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• Friedman: Santorum focuses on Iran

  Santorum , who wrested some momentum from Mitt Romney by winning primary contests in Colorado , Minnesota , and Missouri , likes to cast himself as something of an expert on Iran, which has arguably become the top foreign-policy issue in the campaign. From   Read more »

• Five ways Jeremy Lin has impacted the Knicks

  the offense. A primary example was the execution on Steve Novaks game-tying three-pointer with 36.2 seconds left Saturday night in Minnesota . With Lin at the end of the bench, they had struggled to get shots off late against Boston and Chicago earlier this   Read more »

• In Maine, Paul vies to extend Romney losing streak

  about the outcome of what has become a two-man race in Maine.Neither Newt Gingrich nor Rick Santorum , who won in Missouri , Minnesota and Colorado on Tuesday, is actively competing in Maine, where party officials planned to declare a winner Saturday evening.Romney   Read more »

• Official: 10 states get No Child Left Behind waiver

  Press has learned.The first 10 states to receive the waivers are Colorado , Florida, Georgia , Indiana , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Minnesota , New Jersey , Oklahoma and Tennessee . The only state that applied for the flexibility and did not get it, New Mexico,   Read more »

• Amar'e, Melo out two more games

  for practice Monday. Hazell Stoudemire was killed in a car wreck Monday in Florida.The Knicks host the Lakers Friday and play in Minnesota Saturday against the Timberwolves. Stoudemire will be back for Tuesday's game against the Raptors in Toronto . Carmelo   Read more »

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• Santorum targets Romney 'negative attack machine'

  WASHINGTON -- TITLE: "Rombo" LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: On broadcast and cable in Michigan. KEY IMAGES: A Mitt Romney doppelganger armed with what looks like an assault rifle enters a warehouse and looks around shiftily. When a cardboard cutout of Rick 45 m ago from Miami Herald Read more »

• Coalition to Congress: ‘Do Not Waiver in Support for Great Lakes Programs’

  for their drinking water, jobs and way of life.” In President Obama’s budget, the Great Lakes states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are set to receive approximately $727 million in federal funds to support 58 m ago from National Wildlife Federation Read more »

• Lisa Murkowski Backs Romney in Alaska: A Super Tuesday Preview

  Alaska’s Republican primary caucus will be held on March 6, 2012, otherwise known as Super Tuesday. Other primaries that day include Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. In preparation for Alaska, 5:01 PM from Big Government Read more »

• Fog, ice blamed in 2 Minn. school bus crashes

  CLOUD, Minn. - Fog and icy roads are blamed in two school bus crashes in central Minnesota. No children were hurt in the Wednesday morning accidents in Holdingford and Pierz (pirz). The first crash happened around 7:15 a.m. when a man hit a patch of ice and 4:52 PM from Minneapolis Star Tribune Read more »

• Duluth casino fight foreboding for gambling expansion efforts?

  more land than Yellowstone National Park, if you add up all the acres, and it stretches across northern Minnesota. Yet many Minnesotans have never heard of it. It’s called school trust land — about 2.5 million acres of mostly forest and swamp in square-mile 4:41 PM from MinnPost.com Read more »