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Perry wins Texas GOP governor’s primary (source: CNN)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry won his state’s Republican gubernatorial primary outright on Tuesday, avoiding a potentially costly runoff election against Sen.

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Can a Democrat win in Texas? (source: CNN)

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Bill White, the former Houston mayor, isn’t just Rick Perry’s Democratic opponent in the Texas governor’s race — he’s Perry’s polar opposite. (source: CNN) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Obama’s health plan to include GOP ideas (source: CNN)

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President Obama will release a new proposal Wednesday that will include Republican ideas on tort reform and health savings accounts, Democratic officials say. (source: CNN) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

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Key influential Texas ed board race remains tight (source: Associate Press)

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Pivotal state education board races in Texas that could shape what millions of students read in textbooks nationwide remained tight early Wednesday, including that of a prominent conservative Christian struggling to keep his longtim… (source: Associate Press) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Ex-Houston mayor wins Democratic gov. nomination (source: Associate Press)

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Houston Mayor Bill White defeated six other candidates Tuesday to become the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, giving the party its best hope in years at winning the chief executive post…. (source: Associate Press) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Rangel denies he’s giving up tax writing chair (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)

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Gates says study on gays should include troops (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that a Pentagon review of how the ban on openly gay military service could be lifted must involve troops and their families at all levels of the armed forces without ensnaring them in the political … (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Justices may extend gun owner rights nationwide (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:24:57 +0000

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it will strike down U.S. cities’ outright bans on handguns, a ruling that could establish a nationwide ownership right fervently sought by gun advocates

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Obama administration plans to close International Labor Comparisons office (source: Washington Post)

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:24:36 +0000

Like a scorekeeper for the world, a tiny unit within the Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks globalization’s winners and losers, and the results are not always pretty for the United States. Manufacturing jobs here, for example, have fallen faster since 1979 … (source: Washington Post) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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NOAA’s tsunami warning system (source: Washington Post)

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Jane Lubchenco, a marine ecologist and environmental scientist, became the ninth administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a year ago. She taught at Harvard University and Oregon State University and also served as president of t… (source: Washington Post) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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