
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Jammie Wearing Fools, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit, americanthinker.com and Fox News Insider
Carl Cameron / Fox News:
Florida primary might not be a done deal — TAMPA, Fla. — Florida's primary might not be over just yet. — The Newt Gingrich campaign is gearing up to challenge the results of the Florida Republican presidential primary based on the Republican National Committee's own rules which state …
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider
For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider
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The Moderate Voice, ABCNEWS, New York Times and GOP 12
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
RNC memo discusses Fla. delegates
RNC memo discusses Fla. delegates
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2012 Decoded, Hot Air and Mark America
Michael P. McDonald / The Huffington Post:
They're Just Not That Into You, Mitt
They're Just Not That Into You, Mitt
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Cold Fury, The Maddow Blog, Los Angeles Times, Balloon Juice, Daily Pundit, RADAMISTO and FiveThirtyEight
Christopher Wanjek / Yahoo! News:
Sugar Should Be Regulated As Toxin, Researchers Say — A spoonful of sugar might make the medicine go down. But it also makes blood pressure and cholesterol go up, along with your risk for liver failure, obesity, heart disease and diabetes. — Sugar and other sweeteners are, in fact …
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Ryan Jaslow / CBS News:
Sugar should be regulated like alcohol, tobacco, commentary says — (CBS) Should the government regulate sugar, just like it regulates alcohol and tobacco? — A new commentary published online in the Feb. 1 issue of Nature says sugar is just as “toxic” for people as the other two …
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JustOneMinute, americanthinker.com and Guardian
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Hey, isn't it time we regulate sugar like alcohol or tobacco?
Hey, isn't it time we regulate sugar like alcohol or tobacco?
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Hit & Run and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Laura Schmidt / CNN:
Opinion: Why we should regulate sugar like alcohol
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
The National Review's Candidate Won't Stop Digging — It is days like today that make me thankful I think they all suck. At least I'm thankful I'm in the firmly not Romney camp. — Having told us only Romney was viable (with half-nods to Huntsman and Santorum) and having trotted …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney: Context for me, but not for thee
Romney: Context for me, but not for thee
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Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Romney's ‘Poor’ Remark Resonates — Obsessive attention to detail suffuses Mitt Romney's candidacy for president, from the number of times aides who check the microphones at his rallies to the relentless manner in which they scour Twitter. — But his aides aren't always able to bring …
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The Atlantic Online, The Moderate Voice, New York Times, The Reid Report and Connecting.the.Dots
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Romney on the safety net; anti-Romney media still unhinged
Romney on the safety net; anti-Romney media still unhinged
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The New Republic, Instapundit and American Power
David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
DeMint Calls on Romney to Reframe Comments on Poor
DeMint Calls on Romney to Reframe Comments on Poor
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Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress and National Review
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Mitt Romney: “I'm not concerned about the very poor.”
Mitt Romney: “I'm not concerned about the very poor.”
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New York Times, The Maddow Blog, americanthinker.com, RedState, National Review, msnbc.com, dotCommonweal, American Spectator, Jeff_Emanuel's blog, New York Magazine, Erick's blog, Business Insider, Informed Comment, PERRspectives, Riehl World View, The Enterprise Blog and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Ann Coulter:
THREE CHEERS FOR ROMNEYCARE! — If only the Democrats had decided to socialize the food industry or housing, Romneycare would probably still be viewed as a massive triumph for conservative free-market principles — as it was at the time. — It's not as if we had a beautifully functioning free market …
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, 6 more weeks of winter — At 7:25 a.m. this morning, amidst mostly cloudy skies, and temperatures in the low 30s, Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the little town of Punxsutawney, Pa. — According to folklore, Phil's sighting …
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Gulf in the Gulf: Fact and Fiction on Offshore Drilling — Last spring at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston I watched the head of the Interior Department's office that oversees the issuance of drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico, Michael Bromwich, try to assure the audience …
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David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:
Volt sales fall in January — Washington- General Motors extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt had its worst sales month since August, as negative publicity over fire risks hurt vehicles sales in January. — GM sold just 603 Volts - above its sales in January 2011, but far below GM's best-ever sales month …
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Power Line
Commentary Magazine:
Press Man: Why They Wept for Hitchens — One night, nearly 25 years ago, I was talking with Christopher Hitchens at a cocktail party—that this statement could be construed as name-dropping is actually the subject of this column, so please read on—when we were interrupted by the actor Richard Dreyfuss.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Religious Right Praises Komen for Cutting off Breast Exams at Planned Parenthood but Demands Further Capitulations — The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, following a long campaign from anti-choice group, decided to end its partnership with Planned Parenthood, which received grants …
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Susan G. Komen Loses Support After Planned Parenthood Decision
Susan G. Komen Loses Support After Planned Parenthood Decision
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Political Mojo, TBogg, The Mahablog, TheDenverChannel.com, The Maddow Blog, Washington Post, CBS Philly, Balloon Juice, ThinkProgress, US Politics, NPR and UrbanGrounds
Reuters:
Egypt soccer violence kills 74, fans turn on army — (Reuters) - Seventy-four people were killed when supporters clashed at an Egyptian soccer match, prompting fans and politicians on Thursday to turn on the ruling army for failing to prevent the deadliest incident since Hosni Mubarak was ousted.
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