http://www.iwatchnews.org/2012/02/07/8087/bain-execs-spent-nearly-5-million-romney-s-white-house-runs-records-show

States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement for Homeowners

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/us/washington-state-set-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage.html?scp=2&sq=washington&st=cse

Vote Moves Washington State Closer to Gay Marriage

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/us/politics/house-passes-bill-banning-insider-trading-by-members-of-congress.html?hp

House Passes Bill Banning Insider Trading by Members of Congress

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/us/politics/boehner-vows-to-fight-contraception-rule.html?scp=1&sq=g.o.p%20vows&st=cse

Birth Control Is Covered, and G.O.P. Vows a Fight

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/business/media/young-people-are-watching-but-less-often-on-tv.html?scp=1&sq=youths&st=cse

Youths Are Watching, but Less Often on TV

A Ruling for Equal Rights

“An appeals court strikes down California’s ban on same-sex marriage.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/what-wikipedia-wont-tell-you.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

What Wikipedia Won’t Tell You, by Cary H. Sherman

“In the online piracy debate, Web rhetoric overwhelmed reason.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/friedman-freedom-at-4-below.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Freedom at 4 Below, by Thomas L. Friedman

“While the protests are propelled by deep aspirations for dignity, justice and self-determination, such heroic emotions have to compete with other less noble impulses and embedded interests in these societies.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/to-weaken-iran-start-with-syria.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Iran’s Achilles Heel, by Efraim Halevy

“Don’t attack Tehran; end it’s influence in Syria.”

Obama Yields in Marshaling of ‘Super PAC’

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/us/politics/republicans-see-politics-in-chrysler-super-bowl-ad.html?scp=2&sq=chrysler&st=cse

Republicans See Politics in Chrysler Super Bowl Ad

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/nyregion/in-albany-a-decision-on-natural-gas-drilling-suddenly-seems-less-certain.html?scp=1&sq=gallop&st=cse

After Early Gallop, Albany Slows to Crawl in Making Decision on Gas Drilling

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/us/assisted-suicide-law-is-overturned-by-georgia-supreme-court.html?scp=2&sq=georgia&st=cse

Georgia Court Rejects Law Aimed at Assisted Suicide

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/nyregion/bill-would-protect-church-services-in-schools.html?scp=7&sq=senate&st=cse

Senate Backs Church Use of Schools

Things Are Not O.K., by Paul Krugman

“The downside of a good jobs report.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/opinion/steal-this-column.html?ref=opinion

Steal This Column, by Bill Keller

“Not what the founders meant by ‘free speech.’”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/opinion/dickens-v-lawyers.html?ref=opinion

Dickens V. Lawyers, by Joseph Tartakovsky

“Are solicitor just amoral mouthpieces?”

Religious Condition Stirs Protest at a Caucus Site

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/us/colorado-seeks-own-roadless-rule-for-national-forests.html?scp=2&sq=colorado&st=cse

State Goes Its Own Way to Regulate Forest Roads

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/nyregion/some-churches-hope-albany-will-act-to-allow-renting-school-space-to-pray.html?scp=1&sq=congregations&st=cse

For Congregations Gathering in City Schools, Time to Move

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/nyregion/some-say-new-york-city-health-ads-should-inspire-not-scare.html?scp=5&sq=city&st=cse

New York City Defends Health Ads That Frighten the Viewer

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/sports/football/super-bowl-resilient-giants-edge-patriots-to-win-super-bowl-xlvi.html?hp

Giants Beat Patriots in Final Rally

U.S. Embassy in Syria Halts Operations as Violence Flares

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/world/middleeast/egypt-will-try-19-americans-on-criminal-charges.html?scp=3&sq=egypt&st=cse

Egypt Defies U.S. by Setting Trial for 19 Americans on Criminal Charges

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/world/asia/us-drone-strikes-are-said-to-target-rescuers.html?scp=1&sq=drone&st=cse

U.S. Said to Target Rescuers at Drone Strike Sites

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/technology/06iht-acta06.html?scp=2&sq=intellectua;l&st=cse

A New Question of Internet Freedom

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/world/europe/focus-on-french-economy-fuels-gains-by-national-front.html?scp=9&sq=france&st=cse

Focus on French Economy Fuels Gains by Far Right

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/world/europe/europe-struggles-to-deal-with-cold-and-snow.html?scp=1&sq=europe&st=cse

