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In Iowa, Obama to tout election-year energy plan
Last Updated: 6:51 AM 05/24/12 - President Barack Obama is returning to Iowa, seeking support for an election-year agenda to spur renewable energy along with a more immediate prize: the state's up-for-grab voters.
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Jurors in Edwards trial to deliberate for 5th day
Last Updated: 6:49 AM 05/24/12 - As jurors in the John Edwards campaign corruption trial gets set for a fifth day of deliberations, legal experts caution it's still too early to read too much into their discussions.
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Lawmakers to study auto plates, child protection
Last Updated: 6:39 AM 05/24/12 - Indiana lawmakers will spend the summer reviewing some of the thorniest issues that tripped them up during their 2012 session.
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Romney: American kids get `third-world education'
Last Updated: 10:15 PM 05/23/12 - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says American children are getting "a third-world education" because the system is failing them.
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Jury begins 4th day of talks at John Edwards trial
Last Updated: 4:49 PM 05/23/12 - The jury has started a fourth day of deliberations at the campaign finance fraud trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards.
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Egyptians chose leader in post-Mubarak election
Last Updated: 4:23 AM 05/23/12 - After decades of authoritarian rule, Egyptians are for the first time freely choosing their first president since last year's ouster of longtime ruler and close U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak.
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Romney inches closer to GOP nomination with sweep
Last Updated: 10:10 PM 05/22/12 - Mitt Romney has swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.
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Democrat Gregg picks Simpson as running mate
Last Updated: 4:35 AM 05/22/12 - Democrat John Gregg is tapping the Indiana Senate's top Democrat to run with him for governor.
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Jury at Edwards trial to deliberate for 3rd day
Last Updated: 4:23 AM 05/22/12 - The jury at the trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards is set to deliberate his fate for a third day.
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Pence names running mate in governor's race
Last Updated: 11:03 AM 05/21/12 - Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence has announced his pick for lieutenant governor.
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Butch Morgan and others charged in ballot petition fraud case in court
Last Updated: 10:42 AM 05/21/12 - The four St. Joseph County Democrats charged with forgery and petition fraud linked to the 2008 presidential primaries were in court on Monday morning.
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NATO touts Afghan war's end as fighting goes on
Last Updated: 4:27 AM 05/21/12 - As President Barack Obama and fellow NATO leaders herald the coming end of the deeply unpopular Afghanistan war, they face the grim reality of two more years of fighting ahead and more of their troops sure to die in combat.
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With cookies and conversations, Romney tries charm
Last Updated: 4:49 AM 05/18/12 - Mitt Romney is on a charm offensive with the national reporters covering his campaign for president.
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Jury to begin deliberations in John Edwards case
Last Updated: 4:48 AM 05/18/12 - Jurors are set to begin deliberating the fate of John Edwards on Friday, weighing nearly four weeks of testimony and evidence from the former presidential candidate's corruption trial.
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Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army
Last Updated: 4:26 AM 05/17/12 - Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out.
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House GOP defense bill challenges Obama policy
Last Updated: 4:25 AM 05/17/12 - House Republicans are pushing ahead with a defense budget that adds billions of dollars, boosts nuclear weapons programs and slows cost-cutting reductions in the force.
Closing arguments to begin in John Edwards case
Last Updated: 3:59 AM 05/17/12 - Prosecutors and defense lawyers at the John Edwards trial are set to make closing arguments as the corruption case against the former presidential candidate heads to the jury.
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World leaders set for busy US weekend of summitry
Last Updated: 3:53 AM 05/17/12 - Dozens of world leaders are heading to the United States to discuss Europe's economic woes and solidify plans for winding down the Afghanistan war.
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Elkhart County discusses changing to voting centers
Last Updated: 8:55 PM 05/16/12 - Officials in Elkhart County are constructing a new system for voting across the county.
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House votes on violence bill, draws veto threat
Last Updated: 7:03 AM 05/16/12 - The White House is threatening to veto a Republican-written renewal of the Violence Against Women Act that goes before the House today.
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Romney to inch closer to clinching party nod
Last Updated: 4:19 AM 05/15/12 - His nomination all but assured, Mitt Romney is set to inch closer to clinching the GOP presidential nomination with a presidential primary in Oregon.
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John Edwards' eldest daughter to take the stand
Last Updated: 4:17 AM 05/15/12 - The eldest daughter John Edwards is set to take the stand in her father's defense.
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New `super' PAC hopes to woo younger voters
Last Updated: 4:02 AM 05/14/12 - A new Republican-leaning Super PAC is telling younger voters to come over to the GOP side.
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Edwards' lawyers set to begin presenting defense
Last Updated: 3:59 AM 05/14/12 - Lawyers for John Edwards will begin presenting his defense today at the former presidential contender's campaign-finance trial.
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Romney steers clear of faith in address to evangelical Christian
Last Updated: 6:27 PM 05/12/12 - Mitt Romney spoke about the importance of family and hard work in a commencement address at an evangelical Christian university today, but barely mentioned hot-button social issues like abortion and gay marriage or his Mormon faith.
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Ind. governor hopefuls lay out jobs ideas for race
Last Updated: 4:26 PM 05/12/12 - The three men running to replace Gov. Mitch Daniels in November say they'll focus their campaigns largely on job creation as Indiana's economy continues ailing.
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Romney to urge grads to honor family commitments
