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For Santorum, new challenges follow his big wins (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum  greets supporters as he arrives to speak at the Bella Donna Chapel in Mckinney, Texas, Wed. Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Rex C. Curry)AP - One day after Rick Santorum's startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his challenge in converting sudden momentum into victories in the rush of contests ahead.



Romney's Tuesday losses show conservative doubts (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Mitt Romney still can't seem to win over the bulk of the conservatives who make up the bedrock of the Republican Party.



In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake (AP)

In this Monday, Feb. 5, 2012 photo provided by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of St. Petersburg, Russian researchers at the Vostok station in Antarctica pose for a picture after reaching the subglacial lake Vostok. Scientists hold the sign reading '05.02.12, Vostok station, boreshaft 5gr, lake at depth 3769.3 metres.' The Russian team reached the lake hidden under miles of Antarctic ice on Sunday, a major scientific discovery that could provide clues for search for life on other planets. (AP Photo/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Press Service)AP - Opening a scientific frontier miles under the Antarctic ice, Russian experts drilled down and finally reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake, an achievement the mission chief likened to placing a man on the moon.



Mo. teen gets life sentence, apologizes for murder (AP)

This photo released Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 by the Cole County sheriff's office shows Alyssa Bustamante. Bustamante, 18, who confessed to murdering a young neighbor girl, was described as a thrill killer by prosecutors and a mentally disturbed child by her defense attorneys as a judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or something less. (AP Photo/Cole County Sheriff's Office)AP - A Missouri teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbor girl as an "ahmazing" thrill made an emotional apology Wednesday to the girl's family and was sentenced to a potential lifetime in prison.



EU threatens new sanctions on Syria (AP)

A Syrian rebel takes cover during an exchange of fire with army troops, unseen, in Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in the regime's siege of the restive city of Homs. (AP Photo)AP - The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in the regime's siege of the restive city of Homs.



Sheriff unhappy with dispatcher in Powell case (AP)

In this pool photo provided by the Pierce County Sheriff's Dept., an investigator walks through the garage area, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in the rubble of the home in Graham, Wash., where Josh Powell and his two sons were killed Sunday in what police said appeared to be a deliberately set fire. Powell's wife Susan went mysteriously missing from their West Valley City, Utah, home in December 2009. (AP Photo/Pierce County Sheriff's Dept., Ed Troyer, Pool)AP - A 911 recording reveals a social worker's urgent attempts over more than six minutes to get a dispatcher to send deputies after Josh Powell locked himself and his two sons in his home.



Political Chatter


Republicans See Politics in Chrysler Super Bowl Ad - New York Times

And within 12 hours of running, it became one of the loudest flashpoints yet in the early re-election campaign of President Obama, providing a reminder, as if one were needed, that in today’s polarized political climate even a tradition as ...



How to Make Budgets and Politics a Less Toxic Mix: Clive Crook - Bloomberg

It has come to something when the International Monetary Fund, that stone-faced inspector of fiscal rectitude, advises governments to go easy on austerity. The IMF’s budgetary advice usually selects from three options: raise taxes, cut public ...



Obama Weighed Religious Politics Before Contraceptive Decision - Businessweek

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama ended months of internal White House debate by siding with a group of mostly female advisers who urged him not to limit a health-care law mandate to provide contraceptives, even at the risk of ...



Conservatives vs. Liberals: More Than Politics - Huffington Post

The following is an excerpt from The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics. The contest for power between Democrats and Republicans pits two antithetical value systems against each other; two conflicting concepts of freedom, liberty ...


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Republicans See Politics in Chrysler Super Bowl Ad - New York Times

How to Make Budgets and Politics a Less Toxic Mix: Clive Crook - Bloomberg

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Sports

APNewsBreak: UConn wants to impose own penalties (AP)
AP - The University of Connecticut has proposed reducing the number of games it will play next season if the NCAA grants a waiver to allow the Huskies to play in the 2013 men's basketball tournament.

At long last, Memphis Tigers join Big East (AP)
AP - At long last, Memphis is part of the Big East.

Entertainment

The Beach Boys to start party early at Grammys (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2011 file photo, Mike Love of the Beach Boys sings for a crowd of thousands during the Colorado Remembers 911 event at Civic Center Park in Denver. The Beach Boys are reuniting at The Grammys Awards for their first live performance in more than two decades. The original lineup of Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks will be joined by Grammy nominees Foster the People and Maroon 5 in a special performance. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez, file)AP - Get the sunglasses and tanning oil out: The Beach Boys are reuniting at The Grammys Awards for their first live performance in more than two decades.



Schwarzenegger joins Stallone in 'The Tomb' (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2011 file photo, Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger smiles during a panel at the Governor's Conference on Extreme Climate Risks and California's Future at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.  Schwarzenegger will star opposite Sylvester Stallone in the action/thriller 'The Tomb.' (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)AP - It's an action superstar reunion: Arnold Schwarzenegger is joining Sylvester Stallone for the thriller "The Tomb."



Business

APNewsBreak: Amazon in talks for NJ warehouses (AP)
AP - Amazon.com, the world's biggest online retailer, is in talks to bring two warehouses to New Jersey in a deal that could bring 1,500 or more full-time jobs to a state where unemployment has hovered around 9 percent.

Ex-Motorola engineer guilty of stealing trade secrets (Reuters)
Reuters - A former engineer for Motorola Inc was found guilty on Wednesday of stealing trade secrets from the company but cleared of economic espionage for China.

Obituaries

Last known WWI veteran Florence Green dies at 110 (AP)

In this Feb. 19, 2010 photo released by the British Ministry of Defense, MOD, shows Florence Green, left, on her 109th birthday being presented with a birthday cake by LAC Hannah Shaw on behalf of the RAF at her home in King's Lynn, east England. Florence Green, the world's last known veteran of World War I, has died at the age of 110, the care home where she lived said Tuesday.     (AP Photo/Sac Chris Hill/MoD, HO) NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.AP - Florence Green never saw the front line. Her war was spent serving food, not dodging bullets.



Publisher John Sargent Sr. dies in NYC at age 87 (AP)
AP - John Turner Sargent Sr., a publisher, editor and socialite who as CEO of Doubleday worked with authors from Dwight Eisenhower to Stephen King and helped recruit his friend Jacqueline Kennedy as an editor, died Sunday at age 87.