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• White House hinting compromise on birth control (AP)
• Romney intensifies fight for social conservatives (AP)
• Obama risks Catholic vote with birth-control mandate (Reuters)
• White House wants to address contraceptives rule (AP)
• Hasidic man admits burning neighbor in New York (Reuters)
• Romney battles Santorum, Paul in GOP caucuses (AP)
• German court rejects Jewish ghetto work claims (AP)
• Religious license plates for sale in SC (AP)
• Pope may visit Lebanon in September (AP)
• Axelrod defends administration birth control rule (AP)

White House hinting compromise on birth control (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 03:35 PM PST AP - Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.

Romney intensifies fight for social conservatives (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:52 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney set aside his focus on the economy in recent days and shifted to abortion, religious freedom and gay marriage, part of an intensified effort to win over social conservatives in GOP caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday.

Obama risks Catholic vote with birth-control mandate (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:36 PM PST Reuters - Dr. Joe Casillas, an obstetrician in Southern California, routinely prescribes birth control for his patients. Though he's a practicing Catholic, he doesn't follow his church's stern warning that contraception is a sin. He believes women should have access.

White House wants to address contraceptives rule (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:23 PM PST AP - The White House says it wants to allay the concerns of Catholic church-affiliated employers over a new requirement for them to provide birth control coverage regardless of their religious beliefs.

Hasidic man admits burning neighbor in New York (Reuters) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:21 PM PST Reuters - A Hasidic Jewish man from New York state pleaded guilty to assault on Tuesday for setting a neighbor on fire because he wasn't praying with the rest of the community, leaving the man badly burned.

Romney battles Santorum, Paul in GOP caucuses (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 01:50 PM PST AP - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney battled Rick Santorum and Ron Paul on Tuesday in political caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado, hoping to extend his winning streak in the race for the presidential nomination.

German court rejects Jewish ghetto work claims (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 10:04 AM PST AP - A German court has rejected the claim of two Jewish women for extra pension payments for work they did under the Nazis in ghettos.

Religious license plates for sale in SC (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 08:08 AM PST AP - South Carolina drivers can buy religious license plates that feature three crosses and a sunrise.

Pope may visit Lebanon in September (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 07:16 AM PST AP - The Vatican is confirming that Pope Benedict XVI may travel to Lebanon later this year.

Axelrod defends administration birth control rule (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2012 06:13 AM PST AP - A political adviser to President Barack Obama said Tuesday the administration didn't intend to "abridge anyone's religious freedom" with its regulation requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control for their workers.

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