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Panetta assures Afghans of full probe into video
By News on Jan 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pentagon leaders scrambled Thursday to contain damage from an Internet video purporting to show four Marines urinating on Taliban corpses - an act that appears to violate international laws of warfare and further strains U.S.-Afghan relations....
Republicans rally around Romney after hits on Bain
By News on Jan 12, 2012
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GREER, S.C. (AP) -- An array of Republicans and conservatives - including some of Mitt Romney's sharpest critics - rushed to the GOP presidential front-runner's defense Thursday to counter efforts to paint the former venture capitalist as a job-killer. Under fire, Romney rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry backed off from directly attacking Romney's tenure at the helm of Bain Capital....South Carolina TV already awash in GOP attack ads
By News on Jan 12, 2012
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Mitt Romney is "a Massachusetts moderate" who "can't be trusted" on abortion and other core Republican values. Newt Gingrich has questionable judgment for "teaming up with Nancy Pelosi," the Democratic lawmaker the GOP loves to malign. Rick Santorum is a "serial hypocrite" with "a record of betrayal."...
Chamber head pushes oil pipeline, defends Romney
By News on Jan 12, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday criticized President Barack Obama's administration for pushing regulations and for not approving a cross-country oil pipeline and defended Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney against GOP attacks about his venture capital firm....Retail sales weaken in Dec. but cap a record year
By News on Jan 12, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- America's retailers enjoyed a record 2011 and their first $400 billion sales months ever. But the final month of the year was a dud....