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** FILE ** In this April 8, 2008, file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidents office, File)

AP: Iran poised for big nuke jump

By George Jahn - Associated Press

Iran is poised to greatly expand uranium enrichment at a fortified underground bunker to a ...

A coffin holding the remains of singer Whitney Houston is carried into the New Hope Baptist Church before her funeral services in Newark, N.J., on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Whitney Houston remembered at N.J. hometown funeral

By Nekesa Mumbi - Associated Press

Clapping hands and swaying to gospel hymns in the church where Whitney Houston’s powerful voice ...

In this Feb. 13, 2012, photo, a gas station attendant pumps gas, in Portland, Ore. At an average of $3.51 a gallon, gas is up 23 percent since Jan. 1. And experts say motorists could pay a record $4.25 a gallon by late April. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Gas prices are highest ever for this time of year

By Chris Kahn - Associated Press

Gasoline prices have never been higher this time of the year. At $3.53 a gallon, ...

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Romney cites Olympics success

By Kasie Hunt - Associated Press

Mitt Romney returned to Salt Lake City on Saturday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2002 Winter Games he helped lead, but the GOP presidential candidate came under attack for urging the federal government to provide big bucks for Olympic expenses.

Defense attorneys Rhonda Quagliana, left, and Francis McQ. Lawrence, right, walk into the Charlottesville Circuit courthouse for George W. Huguely V's trial in Charlottesville, Va. on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Norm Shafer)

Defense rests in Huguely murder trial

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

The defense rested its case in the murder trial of George W. Huguely V on Saturday afternoon, after a day in which a key expert witness was ordered to limit his comments because an attorney accidentally included him on an email to other expert witness about testimony during the trial.

** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks during a news conference on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Questions surface on Gingrich campaign travel payments

By Luke Rosiak - The Washington Times

When Newt Gingrich’s campaign disclosed in October it planned to pay the candidate $70,000 for travel expenses in the third quarter, the transfer was an anomaly among presidential campaigns.

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Justice says Supreme Court should revisit campaign finance

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a Montana law that had banned corporations from running political ads, but Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the case makes it likely the Supreme Court will have to revisit the Citizens United ruling that has unleashed a flood of ads this year.

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Judge dismisses challenge to Md. Dream Act referendum

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Miro's "La Ferme" ("The Farm"), crowded with nostalgic images of the area, shows the house from the side. Ernest Hemingway bought it, and his widow donated it to the U.S. National Gallery of Art. (Photo provided by The National Gallery of Art)

Spanish artist Miro's farm needs tender, loving care

By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times

Catalonian artist Joan Miro had a farm. And on this farm he had an easel on which he created large, wonderful paintings of it that are among his most famous works. Now, with Spain in economic crisis, Miro’s farm is a neglected relic with an uncertain future.

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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2001, file photo Mitt Romney, president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, announces there are 70,000 additional tickets available for purchase for the 2002 Winter Games during a news conference in Salt Lake City. Romney will put his time running the Olympics back in the spotlight Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, when he speaks at a major celebration honoring the 10-year anniversary of the games. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

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Gas prices are highest ever for this time of year

By Chris Kahn - Associated Press

Gasoline prices have never been higher this time of the year. At $3.53 a gallon, prices are already up 25 cents since Jan. 1. And experts say they could reach a record $4.25 a gallon by late April.

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Syrian forces fire on funeral in Damascus, kill 1

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Syrian security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at thousands of people marching Saturday in a funeral procession that turned into a protest in Damascus, killing at least one person, activists said. It was one of the largest demonstrations in the capital since the 11-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad began.

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AP: Iran poised for big nuke jump

By George Jahn - Associated Press

Iran is poised to greatly expand uranium enrichment at a fortified underground bunker to a point that would boost how quickly it could make nuclear warheads, diplomats tell the Associated Press.