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Tax reform in this election year: It's not likely (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 11:09:04 AM CST
AP - Politicians of all stripes in this election year are clamoring for simplifying the tax code and closing loopholes. But that would mean Americans could lose some of their prized deductions.
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Obama bemoans wife being dragged into politics (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:12:07 AM CST
AP - President Barack Obama says one of the toughest parts about being president is that his wife has been dragged into the "political realm."
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Romney adds to delegate lead after Nevada victory (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:57:50 AM CST
AP - Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada finished the vote count from Saturday's presidential caucuses.
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Gingrich shunned lobbying, but hired lobbyists (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 11:10:05 AM CST
AP - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting group never lobbied for clients. But his business hired state and federal lobbyists to work with clients, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs, according to lobbying disclosures and corporate reports.
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Hoekstra's broken English ad draws more criticism (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:49:48 AM CST
AP - A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday for U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra to apologize for his Super Bowl ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English to describe the impact of the Democratic incumbent's economic policies.
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Obama: Negative ads will have role in 2012 race (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 6:36:25 AM CST
AP - President Barack Obama says the rise of political action committees guarantees that there will be a lot of negative ads in the lead-up to November's presidential election.
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Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:53:42 AM CST
AP - Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history.
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Obama: US has 'very good' intelligence on Iran (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:50:10 AM CST
AP - President Barack Obama said the U.S. has a "very good estimate" of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon, but cautioned that there are still many unanswered questions about Tehran's inner workings.
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Super Bowl obscenity a mess for FCC (Politico)
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:59:44 AM CST
Politico - Singer M.I.A.'s act is likely to be reviewed.
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Poll: Obama over 50% vs. Mitt (Politico)
Monday, February 6, 2012 5:35:07 AM CST
Politico - It's the first time since July that he's garnered more than half the votes in a matchup with Romney.
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GOP ends NV vote count; Romney on top with 50% (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 4:15:39 AM CST
AP - Nevada Republicans have finally finished counting the votes in their Saturday presidential caucuses.
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FACT CHECK: Obama, GOP spin recent energy stats (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 11:05:06 AM CST
AP - You wouldn't know it from the Republicans, but these are boom times for American energy.
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Air Force to cut 10,000 airmen, shift aircraft (AP)
Friday, February 3, 2012 5:16:25 PM CST
AP - The Air Force on Friday detailed plans to cut the service by nearly 10,000 active, National Guard and Reserve airmen next year, as part of a broad move to downsize and shift capabilities around the country to be better prepared for wars of the future.
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Europeans struggle under record cold snap (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:44:03 AM CST
AP - Overwhelmed by deep snow and harsh temperatures, some countries in Europe closed down schools and struggled to run public transport Monday, as post-snow rains caused a dam to collapse in Bulgaria, flooding a village and killing at least four.
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Defense cuts test lawmakers' resolve on deficits (AP)
Monday, February 6, 2012 11:40:56 AM CST
AP - President Barack Obama's call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts tests the resolve of lawmakers who came to Washington determined to slash the deficit.
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Analysis: Romney win leaves rivals few options (AP)
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:20:46 PM CST
AP - Mitt Romney's big win in Nevada four days after his breakthrough victory in Florida spells big trouble for his remaining rivals. Simply put: Is there any way to stop Romney now?