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02/07/2012 06:17 PM
In a departure from the state of play in the last few elections, Mitt Romney appeared to be in competition with Rick Santorum for the slate of states holding their Republican nominating contests Tuesday.
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02/07/2012 05:26 PM
Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.
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02/07/2012 05:13 PM
A Muslim civil rights group wants the Justice Department to investigate the tactics of FBI agents in Portland, Oregon, after two Libyan-Americans from the area recently were barred from returning to the United States.
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02/07/2012 04:29 PM
The U.S. budget deficit registered at $349 billion for the last four months, marking a $70 billion decline from the same period a year ago, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
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02/07/2012 04:05 PM
U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick of Charlotte says she won't run again for re-election to North Carolina's 9th Congressional District.
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02/07/2012 03:46 PM
Sen. John McCain and other lawmakers called Tuesday for the U.S. to consider arming the Syrian opposition, as new videos emerged purporting to show the bloody aftermath of the weekend's massacre in the Syrian city of Homs.
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02/07/2012 02:06 PM
Suzanne Bonamici is officially a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Speaker John Boehner administered the oath of office in the House chamber Tuesday, one week after Bonamici won a special election to replace former Rep. David Wu.
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02/07/2012 01:39 PM
The State Department played down warnings Tuesday over the latest step toward a unity government between Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah, saying "the fundamentals have not changed" despite claims that the deal imperils the already-anemic peace process.
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02/07/2012 12:43 PM
South Carolina says in a lawsuit that the U.S. Justice Department was wrong to block the state from requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote.
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02/07/2012 12:01 PM
A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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02/07/2012 11:57 AM
A federal appeals court says American seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits in a rare case of someone suing to get out of a government entitlement.
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02/07/2012 11:45 AM
Former President John F. Kennedy carried on an 18-month affair with a White House intern, according to a new book by the alleged mistress -- now a 69-year-old grandmother and retired New York City church administrator.
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02/07/2012 11:20 AM
The Army said Tuesday that a request for chaplains not to read a letter in Sunday Mass that expressed disapproval of a new regulation in the Obama administration's health care law was not an attempt to "censor," but rather a cautionary move to preserve "military order and discipline."
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02/07/2012 09:51 AM
Team Obama Wants Super PAC Spending… So Obama Can Stop Super PAC Spending; Romney Attacks Elevate Santorum
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02/07/2012 09:37 AM
A high-ranking official in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity quit Tuesday, offering a defiant letter of resignation detailing the organization's decision about whether it should continue funding breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood.
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02/07/2012 08:26 AM
A New York City vendor who alerted police to an attempted car bombing in Times Square is running for Congress.
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02/07/2012 08:16 AM
As the Republican candidates play out their presidential nominating bids in three states on Tuesday, predictions are mounting that Rick Santorum will have a good night after pulling ahead in Midwestern polling.
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02/07/2012 06:06 AM
The electric car maker that received $529 million from the federal government is laying off 66 workers in two plants after it failed to meet the Energy Department's conditions on development and sales milestones.
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02/07/2012 01:08 AM
The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.
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02/07/2012 12:16 AM
At a New York fundraising event Tuesday called "Runway to Win," President Barack Obama's re-election campaign plans to begin selling campaign-themed tote bags, T-shirts and accessories designed by more than two dozen famous designers.
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