A confident Romney zings Gingrich in Republican debate No. 19 (+video)

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While tonight's Republican debate in Florida featured contentious exchanges over health care, immigration, Freddie Mac, and other topics, there was at least one subject that did not elicit barbs and harsh words—Israel. The question posed to the It's a dark room!! Mind the steps and mind the arms!! After a few minutes, the light come [...]

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In Florida primary, Romney and Gingrich's temperaments likely to be deciding …

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Today, Univision/ABC/Latino Decisions released a national survey of Latinos, with a larger sample of Florida Latinos. But the poll has a clear flaw in how primary voters are defined. In what was being billed as "the first major Hispanic event in the 2012 election," Univision anchor Jorge Ramos held separate one-on-one discussions Wednesday with Newt [...]

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Study of mystery Morgellons disease finds no cause

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Eberhard, who is director of the division of parasitic diseases and malaria in the CDC's Center for Global Health, said the CDC plans no further studies on Morgellons at this time. The just-completed study cost the Atlanta-based agency US$580000. Its long-awaited results, released Wednesday, conclude that Morgellons exists only in the patients' minds. "We found [...]

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Romney, Gingrich eye Hispanic voters in Florida's primary

Toronto Star

The battle for the Republican nomination has moved to Florida this week, which also happens to be a key battleground in an entirely different fight: the $15bn federally-waged war on drugs. Passed in July of last year, a controversial law requires the Republicans focused on House and Senate races are growing anxious that former Speaker [...]

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Robert Hegyes, played Epstein on 'Kotter,' dies

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Robert Hegyes, the Jersey-born actor who played Jewish Puerto Rican wheeler-dealer Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein on the 1970s classic “Welcome Back Kotter,” died from an apparent heart attack after Robert Hegyes, the Jersey-born actor who played Jewish Puerto Rican wheeler-dealer Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein on the 1970s classic “Welcome [...]

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Republican Presidential Debate in Jacksonville, Florida was Rick Santorum's Night

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Florida Republican Presidential Debate: Live! BY Celeste Katz. live.jpg Greetings from Florida, where I'll be spending the next few days covering what's shaping up to be a very exciting battle between Republican presidential Florida Republican Presidential Debate: Live! BY Celeste Katz. live.jpg Greetings from Florida, where I'll be spending the next few days covering what's [...]

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Obama exchange with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer reveals his testy side

Washington P

Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama during an intense discussion on an airport tarmac. But the Republican governor says the Democratic president showed disrespect for her by abruptly ending their How Brewer Is Benefitting From Tiff With Obama: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is doing quite [...]

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Republican debate: How to beat Newt Gingrich

Washington P

Meanwhile, Gingrich and his roiling campaign seem about to do something that no consultant, TV ad or speech has been able to do until now: make Mitt Romney look like a reassuring, or at least acceptable, Republican standard-bearer. The hits keep coming from the contentious race for the 2012 Republican nomination but, tonight, the candidates [...]

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"State of the Union" debate to play out all week

CBS News

President Obama's fourth State of the Union address is taking place Tuesday night (Jan. 24) starting at 9 p.m. ET across all the major networks and the cable news networks. If you're tuning in and want a little something extra By Felicia Sonmez Congressional Republicans are going on offense ahead of President Obama's third State [...]

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Republican debate: Three keys to watch

CBS News

Mitt Romney perpetuated one unsubstantiated claim, about his record at Bain Capital, and more or less corrected himself on another, about President Barack Obama's health care law, in the latest Republican presidential Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney will take their red-hot battle to Republican voters in Florida at a presidential debate Monday evening in Tampa [...]

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