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• Leadership scramble: GOP rivals vie for title (Source: AP)
  The Republican presidential contenders are making a pitch to voters that sounds a lot like a children's game: Follow the leader.
• Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability (Source: AP)
  Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on one idea: that he is best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Even some of his supporters seem to be struggling to buy the former House speaker's claim, an indication that chief rival Mitt Romney's efforts to undercut him may be working.
• IMF chief: Some euro countries can boost growth (Source: AP)
  The head of the International Monetary Fund said Saturday that some countries that use the euro have the flexibility to boost growth to help shore up the ailing eurozone economy, which is widely-expected to sink back into recession.
• College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan (Source: AP)
  Public university presidents facing ever-increasing state budget cuts are raising concerns about President Barack Obama's plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition prices or face losing federal dollars.
• Obama seeks government reforms in Congress (Source: AP)
  President Barack Obama, fresh from a five-state tour following his State of the Union address, is calling for government reforms to ease gridlock and bar members of Congress from profiting from their position.