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Presidential Race
5:09 am
Sun February 5, 2012

Romney Vows To Take Nev.'s Vote To Washington

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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney won the Nevada caucus Saturday, maintaining strong front-runner status in the race to the nomination.
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There was no 11th-hour surprise in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night. The first state in the West to vote in the Republican presidential race chose Mitt Romney, who won with support from a broad base and left his rivals trailing behind.

No Thanks To You, Mr. President

Nevada has been Romney country since at least 2008. That year, he took about half the vote in the caucuses but lost the Republican nomination to John McCain.

This year, he has his sights set higher.

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Europe
5:08 am
Sun February 5, 2012

Employed But Not Paid, Some Greeks Voice Protest

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ALTER's newsroom no longer operates as part of the strike. Instead, the unpaid staff is broadcasting messages demanding their pay and accusing the company's owner of defrauding them.
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Dimitris Perakis, foreign news editor at ALTER, is owed more than $22,000. He's worked at the company for 14 years.
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By Joanna Kakissis

The number of Greeks who are out of work has doubled in the last two years, as Greece has suffered its worst debt crisis in recent memory and a crippling recession. But the economy is so bad that even Greeks with jobs haven't been paid for months. It's a widespread problem that's left thousands in a desperate limbo.

One is Dimitris Perakis, the foreign news editor at ALTER Channel, a small private television station in Athens. He's 37 and has worked at the station for 15 years — his entire career in journalism.

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It's All Politics
1:00 am
Sun February 5, 2012

Move Over, Iowa, Nevada Has A Caucus Problem Too

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Jan White, left, Brenda Robertson, center, and Janet Freixas, right, count paper ballots at the headquarters of the Douglas County Republican Party Saturday in Minden, Nev., following county-wide Nevada caucus meetings.
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Originally published on Mon February 6, 2012 7:35 am

Imagine this: You're the Super Bowl host city, and you've gone to a lot of trouble to get the big game in your town. Now everyone's watching as the game comes to an end, and you can't get the scoreboard to work. Suddenly no one's sure who's ahead or how much time is left to play.

That nightmare scenario probably could not happen. But we have seen some highly improbable events lately that embarrassed the host states in the presidential nominating process.

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Around the Nation
4:17 pm
Sat February 4, 2012

Lost Malcolm X Speech Heard Again 50 Years Later

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Richard Holbrooke and Katharine Pierce as students in 1961 at Brown University.
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Malcolm X, shown here in 1964, spoke at Brown University in 1961 to defend his views. That speech was recently unearthed in the university archives.
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The front page of the Brown Daily Herald on May 12, 1961, the day after Malcolm X spoke at the university. This was the clipping that Malcolm Burnley found last year in the library archives at the university.
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Last semester, Brown senior Malcolm Burnley took a narrative writing course. One of the assignments was to write a fictional story based on something true — and that true event had to be found inside the university archives.

"So I went to the archives and started flipping through dusty compilations of student newspapers, and there was this old black-and-white photo of when Malcolm X came to speak," Burnley says. "There was one short article that corresponded to it, and very little else."

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Mitt Romney
4:06 pm
Sat February 4, 2012

When Will We Get To Know The 'Real' Mitt Romney?

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Mitt Romney campaigns at Ring Power Lift Trucks in Jacksonville, Fla., last week, before the state's primary. He won by a substantial margin over second-place rival Newt Gingrich.
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A young Romney looks over the New York World's Fair in 1964 with his father, then-Michican Gov. George Romney.
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Romney greets supporters in Boston in 1994, during his campaign for the U.S. Senate.
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Serving as Salt Lake Organizing Committee president and CEO, Romney celebrates with children from the Children's Dance Theater in 1999.
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Romney chats with President George W. Bush during the Opening Ceremony at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games in 2002.
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Romney takes the oath of office as governor of Massachusetts in 2003.
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Gov. Romney signs into law his landmark health care overhaul bill during a ceremony in 2006.
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Romney officially announces he is entering the race for the Republican presidential nomination in February 2007.
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Mitt Romney celebrates after wining the Florida GOP primary by a wide margin over second-place rival Newt Gingrich.
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Mitt Romney talks to staff on his campaign plane en route from Reno to Elko, Nev., on Friday following a big win in the Florida primary.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 10:03 am

With his big win in the Florida primary and an expected solid showing in Saturday's Nevada caucus, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is regaining his front-runner status for the Republican presidential nomination.

Despite his time as governor, his previous presidential run and quite a few years in the spotlight, a question still remains: Who is Mitt Romney?

To some, Romney personifies the corporate raider; the cold, calculating chief executive. But people who have worked with Romney speak much differently of him.

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Around the Nation
2:48 pm
Sat February 4, 2012

Recliners Score Big With Super Bowl Watchers

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum walks among recliners during a campaign stop at a furniture store in Iowa in December. Recliner sales have been rising fast leading up to the Super Bowl.
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Motion Thor power recliner, made by Parking Living
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And now the final preparations for Super Bowl Sunday. Chips and salsa? Check. Buffalo wings and beer? Got 'em. Recliner? Wait, what?

Sales of reclining chairs and sofas are as hot as New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz's touchdown dance. Or, for you New England Patriots fans, as popular as star tight end Rob Gronkowski's sprained ankle.

It might seem an odd connection, but retailers say the Super Bowl, America's most watched sporting event, sends football fans bursting into showrooms like a bruising running back.

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Politics
2:00 pm
Sat February 4, 2012

In Nev., Solid Showing Expected For Romney

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Nevada holds its Republican caucuses today it is the first Western state to weigh in on the nominating contest. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports that Mitt Romney is widely favored to win and has the latest from Nevada.

World
2:00 pm
Sat February 4, 2012

Tens Of Thousands Protest Russia's Putin

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NPR's Corey Flintoff reports from Moscow where tens of thousands of demonstrators braved bitter cold to rally for and against Vladimir Putin today. With just one month before a presidential election, the opposition is making a big push for a fair vote, and the government is responding with counter-demonstrations.

Sports
2:00 pm
Sat February 4, 2012

Angelo Dundee, More Than Just A Good Cornerman

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Boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard remembers the trainer who stood in his corner through some of his greatest fights ever. Along with Leonard, Angelo Dundee trained a long list of boxing champions including George Foreman and the great boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The renowned trainer and cornerman died this week at age 90 at his home in Tampa, Fla.

World
2:00 pm
Sat February 4, 2012

Russia, China Veto UN Resolution On Syria

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The U.N. Security Council failed again Saturday to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China vetoed a resolution backing an Arab League plan that calls for President Bashar Assad to step down. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports the veto drew intense criticism from the U.S.

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