Iowa ad war: late starting but nasty (AP)
AP – At least $12.5 million and counting has blanketed the airwaves ahead of next Tuesday’s Republican presidential caucuses, with hard-hitting commercials awash in ghoulish images and startling claims. Most are coming from a proliferation of new independent groups aligned with the candidates.
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Philippine floods death toll jumps to nearly 1,500 (AP)
AP – The death toll from flash floods that swept away entire villages in the southern Philippines climbed to nearly 1,500 on Tuesday, as authorities widened their search for bodies.
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Philippine floods death toll jumps to nearly 1,500
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2 women share 1st kiss at US Navy ship’s return (AP)
AP – A Navy tradition caught up with the repeal of the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” rule on Wednesday when two women sailors became the first to share the coveted “first kiss” on the pier after one of them returned from 80 days at sea.
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Manning’s sexual orientation is raised in hearing (AP)
AP – The young Army intelligence specialist accused of passing government secrets spent his 24th birthday in court Saturday as his lawyers argued his status as a gay soldier before the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” played an important role in his actions.
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Flash floods kill more than 400 in Philippines (AP)
AP – Flash floods devastated a southern Philippines region unaccustomed to serious storms, killing more than 400 people while they slept, rousting hundreds of others to their rooftops and turning two coastal cities into muddy, debris-filled waterways that were strewn Saturday with overturned vehicles and toppled trees.
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Flash floods kill more than 400 in Philippines
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Gingrich says rivals’ criticism taking a toll (AP)
AP – Newt Gingrich tried to quiet unrelenting campaign criticism that he acknowledged had taken a toll as Mitt Romney stepped up insider attacks Saturday in hopes of regaining front-runner status with the first presidential vote little more than two weeks away.
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Analysis: Gingrich, Romney ready for Iowa sprint (AP)
AP – The final Republican presidential debate before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus crystalized the strengths and weaknesses of the chief contenders as perhaps no other event thus far.
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Top Marine says service embracing gay ban repeal (AP)
AP – Since the lifting two months ago of a longstanding U.S. ban on gays serving openly in the military, U.S. Marines across the globe have adapted smoothly and embraced the change, says their top officer, Gen. James F. Amos, who previously had argued against repealing the ban during wartime.
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Eddie Murphy follows Ratner and quits Oscar gig (AP)
AP – Eddie Murphy has bowed out of his gig as host of the Academy Awards, following pal Brett Ratner’s decision to leave the show as producer because of an uproar over a gay slur.
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Flacco rallies Ravens past Steelers 23-20 (AP)
AP – Torrey Smith’s night began with a penalty that wiped out a long Baltimore touchdown.
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Flacco rallies Ravens past Steelers 23-20
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