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4:15 PM ET, February 10, 2012

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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Obama to Offer ‘Accomodation’ on Contraception Rule  —  With the White House under fire for its new rule requiring employers including religious organizations to offer health insurance that fully covers birth control coverage, ABC News has learned that later today the White House …
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Both Catholic Health Assn and Planned Parenthood Say They're Pleased With Contraception Rule Announcement  —  Senior administration officials are pleased with the initial response to President Obama's pending announcement on an “accommodation” for religious organizations regarding …
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
The catch in Obama's contraceptives compromise  —  The White House has given reporters the rundown on the “accommodations” that President Obama will announce on the health reform law's requirements for hospitals run by faith-based groups to cover the costs of employees' contraceptives.  Here's how it works.
Planned Parenthood:
Statement by Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, on Obama Administration Announcement on Birth Control Coverage Benefit:  —  “In the face of a misleading and outrageous assault on women's health, the Obama administration has reaffirmed its commitment …
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Women's Preventive Services and Religious Institutions  —  Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, most health insurance plans will cover women's preventive services, including contraception, without charging a co-pay or deductible beginning in August, 2012.
Washington Post:
White House to announce adjustment to birth-control rule
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama shifts on birth control mandate after heavy criticism
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
I Still Want My Free Lunch
Discussion: ACS Blog
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Offers ‘Accommodation’ on Birth Control Rule
Discussion: Truthdig, The New Republic and The Page
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Birth control may now be wedge issue against GOP
Discussion: Daily Kos, pandagon.net and US Politics
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Bishops Were Prepared for Battle Over Birth Control Coverage
Janet Hook / Washington Wire:
Santorum Gets Spirited Reception at CPAC  —  Rick Santorum got such a positive reception from a meeting of the party's conservative base Friday morning, the former senator almost cut his speech short while he was ahead.  Well, almost. … Halfway through a speech to the Conservative Political …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Rick Santorum / CNN:
TRENDING: Santorum blasts Obama for ‘coercion’
Rick Santorum / CNN:   Santorum rolls into CPAC
Mj Lee / Politico:
Allen West: Tea party is like ‘The Blob’
Discussion: Mediaite and CNN
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rep. King predicts critical day for GOP presidential candidates
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Washington Post:
Rep. Spencer Bachus faces insider-trading investigation  —  The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee over possible violations of insider-trading laws, according to individuals familiar with the case.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Santorum surges nationally after three-state sweep  —  Rick Santorum has surged nationally in the race for the 2012 Republican nomination after his three-state sweep this week, while Mitt Romney has lost ground among GOP primary voters.  In addition, most GOP voters …
Discussion: Politico and National Review
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Discussion: CNN and Guardian
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Brags AT CPAC: ‘We Prevented Massachusetts From Becoming The Las Vegas Of Gay Marriage’  —  Mitt Romney touted his opposition to marriage equality at CPAC this afternoon by mocking the 2003 state Supreme Court decision which found that Massachusetts did not have a rational basis …
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Kathleen McAuliffe / The Atlantic Online:
How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy  —  Jaroslav Flegr is no kook.  And yet, for years, he suspected his mind had been taken over by parasites that had invaded his brain.  So the prolific biologist took his science-fiction hunch into the lab.  What he's now discovering will startle you.
Discussion: Boing Boing
Bloomberg:
Paul Krugman vs. the World  —  The escalating battle of ideas between the Nobel Prize-winning economist and his illustrious peers  —  What has been getting the Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist so riled up lately?  In the last few weeks, what began as a semi-civil battle …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Say  —  WASHINGTON — Education was historically considered a great equalizer in American society, capable of lifting less advantaged children and improving their chances for success as adults.  But a body of recently published scholarship suggests …
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
CPAC 2012: Conservatives Rap About America, Don Colonial-Style Wigs (VIDEO) … Cpac , Video , 2012 Cpac , Conservative Political Action Conference , Chris Loesch , Conservative Political Action Conference 2012 , Conservative Rap , Cpac 2012 , Dana Loesch , Steven Crowder , Politics News
Wall Street Journal:
Low Turnout and the Big Tune-Out  —  Voters aren't bothering with the GOP, but Obama has lost their attention too.  —  The Romney campaign is better at dismantling than mantling.  They're better at taking opponents apart than building a compelling candidate of their own.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Santorum says ‘other types of emotions’ could preclude women in combat  —  For a candidate with virtually no staff and who tends to talk off the cuff, Rick Santorum has been nearly gaffe-free.  However, this evening might have been his first, and it comes at a time when he is trying …
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Obama's Worst Year  —  The inside story of his brush with political disaster.  —  Shortly after four o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 13, 2011, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner walked down the hallway near his office toward a large conference room facing the building's interior.
 
 
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Romney to business leaders: ‘I love you’
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Ian Traynor / Guardian:
Greece bows to further austerity, but bailout delayed until next week
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Occupy protesters, conservatives clash at CPAC conference
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Associated Press:
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

Reuters:
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