“We don’t need to pay all this money to keep troops all over the country, 130 countries, 900 bases. But also, just think, bringing all the troops home rather rapidly, they would be spending their money here at home and not in Germany and Japan and South Korea, tremendous boost to the economy.” Read full article > >

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In the aftermath of Rick Santorum’s clean sweep of Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Mitt Romney is still, in fact, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. But the lack of enthusiasm for his candidacy among conservatives foreshadows a potentially ugly road ahead to Tampa and general election problems if he is nominee. Read full article > >

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After an investigation into a woman’s claim that she was raped by Greg Kelly, a son of Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said the facts “do not fit the definition of sexual assault crimes.”

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Manhattan Prosecutors Won’t Charge Police Commissioner’s Son in Rape Accusation

A study suggests a quarter of today’s UK children are living in families with two or more risk factors to their educational development.

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Editors ask him to stop removing well-known facts.

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Newt Campaign Defends Wiki Edits

“We are the only people on the earth that put our hand over our heart during the playing of the national anthem. It was FDR who asked us to do that, in honor of the blood that was being shed by our sons and daughters in far-off places.” Read full article > >

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A factory building has collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore, with many people including child workers feared trapped, officials say.

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VIDEO: Lahore factory collapses in gas blast

LAS VEGAS — A pair of hand-knit slippers, adorned with a Mormon symbol. A tiny stack of yard signs. An autographed Ron Paul placard. And a wadded, used tissue, tucked in a candidate’s pocket. Nevada had its strange moment in the political spotlight this week, as stage-managed campaigns roared through with rallies and TV ads. This was faux intimacy, done in a city where faux is a fact of life: The casinos are named after Paris and New York, and the dust-dry streets around them are named, aspirationally, for trees and oceans. Read full article > >

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Gifts and pocket fillers on the campaign trail

“It’s good to remember that the fact that there were some folks who were willing to let this industry die. Because of folks coming together, we are now back in a place where we can compete with any car company in the world.” Read full article > >

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President Obama’s claim that some wanted to let the auto industry die

Iran invited young activists to Tehran for a conference on the “Islamic Awakening,” but the fact that no one was invited from Syria’s opposition disrupted the whole script.

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Effort to Rebrand Arab Spring Backfires in Iran

“I elevated the SBA [Small Business Administration] administrator to a Cabinet level position so that they are talking directly to me, so that there is no one in between me and the SBA when they are advocating on behalf of small business. …And [even after a reorganization] I’ll still have an SBA administrator in my Cabinet who’s advocating directly for small businesses.” Read full article > >

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President Obama’s small business bobble

“I won’t be returning to ‘The X Factor’ next season,” show judge Paula Abdul said Tuesday afternoon in a statement, bringing the Fox singing competition’s body count to three. “I’ve learned through my longevity in this industry that business decisions often times override personal considerations. Simon and I, along with Fox and Fremantle, have been communicating about this for a while now, and I have absolute understanding of the situation,” Abdul added. Read full article > >

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Abdul is latest to leave ‘X Factor’

President Obama calls it “ the defining issue of our time” : forging a fairer economy by reversing years of widening income inequality and building a strong middle class. And for much of last week, beginning with Tuesday’s State of the Union address, Obama made proposals to do that, unveiling plans to levy higher taxes on the rich, provide financial incentives to companies that manufacture domestically and invest in education and transportation. Read full article > >

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On Saturday night, at precisely 9:19 and 30 seconds, my iPhone, my iPad, my computer and, for all I know, my toaster were informed that Herman Cain had endorsed Newt Gingrich . The ping-ping of the devices suggested that something momentous had happened — alerts from both The Post and the New York Times — but in fact it was just additional evidence that the Republican Party has become a circus: One clown endorsed another. Read full article > >

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