Hundreds of Deaths as Europe Struggles With Snow Amid an Intense Cold Snap

Politics and the Supreme Court

“Big legal cases may influence the 2012 election, but politics forcefully shaped the cases.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/sunday-review/the-2016-election-already-upon-us.html?ref=opinion

The 2016 Election, Already Upon Us, by David Leonhardt

“After November, Obama will no longer be the future of his party. In Hillary Clinton, a front-runner who says she prefers fading into the background.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/facebook-is-using-you.html?ref=opinion

Facebook is Using You, by Lori Andrews

“Your digital self can make it difficult to get credit or insurance.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/the-death-of-the-cyberflaneur.html?ref=opinion

The Death of the Cyberflaneur, by Evgeny Morozov

“The Internet was once a place for playfulness and spontaneity. Then came Facebook.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/sunday-review/europe-moves-to-protect-online-privacy.html?ref=opinion

Should Personal Data Be Personal?, by Somini Sengupta

“Unlike the United States, European countries are passing laws to keep private data private.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/bruni-mitts-muffled-soul.html?ref=opinion

Mitt’s Muffled Soul, by Frank Bruni

“There’s too much reticence about Mitt’s Mormonism.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/kristof-after-recess-change-the-world.html?ref=opinion

After Recess, Change the World, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“The Web is putting power in unusual hands. Dr. Seuss would have approved.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/friedman-russia-sort-of-but-not-really.html?ref=opinion

Russia: Sort of, but Not Really, by Thomas L. Friedman

“What will Putin do next?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/dowd-the-great-mans-wife.html?ref=opinion

The Great Man’s Wife, by Maureen Dowd

“What comes after a reality wife and a trophy wife?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/douthat-the-medias-blinders-on-abortion.html?ref=opinion

The Media’s Abortion Blinders, by Ross Douthat

“Siding with Planned Parenthood and ignoring half of America.”

Protests Over Soccer Match Riot Continue in Egypt

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/world/middleeast/syria-homs-death-toll-said-to-rise.html?hp

Deadly Attack on Syrian City Adds to Push for U.N. to Act

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/fbi-admits-hacker-groups-eavesdropping.html?scp=5&sq=hackers&st=cse

F.B.I. Admits Hacker Group’s Eavesdropping

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/technology/eu-backs-delay-in-googles-privacy-policy.html?scp=2&sq=google&st=cse

E.U. Presses Google to Delay Privacy Policy Changes

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/world/europe/putin-aide-promises-significant-changes-in-russian-political-system.html?scp=2&sq=putin&st=cse

Putin Aide Says Foreign Hands Are Behind Protests

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/world/africa/un-says-famine-in-somalia-is-over-but-risks-remain.html?scp=2&sq=somalia&st=cse

U.N. Says Somalia Famine Has Ended, but Warns That Crisis Isn’t Over

Live, From the Supreme Court

“There is no cause to think that live broadcasts will diminish the dignity of the court.”

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http://loyalopposition.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/the-war-on-organized-labor/?ref=opinion

The War on Organized Labor, by Andrew Rosenthal

“Slowly but surely, across the country, Republican governors and state legislatures are making progress in their war against labor unions.”

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http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/whats-a-republican-feminist-to-do/?ref=opinion

What’s a Republican Feminist To Do?, by Jamie Stiehm

“It is not news that the Republican Party has moved further right on social issues over the past few decades.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/opinion/kristof-where-are-the-romney-republicans.html?ref=opinion

Where Are the Romney Republicans?, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“‘George Romney Republicans,’ that is.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/opinion/collins-mitt-speaks-oh-no.html?ref=opinion

Mitt Speaks. Oh, No!, by Gail Collins

“Whenever the topic turns to wealth, or the lack thereof, some inner demon seems to make Romney say something that sounds ridiculous, offensive or ridiculously offensive.”

On Wednesday, House Republicans ordered Capitol police to arrest Josh Fox, director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary “Gasland,” along with his crew. The group was attempting to film a meeting of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment that was to discuss hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking” .. Fox faces a court hearing on February 15 on charges of “unlawful entry.” As an independent filmmaker, Fox called on congress to make all meetings and hearings accessible to independent journalists. “The truth that fracking contaminates groundwater is out, and no amount of intimidation tactics – either outright challenges to science or the arrest of journalists – will put the genie back in the bottle,” he stated.

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