The Christian Science Monitor – President Obama’s scramble to revise a controversial health-care mandate eased, but did not end, a sharp clash with Roman Catholic Church leaders that spread to Capitol Hill and beyond.

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Can birth-control flap rekindle ‘repeal ObamaCare’ crusade?
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The Christian Science Monitor – President Obama’s flip-flop toward embrace of the “super PAC” formed to support his reelection campaign should come as no surprise.

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Why Obama’s flip-flop on super PACs won’t matter
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The Christian Science Monitor – The Obama administration today unveiled plans to boost US offshore wind power by opening up four new wind-leasing regions for wind turbine power generation.

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Obama opens door to offshore wind power along mid-Atlantic coast
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The Christian Science Monitor – Hollywood is getting ready for an Obama sighting.

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Michelle Obama: Why is she going on Jay Leno?
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The Christian Science Monitor – In the runup to Tuesday’s primary in Florida, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich – and the super political-action committees that support them – have been smacking each other pretty hard.

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Florida primary smackdown: Have Gingrich and Romney forgotten Obama?
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The Christian Science Monitor – President Obama on Friday proposed to sweeten a deal from Washington to entice banks to modify payments, lower loan principal, and expand eligibility in order to help more of the 11 million American families sinking under their mortgages.

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White House proposes new help for troubled mortgages. Too little, too late?
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The Christian Science Monitor – No doubt about it, the proposed 1,700-mile-long Keystone XL oil pipeline has become a political ping-pong ball, with congressional Republicans and President Obama batting it back and forth with rising election-year ferocity.

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Keystone XL oil pipeline ensnared in political gamesmanship
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The Christian Science Monitor – If electability trumps ideology in the Republican nominating contest – and in the end it almost always does (Barry Goldwater in 1964 was an exception) – then the 2012 presidential race inevitably will boil down to Romney vs. Obama.

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Is Romney ‘inevitable?’ Here’s how he lines up against Obama
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The Christian Science Monitor – The United States restored full diplomatic relations with Myanmar Friday, saying it was making good on a commitment to “meet action with actionâ€� as the long-isolated Southeast Asian country has moved rapidly on political and economic reforms.

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Myanmar breakthrough: Does it validate Obama policy of engaging adversaries?
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