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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Santorum Wins Alabama and Mississippi Primaries — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Rick Santorum captured twin victories in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries on Tuesday, overcoming the financial advantages of Mitt Romney and the regional allegiances of Newt Gingrich to amplify his argument …
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Santorum-Gingrich Ticket Floated By Gingrich Adviser … 2012 Election , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich 2012 , Rick Santorum , Elections 2012 , Newt Gingrich , Ron Paul , Video , Election 2012 Blog , Ron Paul 2012 , Mitt Romney 2012 , Rick Santorum 2012 , Santorum , Politics News
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Ann Rubin / KSDK-TV:
Mitt Romney speaks in Kirkwood about jobs, energy and deficit
Mitt Romney speaks in Kirkwood about jobs, energy and deficit
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msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: The race goes on
First Thoughts: The race goes on
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Santorum wins Ala., Miss.; Romney takes Hawaii
Santorum wins Ala., Miss.; Romney takes Hawaii
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David Espo / Associated Press:
The South's turn: Romney, Santorum, Gingrich vie
The South's turn: Romney, Santorum, Gingrich vie
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Ron Paul / Associated Press:
Born-again Christians dominate GOP vote in AL, MS
Born-again Christians dominate GOP vote in AL, MS
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Said He Was Going to Win Alabama
Mitt Romney Said He Was Going to Win Alabama
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
Romney wins Hawaii's first GOP presidential caucus
Romney wins Hawaii's first GOP presidential caucus
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Romney fails to score Southern wins
Romney fails to score Southern wins
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Sarah Palin challenges Obama to debate ‘anywhere, anytime’
Sarah Palin challenges Obama to debate ‘anywhere, anytime’
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Santorum says it ‘would be great’ if Newt bowed out
Santorum says it ‘would be great’ if Newt bowed out
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Greg Smith / New York Times:
Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs — TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in London — I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its identity.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Bloomberg:
Republicans Losing on Birth Control as 77% in Poll Spurn Debate — Americans overwhelmingly regard the debate over President Barack Obama's policy on employer-provided contraceptive coverage as a matter of women's health, not religious freedom, rejecting Republicans' rationale for opposing the rule.
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Keach Hagey / Politico:
David Axelrod bails on Bill Maher — David Axelrod will not be appearing as a guest on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” despite reports last week that he was scheduled to do the show in the next few weeks. — “He's not scheduled to go on at this time,” said Ben LaBolt, the press secretary for President Obama's reelection campaign.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Even with Obama's blessing, top Dem super PAC finds tough sledding
Even with Obama's blessing, top Dem super PAC finds tough sledding
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Washington Examiner:
Pundits gasp as economy dents Obama's poll numbers — You can almost hear the note of surprise in their voices when you read the Washington Post and New York Times reporters' stories on their papers' latest political polls. — Surprise! Just when they thought that Barack Obama was pulling ahead …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Obama camp attacks Romney on eve of Santorum victories
Obama camp attacks Romney on eve of Santorum victories
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Thania A. Betancourt / ASU News:
Senate judiciary committee endorses controversial contraceptive bill — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-2 Monday to endorse a controversial bill that would allow Arizona employers the right to deny health insurance coverage for contraceptives based on religious objections.
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Erin Gloria Ryan / Jezebel:
Law Will Allow Employers to Fire Women for Using Whore Pills [Pill Baby Pill]
Law Will Allow Employers to Fire Women for Using Whore Pills [Pill Baby Pill]
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Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses — A set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica on the shelves of the New York Public Library. — After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print. — Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered reference books …
Tim Mak / Politico:
‘Game Change’ authors: Hillary Clinton in '16 — “Game Change” co-authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann both predicted Wednesday that there was a high probability that Hillary Clinton would run for president in 2016. — “What are the odds this morning that Hillary Clinton runs for president in 2016? …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Don't Tread on Us — Hillary Clinton has fought for women's rights around the world.
Don't Tread on Us — Hillary Clinton has fought for women's rights around the world.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Samuel P. Jacobs / Reuters:
Obama's approval rating up to 50 percent: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - For the first time since early July, more Americans approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing than disapprove, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that shows his approval rating now at 50 percent.
Nick Squires / Telegraph:
Dante's Divine Comedy ‘offensive and should be banned’ — It is a world-renowned work of literature and one of the foundation stones of the Italian language, but Dante's Divine Comedy has been condemned as racist, homophobic, anti-Islamist and anti-Semitic.
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
REJECTED! What the NY Times WON'T Run: Counter-Jihad Facts What the NY Times Will Run: Anti-Catholic Smear Ads — Did you see the virulently anti-Catholic ad that ran in the New York Times last week? That ad inspired AFDI/SIOA, in cooperation with SION (Stop Islamization of Nations) …
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Peter Orszag / Bloomberg:
To Boost U.S. Productivity, Elect a New Congress: Peter Orszag — Last week, Harvard Business School hosted a conference in New York to talk about how the U.S. could continue to support “high and rising living standards for Americans” in the face of global competition.
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Brad DeLong
Washington Monthly:
Terminal Sickness — How a thirty-year-old policy of deregulation is slowly killing America's airline system—and taking down Cincinnati, Memphis, and St. Louis with it. — Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious — “It was certainly one of the hardest choices that I've ever made,” explained Fernando Aguirre.
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
CEO of Texas Planned Parenthood Arrested for Indecent Exposure — The president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood abortion business in Lubbock, Texas was arrested yesterday for indecent exposure at a local baseball field where children play. — As KCBD reports, “According to Lubbock Police …
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
The entire Obama presidency, in one anecdote — One of my favorite moments from the new book The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery: … Now let's fast forward to this past September: … So where are the new jobs coming from, at least the good-paying ones?
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Wall Street Journal:
Stress Tests Buoy U.S. Banks — Most Big Firms Have Healthy Capital; Some Raise Dividends — Most of the biggest U.S. banks passed the latest round of “stress tests” administered by federal regulators—a milestone in the recovery from the financial crisis that clears the way for investors …
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