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• Romney invested in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (AP)
• Wife of casino mogul gives to pro-Gingrich group (AP)
• Democrats get to break up GOP sand sculpture in SC (AP)
• Romney accuses Gingrich of potential wrongdoing (AP)
• State of Union: Obama to take on economic anxiety (AP)
• White House delays release of 2013 budget (AP)
• Romney looks to hit back at Gingrich in Florida (AP)
• Giffords' decision sets up political free-for-all (AP)
• Dems want Koch reps to testify on pipeline (Politico)
• Rubio aide put on leave after arrest (Politico)
• Santorum says Obama pushes doctors from Medicare (AP)
• Positions of the Republican candidates, in brief (AP)
• List of dead, missing from Italy cruise ship (AP)
• Chinese vice president Xi to visit U.S. next month (Reuters)
• Mitt Romney Going Backward, Not Forward (ContributorNetwork)
• Jay Leno slammed by Indian government over Mitt Romney joke (Daily Caller)
• Romney’s 24-point swing (Daily Caller)
• My Attendance and Experience at the Augusta, Ga., Tea Party Tax Rally (ContributorNetwork)
• 2 plead guilty to harassing Sarah Palin's lawyers (AP)

Romney invested in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:23 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has criticized rival Newt Gingrich for earning more than $1.6 million in consulting fees from Freddie Mac even though he had invested as much as $500,000 in the U.S.-backed lender and its sister entity, Fannie Mae.

Wife of casino mogul gives to pro-Gingrich group (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:00 PM PST AP - A person close to a Las Vegas casino owner who helped bankroll an independent group supporting Newt Gingrich says his wife is contributing $5 million to the same organization.

Democrats get to break up GOP sand sculpture in SC (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:00 PM PST AP - In South Carolina, it's not just Republicans who have been bashing each other lately. Local Democrats picked up pink shovels and took a whack at a sand sculpture of six GOP hopefuls that had been erected at Myrtle Beach.

Romney accuses Gingrich of potential wrongdoing (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:54 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney launched a multipronged attack Monday on rival Newt Gingrich, accusing the former House speaker of engaging in "potentially wrongful activity" in his consulting work, while Gingrich dismissed Romney's criticism as desperate in the wake of a big loss in South Carolina.

State of Union: Obama to take on economic anxiety (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:15 PM PST AP - Eager to command center stage in a year dominated by Republican infighting, President Barack Obama is polishing a State of the Union address that will go to the heart of Americans' economic anxiety and try to sway voters to give him four more years. He will speak Tuesday to a nation worried about daily struggles and unhappy with his handling of the economy.

White House delays release of 2013 budget (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:26 PM PST AP - The White House said Monday that it's delaying for one week the release of President Barack Obama's budget for the 2013 fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.

Romney looks to hit back at Gingrich in Florida (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:02 PM PST AP - Rocked in South Carolina over the weekend, an increasingly aggressive Mitt Romney looked to take the fight to Newt Gingrich in debate Monday night as the combative Republican presidential contest shifted farther south to Florida.

Giffords' decision sets up political free-for-all (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:40 PM PST AP - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' decision to resign from Congress sets up a political free-for-all in her competitive southeastern Arizona district, with voters set to pick a temporary replacement and then a full-term representative in rapid succession.

Dems want Koch reps to testify on pipeline (Politico) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:49 PM PST Politico - They want to know "whether Koch is positioned to be a 'big winner'" if Keystone XL is approved.

Rubio aide put on leave after arrest (Politico) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:40 PM PST Politico - He was arrested following a bizarre incident in which his wife alleged he rolled her up in a carpet.

Santorum says Obama pushes doctors from Medicare (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:33 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Monday warned Florida's seniors that the Democrats' health law would limit their access to doctors and dollars and criticized his main rivals for backing its requirement that younger Americans buy health insurance.

Positions of the Republican candidates, in brief (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:56 AM PST AP - A look at where the 2012 Republican presidential candidates stand on a selection of issues.

List of dead, missing from Italy cruise ship (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:47 AM PST AP - A list of those confirmed dead or missing in the grounding of the cruise ship Costa Concordia off Italy. Italian officials released a list of the missing. Those not listed as crew are passengers.

Chinese vice president Xi to visit U.S. next month (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:25 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will meet Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, the country's likely next ruler, at the White House on February 14, the White House said on Monday.

Mitt Romney Going Backward, Not Forward (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:56 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Few people care about or remember silver medal winners. It is all about who brings home the gold.

Jay Leno slammed by Indian government over Mitt Romney joke (Daily Caller) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:18 PM PST Daily Caller - Add the leadership of India to the list of people who don't think Jay Leno is very funny.

Romney’s 24-point swing (Daily Caller) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:08 PM PST Daily Caller - A week and a half ago, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s victory in the Republican primary was near inevitable, likely to be locked up at the South Carolina primary. The mood of political reporters everywhere was that primary season would soon end, and the campaign trail would be merely a fond memory.

My Attendance and Experience at the Augusta, Ga., Tea Party Tax Rally (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:26 PM PST ContributorNetwork - On Friday, I attended a tea party tax rally at Jessye Norman Amphitheater in Augusta, Ga. Although I'm more of a libertarian than a tea party member, I've been an avid supporter of tax reform for many years and have lived in the Augusta area for most of my life. My interest in the rally was primarily to support the FairTax movement.

2 plead guilty to harassing Sarah Palin's lawyers (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:11 PM PST AP - A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man and his father pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of harassing Sarah Palin's Alaska attorneys by phone.

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