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  Obama bemoans wife being dragged into politics

  Monday, Feb 6, 7:12 am

  President Barack Obama says one of the toughest parts about being president is that his wife has been dragged into the "political realm." Read more...
  

• Hoekstra's broken English ad draws more criticism

  Monday, Feb 6, 6:27 am

  A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday for U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra to apologize for his Super Bowl ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English to describe the impact of the Democratic incumbent's economic policies. Read more...
  
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  US closes embassy in Syria

  Monday, Feb 6, 6:11 am

  The Obama administration has closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and pulled all American diplomats out of Syria. Read more...
  
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  Obama: US has 'very good' intelligence on Iran

  Monday, Feb 6, 5:50 am

  President Barack Obama said the U.S. has a "very good estimate" of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon, but cautioned that there are still many unanswered questions about Tehran's inner workings. Read more...
  

• Romney adds to delegate lead after Nevada victory

  Monday, Feb 6, 5:12 am

  Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada are done counting the votes from Saturday's presidential caucuses. Read more...
  
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  US Official: China and Russia will regret UN vote

  Monday, Feb 6, 4:52 am

  U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice says China and Russia are running of risk of suffering the same sort of international isolation as Syria's Bashar Assad because of their decision to block a U.N. Security Council vote embracing an Arab League solution for the Syrian crisis. Read more...
  

• Obama: Negative ads will have role in 2012 race

  Monday, Feb 6, 4:36 am

  President Barack Obama says the rise of political action committees guarantees that there will be a lot of negative ads in the lead-up to November's presidential election. Read more...
  

• Ambassador Rice: Egypt must release Americans

  Monday, Feb 6, 4:23 am

  The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is keeping up the Obama administration's pressure on Egypt to release 19 Americans facing trial on allegations of encouraging unrest in the country. Read more...
  
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  Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club

  Monday, Feb 6, 2:37 am

  Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history. Read more...
  
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  GOP ends NV vote count; Romney on top with 50%

  Monday, Feb 6, 2:15 am

  Nevada Republicans have finally finished counting the votes in their Saturday presidential caucuses. Read more...
  

• Defense cuts test lawmakers' resolve on deficits

  Monday, Feb 6, 12:51 am

  Lawmakers who came to Washington demanding budget cuts face a tough test now that President Barack Obama and military leaders want to shrink the force, shut down bases and cancel weapons to achieve them. Read more...
  

• Wisdom From the Dept. of Words Better Left Unsaid

  Monday, Feb 6, 12:41 am

  Ten entries from the Department of Words Better Left Unsaid, uttered by recent presidents, vice presidents, spouses and White House wannabes. Read more...
  

• FACT CHECK: Obama, GOP spin recent energy stats

  Monday, Feb 6, 12:34 am

  You wouldn't know it from the Republicans, but these are boom times for American energy. Read more...
  
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  Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats?

  Monday, Feb 6, 12:21 am

  A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth. Read more...
  
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  Obama could alter stance of federal appeals courts

  Monday, Feb 6, 12:17 am

  A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation's appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings. Read more...