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February 5th, 2011

Rep. Rehberg of Mont. seeks Tester’s Senate seat (AP)

FILE - This Dec. 21, 2010 file photo shows Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Populist farmer U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and longtime Republican stalwart Rehberg have been sparring for more than a year, but now they really have something to fight about, with Rehberg's intention to challenge Tester for the 2012 Senate race. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg told Republicans on Saturday that backlash in Montana to "liberal know-it-alls" running the nation was a big reason he has decided to challenge Sen. Jon Tester in 2012.


February 5th, 2011

Palin blasts administration’s handling of Egypt (AP)

Former Republican Vice Presidential candidate and Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin greets guests after speaking at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, Friday Feb. 4, 2011. Palin was the headline speaker for  the Ronald Reagan Centennial celebration opening reception hosted by the Young Americans Foundation.  (AP Photo/ Spencer Weiner)AP - Sarah Palin says the Obama administration must tell Americans what it knows about who will be Egypt's next leader.


February 5th, 2011

Mubarak’s men key to US reform hopes in Egypt (AP)

FILE - In this April 22, 2009, file photo Egypt's intelligence chief Omar Suleiman is in Jerusalem for a first high-level meeting between an Egyptian official and Israel's new hard-line government. A week of American telephone diplomacy with a small group of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's closest advisers is key to a U.S. hoped-for transition towards democracy in Egypt, where smothered political opposition leaves no clear alternative to the U.S. for a bargaining partner. Vice President Joe Biden spoke to Suleiman, now 74, who became vice president on Jan. 29, 2011.  (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill, File)AP - Seeking reform in Egypt, the U.S. increasingly is counting on a small cadre of President Hosni Mubarak's closest advisers to guide a hoped-for transition from autocracy to democracy.


February 5th, 2011

Health care fraud: Not a faceless crime any longer (AP)

FILE - This composite photo released by the FBI Oct. 13, 2010, shows 10 suspects indicted in Los Angeles as part of an FBI investigation, dubbed  Operation Diagnosis Dollars, which targeted the largest Medicare fraud ring by one criminal enterprise in the program's history. A vast network of 73 people across the country were charged by federal prosecutors in a scheme to cheat Medicare out of $163 million. Medicare and Medicaid scams cost taxpayers more than $60 billion a year, but the average bank holdup is likely to get more attention. (AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigations, File)AP - Health care fraud once was a faceless crime. Now it has a mug shot, even a smile.


February 5th, 2011

Chicago residents call “dibs” on dug-out parking (AP)

In this Feb. 4, 2011 photo, Mindy Chambers sits on her chair after shoveling snow in front of her home in Chicago. A blizzard that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow has revived a longstanding Chicago tradition: Break out the patio furniture. Or, if none is available, suitcases, garbage cans, strollers, bar stools and milk crates work, too. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)AP - A blizzard that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow has revived a longstanding Chicago tradition: Break out the patio furniture. Or, if none is available, suitcases, garbage cans, strollers, bar stools and milk crates work, too.



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