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Live: The Times' political writers on the primary:
When the issue of contraception came up, it offered the frontrunners an attempt to finesse their positions on social issues to address seeming weaknesses.

Tonight's debate represents the last, best chance to alter the course of the Republican presidential contest ahead of high-stakes primaries in Michigan and Arizona.

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill lawsuit pits the Justice Department and about 120,000 plaintiffs against BP and other companies. Trial is set to begin Feb. 27.
Jurors in the trial rejected a verdict of first-degree murder in the May 2010 beating death of Yeardley Love, left.

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