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Mitt Romney
9:02 am
Fri February 24, 2012

From George Romney To Mitt, A Shrinking Tax Rate

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Mitt Romney holds a poster of his father, given to him at a campaign rally in Spartanburg, S.C., in January.
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George Romney holds infant Willard "Mitt" Romney, the youngest of his four children, in this 1947 family photo.
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Mitt with his father in their Detroit home in 1957, when George Romney was CEO of American Motors Corp.
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A young Mitt sits behind the wheel of his father's Rambler.
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Flanked by his wife, Lenore, and son Mitt, George Romney announces his run for governor of Michigan at a news conference in 1962.
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A 14-year-old Mitt hugs his father after George Romney announces his candidacy for governor on Feb. 10, 1962.
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George Romney with his two sons, Mitt (left) and Scott, in an undated photo from their home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
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George Romney, then the governor of Michigan, walks with family members to the World's Fair in New York in May 1964. Mitt is at far left.
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George and Mitt Romney look out over the grounds of the World's Fair in 1964. The World's Fair included exhibits from several automobile companies.
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The Romney family in their Bloomfield Hills, Mich., home, on Jan. 1, 1968. Mitt is standing in back.
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George and Lenore Romney with Mitt and his then-fiancée, Ann Davies, outside their Washington hotel on Jan. 19, 1969, a day before Richard Nixon's inauguration.
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Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, look up at a portrait of his late father at the Capitol rotunda in Lansing, Mich., in 2008.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds up a poster of his father, George Romney, who was the former governor of Michigan, after it was given to him while greeting people at a campaign rally at Wofford College on January 18 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 8:00 am

Mitt Romney gave a major economic speech Friday, in which he stressed his plan to lower personal income taxes.

Romney's own taxes became an issue last month, when he acknowledged paying a lower tax rate than many middle-class families.

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Law
9:00 am
Fri February 24, 2012

South Dakota Tribe Goes Up Against Big Brewers

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The Oglala Sioux Tribe filed a $500 million lawsuit against brewers and retailers, claiming they're responsible for the reservation's alcohol-related problems. The tribe lives on a dry reservation, but they claim nearby towns unlawfully sell alcohol to residents. Host Michel Martin speaks to a reporter and the tribe's attorney.

Law
9:00 am
Fri February 24, 2012

Court Takes Another Look At Affirmative Action

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A new case taking on affirmative action in higher education is set to be heard in the Supreme Court this fall. In 2003, the court ruled that universities could consider racial diversity in admissions. But today the make-up of the court is very different. Host Michel Martin discusses the case with two law school deans.

The Two-Way
8:45 am
Fri February 24, 2012

Remembering Marine Sgt. Oscar Canon, A 'Superstar'

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Marine Sgt. Oscar Canon, and the tattered hat he was wearing the day he was injured.
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After the explosion of the rocket-propelled grenade on a road in Fallujah, Oscar Canon saw the white of his own thigh bone. At the medical unit, the young Marine sergeant grabbed the doctor by his collar and yelled, "Don't cut off my f***ing leg." That was in October of 2004 and the first of dozens of surgeries — 72 separate operations, by a family member's count — that saved his leg.

Last week, Staff Sgt. Oscar Canon, 29, died. A Marine Corps spokesman at Camp Pendleton says the death is still being investigated.

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Movie Reviews
8:43 am
Fri February 24, 2012

'Wanderlust': A Zany Blast From The Communal Past

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Orange You Glad We Wound Up Here? George (Paul Rudd) and Linda (Jennifer Aniston) play an unemployed Manhattan couple who stumble into a hippie farming commune whose denizens include characters played by Justin Theroux and Alan Alda.
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The Elysium Bed and Breakfast where Linda and George land contains a motley assortment of hippies who look like they've come directly from a time capsule.
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Originally published on Fri February 24, 2012 11:15 am

In sophisticated comedy, what's funny is the tension between proper manners and the nasty or sexy subtext. Whereas in low comedy, there are no manners, and the nasty or sexy subtext is right there on the surface.

And then there's Wanderlust, in which the subtext is blasted through megaphones — the characters say so insanely much you want to scream. The satire is as broad as a battleship and equally bombarding. But it takes guts to do a comedy this big without gross-out slapstick, and the writers and the actors are all in.

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