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West
- California Assemblyman Jeff Gorell will seek re-election after spending a year in the Afghanistan on active duty as a Naval Reservist.
- Rick Santorum visits Washington as culture issues take center stage.
- Oregon State Senate Republicans vow to block health reforms if caps are not placed on Oregon Health Plan members ability to sue for malpractice.
- Utah lawmakers seek to change the way Utah awards its Presidential Electoral Votes.
- Matt Salmon is running for Arizona’s fifth Congressional District and is staying neutral in the GOP Presidential Race.
Midwest
- Rick Santorum plans for the Michigan Primary.
- Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, State Treasurer Don Stenberg and state Sen. Deb Fischer who are all running for United States Senate are not endorsing in the GOP Primary.
- A.J. Spiker elected Iowa State GOP Chairman.
- U.S. Representative Joe Walsh seeks re-election to Illinois 8th Congressional District.
- The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities reports a budget can not be filibustered, “Requires only a majority vote to pass, and its consideration is one of the few actions that cannot be filibustered in the Senate.”
South
- Are changes coming to the Alabama Immigation law?
- South Carolina GOP House targets tax and pension reform.
- Should insurers be forced to pay for contraceptive coverage?
- Louisana congressional delgation is divided on line-item-veto.
- Newt Gingrich leads in Georgia.
East
- Rick Santorum fights the culture war.
- Archbishop Timothy Dolan leaves NYC for Rome to become a Roman Catholic Cardinal.
- Public funds in religious schools in Maine.
- NJ State Senator Stephen Sweeney vows to block gay marriage referendum.
- Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are in a close race in Pennsylvania.
National
- Sarah Palin at CPAC, “Well America, it is time we drain the jacuzzi and we throw the bums out with the bath water.”
- Mitt Romney defends record as Massachusetts Governor.
- Egypt is cracking down on U.S. funded pro-democracy groups.
- Senator Mark Kirk is released from the hospital and sent to a rehab center after stroke.
- Mitt Romney wins CPAC Straw Poll.
International
- Singer and actress Whitney Houston dies at 48.
- Mitt Romney: I am severely conservative.
- Will India embrace the United States?
- Five NewsCorp senior Sun journalists arrested over bribery claims.
- In Egypt 19 Americans are detained for working with pro-democracy groups.
Sports
- Steelers releasing Hines Ward.
- Lin sanity continues for the New York Knicks.
- Rams prepare to hire Falcons Les Snead.
- Phil Mickelson captures 40th win at Pebble Beach. x
- Al Saunders is staying with the Oakland Raiders as a senior assistant.