Last Updated: 7:30 AM 05/12/12 - Mitt Romney is steering clear of the fight over gay marriage and talking about his commitments to his own family in a commencement address at a conservative Christian university.
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Obama asks Congress to act on `to-do' list
Last Updated: 7:28 AM 05/12/12 - President Obama is asking Democrats and Republicans to act on his "to-do list" for Congress, a five-point plan he says would create jobs and help restore middle-class security.
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Gay marriage shift gives Obama fundraising boost
Last Updated: 10:15 PM 05/11/12 - President Barack Obama is seeing an uptick in fundraising since he announced his shift on gay marriage.
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Romney wants to shift focus back to economy
Last Updated: 4:28 AM 05/11/12 - Republican Mitt Romney is trying to return the focus of his campaign to the sluggish economic recovery.
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Obama heads to struggling Nev. after fundraising
Last Updated: 4:27 AM 05/11/12 - President Barack Obama heads to economically struggling Nevada on Friday.
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Biden proves catalyst for Obama on gay marriage
Last Updated: 4:26 AM 05/11/12 - After Joe Biden voiced his support for gay marriage ahead of President Barack Obama, there was only one thing for the vice president to do: apologize.
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Romney counters notion he bullied gay classmates
Last Updated: 6:59 PM 05/10/12 - Mitt Romney is countering the notion that he bullied high school classmates and insists he didn't know some were gay.
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Christie won't say whether he'll seek re-election
Last Updated: 2:53 PM 05/08/12 - The political world has gotten used to hearing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie dodge questions about whether he's running for a job in Washington.
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Mich. governor introduces Romney at LCC appearance
Last Updated: 2:30 PM 05/08/12 - Gov. Rick Snyder says Michigan native Mitt Romney is the right person to make the changes in Washington that have helped Michigan's economy revive.
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Obama campaign to open 9th Mich. campaign office
Last Updated: 1:51 PM 05/08/12 - President Barack Obama's campaign is opening its ninth Michigan campaign office, this one in Grand Rapids.
Indiana's Lugar faces tea party rival in primary
Last Updated: 8:36 AM 05/08/12 - Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, the face of Indiana politics for nearly four decades, is battling for political survival against a tea party-backed GOP challenger in the state's primary. It is the highest-profile contest in four states with voting Tuesday.
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Lugar makes final push to avoid primary defeat
Last Updated: 10:03 PM 05/06/12 - U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar is keeping a smile on his face as he fights against the growing possibility his Senate career could be nearing its end.
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General balance: Romney tilts right
Last Updated: 4:48 AM 05/05/12 - Mitt Romney isn't running a "severely conservative" campaign. But it's not exactly a "Massachusetts moderate" effort either.
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Obama escalates election fight in Ohio, Virgini
Last Updated: 4:47 AM 05/05/12 - The events at two universities, Ohio State and Virginia Commonwealth, are billed as the official kickoff of Obama's re-election bid.
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Gingrich ends campaign
Last Updated: 9:45 PM 05/02/12 - Newt Gingrich can now call himself a former presidential candidate.
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Early voting numbers down from four years ago
Last Updated: 12:19 PM 05/02/12 - Indiana's primary is less than a week away, and state officials say about 78,000 people had voted early as of Monday.
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Gingrich thanks campaign supporters in new video
Last Updated: 12:04 PM 05/01/12 - Newt Gingrich is thanking supporters a day before he officially suspends his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Santorum wants promises from Romney before backing
Last Updated: 3:38 AM 05/01/12 - Romney is scheduled to meet with former foe Rick Santorum on Friday.
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Romney shakes up the strategy, tones down rhetoric
Last Updated: 4:52 AM 04/29/12 - Now that he's the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney is shifting from the charged rhetoric and demanding schedule of the primary campaign to a tone that's more attractive to independent voters.
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Secret Service, GOP: Obama mocks them all
Last Updated: 4:51 AM 04/29/12 - Not much was off-limits for President Barack Obama's scattershot humor at the celebrity studded White House Correspondents Dinner
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Obama touts new GI Bill safeguards
Last Updated: 7:20 AM 04/28/12 - President Barack Obama continues to take aim at unscrupulous college recruiters who target veterans and members of the military.
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Romney turns campaign toward money, reconciliation
Last Updated: 6:37 AM 04/25/12 - The Republican presidential nomination all but in hand, Mitt Romney is refocusing his efforts on challenging President Barack Obama.
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Romney wins NY, Pa. and 3 other GOP primaries
Last Updated: 10:32 PM 04/24/12 - Mitt Romney has completed a five-state sweep of Republican presidential primaries, adding a victory in New York to earlier wins in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware.
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On primary day, Romney looks toward fall election
Last Updated: 3:26 AM 04/24/12 - Mitt Romney is all but certain to sweep Tuesday's five presidential primaries, marking a nearly definitive end to the Republican nomination process.
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Complete Election results can be found at various partners' and government websites:
Some of these results may not be available until Wednesday

Indiana:
Elkhart: Elkhart Truth
Fulton: Rochester Sentinel
Kosciusko: Times-Union
LaGrange: LaGrange County
LaPorte: LaPorte County
Marshall: Marshall County
Starke: WKVI Radio
Pulaski: WKVI Radio

Michigan:
Berrien
Cass County.
St. Joseph County

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Romney counters notion he bullied gay classmates
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Butch Morgan and others charged in ballot petition fraud case in court
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Romney turns campaign toward money, reconciliation
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Secret Service, GOP: Obama mocks them all
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General balance: Romney tilts right
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Pence names running mate in governor's race
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