| Leadership scramble: GOP rivals vie for title (AP) |
AP - The Republican presidential contenders are making a pitch to voters that sounds a lot like a children's game: Follow the leader.
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| Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability (AP) |
AP - Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on one idea: that he is best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Even some of his supporters seem to be struggling to buy the former House speaker's claim, an indication that chief rival Mitt Romney's efforts to undercut him may be working.
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| College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan (AP) |
AP - Illinois State University President Al Bowman says President Barack Obama's proposal to tie federal support to tuition controls is a product of "fuzzy math." His counterpart at the University of Washington calls it little more than "political theater."
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| AP Interview: Roubini warns of tough times ahead (AP) |
AP - Economist Nouriel Roubini, nicknamed "Dr. Doom" for his gloomy predictions in the run-up to the financial meltdown four years ago, says the fallout from that crisis could last the rest of this decade.
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| Afghan lawmaker blasts early French withdrawal (AP) |
AP - An Afghan lawmaker has sharply criticized France's plans to hand over security in her troubled province to Afghan troops within a few months, saying that her country's forces are unprepared to handle the job and more violence would result.
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