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GOP leaders slow to embrace Romney — or his rivals (AP)

Republican presidential candidates, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, participate in the Republican presidential candidate debate at the North Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, S.C., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP – Mitt Romney may be the front-runner for the GOP nomination for president, but he has yet to win over most of the national party leaders whose help he will need to defeat President Barack Obama in November.


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Santorum backed by social conservative leaders (AP)

Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum waits to make remarks as he is introduced during a campaign event at Tommy's Ham House, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, during a campaign event in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – Rick Santorum’s quest to emerge as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney received a boost Saturday from a group of evangelicals and others who voted to back his candidacy in a last-ditch effort to stop the front-runner’s march to the nomination.


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Russell Brand-Katy Perry divorce has Hindus leaders  angry after solemn Indian ceremony: report 

While it’s relatively common in Hollywood for celebrity marriages to not last until death does them part, some Hindu leaders are taking Russell Brand and Katy Perry’s divorce very hard.

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Iowa leaders Romney, Paul leave stage to rivals (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., left, greets supporters during a campaign stop at the Black Bear Diner, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in Storm Lake, Iowa. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP – The two leading Republican presidential candidates in Iowa left the stage to their rivals to make their final pitches to voters just three days before the state’s Republican caucus.


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Boehner: House leaders accept Senate tax terms (AP)

House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is followed by reporters after holding a news conference on the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – Their isolation complete, House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers.


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AP sources: House leaders accept Senate tax terms (AP)

House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is followed by reporters after holding a news conference on the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – In an abrupt about-face, House Republican leaders Thursday agreed to a two-month extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut and federal unemployment benefits, GOP aides said.


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Obama urges Hill leaders to extend payroll tax cut (AP)

Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, and House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., hold a meeting with the conference committee on the payroll tax cut on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – Seeking to break a stalemate that is threatening 160 million workers with Jan. 1 tax increases, President Barack Obama urged the top leaders of Congress Wednesday to first pass a short-term extension while promising to work with lawmakers on a full-year measure.


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