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• Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate (AP)
• Poll: Obama benefitting from improving economy (AP)
• Romney and Santorum seek edge in 20th debate (AP)
• Newark mayor: NYPD misled city on Muslim spying (AP)
• Roemer leaving GOP, but not presidential campaign (AP)
• Pro-Obama group runs anti-Romney ads in Michigan (AP)
• Trump records robo-call in Michigan for Romney (AP)
• Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans (AP)
• Rush: Rick gave good answer on Satan (Politico)
• Cain super PAC hands off its cash (Politico)
• Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive' (AP)
• Common prenatal tests become campaign issue (AP)
• Obama thanks Merkel for Greece rescue package (AP)
• Final interview: Colvin describes deaths in Syria (AP)
• Immigration chief seeks to reassure Silicon Valley (AP)
• The economic recovery: Proof Obama's stimulus worked? (The Week)
• Maher: Don’t judge all pols by Newt, the ‘biggest fattest turd from the ’90s’ (Daily Caller)
• ‘The Sceam’ could sell for $80 million at auction (Daily Caller)
• A few miles from Giffords shooting, Santorum greets Tucson Tea Party under very high security (The Ticket)
• Palin book author pays fine for using confidential emails (Reuters)

Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:33 PM PST 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."

Poll: Obama benefitting from improving economy (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:01 PM PST 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.

Romney and Santorum seek edge in 20th debate (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:28 PM PST 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.

Newark mayor: NYPD misled city on Muslim spying (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST 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.

Roemer leaving GOP, but not presidential campaign (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 08:52 AM PST 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.

Pro-Obama group runs anti-Romney ads in Michigan (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:22 PM PST 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.

Trump records robo-call in Michigan for Romney (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 07:32 AM PST 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.

Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 05:03 AM PST 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.

Rush: Rick gave good answer on Satan (Politico) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:05 PM PST Politico - Limbaugh gave a signal of approval to Santorum’s explanation of his 2008 “Satan” comment.

Cain super PAC hands off its cash (Politico) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 10:43 AM PST Politico - The 9-9-9 Fund will donate $100,000 to a group formed after the he dropped out.

Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive' (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:01 PM PST 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.

Common prenatal tests become campaign issue (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:56 PM PST 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.

Obama thanks Merkel for Greece rescue package (AP) Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:30 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama has thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her leadership in helping secure a Eurozone agreement to prevent a potentially disastrous fiscal default by Greece.

Final interview: Colvin describes deaths in Syria (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 10:48 AM PST AP - This is the text of American war reporter Marie Colvin's final interview, given to BBC television from the Syrian city of Homs the night before she was killed Wednesday. She was staying in a house in the neighborhood of Baba Amr. Reprinted with the permission of the BBC.

Immigration chief seeks to reassure Silicon Valley (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:37 PM PST AP - The Obama administration's top immigration official said Wednesday he wants to keep more foreign-born high-tech entrepreneurs in the U.S. But to make that happen, he said he needs those entrepreneurs to turn their creativity to immigration itself.

The economic recovery: Proof Obama's stimulus worked? (The Week) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:00 AM PST The Week - But the economy might not be recovering at all: "Employers are hiring, manufacturing is revving up, and stocks are rallying," says Annalyn Censky at CNN. But that doesn't mean a true recovery is upon us. A showdown with Iran could push gas prices to $4 or $5 a gallon this spring. Job cuts by cash-strapped states and other public agencies are a continued drag on the economy. (Remember, "the government is the largest employer in the country.") And the "escalating European debt crisis" could level the still-feeble U.S. and global economy. Clearly, we aren't "on the path to a sustained recovery" quite yet."Economy in recovery? Not so fast"

Maher: Don’t judge all pols by Newt, the ‘biggest fattest turd from the ’90s’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:17 PM PST 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.

‘The Sceam’ could sell for $80 million at auction (Daily Caller) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:55 PM PST 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.

A few miles from Giffords shooting, Santorum greets Tucson Tea Party under very high security (The Ticket) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:37 PM PST 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 [...]

Palin book author pays fine for using confidential emails (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:18 PM PST 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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