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Mitt Romney wins overwhelming victory in Nevada caucuses
February 05, 2012 12:51 
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LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney secured an overwhelming victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, giving the former Massachusetts governor his second consecutive win of the year as he tightened his claim to dominant front-runner status in what had been a...
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Egypt to prosecute Americans, including Sam LaHood, in NGO probe
February 05, 2012 12:00
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CAIRO — Nineteen Americans will face criminal charges as part of a probe of the funding of pro-democracy groups, Egyptian officials announced Sunday, a provocative move that could deprive Egypt of crucial aid from the United States and upend one...
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Avoiding Congress’s fiscal bombs
February 05, 2012 11:00
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A grim surprise was tucked inside the Congressional Budget Office’s latest budget outlook. Economic growth, it said, would be only 2 percent in 2012, falling to 1.1 percent in 2013. That’s horrible. It’s far beneath the growth rate required...
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Economics & Finance
Super Bowl halftime: NBC, NFL apologize for M.I.A.’s gesture, expletive
February 05, 2012 10:59
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This time, the problem with the Super Bowl halftime show was a flip, not a slip. NBC and the NFL have apologized for an obscene gesture and expletive by M.I.A. near the end of the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show starring Madonna. Read full article ...
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Super Bowl 2012: Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin survive a tumultuous year to come out on top again
February 05, 2012 10:45
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INDIANAPOLIS — All week long the New York Giants’ Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin were obscured by who they weren’t. Eli by his older, more-famous brother’s off-field drama, by the championship résumé of his counterpart Tom Brady, a...
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A Super Bowl’s spoiled snacks
February 05, 2012 10:37
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Media revolutionaries picked an excellent year to actively discourage Americans from watching the year’s highest-rated telecast on stupid, old, outdated televisions. Had you not occupied yourself with at least two other devices, you might have...
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Recreation & Entertainment
Tom Brady vs. Eli Manning: Who’s smarter?
February 05, 2012 10:15
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Even NFL teams use a standardized test to assess whether athletes are smart enough to draft. And given that today is the Super Bowl pitting the New York Giants against the New England Patriots, did Pats quarterback Tom Brady or Giants quarterback...
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Science & Education
In other news...: Ayla Brown paid to sing for dad’s campaign
February 05, 2012 10:00
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Ayla Brown, the 23-year-old daughter of Sen. Scott Brown, received $9,500 to sing at three of his campaign events during the past year, according to campaign finance reports. Sure, the budding singer/songwriter — a former “American Idol”...
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Newt Gingrich campaign offers detailed plan to carry on
February 05, 2012 08:34
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LAS VEGAS — In a meeting room at the Palazzo hotel here over the past week, Newt Gingrich mapped out a detailed strategy that would keep him in the presidential race all the way to the Republican convention in August. Read full article ...
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For some black women, economy and willingness to aid family strains finances
February 05, 2012 08:19
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The Great Recession carried special pain for black women like Jane Ladson. She had always been the one her family turned to when they needed help, and she didn’t hesitate to give it. She helped pay for weddings and rent. She made room for her...
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