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

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:47:06 +0000

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)

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:42:06 +0000

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)

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:26:04 +0000

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)

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:02:03 +0000

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)

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:39:40 +0000

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)

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:47:36 +0000

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)

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:22:03 +0000

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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Santorum defends earmarks (AP)

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:45:46 +0000

AP – Facing fresh scrutiny after he nearly defeated Mitt Romney in Iowa’s lead-off caucuses, Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum on Wednesday defended votes and statements that are earning him a second look for the wrong reasons.

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Santorum defends earmarks, past statements (AP)

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:03:37 +0000

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Sandusky’s wife defends husband in sex abuse case (AP)

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:53:14 +0000

AP – The wife of ex-Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky said Thursday her husband is innocent of the child sex abuse allegations made against him and that his accusers are making up their stories, including one suggesting she was home while Sandusky attacked a boy who screamed for help.

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