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KOAT (Albuquerque), by Shawna Shepherd Posted By: mikkins2- Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:11:40 GMT Newt Gingrich's campaign spokesman confronted a high'profile Mitt Romney surrogate who was sent to spin reporters at a Gingrich event Friday. Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who acts as a campaign surrogate for Mitt Romney, has become a familiar face at Gingrich's campaign stops this week, along with Florida Rep. Connie Mack. Gingrich Press Secretary R.C. Hammond has not been afraid to engage both congressmen with questions about Romney's record. On Friday, reporters and television cameras flocked to Hammond when he made a beeline for Chaffetz

Business Insider, by Jordan Teicher Posted By: Harlowe- Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:29:20 GMT After wondering aloud yesterday whether the Romneys converted Mitt’s dead father'in'law to Mormonism, Gawker’s John Cook has confirmed it: Yes. They Did. Edward Davies, Ann Romney’s father, was an atheist who was also strongly anti'religion. By the time he died, he was the only member of Ann Romney’s immediate family to not convert to Mormonism. Fourteen months later, in 1993, he was baptized in a special ceremony at a Salt Lake City church.

San Francisco Chronicle, by Peter Fimrite Posted By: Ribicon- Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:25:51 GMT San Francisco — The clean'fuel revolution got a kick start in California today when the California Air Resources Board unanimously approved strict vehicle emissions regulations that mandate production of more than a million zero'emission vehicles. The package, known as the Advanced Clean Car program, will require a 34 percent reduction in smog and a 75 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. It means automakers will have to cut exhaust by two'thirds and begin mass'producing cars that do not run on gasoline. "This is an historic new chapter in California history for the clean automobile,"

Washington Post, by Aaron Blake Posted By: IdahoSky- Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:42:05 GMT A lot can happen in four days, but as of today, the Florida primary and the GOP presidential race are again Mitt Romney’s to lose. After a brief diversion in the South Carolina primary, Romney is once again the clear favorite in Florida, having taken a 9'point lead in the latest Florida poll. And if he wins there, it’s hard to see where he might slip up again. Nevada’s caucuses are the next contest, held Feb. 4, and Romney won that state by nearly 40 points in 2008.

Associated Press, by Ken Thomas Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:21:41 GMT WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama met with former President George H.W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in the Oval Office on Friday, joining in a bipartisan gathering in an election year. The White House said the three men enjoyed a personal visit in the Oval Office as they have in the past when the former president is visiting Washington. Obama is scheduled to speak Saturday at the Alfalfa Club dinner, an annual event for Washington's movers and shakers. The former president and his son planned to attend the dinner. The 87'year'old former president

Washington Post, by Dan Balz Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:17:52 GMT JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The revenge of the Republican establishment is a sight to behold. From one corner to another, those who have tangled with Newt Gingrich, who feel aggrieved toward Newt Gingrich or who fear Newt Gingrich have amassed to stop him. They know how much harder it will be to do so if the former House speaker wins Florida on Tuesday. The quintessential example of establishment angst came Thursday from Bob Dole, the former Senate majority leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee. Hours before Thursday’s GOP debate, he released a letter

Washington Post, by George F. Will Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:15:32 GMT War, said James Madison, is “the true nurse of executive aggrandizement.” Randolph Bourne, the radical essayist killed by the influenza unleashed by World War I, warned, “War is the health of the state.” Hence Barack Obama’s State of the Union hymn: Onward civilian soldiers, marching as to war. Obama, an unfettered executive wielding a swollen state, began and ended his address by celebrating the armed forces. They are not “consumed with personal ambition,” they “work together” and “focus on the mission at hand” and do not “obsess over their differences.” Americans should emulate troops

Washington Post, by Annie Gowen Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:11:54 GMT The National Park Service said Friday that it will begin enforcing its long'standing regulation prohibiting camping on federal parkland at the Occupy sites at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza at noon Monday. To comply with the no'camping rules, protesters must remove all evidence of camping, including bedding, storage containers and anything used to make a fire, the Park Service said. If the protesters don’t comply, they may be arrested and their property seized. Occupy protesters debated Friday how to respond, and some said they were willing to risk arrest. “Many of us will be likely to defend

Santiago Times [Chile], by Olivia Crellan Posted By: PageTurner- Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:00:51 GMT A prominent scholar with Chile’s National Council of Education (CNED) resigned on Wednesday following the controversial decision to erase the term “dictatorship” from the country’s history curriculum. Dr. Alejandro Goic resigned in a letter to Education Minister Harald Beyer, citing “deep and irreconcilable differences with the curricular content of the history course as defined by the Ministry of Education.” In the new proposal for the curriculum, which would affect children as young as five, the term “military dictatorship” would be removed from Chile’s history curriculum,

ABC News, by Chris Good Posted By: PageTurner- Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:49:29 GMT Mitt Romney’s enemies have unleashed a torrent of attacks in Florida over Medicare fraud conspiracy committed by a company Romney helped run in the 1990s. The pro'Newt'Gingrich superPAC Winning Our Future has released a one'minute trailer and a “dramatic new film presentation” called “Blood Money,” accusing Romney of personally profiting from Medicare fraud. This follows the group’s half'hour, disaster'movie'esque “King of Bain,” which detailed layoffs by companies purchased by Bain Capital, the firm Romney launched.