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By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Marco Rubio took the stage with Mitt Romney and delivered what the presidential candidate wanted — a jolt of energy aimed at
By Paloma Esquivel And Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Net migration from Mexico to the United States has come to a statistical standstill, stalling one of the most significant
By Teddy Greenstein and K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The Bulls took some licks last week from Heat players during a visit to Miami. Carlos Boozer said he didn’t take offense,
By Ian Duncan, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — All-Star pitcher Roger Clemens is tangled in a web of deceit that he made for himself, prosecutors said as they fired their opening salvo
By Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times – The New Orleans Saints, already reeling from the bounty scandal, were confronted Monday with a different type of explosive allegation. According to ESPN, Saints General Manager
By Tom Silverstein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – MILWAUKEE — For 13 years, left tackle Chad Clifton anchored the left side of the Green Bay Packers’ offensive line, protecting Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers
By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins and Red Sox, two teams desperate for a victory, locked horns on Monday night in a game that was filled with emotional
By Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times – President Obama has called a halt to the decade-long rise in defense spending that began after Sept. 11, and has proposed shrinking the Army and Marine
By Blair Kerkhoff, McClatchy Newspapers – For college football’s everybody-wants-a-playoff crowd, meet Bill Snyder and Bob Stoops. Two of the game’s most respected coaches said Monday that the fewer changes made to the
By Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — George Harrison was recording steadily at the studio in his English country estate until nearly the day he died in 2001. “He loved to record,
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times – WASHINGTON — The Internet and social media helped fuel last year’s “Arab Spring” pro-democracy uprisings. Now, the Obama administration wants to prevent companies from using the
By David Lightman and Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers – ASTON, Pa. — Mitt Romney is expected to win all five Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, but Pennsylvania and Connecticut will be watched closely for