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Five survivors of Doolittle Tokyo Raiders recall daring sortie The five remaining survivors of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders — the daring crew that led America's first military strike against the Imperial Japanese homeland, four months after the infamous sneak attack on Pearl Harbor — recognize their prominent place in history seven decades later. Who foots bill when Obama travels? When President Obama traveled to Florida this week, he sandwiched a partisan speech at Florida Atlantic University between two multimillion-dollar fundraisers for his 2012 campaign, allowing him to label at least part of the trip to a critical battleground state as official business. Decades-old law opened doors for big-money donors Despite sentiment that court rulings in 2010 gave rise to revolutionized super PAC campaign financing, three-quarters of the $86 million in ads this election cycle could have been purchased under a little-noticed, decades-old law. Festivities, food ... and one big curly 'W' for Nationals in home opener The wind swirled through Nationals Park, past the red carpet stretching from dugout to Kentucky bluegrass mowed in a diamond pattern. Fireworks popped and, microphone in hand, James Brown bellowed the name of everyone from the assistant clubhouse manager to Screech, the Washington Nationals' hyperactive, eaglelike mascot. Despite warnings, N. Korea launches rocket Defying international calls for restraint, North Korea launched a three-stage, satellite-tipped rocket early Friday, though military officials in South Korea and elsewhere said the test was a prompt failure. Gibe at Ann Romney opens a new front in 'war on women' The importance of female voters to the 2012 vote came into stark view Thursday as President Obama's campaign advisers furiously tried to contain the fallout from a prominent Democratic consultant's comment that Ann Romney, wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and the mother of five sons, "never worked a day in her life." Santorum's Colorado delegates are at sixes and sevens The Colorado Republican State Convention kicks off Friday, but don't be surprised if Rick Santorum's delegates aren't quite ready to party. Biden says paying higher taxes 'patriotic' As part of the Obama administration's push to raise more taxes from the wealthy, Vice President Joseph R. Biden told an audience in New Hampshire Thursday that paying higher taxes is "patriotic." NRA seeking 'reassurance' from Romney When Mitt Romney speaks to the National Rifle Association on Friday it will bring into focus a major difference between him and President Obama: One is counting on Second Amendment voters to show up at the polls, while the other has sidestepped gun-related issues in the run-up to the election. Opponents of death penalty see momentum Death penalty opponents said Thursday that this week's votes putting Connecticut on track to become the 17th state to abandon capital punishment shows that the long campaign against the death penalty is gaining serious momentum. Two pro-life groups endorse Romney GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney got back-to-back endorsements from prominent pro-life groups Thursday, signaling that anti-abortion forces will overlook his previous pro-choice positions in their shared desire to defeat President Obama in the general election. Afghan officials seek patience, funding for war effort Afghan officials visiting Washington this week asked the West to have patience with the Afghan war effort. Inside the Beltway: Ladies Day A big cultural moment follows the encounter between Ann Romney, mother of five, grandmother of 16, and Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist who did not equate Mrs. Romney's traditional domestic duties with real work, or economic expertise. Media hysteria ensued within minutes of the ladies' exchange via Twitter, leaving pundits to either sort out the tangle, or add to it. Obama administration's consumer agency softens credit card fee limit The Obama administration's consumer financial-watchdog agency is backing off a plan to limit big upfront fees on credit cards. Chinese are walled from Web for 2 hours A glitch in the "Great Firewall" of China likely caused many of that country's half-billion Internet users to be cut off from the World Wide Web for more than two hours Thursday. GSA officials spent week in Hawaii for one-hour ribbon-cutting Pointing to more evidence of the General Services Administration's misuse of taxpayers dollars, a top House Republican said GSA officials flew to Hawaii on other taxpayer-funded junkets — in one instance spending a week or more on the islands for a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony for a federal building. Commentary MILLER: Beware lame-duck Obama Congressional Republican leaders are starting to plan for the end of what they hope is President Obama's only term in office. House Speaker John A. Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell anticipate the administration will hand down a rash of liberal regulations in its final months. EDITORIAL: The left's war on moms Sometimes a rare flash of honesty makes all the difference in politics. Democratic operative Hilary Rosen single-handedly changed the course of the 2012 election with her dig at Ann Romney, wife of presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney. TURNER: What's next? Step One after Obamacare Obamacare is on the rocks, and the heart of the law - the individual mandate - or the whole thing could be struck down by the Supreme Court. Whatever the court does, the voters could finish the job in November. NUGENT: Allen West is a battle-tested patriot with star power When names are kicked around as to who would make a good running mate for former Gov. Mitt Romney, I can think of many great Americans for the job. Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, John Thune, Paul Ryan, Mike Rogers, Rand Paul, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Darrell Issa, Louie Gomert and others come to mind. KUHNER: Romney's running mate Mitt Romney will be the GOP presidential candidate. Former Sen. Rick Santorum has suspended his campaign, clearing the path for Mr. Romney's inevitable victory at the convention. The ex-Massachusetts governor now faces a pivotal question: Who will be his vice-presidential running mate? 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