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    HHS Secretary Sebelius to address Georgetown graduates despite protest from Catholic archbishop
    Mitt Romney distances himself from racially fueled proposal to attack Obama

    A reality of modern campaigning is that any candidate - even one as buttoned-down and disciplined as Romney - has to contend with stronger political crosswinds than in the past.

    Obama hopes summit meetings can quiet overseas questions
    D.C. delegate to Congress silenced at hearing
    Mitt Romney's April fundraising comes up just shy of Obama campaign

    Romney and the Republican National Committee, which is spending money on behalf of the Republican candidate, $40.1 million during April, according to a campaign statement. That's just shy of the raised by the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee during the same period.

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    Germany, U.S. head to G-8 summit with starkly different economic policies

    Germany has taken a tough-love, austerity-driven approach to solving Europe's recession, pushing struggling countries to sharply cut public spending and chop their debt even as their economies slump. The United States confronted its own crisis with an $862 billion stimulus package in 2009, which brought debt levels to heights not seen since shortly after World War II but may have dulled the worst blow of its downturn.

    House Republicans call for overhaul of tax code in 2013

    House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) said Thursday that he has two goals with respect to the tax code: "One, block massive, job-killing tax increases" at the end of the year, when the George W. Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire. "And two, enact - not just pass - comprehensive tax reform."

    Why college tuitions are rising: A contrarian view
    Mitt Romney's claim that 100,000 auto jobs have been lost under Obama

    State Department restores Foreign Service spouse's blog to its Web site after pulling it

    "The Dinoia Family," which has featured the Foreign Service spouse's journey through a breast cancer diagnosis at 39 as her husband was on a solo tour in Iraq, reappeared Thursday on the State Department-sanctioned site, hours after The Post reported that it had disappeared.

    Americans Elect calls it quits

    After spending $35 million to create an online nomination process and petition for a line on the ballot in more than half the states - the group's leaders acknowledged Thursday that they couldn't find a candidate.

    European markets rebound after dropping in response to economic worries
    Egyptian presidential hopefuls travel across country in bid for votes

    Some came because they had already decided to vote for the moderate Islamist, a front-runner in the presidential campaign. Others wanted to know more. But all shared the anticipation and sense of responsibility that are building here as the May 23 vote approaches, the first time in modern Egypt that the winner of a presidential election is not a foregone conclusion.

    Counterterrorism expert sees much to be done
    Anti-American rhetoric subsides in Russia
    Facebook's market debut draws criticism from lawmakers
    Greek euro exit would hit at home, but fallout could be global

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    U.S. imposes tariffs on Chinese solar panels
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    States move slowly toward digital textbooks
    Despite enthusiasm for digital textbooks at the national level, states have been slow to get on board. But the movement is gaining strength.
    Indiana gov squashes vp speculation
    TODAY'S TAKE: Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is the latest GOP governor who says he's not interested in becoming Mitt Romney's running mate.
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    AZ: Arizona's immigration law gets its day in U.S. Supreme Court
    When Paul Clement walks into the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday he's going to try to convince at least five justices that Arizona has an inherent right to enforce federal immigration laws.
    NC: North Carolina judge vacates death penalty under racial justice law
    In a landmark ruling, a North Carolina judge on Friday vacated the death penalty of a black man convicted of murder, saying prosecutors across the state had engaged in deliberate and systematic racial discrimination when striking black potential jurors in death penalty cases.
    NJ: New Jersey drops out of lawsuit against EPA over ozone
    New Jersey has dropped out of a lawsuit challenging the White House decision to bypass strict ozone standards that the EPA had recommended as necessary to protect human health.
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    The Way We Tax: A 50-State Report
    The vast majority of state tax systems are inadequate for the task of funding a 21st-century government. Most of those tax systems are also unfair. They break the golden rule of tax equity: collect the lowest possible rates on the widest possible base of taxpayers.
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