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Santorum Suspends Presidential Campaign — Updated Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign on Tuesday, bowing to the inevitability of Mitt Romney's nomination and ending his improbable, come-from-behind quest to become the party's conservative standard-bearer in the fall.
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Romney on Dems' ‘war on women’ — Wilmington, Del. (CNN) - As the Republican field winnowed Tuesday, Mitt Romney made an appeal to a voting bloc key to any candidate's success in November: women. — Though the day's headlines revolved around a decision by former Sen. Rick Santorum to suspend his campaign …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads Romney by 13 in Colorado
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Rick Santorum drops 2012 campaign for president
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Rick Santorum ends presidential campaign after conceding to Mitt Romney in phone call
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Romney Solidifies GOP Position but Obama Gets Boost From Women
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Santorum exits presidential race
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Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
Rick Santorum suspends his 2012 presidential campaign at an event in Gettysburg, Pa.
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Steve Benen / Associated Press:
Santorum stands down — A week ago today, Rick Santorum …
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Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
Trayvon Martin: Attorneys say Zimmerman contacted prosecutor, Sean Hannity — The two men who have been George Zimmerman's most outspoken defenders, attorneys Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner, said today that they're off the case. — “On Sunday, we lost track of George, in that he would not return our calls,” attorney Uhrig said.
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Trayvon Martin Case: George Zimmerman's Attorneys Quit, Say Client ‘Disappeared’ — Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy … FOLLOW: — Video, Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, George Zimmerman Lawyers, George Zimmerman Lawyers Quit, Trayvon Martin Case …
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Exclusive: Trayvon Martin Family Attorney Responds as Zimmerman Lawyers Withdraw Counsel — Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig, attorneys for George Zimmerman, at a press conference on April 10, 2012 — Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig, the lawyers who have been speaking for and providing legal representation …
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Kyle Hightower / Associated Press:
Martin case prosecutor to make announcement soon
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The Fox Mole / Gawker:
Announcing Our Newest Hire: A Current Fox News Channel Employee — What follows is the inaugural column of a person we are calling The Fox Mole—a long-standing, current employee of Fox News Channel who will be providing Gawker with regular dispatches from inside the organization.
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Hansen and Schmidt of NASA GISS under fire for climate stance: Engineers, scientists, astronauts ask NASA administration to look at empirical evidence rather than climate models — Looks like another GISS miss, more than a few people are getting fed up with Jim Hansen and Gavin Schmidt and their climate shenanigans.
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Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
Madam Secretary Meme Goes From Gay-Bar Banter to State Department Invite — [Photo: Stacy Lambe, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Adam Smith, texting and loling, on April 10, 2012. (Photos from Texts From Hillary.)] — Two gays walk into a bar ...
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Andy Kroll / Mother Jones:
Exclusive: McDonald's Says It Has Dumped ALEC — Add another name to the list of corporations who've ditched the American Legislative Exchange Council: McDonald's. — The fast food giant tells Mother Jones that it recently decided to cut ties with ALEC, the corporate-backed group …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
America's Debt Bomb: Worse Than Europe's — It has been said many times in recent months that we aren't Greece. Now it will start to be said that we aren't Spain. Both propositions are certainly true. (For one thing, Spain elected its socialist government in 2004, thus getting a head start on us.)
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Paul Rolly / Salt Lake Tribune:
Newt Gingrich stiffs Utah — Five Republicans have filed the necessary papers and $500 fee to qualify for the June 26 Utah presidential primary election, but with Rick Santorum dropping out of the race Tuesday, only four will be on the ballot. — Or, make that possibly three.
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Hayley Rose Horzepa / The Huffington Post:
Painter of Light, Dead at 54 — On Friday April 6, famous “painter of light” Thomas Kinkade died. Kinkade is known not only for his beautifully cheerful paintings but his strong faith and belief in Christianity. Within many of his paintings, he hid the names of his family members …
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“Double-Counting” Canard Quacks Again — Former Bush Administration official Charles Blahous has garnered some media attention by gussying up old, discredited arguments about the budgetary effects of health reform. But his paper adds nothing new to the debate.
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Sean Higgins / Capital Hill:
Poll: Half Of Democrats Want To Get Rid of Individual Mandate — A key talking point of Democrats and liberal pundits regarding the Supreme Court's ObamaCare case is that if the justices overturn the law — or even just the individual mandate portion — it will damage the “legitimacy” of the court.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama makes case for ‘Buffett Rule,’ higher taxes on wealthy — BOCA RATON, Fla. — President Obama intensified his populist pitch Tuesday, aggressively making the case that the wealthiest Americans should pay more in taxes and taking Republicans to task for opposing the “Buffett Rule.”
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Obama: Buffett rule about fairness, future
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Larry Gordon / L.A. NOW:
UCLA sends mistaken congrats to 894 applicants and then apologizes — Congratulations, you're in! Oops, nevermind. That was a mistake. — In an email about financial aid awards, UCLA told 894 high school seniors last weekend that they were admitted to the highly competitive campus.
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Catholic Cardinal: A Sin to Cooperate With Obama Mandate — A leading Catholic cardinal at the Vatican has essentially said that complying the with Obama birth control mandate would have Catholics and Catholic organizations participating in sin. — The mandate compels religious employers …
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Paul Ryan Claims Secret Democratic Support — They'd come out for his budget but fear they'd “get killed. Ryan on Romney: An “earnest ... throwback to the '50s. Ryan with Romney on April 3. — (Getty Images / Scott Olson) — House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan told reporters in New York today …
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Jeffrey Lord / American Spectator:
Huckabee Show Opens With Staged Caller — Wow. — As we often say here: you just can't make it up. — Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee took his first phone call of his new talk radio call-in show yesterday. From “Mike in San Francisco.” Remember: the show is being positioned …
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Collin Roth / Media Trackers:
EXCLUSIVE: 43 Current Milwaukee County DA Employees Sign Walker Recall — Media Trackers is able to confirm that 43 current employees of the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office signed the petition to recall Governor Scott Walker. A total of 70 names on iverifytherecall.com matched …
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