Romney's lead dips despite wins: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  (Reuters) - Despite his strong showing in early state contests in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney's support nationwide has dipped slightly during the past month, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.

Prop.  8: Gay-marriage ban unconstitutional, court rules  —  A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage as early as next year.  —  The 2-1 decision by a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court …

February PRRI Religion and Politics Tracking Poll  —  ▶ Read the news release here.  —  ▶ Read the Topline Questionnaire including the survey methodology here.  —  Majority Support Requirement that Employer Health Care Plans Include Contraception Coverage

Michelle Obama in Tug of War at White House  —  The normally dignified Blue Room at the White House became a late-night show comedy set last month when first lady Michelle Obama engaged in a friendly game of tug of war with host Jimmy Fallon, according to a photo released by the White House today.

Karen Handel resigns from Komen for the Cure  —  Karen Handel, the former GOP candidate for governor, just announced her resignation as a senior vice president for public of Susan G. Komen for the Cure - one week after the breast cancer charity reversed itself on a decision to sever financial ties with Planned Parenthood.

Exclusive: Occupy DC Plans Mayhem for Major Conservative Conference  —  The “Occupy DC” protest group is planning to disrupt the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference using a range of potentially illegal tactics that could even include violence against participants, Scribe has learned.

Suspect recall signing could result in felony charges  —  RACINE — What started with a man noticing his friend's signature four times on recall petitions could result in felony charges.  —  The Racine County Sheriff's Office is continuing to investigate possible fraudulent recall signatures collected …

The Very Last World War I Veteran Has Died  —  A British woman who served with the Royal Air Force for the last two months of World War I was the last known veteran of the war when she died in her sleep Saturday night.  Florence Green joined the RAF at the age of 17 and died just before her 111th birthday …

No investigation when suspected drugs found at home of ABC director  —  Suspected marijuana was found by three police officers at the home of the director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Commission, whose mission is to eradicate marijuana.  —  A Channel 4 I-Team investigation found the drugs were never seized or investigated.

BBC tells its staff: don't call Qatada extremist  —  The BBC has told its journalists not to call Abu Qatada, the al-Qaeda preacher, an “extremist”.  —  Abu Qatada, the Islamic extremist, in one of the images banned by the BBC  —  In order to avoid making a “value judgment” …

Dem Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper: I Wouldn't Have Voted for Obamacare If I'd Known About HHS Regulation  —  Former Democratic congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper, a Catholic from Erie, Pennsylvania, cast a crucial vote in favor of Obamacare in 2010.  She lost her seat that November in part because of her controversial support of Obamacare.

The Clint Eastwood Ad is Right: It's Time to Come Together... and Defeat Liberalism  —  RUSH: I've had two people e-mail me recently calling Clint Eastwood, “Eastman.”  Clint, you gotta do something.  They think you're related to a film company here, Eastman instead of Eastwood.

Another Bain exec revealed as man behind corporate donor to pro-Romney super PAC  —  ‘Restore Our Future’ super PAC outs ex-Bain exec as donor  —  4 minutes, 25 seconds ago Updated: 2 minutes, 39 seconds ago  —  A mysterious corporate donor to an outside spending group supporting Mitt Romney's campaign …