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02/23/12--13:49: Analysis: Social issue focus may haunt GOP in fall (chan 1341651)

The longer GOP presidential candidates compete for conservative activists' favor, the more they risk alienating centrist voters who might feel that arguments over birth control are crowding out talk about how to create jobs.


02/23/12--13:49: John Edwards' mistress wins ownership of sex tape (chan 1341651)

The former mistress of John Edwards has won ownership of a sex tape she filmed with the former presidential candidate as he was running for the White House.


02/23/12--13:49: Stepmom gives birth after arrest in girl's death (chan 1341651)

An Alabama woman is under guard at a hospital after she gave birth following her arrest in the death of her 9-year-old stepdaughter, who authorities say was forced to run for three hours as punishment for lying about eating a candy bar.


02/23/12--13:49: Lesbian federal worker wins health benefits case (chan 1341651)

The government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition of same-sex unions, a federal judge has ruled.


02/23/12--13:49: 7 Marines killed in chopper collision in Arizona (chan 1341651)

Two military helicopters collided over the California desert during nighttime training exercises, killing seven Marines in the latest of several similar accidents in the region.


02/23/12--13:49: Texas torture victim calls survival 'miracle' (chan 1341651)

After searching more than a week for a woman who seemingly vanished after her house burned down, authorities finally got a lead: Jeffrey Allan Maxwell.


02/23/12--13:49: Amnesty says half a million Afghans displaced (chan 1341651)

A new report by Amnesty International says that every day, 400 people join the ranks of the half a million Afghans displaced by fighting and natural disaster.


02/23/12--13:49: Police charge 2 in death of Ala girl forced to run (chan 1341651)

At a doublewide trailer along a dirt road in rural Alabama, authorities say 9-year-old Savannah Hardin was forced to run for three hours as punishment for having lied to her grandmother about eating candy bars. The severely dehydrated girl had a seizure and her death days later was ruled a homicide.


02/23/12--13:49: Fiery charges: Romney, Santorum assail each other (chan 1341651)

Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum traded fiery accusations about health care, spending earmarks and federal bailouts Wednesday night in the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.


02/23/12--13:49: Feds crack down on rhino horn smuggling ring (chan 1341651)

Federal wildlife investigators say they've broken up an international smuggling ring that trafficked in sawed-off rhinoceros horns for buyers in Vietnam and China who believe they cure cancer.