ARTICLES BY PHILIP ELLIOTT

Blame already being cast over budget fight

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'It shows what they know, and what they should know'

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Obama signs student loan deal, says job isn't done

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a measure restoring lower interest rates for student loans, pledging the hard-fought compromise would be just the first step in a broader, concerted fight to rein in the costs of a college education.

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Teaching teachers Report: Training for educators inadequate

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Lawmakers: Obama wooing might break budget logjam

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More students finishing what they started

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'Not me' top contender for GOP veep spot

WASHINGTON - Tag. I'm not it.

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Limbaugh apologizes to student for insult

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A sign of things to come?

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Romney's rivals look to South Carolina

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mitt Romney's rivals are all but conceding defeat in next Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, looking past a weekend debate doubleheader in the Granite State and focusing on South Carolina as their best chance to slow his march to the Republican presidential nomination.

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Gingrich says rivals' criticism taking a toll

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Candidates claim Tea Party banner

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Pledging fidelity to the Constitution and vowing to carry the tea party's priorities to the White House, the Republicans chasing the GOP's presidential nomination pitched themselves Monday to their party's libertarian activists as the strongest candidates to roll back four years of President Barack Obama's tenure.

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Bachmann wins GOP 2012 test vote

AMES, Iowa - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann won a test vote of Iowans on Saturday, a show of popularity and organizational strength for the tea party favorite five months before the state's caucuses kick off the GOP presidential nominating season.

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Republican presidential contest suddenly heats up

WASHINGTON - The still unsettled race for the Republican nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012 is getting more interesting.

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Little-known Utah governor explores White House bid

HANCOCK, N.H. - Republican Jon Huntsman on Friday heard a major hurdle to his White House aspirations summed up in a single voter's question: "Aside from Utah, who are you?"

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