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The Big Story Look no further than tonight's Iowa caucuses to observe the impact of a Supreme Court ruling that opened the floodgates to outside money in American politics -- and get a glimpse of what's in store for the race between President Obama and the eventual Republican nominee. In the final week before the first Republican primary contest, groups like the Mitt Romney-leaning super PAC Restore Our Future and the Rick Perry-leaning Make Us Great Again have spent a combined $1.2 million on (mostly negative) television ads, a sum greater than what the candidates bought themselves. READ MORE | |||||||||||||||||||
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Law And Order A man in Texas is serving a 35-year prison sentence for spitting at a police officer -- because he has the virus that causes AIDS and his saliva was deemed a deadly weapon. In Michigan, an HIV-positive man who allegedly bit a neighbor during an argument faced a bioterrorism charge. Are these charges constitutional? READ MORE | |||||||||||||||||||
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Featured Column: Mary Sanchez The point needs to be made that the greatest job creators are not the rich but the American consumer. You, me and everybody else from the poorest to the topmost of the 99 percent. We create jobs by demanding goods and services -- and we can't do it without income. The economic policy we need now can be summed up in three words: Get Americans working. READ MORE | |||||||||||||||||||
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Election 2012 One presidential candidate claims an impressive effort in Iowa this year: eight offices opened, 350,000 phone calls to potential supporters and 1,280 events to recruit and train volunteers. And it's not Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum or Ron Paul. READ MORE | |||||||||||||||||||
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Social Media Rupert Murdoch had just joined Twitter, and the 80 year-old media lord sounded bored with his New Year's holiday when he complained that there were "too many people" on the exclusive Caribbean hideaway of St. Barth. Then there was Murdoch's controversial tweet about the British economy -- which was erased after wife Wendi, who had also just joined the social networking site, responded, "RUPERT!! Delete tweet!!" READ MORE | |||||||||||||||||||
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Iowa Caucus Millions of dollars in attack ads may have condemned Newt Gingrich to defeat in tonight's Iowa caucus -- or at least that's his explanation. Gingrich told reporters Monday that the "volume of negativity" by his rivals and their allies had done its damage, and then went on to admit: "I don't think I'm going to win." READ MORE | |||||||||||||||||||
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