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With focus on Michigan, debate is a consolation prize for Arizona
Los Angeles Times
By Mark Z. Barabak Tonight's GOP debate is shaping up as a big one, falling just before important primaries in Michigan and Arizona and ahead of the Super Tuesday extravaganza on March 6. It is also a consolation prize of sorts for the Grand Canyon ...
Ron Paul ad attacks Santorum, says former Pennsylvania senator is no fiscal ...Washington Post
Republican debate: why Rick Santorum faces more pressure than Mitt RomneyChristian Science Monitor
Santorum clings to 37%-34% lead over Romney in Michigan, Free Press/WXYZ poll ...Detroit Free Press
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Assad forces bomb Syria's Homs |
Reuters
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Angus MacSwan | AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs on Wednesday, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more ...
Syria Shelling Kills 74, Including Two JournalistsVoice of America
Syria 'ordered murder of western journalists'Sydney Morning Herald
Syria violence kills 2 scribes, 27 civiliansTimes of India
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Obama Unveils Proposal to Cut Corporate Tax Rate
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to scrub the corporate tax code of dozens of loopholes and subsidies to reduce the top rate to 28 percent, from 35 percent, while giving preferences to manufacturers that would set their maximum ...
Obama proposes corporate tax cutsNew York Daily News
Obama proposes cutting corporate tax rate, ending breaksMiamiHerald.com
Inside Obama's Framework For Business Tax ReformForbes
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Lawmakers receive threatening letters -- officials
CBS News
A handful of lawmakers have received letters in the last few days with an unidentified white powdery substance, law enforcement officials told CBS News Wednesday. At least one House member from Wisconsin and a senator from Indiana have received the ...
Congress members receive threatening lettersReuters
Congressional offices receive mailed threatsThe Associated Press
Senate offices warned of mail threatCNN International

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Va. House drops mandated invasive ultrasound before abortion
USA TODAY
By Michael Winter, USA TODAY After Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said he opposed requiring women to undergo an invasive ultrasound before having an abortion, the state House today passed a revised measure that still mandates an ultrasound but makes the ...
Virginia GOP backs off mandatory invasive ultrasound testsChristian Science Monitor
Va. House waters down pre-abortion ultrasound billBoston.com
Virginia governor Bob McDonnell in U-turn over controversial abortion billThe Guardian
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Argentine commuter train crashes, killing 49 people
Reuters
By Hilary Burke and Magdalena Morales | BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during Wednesday's morning rush hour, killing at least 49 people and injuring more than 600 in Argentina's worst ...
CCTV of Buenos Aires train crashTelegraph.co.uk
Crash at Buenos Aires rail terminus leaves 49 dead, 550 injuredThe Australian
Argentine train slams into station, killing 49The Associated Press
Herald Sun -BusinessWeek
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Supt. Deasy orders new look at LA's teacher misconduct reports
Los Angeles Times
LA schools Supt. John Deasy has ordered his staff to submit or re-submit reports to the state credentialing commission on hundreds of teachers accused of misconduct over the last four years. Deasy announced the step Wednesday after a Times story in ...
LA teacher accused of sex abuse believed to be at large in MexicoFox News
Teacher Investigated 3 Times for Sexual MisconductABC News

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Santorum, under fire for Satan comments, recalls Reagan's 'courage'
Los Angeles Times
By Mitchell Landsberg Nearly 30 years after President Reagan first spoke about the Soviet Union as an "evil empire," Rick Santorum brought it up Wednesday -- in apparent reference to a flurry of attention being given remarks he made four years ago ...
Devil in the details: Santorum hardly alone in belief in Satanmsnbc.com
Will Rick Santorum's 2008 'Satan warning' haunt him in 2012?The Week Magazine
Rush Limbaugh: Rick Santorum gave good answer on SatanPolitico
TPM -Telegraph.co.uk -Vancouver Sun
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Starlets, magazines and other things to give up for Lent
NFL News
By Adam Rank NFL.com By Adam Rank NFL.com Happy Ash Wednesday everybody! For the uninitiated here's a very basic definition: Ash Wednesday is the kickoff of Lent, or the holy season leading up to Easter for many Christians.
Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season are a time of repentance and reflectionWashington Post (blog)
What Will You Retire for Lent?Patch.com
Overheard on CNN.com: Ashes and everyday lifeCNN (blog)
Huffington Post (blog) -nwitimes.com -WWAY NewsChannel 3
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