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Although four of the remaining five Republican candidates for president swept through Reno this week for Saturday's GOP caucuses (Obama was not there this time), the Reno Gazette-Journal decided the only real Republican should get the nomination, and that is Mitt.

Not that Mitt has any real competition. Sharron Angle's endorsement of Rick Santorum was basically the kiss of death of what remote chance he had, Newt just sounds crazier and crazier, and Ron Paul is, well, Ron Paul.
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Perhaps now that Lance is off the hook from the feds, he can head the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
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Actor Ben Gazzara, 81, someone who appeared in numerous films and starred in the program Run for Your Life where he played a terminally-ill man, died of pancreatic cancer:

Mr. Gazzara studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in Manhattan, where the careers of stars like Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger were shaped, and like them he had a visceral presence. It earned him regular work across half a century, not only onstage — his last Broadway appearance was in the revival of “Awake and Sing!” in 2006 — but in dozens of movies and all sorts of television shows, including the starring role in the 1960s series “Run for Your Life.”

Opening and closing credits from the show: