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Gingrich Maintaining Grip on New Lead
Republican registered voters nationally continue to prefer Newt Gingrich over Mitt Romney for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination,
Gallup
California Passes New Auto Emission Rules
California air regulators passed Friday sweeping auto emission standards that include a mandate to have 1.4 million electric and hybrid vehicles on state roads by 2025
AP
2011 GDP: An Anemic 1.7%
Real GDP increased 1.7 percent in 2011 (that is, from the 2010 annual level to the 2011 annual level), compared with an increase of 3.0 percent in 2010.
Business Insider
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Obama-Backed Mortgage Deal Gets Bipartisan Scorn
A draft settlement between states and mortgage companies that would let the nation's biggest banks pay out billions to compensate for a raft of foreclosures has public interest groups across the political spectrum hopping mad
Fox
Brutal Newt Gingrich Ad in the Works
Newt Gingrich is responding to last night’s debate with a brutal new ad accusing Romney of trying to mislead, deceive, and distort his way to the White House
ABC
Food Stamps Up 45%; Federal Handouts Up 32%
This year, more than 46 million (15% of all Americans) will get food stamps. That's 45% higher than when Obama took office, and twice as high as the average for the previous 40 years
Investors.com
Another Stimulus-Backed Energy Company Goes Bankrupt
An Indiana-based energy-storage company, whose subsidiary received a $118.5 million stimulus grant from the Energy Department, filed for bankruptcy Thursday
The Hill
Sarah Palin: Republican Establishment "Trying To Crucify" Gingrich
"Look at Newt Gingrich, what’s going on with him, via the establishment's attacks," fmr. Gov. Sarah Palin said on FOX Business. They’re trying to crucify this man and rewrite history, and rewrite what it is that he has stood for all these years."
Real Clear Politics
Obama: People Don't Get Rich on Their Own
"We do not begrudge wealth in this country. I want everybody here to do well. We aspire to financial success, but we also understand that we're not successful just by ourselves,"
Fox
A Dangerous Shift in Obama’s ‘Climate Change’ Rhetoric
A recent Brown University study looked specifically at the Obama administration’s language and found that mentions of "climate change" have been replaced by calls for "clean energy" and "energy independence."
Washington Post
USDA To Require Healthier Meals In Schools
Less salt and fat. More whole grains, fruit, veggies and low-fat dairy. This is what kids can expect in the school lunchroom soon, according to new nutrition standards for school meals announced today
NPR
Tired And Broke, Santorum Heads Home
Rick Santorum is tired, almost broke — and going home. The former Pennsylvania senator is taking a pause from Florida campaigning just days before the Tuesday primary
Yahoo
Obama Signs Global Internet Treaty
The White House has bypassed Senate to ink agreement that could allow Chinese companies to demand ISPs remove web content in US with no legal oversight
InfoWars
Suicide Bomber Kills 32 at Baghdad Funeral March
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 32 people -- half of them policemen who were guarding the march
Fox
Atheists Promote Concert With Church-Burning Video
Atheists are using a music video that celebrates the burning of churches and synagogues to promote an upcoming atheist-themed festival at Fort Bragg.
Fox
Indiana House Passes Right-to-Work Bill — Measure To Become Law Soon
The Indiana State House on a 54-44 vote today passed House Bill 1001, paving the way to make Indiana the 23rd right-to-work state in the nation
Capitol Confidential
Man Suing Ex-Girlfriend Over Internet Comments
If you Google Matt Couloute, the first thing that comes up is: Liarscheatersrus.com, a site that warns women web-surfers about men who lie and cheat in their personal relationships.
Fox
36 Obama Aides Owe $833,000 in Back Taxes
36 of President Obama's executive office staff owe the country $833,970 in back taxes. These people working for Mr. Fair Share apparently haven't paid any share, let alone their fair share
IBD
CDC: Home Births Rise Nearly 30% in U.S.
The rate of home births in the United States has made a dramatic upturn since 2004, reversing a trend of decline throughout the 1990s, government health officials said Thursday.
USA Today
Russia Unveils Fifth-Generation Kalashnikov Assault Rifle
Russia's largest firearms manufacturer, JSC Izhmash, unveiled its first model of the fifth-generation Kalashnikov assault rifle. The new rifle is tentatively called AK-12.
Pravda
Alaska Airlines Ends Decades-Old Prayer Card Tradition
Alaska Airlines, America's seventh-largest carrier in terms of passenger traffic, said on Wednesday that it would end a decades-old tradition of handing out prayer cards with its in-flight meals
Yahoo
Marijuana Mouth Spray To Hit Shelves In 2012
A British drug manufacturer is hoping for a big score from consumers and a green light from the FDA for its medical marijuana mouth spray in 2013.
CBS
Friday
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: Obama At -14
26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way Obama is performing his role as President. 40% Strongly Disapprove giving him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14
Rasmussen
The 10 Worst Cities for Finding a Job
Cities in the Golden State, as well as in Arizona, Nevada, and Florida, have suffered greatly from falling housing prices and high unemployment.
Yahoo
Strange Stuff
Bacon Saves 4 Year Old's Life
Could cramming a piece of bacon up your nose stop an uncontrollable nosebleed? Some doctors in Michigan say yes. They say the fatty pork helped save the life of a four year old girl whose nose would not stop bleeding
Fox
Poll: One in Five Young Germans Unaware of Auschwitz
One in five young Germans has no idea that Auschwitz was a Nazi death camp, a poll released Wednesday showed, two days ahead of Holocaust memorial day.
Huriyat Daily
Actor Liam Neeson Considering Converting To Islam
Irish actor Liam Neeson has revealed he is considering giving up on his Catholic faith and converting to Islam.
Weasel Zipper
Spielberg To Direct 'MOSES' Epic
Steven Spielberg is near to etching in stone with Warner Bros on that biopic portraying the Jewish leader as the warrior to beat all warriors.
Deadline
Obama Claims Credit For Cheap Natural Gas
Obama has been taking the credit for the worldwide boon of cheap natural-gas, and declining to give credit to the entrepreneurial energy industry
Daily Caller
Study
Workers Spend $1,000 Yearly on Coffee
American's weakness for coffee is proven once again in a new survey conducted by Accounting Principals .
My Fox DC
Strange Stuff
Snake Dies From Baby's Bite
An encounter between a snake and a baby ended in a surprising outcome Thursday, when the infant's mother walked into his room to find him chewing on the dead reptile
Ynet
Late Show Top Ten
Top Ten Signs Mitt Romney Is Getting Cocky
10. Answers all questions with, "So's your mother" 9. Offered Santorum a 10,000-vote head start in South Carolina primary ...
RightBias Humor
Facebook Forces Timeline; Tips To Hide Users' Past
Facebook will start requiring people to switch to a new profile format known as Timeline, making photos, links and personal musings from the past much easier to find.
Yahoo
New Microbe Turns Sugary Seaweed Into Fuel
It may be slimy, slippery and rather unpleasant, but seaweed actually has a surprisingly wide range of uses, being a common source of food, chemicals, medicines and cosmetics. It may soon also be a source of biofuel
Chemistry World
10 States Running Out Of Smart People
Find out which 10 states are running out of smart people based on job and education statistics.
WLKY
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Sledding Crow in Russia Soars to Internet Stardom
The accompanying video shows a crow in Russia sliding down a snowy roof while standing atop a jar lid--not once but twice
GrindTV
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