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Social Security: Florida retirees eye GOP candidates' fixes

Social Security rescue plans vary among GOP presidential candidates. A majority of Florida's Republican retirees support raising age when Social Security benefits kick in.
The Vote
A Rick Perry comeback? It all rides on Iowa now.

Rick Perry's strategy now amounts to betting everything on Iowa, where he launched a bus tour Wednesday. Newt Gingrich shows slippage in the polls there, but the field remains open.
GOP race in a microcosm: Romney fund-raising in NY, Gingrich lectures on brain research

Mitt Romney is fund-raising in New York. Newt Gingrich is talking about brain science research in Iowa. What are the other Republican candidates doing today?
Newt Gingrich trails in organizing in early-voting Iowa

Gingrich, former House speaker, is striving for a remarkable comeback with the smallest staff and the fewest precinct-level campaign backers of the seven candidates competing in the Jan. 3 presidential caucuses that kick off voting in the fight for the GOP nomination.
Warren Buffett buys local paper. His gutsiest move?

Warren Buffett announces that Berkshire Hathaway will buy the Omaha World-Herald, despite Warren Buffett's earlier predictions of 'unending losses' for most newspapers.
Herman Cain joke? Electrified fence on the US-Mexico border

Herman Cain's comments about an electrified barbed-wire fence (and alligators, too) on the US-Mexico border are not new. But they're getting fresh attention.
The New Economy
Job hunting? This week's Top 7 intriguing offers.

A look at seven intriguing job offers.
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