Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — Mitt Romney, the winner of the Republican primary in Florida, likes to talk about how it will take 1,144 delegates to win his party’s presidential nomination. He has collected fewer than 100 so far
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Obama Says Home-Mortgage Relief Plan Will Eliminate U.S.’s ‘Biggest Drag’
President Barack Obama is asking Americans to press Congress to pass his new U.S. homeowner relief plan that includes a tax on financial companies that Republicans have already rejected. Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address that the housing crisis has been “the biggest drag on our …
Some former Komen supporters can’t forgive, forget
When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer — “a sea of pink” traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich.
Republican front-runner Romney gets easy win in Nevada
LAS VEGAS — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses tonight, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.
UPDATED: Hit-and-run driver fleeing accident crashes into 2 other cars in Woodland Hills
WOODLAND HILLS – Creating a scene like a demolition derby, a driver fled one crash and smashed up two other cars in Woodland Hills on Saturday, seriously injuring several people, police and witnesses said. | See photo gallery. Six ambulances and 50 firefighters responded to the scene of three …
Obama offers to circulate resume for unemployed engineer at Google+ Hangout
President Obama offered to pass an out-of-work engineer’s resume to industry big wigs after the engineer’s wife confronted the President about unemployment. The job assistance offer came Monday afternoon at a social media conference hosted by YouTube and Google+ — the search engine giant’s answer …
Romney outspends Gingrich heavily in Florida TV markets
COCOA BEACH, Fla. – The morning anchors on WESH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Orlando, cut away from local news and weather at 6:30 a.m
Santorum holds on to Florida despite fading organization, visibility
Rick Santorum has been bouncing between third or fourth in polling among the four candidates in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary, not an enviable position in a winner-take-all election for Florida’s 50 delegates. Santorum did not announce his full Florida campaign staff until two weeks …
Dems ready to review Christie’s tax-cut plan
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Senate Democrats are preparing to scrutinize Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to cut income taxes by 10 percent for all New Jersey residents