Amanda Knox transformed by ordeal, family says
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A look at how the American college student has changed since her British roommate's murder four years ago

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Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada won't seek reelection
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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) will not seek reelection in 2012, bringing to an end a tumultuous several years following an extramarital affair with a former staff member.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/07/AR2011030704306.html?wprss=rss_politics

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Huck Hears Destiny Call
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Republican Wisconsin senators bypass Democrats in vote on collective bargaining
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Senate Republicans abruptly passed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's plan to sharply curtail collective-bargaining rights for public employees Wednesday night, using a legislative maneuver to approve the measure without 14 Democratic senators who fled the state in an effort to block it.

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Senate Must Act on Pending Judicial Nominations
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$5 billion more in solar loans guaranteed
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Contruction of the Mesquite Solar 1 facility in Arlington, Ariz., continued Friday. The site's owners got a loan guarantee earlier this week.The Energy Department on Friday approved four more solar energy loan guarantees worth nearly $5 billion, hours before a controversial loan program was set to expire.


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PA-Pres: Obama keeps slight edge in key battleground, voters uneasy about electoral college shift
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Pennsylvania is tight, but still leans to Obama

Pennsylvania is a state that has (justifiably) received a lot of attention in recent weeks, as it relates to the 2012 presidential election. This is something of a given, considering how the state's trove of electoral votes has shown every sign of being a toss-up between the president and whomever emerges as his Republican foe.

A new Quinnipiac poll, released earlier in the week, indeed suggests that President Obama would be narrowly favored to win statewide, if the election were held today.

Quinnipiac. 9/21-26. Registered voters. MoE 2.7% (8/2 results)

Barack Obama (D): 45 (42)
Mitt Romney (R): 43 (44)

Barack Obama (D): 46 (45)
Rick Perry (R): 40 (39)

Barack Obama (D): 45 (45)
Rick Santorum (R): 42 (43)

Adding to the recent attention bestowed upon the Keystone State was the news two weeks ago that the Pennsylvania GOP legislative leadership was flirting with a scheme to change the way electoral votes were awarded in the state, going from the winner-take-all approach utilized in 48 states and the District of Columbia to a district-by-district approach that would siphon a number of electoral votes away from the Democrats, assuming they won statewide.

The narrow margins here underscore why, for the Pennsylvania GOP, the electoral college gambit was always a calculated risk. While Democrats have carried the state in every presidential election since 1992, the president's polling numbers here have been pretty shaky throughout the 2012 cycle. His present job approval numbers in the state stand at just 43/54, which is just a point off his all-time low. A move designed to strip a handful of electoral votes away from the Democrats could, with a shift of just a handful of voters, actually deny the GOP a handful of electoral votes.

What's more, the bill itself is not a popular proposal. While support or disapproval generally falls along party lines, opponents to the bill outnumber supporters by a 52-40 margin. A strong majority, rightly, see it as an effort by legislative Republicans to aid their presidential nominee, rather than reflective of the will of the people. So, aside from the practical considerations, the GOP would have to expend a good amount of political capital, especially since a growing number of their GOP brethren are on the record opposing the move.

Meanwhile, in other Pennsylvania campaign data, the GOP presidential primary is still wildly undefined. The leading candidate, Mitt Romney, is still in the teens (18 percent), narrowly ahead of Rick Perry (16 percent) and semi-homeboy Rick Santorum (12 percent). Both Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, in double digits in August, have seen their support recede as Perry's has grown.

Downballot, as Republicans still search for a first-tier opponent to freshman Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, the Q poll indicates that he might be a pretty tough target. His job approval continues to be above average (46/30, a bit better than GOP Senate mate Pat Toomey's 43/32), and he leads a generic Republican challenger by a pretty solid 50-31 margin.


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Right Turn: Didn't Obama pledge to complete 3 free-trade deals?
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The Wall Street Journal reports: "U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk on Monday appealed to congressional leaders to begin work "without delay" toward ratifying a free-trade deal with South Korea, even as Republican leaders continued to press to link such action with movement on trade pacts with C...

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Federal Eye: Fed worker pay comes under fire
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The Republican-led House is scheduled to hold its first hearing Wednesday on the compensation of federal employees, pitting the Obama administration and federal worker union leaders against conservative fiscal experts armed with detailed reports suggesting federal employees are paid too generousl...

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Nevada caucus to stay put
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Nevada's caucus will likely stay in early February.

Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/64879.html

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