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• In GOP race, candidates woo evangelicals (AP)
• GOP's Romney opens stronger attack on Gingrich (AP)
• Gingrich surge unnerves some Republican lawmakers (AP)
• Obama answers appeasement charge: 'Ask bin Laden' (AP)
• Romney readies mammoth organization for long haul (AP)
• Some say Romney's poke at Obama's golf is old news (AP)
• Huntsman goes after Romney and Gingrich (AP)
• Perry misspeaks, says US in war with Iran (AP)
• The Plan B call: Politics vs. science (Politico)
• Korn: Obama's an Illuminati puppet (Politico)
• Gingrich and Perry campaign in SC, Romney in Va. (AP)
• Report: Remains of 274 troops dumped in landfill (AP)
• UN court aims to start Mladic trial March 27 (AP)
• Lawmakers rush to broker spending bill (Reuters)
• Limbaugh rips Holder’s ‘state of mind’ logic — applies it to accused pedophile Sandusky [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)
• Mumia still not free … but no longer on death row (Daily Caller)

In GOP race, candidates woo evangelicals (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:56 PM PST AP - At a private gathering of pastors in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a contrite Newt Gingrich pitched his story of personal redemption Thursday. Along South Carolina's coast, Texas Gov. Rick Perry referenced Scripture as he worked to pump life into his floundering White House bid.

GOP's Romney opens stronger attack on Gingrich (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:53 PM PST AP - Republican Mitt Romney opened a broad and newly abrasive assault on rival Newt Gingrich on Thursday, dispatching surrogates and staff to cast him as unworthy of the GOP nomination and unfit to be president.

Gingrich surge unnerves some Republican lawmakers (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:28 AM PST AP - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's stunning surge toward the top of the Republican presidential field has unnerved some Republicans in Congress who remember too well the tumult of nearly two decades ago.

Obama answers appeasement charge: 'Ask bin Laden' (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:55 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday forcefully rejected Republican accusations that his foreign policy is timid and amounts to a policy of "appeasement."

Romney readies mammoth organization for long haul (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 07:18 AM PST AP - Mitt Romney has a not-so-secret weapon against Newt Gingrich.

Some say Romney's poke at Obama's golf is old news (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:01 PM PST AP - Ah, Christmas traditions: colored lights, mistletoe and criticisms of a president's vacation plans.

Huntsman goes after Romney and Gingrich (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 09:58 AM PST AP - Jon Huntsman says the leading Republican presidential candidates, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, are feeding a deficit of trust in politics.

Perry misspeaks, says US in war with Iran (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:28 PM PST AP - Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry is correcting himself after saying the US is at war in Iran instead of Iraq.

The Plan B call: Politics vs. science (Politico) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:05 PM PST Politico - The decision to restrict over-the-counter sales of the pill is not exactly a slam-dunk for Obama.

Korn: Obama's an Illuminati puppet (Politico) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 09:14 AM PST Politico - The band frontman explains the meaning behind his song, calling the White House the "house of shame."

Gingrich and Perry campaign in SC, Romney in Va. (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:03 AM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is conducting a morning forum with business leaders in Greenville, S.C.

Report: Remains of 274 troops dumped in landfill (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2011 06:52 PM PST AP - A published report says the remains of many more troops have been dumped in a Virginia landfill than the military originally acknowledged.

UN court aims to start Mladic trial March 27 (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST AP - The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal is aiming to start Gen. Ratko Mladic's genocide trial March 27, but Mladic and his lawyer say they will not be ready.

Lawmakers rush to broker spending bill (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 02:51 PM PST Reuters - Top lawmakers are aiming to forge a deal to keep the government operating beyond next week, even as Republican measures to restrict funding for abortions and the Obama administration's health care act threaten to derail it.

Limbaugh rips Holder’s ‘state of mind’ logic — applies it to accused pedophile Sandusky [VIDEO] (Daily Caller) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 01:17 PM PST Daily Caller - On Thursday, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal, Attorney General Eric Holder debated the definition of lying with Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner. The back-and-forth drew outrage from conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who grew angry at the entire Obama administration in ways that he said he couldn’t even express on his Thursday program.

Mumia still not free … but no longer on death row (Daily Caller) Posted: 08 Dec 2011 12:57 PM PST Daily Caller - Prosecutors have dropped their decades-long push to execute Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther convicted of killing white police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981.

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