AP – President Barack Obama on Thursday declared that 10 states are free from the No Child Left Behind law, allowing them to scrap some of the most rigorous and unpopular mandates in American education. In exchange, the states are promising higher standards and more creative ways to measure what students are learning.
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Left behind: 10 states fleeing education law
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AP – The prospect of conflict with Iran has eclipsed Afghanistan as the key national security issue with head-spinning speed. After years of bad blood and an international impasse over Iran’s disputed nuclear program, why does the threat of war seem so suddenly upon us?
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Dwindling time, rising tension make Iran top fear
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AP – She did some wild arm swings, sharp robotic turns and pulsing fist pumps.
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Thousands join first lady for ‘Let’s Move’ outing
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AP – Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.
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White House hinting compromise on birth control
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AP – Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception.
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Abortion, birth control grab political spotlight
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AP – Republican front-runner Mitt Romney battled Rick Santorum and Ron Paul on Tuesday in political caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado, hoping to extend his winning streak in the race for the presidential nomination.
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Romney battles Santorum, Paul in GOP caucuses
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Despite giving Newt Grinch his endorsement last fall, Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips is fed up with the way that the former Speaker of the House has run his campaign, voicing his frustration in a blog post released Monday entitled “An Open Letter to Newt Gingrich.” “When I endorsed you, I believed you were not only the best candidate to be the next President but really the only candidate who offered us any hope that we could roll back the damage done by the Obama, Pelosi, Reid axis of fiscal evil,” writes Phillips. “That was then and this is now.” Phillips is a former Shelby County, Tennessee, assistant district attorney and organized the 2010 National Tea Party Convention.
AP – People rarely pick a fight with Dirty Harry. But Chrysler’s “Halftime in America” ad featuring quintessential tough guy Clint Eastwood has generated fierce debate about whether it accurately portrays the country’s most economically distressed city or amounts to a campaign ad for President Barack Obama and the auto bailouts.
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‘Halftime in America’ ad creates political debate
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AP – President Barack Obama levied tough new sanctions on Iran’s Central Bank Monday amid increased tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program and the specter of an Israeli attack on the Islamic republic.
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AP – President Barack Obama’s call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts tests the resolve of lawmakers who came to Washington determined to slash the deficit.
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Defense cuts test lawmakers’ resolve on deficits
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