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February 28, 2012 | | Cparty crashers Democratic voters who resent Mitt Romney’s stance against the auto-industry bailout and prefer to see Obama face Santorum could tip the balance against Mitt in the Michigan GOP primary, where he and the Pennsylvania ex-senator are now deadlocked, reports The Daily Beast’s Ben Jacobs. GAME ON The Virginia Senate on Tuesday voted 21-19 to approve a measure that would require women to have an external ultrasound before having an abortion. They scaled back the legislation—which originally called for transvaginal ultrasounds—at the behest of Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell because the measure had prompted large-scale protests. McDonnell, an abortion opponent, indicated he would sign the bill. The bill exempts women who have reported to authorities that they are the victims of sexual violence, but it will still be required of women who have medical documentation that their fetus has a birth defect. FRONTRUNNER? Rick Santorum may have gained some momentum in Michigan over the last week, but will it last? The latest data from Public Policy Polling indicates that Santorum holds a small lead over Mitt Romney—38 percent of Michigan residents polled favor Santorum and 37 percent say they like Mitt. But a deeper look at the numbers shows that Santorum has picked up that narrow lead in the last few days, and there’s no guarantee all those voters will turn out tonight. The poll is another indication that the two candidates are neck-and-neck as they prepare for the primaries in Michigan and Arizona, which hold 30 and 29 delegates, respectively. Ron Paul trailed in the poll, drawing support from only 14 percent of Michigan voters, and Newt brought up the rear with 9 percent. Romney is currently leading the race for delegates, holding 123 to Santorum’s 72. TRAGIC A high-school junior is the third student pronounced dead after a student gunman opened fire at Ohio’s Chardon High School yesterday. Demetrius Hewlin was a “happy young man who loved life,” his family said in a statement. The suspect, identified by witnesses as 17-year-old T.J. Lane although police have not yet named him, will likely face charges as an adult, Ohio’s attorney general said Tuesday. A motive remains unclear; witnesses say the boy shot several students from behind in the school’s cafeteria Monday morning. DISTURBING The Defense Department admitted for the first time Tuesday that partial remains of the 9/11 victims in the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, attacks ended up in a landfill after being incinerated at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary. The dumped remains were unidentified, not unlike those of American troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan that were discovered to have also been dumped in a landfill by the same mortuary last year. The review found that following cremation, the remains were given to a biomedical waste disposal contractor who, apparently, found residual material which was then deposited in a landfill. Since 2008, the Dover mortuary has changed its policy to bury unidentified incinerated remains at sea. This latest review appears to confirm arguments that the mortuary is badly mismanaged. | | 
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