(CNN) — Seventy delegates and a whole lot of momentum: That’s what’s at stake Tuesday when three states hold contests in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. It’s the first day so far this cycle with multiple contests, and with a total of 70 delegates at stake in caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota, it’s [...]
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Rivals Seek to Slow Romney’s Momentum
BY MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN MINNEAPOLIS—Voters in three more states are casting ballots Tuesday in the latest round of Republican presidential contests, as rivals of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney seek to reverse his recent momentum from wins in Florida and Nevada. With voters heading to polling and caucus sites in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota, all [...]
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The foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, was greeted by thousands of pro-government Syrians lining the capital’s streets and waving Russian flags of welcome. He pronounced his visit “very productive.” The Russian diplomatic effort came as the United States, which has bitterly criticized Russia’s stance over the Syria crisis, suggested that it may provide “humanitarian aid [...]
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By LISA LEFF, Associated Press – 20 minutes ago SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Same-sex marriage moved one step closer to the Supreme Court on Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled California’s ban unconstitutional, saying it serves no purpose other than to “lessen the status and human dignity” of gays. A three-judge panel of the [...]
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(CNN) — A low-slung skyline. A slate gray sky. Rumbling. Close your eyes. It could be the sound of rolling thunder. Instead, it’s another shell falling on a neighborhood in Homs. As the world talks about how to respond to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s bloody crackdown on the uprising in his country, opposition activists in [...]
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The monster who killed himself and his two young sons in a Washington house fire two years after his wife vanished reportedly attacked the boys with a hatchet before setting the blaze. The sons of Josh Powell, who were just 7 and 5, suffered what police described as “chop wounds” to their heads and necks [...]
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Team Obama Wants Super PAC Spending… So Obama Can Stop Super PAC Spending; Romney Attacks Elevate Santorum Obama Fluent in the Language of High-Minded Regret “Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign companies — to spend without limit in our elections. Well, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Syrians wave Russian flags as envoy arrives
Syrian forces continued their brutal assault in the city of Homs as Russia’s foreign minister held talks with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. ITN’s Paul Davies reports. Updated at 12:40 a.m. ET: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urges Syrian President Bashar Assad to move ahead with reforms during his visit to Damascus Tuesday. “Necessary reforms must [...]
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Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA Filipinos drive past a damaged national highway after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Guihulngan Town, province of Negros Oriental, Central Philippines, on Feb. 7. At least 22 people were dead and many more missing after an earthquake triggered landslides and collapsed houses in the central Philippines, an army commander said. Erik [...]
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Yeah it’s Reagan’s fault,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,no wait,,,,,,,,,,,,,it is Bush’s fault,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,errrrrrrr,,,yeah it is someone else’s fault thats for sure,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,he made me do it. He even has a hostage crisis like his mentor,,,,,,,,,,Jimmy Carter. Article source: http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=4b633537e250891d73d7e85e462128fd
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