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Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive'
(AP)
 AP - The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark's Muslim neighborhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it.
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Poll: Obama benefitting from improving economy
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction and most independents now approve the way he's addressing the nation's post-recession period.
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Obama urges corporate tax cut, closing loopholes
(Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama made an opening offer in what could be a long negotiation with corporate America on Wednesday, putting forward his first detailed plan to cut the corporate tax rate.
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Romney and Santorum seek edge in 20th debate
(AP)
 AP - Struggling for an edge, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum campaigned Wednesday into the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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A few miles from Giffords shooting, Santorum greets Tucson Tea Party under very high security
(The Ticket)
The Ticket - TUCSON, Arizona --The Tucson Tea Party didn't take any chances with security when they hosted Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum at a meeting here Wednesday, just a few miles from where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot last year while meeting with constituents. "Sen. Santorum is not intending to speak outside, for security reasons," the Tucson [...]
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Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate
(AP)
AP - Rick Santorum acknowledged Wednesday that he's probably running behind Mitt Romney in Arizona, but he implored a tea party crowd not to settle for "a Johnny-come-lately to the conservative cause."
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Rick: Obama won't 'call evil evil'
(Politico)
Politico - He says the president is making threats worse.
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Palin book author pays fine for using confidential emails
(Reuters)
Reuters - A former aide to Sarah Palin who wrote an unflattering memoir of his time in her inner circle has paid a $11,900 fine for using confidential state emails without permission, according to the Alaska Department of Law.
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Common prenatal tests become campaign issue
(AP)
 AP - First birth control, now prenatal testing? Once again a fact of life for many American women has become a jarring issue in the presidential race.
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Pro-Obama group runs anti-Romney ads in Michigan
(AP)
AP - An independent group supporting President Barack Obama's re-election bid is running ads in Michigan chiding Republican candidate Mitt Romney for opposing the $80 billion auto industry bailout.
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Maher: Don’t judge all pols by Newt, the ‘biggest fattest turd from the ’90s’
(Daily Caller)
Daily Caller - On Tuesday night’s “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher explained how the GOP field has whittled itself down from nine candidates to four, and offered some choice words for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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‘The Sceam’ could sell for $80 million at auction
(Daily Caller)
Daily Caller - The painting that launched the classic “Home Alone” moment is going on the auctioneer block — and could go for as much as $80 million.
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Rush: Rick gave good answer on Satan
(Politico)
Politico - Limbaugh gave a signal of approval to Santorum’s explanation of his 2008 “Satan” comment.
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Estonians held on allegations of spying for Russia
(AP)
AP - A longtime security official and his wife have been detained in Estonia on suspicion of passing classified information and state secrets to Russia, prosecutors said Wednesday in a case likely to add to long-standing tensions between the two countries.
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Newark mayor: NYPD misled city on Muslim spying
(AP)
AP - Newark Mayor Cory Booker and his top police official say the city was misled by the New York Police Department and never would have authorized such wholesale spying on Muslims if they had known about it.
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Would Obama's corporate tax cut speed the recovery?
(The Week)
The Week - The proposal would doom the recovery: "This is a terrible, terrible plan," says James Pethokoukis at The American. The stagnant economic recovery is already "arguably the worst in modern American history," and instead of giving corporate America a hand, Obama now wants to saddle companies with so-called reform that would "actually raise the tax burden on American business by $250 billion over a decade." That would make us less competitive than ever, and doom our chances of bouncing back anytime soon."Why Obama's corporate tax plan is a total bust"
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Roemer leaving GOP, but not presidential campaign
(AP)
AP - Former Louisiana Gov. Charles "Buddy" Roemer is abandoning his bid to win the Republican presidential nomination and will instead try to run as an independent candidate.
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Trump records robo-call in Michigan for Romney
(AP)
AP - Donald Trump is telling Michigan voters that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is a career politician who doesn't know how to create jobs.
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Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans
(AP)
 AP - A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows.
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Obama to address pro-Israel lobby in March
(AP)
AP - The White House says President Barack Obama will address the annual conference of AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel lobby, next month.
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