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Romney gets more good news ahead of Super Tuesday
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– Mitt Romney picked up another conservative endorsement Monday and a new poll showed him pulling ahead in Ohio heading into Super Tuesday, the biggest single day of the Republican presidential campaign. A day before contests in 10 states will decide how more than 400 delegates get allocated, Romney announced that former...
IAEA seeks access to key Iranian military base, director says
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– Evidence of ongoing activities at an Iranian military base suspected of being involved in testing related to nuclear weapons makes inspectors eager to get there as soon as possible, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday. Speaking to reporters during the agency's board of governors meeting, IAEA Director...
Observers slam Russian vote as Putin declares victory
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– International observers blasted Russia's presidential election Monday, saying: "The point of an election is that the outcome should be uncertain. This was not the case in Russia." Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin looked set to win Sunday's vote and return to the office he held until he was forced out by...
Senate targets texting in new 'distracted driving' program
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– The Senate begins work this week on a spending bill that would set up a new $10 million grant program aimed at helping states combat "distracted driving," which focuses on texting behind the wheel. "While there is no definitive data as to how many distracted driving deaths and injuries are caused...
Deepwater Oil Drilling Picks Up Again as BP Disaster Fades
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– Nearly two years after an explosion on an oil platform killed 11 workers and sent millions of gallons of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, deepwater drilling has regained momentum in the gulf and is spreading around the world. The announcement of an agreement late Friday by BP and...
GOP and Dem lawmakers aim to assert greater control over the Federal Reserve
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– The Federal Reserve’s relationship with Congress is growing more complicated as lawmakers second-guess its decisions and look to impose reforms. On Monday, the Fed will again face congressional scrutiny, as Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) unveils a sweeping bill aimed at limiting what actions the Fed can take. The legislation from Brady,...
Fed up, New Orleans looks to shake Murder City title
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– Curissa "Cee Cee" Davis doesn't trust men, and she's slow to make friends. She can't remember the last time she did something fun. It's not that she's antisocial; the former Carver High student body president is quite gregarious once she starts talking. But after losing at least 20 friends to gun...
900-year-old saint's heart vanishes from cathedral
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– The heart of a 900-year-old saint has vanished from Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, police and the Cathedral said. St. Laurence O'Toole's heart was kept in a heart-shaped wooden box in a cage bolted to a wall in Saint Lauds Chapel, Irish police said. It disappeared between Friday evening and Saturday...
Washington's $5 trillion interest bill
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– Interest rates on U.S. bonds may be ridiculously low, but that doesn't mean the country's future interest payments on the national debt will be. Uncle Sam will shell out more than $5 trillion in interest payments over the next decade, according to the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office. That's more...
Let’s take a cautious approach over Syria
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– As Congress approaches the nine-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, it is stunning to hear Republicans on Capitol Hill and the campaign trail calling for military intervention in another Middle Eastern country. This time the country is Syria. And the reasons for military action there sound...
Gingrich says Romney’s ‘rich enough’ to not worry about rising gas prices
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– Newt Gingrich on Monday offered a blistering rebuttal to Mitt Romney's critique of his $2.50 per-gallon gas plan, suggesting Romney was "rich enough" to be unconcerned with rising gas prices. "Well, look, if you're Mitt Romney and you're rich enough, maybe you don't get it," Gingrich said on...
A Gut Punch-The Loss of Andrew Breitbart
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2012/03/04/a_gut_punchthe_loss_of_andrew_breitbart
– Started attending townhall meetings with Members of Congress because of him? Started filming their professors because of him?…
Georgetown Student: Rush is Right
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– (Georgetown,DC) - Am I the only one at Georgetown who is not upset with Rush right now? His comments regarding Sandra Fluke, third year Law student at Georgetown University, are less outrageous when viewed in the real context of the debate on Obama’s mandate for religious institutions to include...
Hating Republicans In Southern California
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianbirdnow/2012/03/03/hating_republicans_in_southern_california
– Your humble Townhall correspondent assumed that the rest of this piece would become a rather commonplace “can’t judge a book by its…
NightWatch: Japan Challenges China at Sea
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Mourning Breitbart
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– I eagerly accepted, and contributed work until I assumed my current position at Townhall. …
Andrew Breitbart Dead at 43
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– Media mogul, conservative provocateur and family man Andrew Breitbart died last night in Los Angeles. BigJournalism.com, a site that he founded as a part of his Breitbart.com network of sites, reported his passing this morning. Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles....
S.E Cupp: Blessed Are the Rich!
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/elisabethmeinecke/2012/03/01/se_cupp_blessed_are_the_rich
– Cupp's Closing Argument column in the March 2012 issue of Townhall Magazine: This election cycle, with homeowners facing record … Cupp's monthly column in Townhall Magazine by ordering today!  …
NightWatch: Government Still in Control in Syria
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LIVE OPEN THREAD: The Illinois Primary
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– Follow live, up-to-the-nanosecond developments from the Townhall/Hot Air team below, and add your own play-by-play analysis in the…
Peyton Manning joins Denver Broncos
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– Free agent quarterback Peyton Manning will play for the Denver Broncos, the team announced Tuesday. "This is truly a special football environment, and I'm glad to be a part of it," Manning said at a news conference where the Broncos made the announcement. "I haven't had a whole time to breathe. This...
New Apple iPad hits 116 degrees, Consumer Reports says
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– Apple's latest iPad can hit temperatures as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit while playing action games, Consumer Report said on Tuesday -- far hotter than earlier versions of the industry leading tablet. Using a thermal imaging camera, engineers with the consumer watchdog group recorded the soaring temperatures as on both the...
Prosecutor: France school gunman could strike again
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– The suspect in a deadly shooting spree at a Jewish school in France knows he is being hunted and might carry out another attack, Paris Chief Prosecutor Francois Molins warned Tuesday. He said the killer is "very determined" and has committed premeditated murders, targeting victims based on their race or religion. "The...
Lawyer: Girl on phone with Trayvon Martin cuts shooter's self-defense claim
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– A girl who overheard part of an incident involving Florida teenager Trayvon Martin can help prove he was killed "in cold blood," an attorney for Martin's family said Tuesday. The girl, who was dating the 17-year-old, "completely blows (George) Zimmerman's absurd self-defense claim out of the water," Benjamin Crump said at...
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