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1. Romney calls for 20 percent income tax cuts
   Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday called for 20 percent across-the-board cuts in personal income tax rates as part of a program to help the economy grow.
2. Marc Lamont Hill: For democracy's sake, suffer the knuckleheads
   THE PAST FEW weeks have been a busy time for media critics. Recently, several high-profile people and organizations have been swept into media firestorms because of offensive remarks made in public.
3. John Baer: To draw election maps, pols should have crayons
   AND NOW a report from the "The Island of Misfit Toys." It's at least possible that one broken mess in Harrisburg starts to get cleaned up this week. Possible, that is.
4. City Howl Help Desk: WHAT WOULD MAKE TICKET-PAYING PROCESS A LOT MORE APPEALING?
   IT'S FRIDAY morning in the crowded room where Philadelphians are waiting to fight parking tickets and recover impounded cars. Cliff Brenner has got a decision to make: Should I make a run for the bathroom?
5. Santorum strikes gold in Pa. contributions
   Pennsylvanians gave nearly $260,000 to Rick Santorum's presidential campaign in January, nearly quadrupling his home-state cash haul from the previous month.
6. Arizona finally gets GOP candidates' attention
   Rick Santorum is looking for another upset or two, while Mitt Romney is hoping to keep his leading rival at bay in the run-up to the 20th debate of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
7. Gov. Christie sees Romney in front by April
   While acknowledging that he's still being courted privately to jump into the 2012 presidential race, Gov. Chris Christie says he's only interested in having Mitt Romney secure the Republican nomination.
8. SEPTA leader decries federal funding plan
   A new federal transportation funding plan could cripple SEPTA's ability to buy vehicles or rebuild stations, general manager Joseph Casey said Wednesday.
9. Universities ask Pa. House to reject more aid cuts
   Leaders of Penn State, Pitt and Temple warned the state House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday not to go along with Gov. Tom Corbett's second straight proposal for deep cuts in state aid to the universities, suggesting that the in-state students who could least afford it would be hurt the most.
10. Geithner: Obama seeks 28 percent corp. tax rate
    President Barack Obama says the current corporate tax system is outdated, unfair and inefficient. He is calling for an end to dozens of subsidies and loopholes that he says offer tax breaks to companies that move jobs and profits overseas.
11. Roemer leaving GOP, but not presidential campaign
    Former Louisiana Gov. Charles "Buddy" Roemer is abandoning his bid to win the Republican presidential nomination and will instead try to run as an independent candidate.
12. 'Occupy' to hold national conference in Philly
    A group of protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement plans to elect 876 "delegates" from around the country and hold a national "general assembly" in Philadelphia over the Fourth of July as part of ongoing protests over corporate excess and economic inequality.
13. Karen Heller: Santorum puts Penna. in spotlight dubiously
    Was it only a few weeks ago that we weren't taking Rick Santorum seriously? As our former senator, once a footnote in the race for the White House, surges in the polls after a primary hat trick, let us pause to remember James Buchanan, the sole Pennsylvanian elected president.
14. Gingrich to air energy infomercial in key states
    Republican Newt Gingrich is taking his campaign's recent focus on reducing energy costs and boosting domestic production to the airwaves with a 30-minute infomercial-style address.
15. Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans
    A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows.
16. Journalists Marie Colvin, Remi Ochlik killed in Syria
17. Jack Welch: 'I don't feel undertaxed'
18. For every presidential hopeful, a $1 million donor
    For every presidential candidate, there's now at least one $1 million donor. Millionaire and billionaire executives have unlocked their personal bank vaults to write seven-figure checks to support the campaigns of President Barack Obama and Republicans Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul.
19. Obama joins Jagger, B.B. King, to belt out blues
    The president just couldn't say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them.
20. Watchdog: Limit Fannie, Freddie legal fees more
    A watchdog says the U.S. government regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must do a better job limiting legal expenses paid by the two mortgage giants to their former executives facing lawsuits.
21. Consumer-finance watchdog probes overdraft fees
    The government's new consumer-watchdog agency is launching a probe into costly overdraft fees charged by big banks.
22. Obama campaign names 35 national co-chairs
    President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has named 35 national co-chairs, including elected officials, campaign volunteers and a few celebrities.
23. Online sales-tax bill is introduced
    TRENTON - A sales-tax exemption measure designed to encourage major online retailers to locate in New Jersey has been introduced in the Legislature.
24. Delaware attorney named executive director of DRBA
    Scott A. Green, a Rehoboth Beach, Del., lawyer, was appointed Tuesday to be the executive director of the Delaware River and Bay Authority, which operates the Delaware Memorial Bridge and the Cape May-Lewes Ferry.
25. Marquis of Debris: 'Orphan' trees still looking for a home
    CITY OFFICIALS told Kensington residents at a meeting in late January that if they didn't want about 150 trees planted at McPherson Square Park, then the city would find somewhere else to plant them.