An examination of some of the earmarks Rick Santorum got as a senator from Pennsylvania suggests that they paid off in the form of campaign contributions.

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As Rick Santorum Secured Earmarks, 2006 Donations Flowed In

Companies that were granted stock options after the 2008 stock market collapse are benefiting from those awards too — in the form of tax savings.

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But Nobody Pays That : Tax Breaks From Options a Windfall for Businesses

The Post used uncharacteristically strong language in correcting an error-filled blog post published Tuesday, which mistakenly reported that Mitt Romney was using in speeches the phrase “Keep America American,” which was once used by the Ku Klux Klan. Here’s the correction in full, in the form of an editors’ note: Read full article > >

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Post Roast: Mitt Romney and the KKK slogan

It seems that noted hydrangea -hating non-apologist Madonna is ready to make amends to the flower she scorned. The musician has composed a love letter apology in the form of a silent film-esque YouTube video. “You have no idea how many nights I have lost thinking how I hurt you,” reads text displayed over video of a distraught Madgecradling the flower. “If I could take back my words I would. But I can’t, so what am I left with?” Read full article > >

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Madonna stars in extremely sarcastic love letter to hydrangeas (Video)

It seems that noted hydrangea -hating non-apologist Madonna is ready to make amends to the flower she scorned. The musician has composed a love letter apology in the form of a silent film-esque YouTube video. “You have no idea how many nights I have lost thinking how I hurt you,” reads text displayed over video of a distraught Madgecradling the flower. “If I could take back my words I would. But I can’t, so what am I left with?” Read full article > >

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Madonna stars in extremely sarcastic love letter to hydrangeas (Video)

A group of Canadian manufacturing workers who were told they were losing their jobs have received a timely lifeline in the form of a $7m lottery win.

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VIDEO: From jobseekers to lottery winners

The Netherlands is proposing a tax to charge drivers a usage fee for the miles they drive, factoring in the cost to society in the form of pollution, traffic congestion and wear and tear on roads.

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In Auto Test in Europe, Meter Ticks Off Miles, and Fee to Driver

The latest shuffling of GOP presidential contenders has produced another round of signs that Republicans wish they had another candidate, in the form of renewed speculation about Chris Christie, Paul Ryan, and Rick Perry. I’d take the prospect of a Perry candidacy very seriously. Christie and Ryan — not so much. These types of rumors are basically a function of the way the process works. There are three years of “invisible” primary, during which very few public events occur, but during which a lot of the behind-the-scenes jockeying takes place. That leaves reporters and commentators needing to pay attention to a very important process, but with very little to say. So every rumor gets inflated. Read full article > >

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Take Rick Perry seriously. Ignore Chris Christie and Paul Ryan.

At the Battery, the first farm in 386 years is taking shape, in the form of a wild turkey.

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City Room: A Farm Grows in the Battery

After the devastation of a fire in 2002 in the Pike National Forest, now a return of life in the form of bighorn sheep.

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A Hope-Filled Homecoming for Bighorn Sheep in Colorado

Experiments show how conditions around a far-flung star may have formed the building blocks of life in the form they are found on Earth.

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Life-from-asteroid idea bolstered

Champions Chelsea need a win at the Reebok to stay in touch with the title race, while Bolton are looking to regain their form.

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Live – Bolton v Chelsea

A storm system that trapped cars in snow in parts of the Midwest and sent below-freezing weather deep into the South has moved into Canada, but the United States will continue to feel some of its effects in the form of rain, snow or frigid temperatures.

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Bitter cold lingers after storm moves on

England demonstrate their form ahead of the first Ashes Test by completing a 10-wicket victory against Australia A in Hobart.

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England win final Ashes warm-up

After more than 50 years of marriage, the partners are growing weary of one another. They give as little as possible to one another, and the world that is changing around them leads them to have different interests. Such is the state of NATO. Even promise of new vows in the form of a “new strategic concept” and the offer of missile defenses – cannot rekindle the flame. read more

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NATO: Following the 20th Century Into History