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(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

1.	Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin
2.	Activists push ballot initiative to end state benefits for illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children
3.	The end of Obamania
4.	Clamor grows over CIA secrets
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