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Fla. highway patrol defends reopening I-75 (AP)

Debris and wreckage lie along the highway after a multi-vehicle accident that killed at least nine people, on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)AP – Minutes before two pileups killed 10 people on a highway shrouded in fog and thick smoke from a brush fire, the Florida Highway Patrol had reopened the always busy six-lane interstate after an earlier serious accident. A sergeant and lieutenant determined after about three hours that conditions had cleared enough for drivers, but visibility quickly became murky again, officials said Monday.


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Romney defends investments, readies tax returns (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a discussion on housing and foreclosure, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has criticized rival Newt Gingrich for earning more than $1.6 million in consulting fees from Freddie Mac even though he has as much as $500,000 invested in the U.S.-backed lender and its sister entity, Fannie Mae.


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Woman with Italian ship captain defends his effort (AP)

Rescuers work at the cruise ship Costa Concordia keeled over on its side in the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. The $450 million Costa Concordia was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew when it slammed into well-charted rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Eleven people have been confirmed dead and 21 others are still missing. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP – A young Moldovan woman who says she was called to the bridge of the stricken Costa Concordia to help evacuate Russian passengers defended the embattled captain on Thursday, saying he worked tirelessly and “saved over 3,000 lives.”


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Woman with ship captain defends his actions (AP)

Italian divers chat as they prepare to head out to the cruise ship Costa Concordia, as it lays on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.  Divers have resumed the search for 21 people still missing after a cruise ship capsized off the Tuscan coast. The $450 million Costa Concordia cruise ship was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew when it slammed into a reef Friday, Jan.16, after the captain made an unauthorized maneuver. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP – A young Moldovan woman who says she was with the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship after it rammed into a Tuscan reef emerged as a potential new witness Thursday in the investigation into the captain’s actions that night.


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Gingrich defends Bain criticisms in SC GOP forum (AP)

Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, center, greets guests at a presidential candidate forum at Byrnes High School on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 in Duncan, S.C.   (AP Photo/The Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Alex C. Hicks Jr)AP – Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Saturday that Republicans will err if they don’t scrutinize Mitt Romney’s role in a private equity firm called Bain Capital.


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Romney defends business record in face of attacks (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney  is greeted by a crowd after a campaign stop at the Opera House, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP – Presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday defended his time in private business and insisted he understands the country’s tough economic times because he once feared losing his job.


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Gov’t defends core of health care overhaul (AP)

AP – The Obama administration defended the health care overhaul in a filing Friday with the Supreme Court that calls the law an appropriate response to a “crisis in the national health care market.”

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