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              ** FILE ** Vice President Joe Biden talks to workers of a Rochester company that has partnered with a local college, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

              Rivals hold their fire on big Gingrich funder

              By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

              Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s biggest financial backer, billionaire Las Vegas casino tycoon and staunch Israel promoter Sheldon Adelson, is proving a mixed blessing with GOP voters for his favorite candidate, but to date Mr. Gingrich’s presidential rivals have studiously refrained from making the donor a campaign issue.

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              Lululemon killer sentenced to life in prison without parole

              By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

              A woman convicted of brutally beating and stabbing a coworker to death at the Lululemon Athletica store in Bethesda last year was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

              ** FILE ** Vice President Joe Biden talks to workers of a Rochester company that has partnered with a local college, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

              Biden bullish on Dems’ November prospects

              By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

              Vice President Joseph Biden told House Democrats Friday he was confident they’ll win back control of the chamber after the November elections and offered his campaign support for members in several key swing states.

              ** FILE ** A lineup of F-250 trucks shows a bit of ice at Formula Ford in Montpelier, Vt. Ford earned its biggest profit in more than a decade in 2010 as robust car and truck sales and years of cost cutting paid off for the company. (Associated Press)

              Economy picks up the pace with 2.8 percent growth in fourth quarter

              By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

              The U.S. economy picked up speed last quarter, growing at a 2.8 percent pace compared to a 1.8 percent rate in the summer quarter of 2011, the Commerce Department reported Friday morning.

              Oscar snubs box-office hits, salutes Hollywood

              By Peter Suderman - Special to The Washington Times

              The Oscars are supposed to be Hollywood’s biggest night. So why does this year’s list of best picture nominees feel so small?

              Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, campaigns at Astrotech Space Operations in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

              Romney, Gingrich focus on Hispanic voters in Fla.

              By Brian Bakst and Steve Peoples - Associated Press

              Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney urged conservatives to back off aggressive anti-immigration policies as the Republican presidential candidates vied for Hispanic votes Friday, a day marked by heightened tensions entering the final weekend before Florida’s primary.

              FILE - In this file photo from Dec. 5, 2011, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio discusses the latest in the document release on his office's handling of many sexual assault cases over the years in El Mirage, Ariz., during a news conference in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

              Suspect in Ariz. sheriff death threat in custody

              By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

              A 33-year-old Phoenix man is being held by sheriff’s deputies in Phoenix in connection with an Internet death threat against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for his ongoing investigation into the legitimacy of President Obama’s birth certificate.

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