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1 hr ago | CBS News

At least your money can live like a millionaire's

WASHINGTON &#8212 Movie super spies James Bond and Jason Bourne use them. So do real-life presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who says he pays his taxes, and untold numbers of Americans who don't. Swiss banks and their secretive counterparts around the globe may sound like the exclusive province of the wealthy, the mysterious or the shady, but ... (more)

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Sun Feb 12, 2012

Reuters

Tough calculus for Obama in Chinese leader's election-year visit

Mitt Romney's next chance to try to persuade conservatives he's one of them comes today at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, 2012 Presidential Election, US News, Mitt Romney, Hu Jintao, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping

Roll Call

Navy Honors Gabrielle Giffords

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords might have left Washington, but her presence continues to be felt.

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Related Topix: Representative Gabrielle Giffords, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Tucson, AZ

National Public Radio

Strong In 2010, Where Is The Tea Party Now?

Tea Party activist William Temple waits for Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida to deliver a speech titled, Is America Still an Exceptional Nation? during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Tea Party, US News, Tea Party, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, 2012 Presidential Election, Ohio, Mitt Romney

The Washington Post

Rick Santorum on Mitt Romney: 'Desperate people do desperate things'

70% in FL Straw Poll. http://t.co/2YFT671x @ RonPaul @ LPNational @ NBCPolitics @ MittRomney : Tonight, I thank the voters of Maine.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Olympia Snowe, Gary E. Johnson, Gary Johnson

CBS News

Video: McConnell: This is about freedom of religion

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells Bob Schieffer the contraception controversy "underscores just one of the constitutional problems with Obamacare." On this week's commentary, Bob Schieffer talks about the extraordinary work of a CBS News team who risked their lives to bring us the story of the uprising in Syria.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, Mitch McConnell, US News, US House of Representatives, Ron Paul

Fox News

Obama chief of staff: No more compromise, contraceptive rule is done deal

Despite renewed statements of concern by Catholic leaders, the Obama administration is done negotiating and will finalize its plan to require insurance companies provide free contraception to women working and studying at religious institutions, President Obama's chief of staff said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US News, Healthcare Law, Law

Chicago Tribune

Emanuel withholds most records detailing push for speed cameras

The office of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has won his push to install speed cameras but won't fully disclose documents detailing how the law moved from idea to reality.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, Democrat, US News, Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, US Governors

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Fox News

Obama Pitches New Spending, Old Tax Ideas

Feb. 9, 2012: Copies of of President Obama's fiscal 2013 federal budget are readied for shipment at the Government Printing Office in Washington.

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Related Topix: 9, 2012 Presidential Election, US News, Washington, DC, Medicare, Health, Social Security, Personal Finance

The Washington Post

Disappointment, optimism at Paul HQ

I'm committed to turning around America & am heartened to have the support of so many.

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Related Topix: Maine, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Gary E. Johnson, Gary Johnson, Mitt Romney

Los Angeles Times

CPAC: Sarah Palin says long GOP battle will strengthen nominee

Sarah Palin argued Saturday that the Republican presidential nominee would only be strengthened by an extended nomination battle, and she urged conservatives to unite behind whomever the party's eventual choice is.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, US News

Politico

Caucus system under fire

The presidential caucus system is under attack after embarrassing contests in Iowa and Nevada put on national display missing ballots, endless counting delays and lots of confusion.

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Related Topix: Mitt Romney, US News

Washington Times

Rick Santorum fails to hit it out of the park at CPAC

WASHINGTON, February 10, 2012 - Standing alongside his family, Senator Rick Santorum got a warm welcome this morning in a convention hall packed with conservatives waiting for a presidential candidate to break out.

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Related Topix: US Senate, Republican, Rick Santorum, US News

538dotcom

Maine Caucus Offers an Opportunity for Paul

Maine does not like to do things by the book. The state's officeholders include two fairly conventional liberal Democrats, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud; two extremely moderate Republican Senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins; and a conservative, Tea Party-backed governor in Paul R. LePage.

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Related Topix: Susan Collins, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Chellie Pingree, Olympia Snowe, Ron Paul, Tea Party, Perot Sys, Computers, IT Services

CBS News

Romney on Obama: I will "knock him on his heels"

SANFORD, Me. - Mitt Romney, hoping to rebound after his triple loss on Tuesday, told Maine caucus-goers here Saturday that he's their only hope of ousting President Obama.

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Politico

Newt's plight: He needs the media

Newt Gingrich rose from the dead by attacking the media in his crowd-pleasing debate performances.

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Wall Street Journal

Five Best Books: Scott Farris

Robert Remini is Andrew Jackson's finest biographer - and the finest biographer of Jackson's arch-nemesis, three-time presidential loser Henry Clay.

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Fox News

New Obama refinancing plan aims to jolt housing- Study: US could lose $2.7B on clean-energy loans

Feb. 1, 2012: President Barack Obama speaks at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Va.

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Related Topix: US News, Barack Obama, Falls Church, VA, State of the Union, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

National Public Radio

Religion And Birth Control: Not Just a Gop Fight

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Catholic up for re-election this year, was one of the Democrats who spoke out against the White House birth control policy before it was altered.

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Related Topix: US News, Senator Joe Manchin, US Senate, Democrat, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, 2012 Presidential Election, US Governors, Joe Manchin, Healthcare Law, Law

Wall Street Journal

Obama Retreats on Contraception

Some Catholics expressed relief but others were unmoved after President Barack Obama on Friday loosened a requirement that religious employers cover contraception in health plans, an issue that had turned into a political firestorm in recent weeks.

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Related Topix: US News, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Health, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Healthcare Law, Law

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