But other Republican candidates continue fighting to emerge as the Romney alternative.
2012
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Nation Dispatches
HONOLULU Obama signs defense bill, criticizes terror provisions President Obama signed a wide-ranging defense bill into law Saturday despite having “serious reservations” about provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists. The bill also applies penalties against Iran’s central bank in an effort to hamper Tehran’s ability to fund its nuclear enrichment […]
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Remember ’11, bring on ’12
The stories that helped shape our sports lives may now be history, but they won’t be forgotten soon.
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Enthusiasm, and snow, on tap for ski nationals
About 500 skiers are expected to compete at the U.S. Cross Country Championships.
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Portland’s Polar Plunge raises $16,000
More than 100 take the icy plunge to help combat global warming.
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Storm continue their hot streak
Kevin Manning scores 16 points off the bench as Scarborough finishes a big week with a one-sided victory.
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Girls’ hockey: Scarborough cruises past Cheverus, 5-0
Kristina Block scores four goals and leads the Red Storm to a win over the Stags.
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Rio Grande block party no fun for Red Claws
The Vipers block 13 shots and roll past a Maine team still searching for some consistency in its roster.
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People & EntertainmentLow ticket sales undo movie industry rally
LOS ANGELES – U.S. theater owners were counting on a slew of high-profile holiday films to end an erratic moviegoing year on a high note. After a rally at the box office this summer — when ticket sales hit record levels — the U.S. exhibition industry looked as if it had reversed a slump earlier […]
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Officials: Powdered formula untainted
Four babies, including one in Missouri and another in Florida who died, had been sickened by bacteria.