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Jubilant Santorum wins Minnesota, leads in Colo. (AP)
AP - A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota's Republican presidential caucuses with ease Tuesday night and reached for victory in Colorado, raising fresh questions about front-runner Mitt...

Appeals court throws out same-sex marriage ban (AP)
AP - Same-sex marriage moved one step closer to the Supreme Court on Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled California's ban unconstitutional, saying it serves no purpose other than to...

Halftime in Mexico, Canada and Italy
image ripped from Jalopnik Like many Americans, I watched the Superbowl and commercials with equal enthusiasm and enjoyed both. I thought the Clint Eastwood Chrysler ad at halftime was...

Court: CA gay marriage ban is unconstitutional (AP)
AP - A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely...

APNewsBreak: Komen exec quits after funding flap (AP)
AP - A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood,...