The former governor’s supporters were lukewarm to his candidacy but voted for him in overwhelming numbers.

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Big Numbers but Mild Support for Romney in Massachusetts

Sweeps Massachusetts, but has yet to secure Ohio.

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Romney: I Will ‘Save the Future’

Marylanders are likely to decide referendums in November on gay marriage and on tuition breaks for illegal immigrants that could redefine the state’s political identity. With polls showing voters almost equally divided on same-sex marriage , which Gov. Martin O’Malley signed into law Thursday evening, Maryland could become the first state to confirm gay nuptials by a popular vote, making it a pioneer alongside Massachusetts, the first state in which a legislature legalized same-sex marriage. Read full article > >

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The advance from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital could provide a new source of eggs for treating infertility.

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Researchers Find Stem Cells Can Generate Human Eggs

MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — To listen to Mitt Romney these days is to wish at times that someone would give him back his PowerPoint. Romney, after all, made a fortune on his ability to make a crisp presentation and close a deal. As a governor pushing for a landmark approach to health-care coverage in Massachusetts, the former management consultant won over doubters by putting together a slide presentation and taking it all over the state. Read full article > >

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Can Romney find a way to connect with GOP voters?

Dory Previn, the US singer and composer who collaborated with former husband Andre on two Oscar-nominated songs, has died in Massachusetts at the age of 86.

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Singer-composer Dory Previn dies

DETROIT — Once thought an easy win for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, the Michigan Republican primary is shaping up to be one of the biggest tests yet for Romney’s presidential hopes — and an unexpected opportunity for the surging campaign of former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney faces major test in Michigan primary, once thought an easy win

An overheated industry has gone bust. A tepid economy is not producing enough jobs. And a successful businessman promises he can use his private-sector experience to jump-start the economy. This is presidential candidate Mitt Romney now, but it was also Romney nearly a decade ago when he ran for governor of Massachusetts, a state that was still reeling from the tech bubble’s burst. Read full article > >

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As Massachusetts governor, Romney had an unremarkable record on jobs

LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney appeared headed for a big victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, an outcome that would give the former Massachusetts governor his second consecutive victory of the year and tighten his claim to dominant front-runner status in what has been a turbulent Republican presidential race. Read full article > >

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears likely to become the first candidate to win consecutive nominating contests in the turbulent 2012 GOP presidential contest , with a double-digit lead in Nevada two days before that state’s caucuses. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney poised for Nevada caucus win; Newt Gingrich looks ahead to Super Tuesday

If he were elected president, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney says, he would cut companies’ tax bills . But former House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) would cut them more than twice as much . Romney would eliminate some people’s capital-gains taxes. But Gingrich would eliminate everybody’s. Read full article > >

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Romney and Gingrich policy ideas mirror their personalities: Pragmatic vs. epic

A harsh new ad from former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney uses news footage from 1997 to remind voters of then-House speaker Newt Gingrich ’s ethics violations. “History Lesson” is unusual in that neither Romney nor Gingrich appears. The entire 30-second spot consists of an NBC News report from Jan. 21, 1997, the day Gingrich was reprimanded by Congress for using tax-exempt money for political purposes and giving the House Ethics Committee false information. Read full article > >

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NBC objects to Mitt Romney’s ‘history lesson’ ad

The former governor of Massachusetts moves past his rival, Newt Gingrich, heading into the final weekend before the vote.

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As Primary Nears, Florida Poll Favors Romney

Engaged: Barney Frank , 71, and longtime partner Jim Ready , 42, the congressman’s office confirmed for us Thursday, following a report by New England Cable News . Where’s the wedding? In Massachusetts, where gay nuptials were made legal in 2004. When? Sorry, that’s all the details they’d give. Frank is set to leave Congress next winter after 32 years, and he’s said the rigors of the job and the desire to devote more time to his relationship were factors. “I have a partner now,” Frank told Charlie Rose in an interview a couple weeks ago. “I’m in love for the first time in my life.” The couple met at a political fundraiser in Ready’s home state of Maine. The Advocate described him in 2009 as a Todd Palin lookalike and surfing enthusiast. Their mostly low-profile relationship has made the news a handful of times, when Ready exchanged words with his beau’s opponents at public forums, and when he was charged with having marijuana plants at his home in 2007. Read full article > >

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Barney Frank engaged to boyfriend Jim Ready (updated)

The lobbying firm of former Representative William Delahunt of Massachusetts is set to be hired for a project that he earmarked $1.7 million for while in Congress.

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Ex-Representative May Lobby for Project He Helped Finance