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Nature 482, 143 08022012 doi: 10.1038/482143a

David Cyranoski

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Rick Santorum is declared the winner of Minnesota and Missouri's Republican nominating contests, and was in a tight race with Mitt Romney in Colorado.

Syria's opposition dismisses assurances that President Assad is committed to ending the violence sweeping the country.

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Rick Santorum won the Minnesota caucuses and a nonbinding primary in Missouri on Tuesday, raising fresh questions about Mitt Romney’s ability to corral conservative support.

Karen Handel’s resignation came just days after the cancer foundation reversed its decision to cut funds to Planned Parenthood.

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After an investigation into a woman’s claim that she was raped by Greg Kelly, a son of Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said the facts “do not fit the definition of sexual assault crimes.”