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Donald Trump / CNN:
BREAKING: Trump to back Romney — Posted by CNN Political Director Mark Preston — Washington (CNN) - Donald Trump will endorse Mitt Romney for president, sources with knowledge of the endorsement tell CNN. — Trump will make the announcement Thursday in Las Vegas, two days before the Nevada caucuses.
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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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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Trump guarantees an endorsement circus, likely backing Romney — We reported, along with the New York Times and the Associated Press among others, last night that Donald Trump is expected to endorse Newt Gingrich, according to sources around his campaign. The Times went first with the news in terms of national outlets.
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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.
Washington Post:
Donald Trump to endorse Mitt Romney
Donald Trump to endorse Mitt Romney
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
The National Review's Candidate Won't Stop Digging
The National Review's Candidate Won't Stop Digging
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report says Trump set to endorse Gingrich on Thursday in Vegas
Report says Trump set to endorse Gingrich on Thursday in Vegas
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In — An entirely avoidable, and deeply regrettable, controversy has been raging this week over the decision by the (formerly highly-esteemed) Susan G. Komen For the Cure foundation, the world's leading breast-cancer research advocacy group …
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David Nather / Politico:
Susan G. Komen founder: We won't ‘bow down’ — Susan G. Komen for the Cure is speaking out about its controversial decision to stop giving grants to Planned Parenthood, with its founder claiming the decision has been “mischaracterized” and vowing to resist “political pressure.”
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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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Fox News:
GOP report: Justice officials were on top of Fast and Furious
GOP report: Justice officials were on top of Fast and Furious
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Have Democrats Succeeded in Pre-Destroying Romney? — Inside the left's little-noticed, relentless, brutally effective campaign to tear down the Republican front-runner in advance of the general election. — Tuesday's installment of the left's crusade to destroy Mitt Romney began like this …
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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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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
Sugar should be regulated like alcohol, tobacco, commentary says
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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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Laura Schmidt / CNN:
Opinion: Why we should regulate sugar like alcohol
Opinion: Why we should regulate sugar like alcohol
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americanthinker.com
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
RNC not supporting Gingrich's quest for Florida delegates — The Republican National Committee will not support Newt Gingrich in his quest to add some Florida delegates to his count. — The former speaker's campaign argued it deserves some delegates out of Florida despite the state party's position …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
How Newt Gingrich could bounce back
How Newt Gingrich could bounce back
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Ballot Box and Business Insider
Carl Cameron / Fox News:
Florida primary might not be a done deal
Florida primary might not be a done deal
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Jim Vandehei / Politico:
Why Obama should be worried — To hear Democrats (and much of the media) tell it, President Barack Obama is a man on the rebound. The president turned in a strong State of the Union speech, picked a smart political fight over taxing the rich and authorized another heroic Navy SEAL mission in terrorist territory.
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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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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider — RENO, NEV. — The remaining candidates in the winnowed Republican presidential field are attacking one another with abandon, each day bringing fresh headlines of accusations and outrage.
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Washington Post:
Mitt Romney relying heavily on small group of super-rich donors — One of Mitt Romney's strongest assets as the GOP presidential front-runner is also a potentially serious liability in the race: his heavy reliance on a small group of millionaires and billionaires for financial support.
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Steven Rattner / Politico:
Mitt Romney pushes the envelope on his taxes
Mitt Romney pushes the envelope on his taxes
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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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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 …
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David Catanese / Politico:
Bowles won't run for governor — Erskine Bowles, the ex-White House aide who Democrats had hoped to recruit into the open seat race for North Carolina governor, has passed on a campaign, a top Democrat tells POLITICO. — Bowles, who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate twice …
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