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Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes (AP)

Graphics show average number of food stamp recipients last 10 years and recipients broken down by race.AP – Some have advanced degrees and remember middle-class lives. Some work selling lingerie or building websites. They are white, black and Hispanic, young and old, homeowners and homeless. What they have in common: They’re all on food stamps.


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Santorum fights back against critics with barbs (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gestures on the USS Yorktown, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – Searching for traction, Rick Santorum is on the attack these days — against everyone, it seems.


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Analysis: Romney’s GOP critics will get more heat (AP)

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters at the Romney for President New Hampshire primary night rally at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Behind Romney are his sons Tagg and Craig and his wife Ann. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP – Mitt Romney’s back-to-back victories in Iowa and New Hampshire will force his weak-but-still-standing GOP rivals to make a crucial decision: Keep eviscerating the man that many see as the inevitable nominee, or temper their criticisms and dampen whatever hopes they have of overtaking him.


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Stern slams critics upset over ‘Talent’ gig

Howard Stern slammed the Parents Television Council Thursday night telling CNN’s Piers Morgan, that alarmist groups like that overreact with complaints that “I’m some sort of weird pervert who’s going to convert America into some kind of zombie sex fiends.”

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Gingrich’s rise puzzles critics of his record (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks in New York. Gingrich's rapid rise has left veteran Republicans perplexed, given that the party's newfound presidential front-runner is backed by voters who think he's not particularly honest and doesn't shares their values. Are Gingrich's conservative, anti-Washington orations so convincing? Or, now that other conservative contenders have flamed out, are voters just desperate for a candidate who's not named Romney?  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)AP – Newt Gingrich’s rapid rise in presidential polls has left veteran Republicans scratching their heads, and not just because he vaulted from far back to lead Mitt Romney in several key states.


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Critics: ‘Tough’ sheriff botched sex-crime cases (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011 file pool photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio testifies during the State Bar of Arizona's ongoing disciplinary hearings against former Maricopa County attorney Andrew Thomas and two assistants, at the Arizona Supreme Court in Phoenix. According to some current and former police officers, hundreds of sex-crimes investigations were allegedly mishandled by Arpaio's office. (AP Photo/Jack Kurtz, Pool, File)AP – The 13-year-old girl opened the door of her home in this small city on the edge of Phoenix to encounter a man who said that his car had broken down and he needed to use the phone. Once inside, the man pummeled the teen from behind, knocking her unconscious and sexually assaulting her.


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Don’t count MLB commish among Jeter critics

Some MLB officials may be disappointed with Derek Jeter’s decision not to attend All-Star festivities in Arizona this week, but Commissioner Bud Selig isn’t one of them. “There isn’t a player in the last 15 years that I’ve been more proud of Derek Jeter,” Selig said during a meeting with the Baseball Writers Association of America Tuesday morning. “I think I would have made the same decision.”

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