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Independent Online Washington passes gay marriage billUSA TODAYOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The Washington state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. The measure now heads to the House, …Washington state Senate passes gay [...]

Boston.com Romney: Not focused on poor, they have safety netBoston.comBy Kasie Hunt AP / February 1, 2012 EAGAN, Minn.—Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, confident after his Florida primary victory, ended up inviting criticism Wednesday when he said he's "not concerned about the very poor" because they …Downturn and Upstarts Transform Nevada's GOP CaucusesNew York TimesWestward, [...]

ABC News Facebook IPO filing reveals first look at company's financesSan Jose Mercury NewsBy Mike Swift, Peter Delevett, Brandon Bailey and Troy Wolverton Declaring that Facebook was built to be not just a company but also to "accomplish a social mission," the idealistic young creator of the world's largest online social network launched …Facebook IPO [...]

Telegraph.co.uk Taliban vows to retake Afghanistan: reportReutersBy Hamid Shalizi and Mirwais Harooni | KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban, backed by Pakistan, remains confident despite a decade of NATO efforts that it will retake control of Afghanistan, NATO said in a new classified report that raises more questions …US and allies plan to give Afghanistan forces [...]

Globe and Mail Facebook Sets Historic IPOWall Street JournalBy SHAYNDI RAICE Facebook Inc. filed for an initial public offering Wednesday that could value the social network between $75 billion and $100 billion, putting the eight-year-old company on track to be one of the biggest US stock-market debuts of all …Facebook files for initial public stock [...]

Sydney Morning Herald Analysis: Wall St. cash flows to Romney over ObamaReutersBy Kevin Drawbaugh (Reuters) – The captains of Wall Street have picked a presidential candidate for 2012 and it is Republican Mitt Romney, rather than Democratic President Barack Obama, campaign donation records show. The records released Tuesday by …Gingrich blasts Romney's 'poor' remarks, talks [...]

USA TODAY Taliban "poised to retake Afghanistan" after NATO pulloutReutersBy Hamid Shalizi and Mirwais Harooni | KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban, backed by Pakistan, remains confident despite a decade of NATO efforts that it will retake control of Afghanistan, NATO said in a new classified report that raises more questions …US combat mission in Afghanistan [...]

The Atlantic 'Poor' Mitt Romney: His 5 worst verbal gaffesPoliticoWith his remark Wednesday that he's “not concerned about the very poor,” Mitt Romney is getting quite the reputation for gaffes (despite mentioning in the same breath that the poor have a safety net). POLITICO looks back at 5 other much-criticized …Romney clarifies remarks about poor, [...]

USA TODAY 25 people dead in Egyptian soccer pitch invasion: TVReuters| CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 25 people were killed and hundreds of others injured on Wednesday after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said, a healthy ministry official said. The game was between Al Ahli, one of Egypt's most …Report: [...]

Telegraph.co.uk Romney Hits Gingrich Conservative Credentials After Florida WinBusinessWeekBy Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Lisa Lerer Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — Mitt Romney, reclaiming his front- runner status in the Republican presidential race after a 14- point win in Florida yesterday, assailed rival Newt Gingrich as not a “pure conservative” as …Where do GOP campaigns go after [...]