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Next week and then in a handful of contests the following week on Super Tuesday, Romney will have a chance to show that he can defeat a concerted conservative challenge and solidify his claim that he is the GOP’s inevitable nominee. [1]

“Super Tuesday” is the term used to describe a Tuesday in early March of a presidential year when the most states simultaneously hold their primary elections, and the single day when the largest number of nominating delegates can be won. [2]

In Wednesday’s paper, we break down how Super Tuesday is shaping up based on who is campaigning where. [3]

Twenty-four states held caucuses or primary elections on Super Tuesday, 2008. [4]

Super Tuesday often occurs in early February or March and draws intense voter interest and media coverage because a large number of delegates are awarded. [5]

The Gingrich campaign is banking on its ability to accumulate delegates, even if in a drip, drip, drip fashion, and to demonstrate enough strength until voting takes place in a succession of Southern states starting on Super Tuesday, March 6. [6]

When you look at the Super Tuesday map, there are three states that stand out immediately for Romney: his home state of Massachusetts, next door Vermont, and Virginia, where Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich failed to get on the ballot. [7]

Super Tuesday has been a fixture on the primary calendar since roughly 1988, reaching a peak in 2008 when 24 states held primaries on the same Tuesday in February. [8]

Note that “Super Tuesday” in 2012 falls on March 6th, however, it is a little less “super” than it has been in years past. [9]

More than half of the Democratic delegates and more than a third of the Republican delegates were up for grabs. [5]

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[1] As Super Tuesday looms, Republican primary heads into potentially …
[2] Super Tuesday: Information from Answers.com
[3] Super Tuesday explained ‘ in four groups - The Washington Post
[4] Super Tuesday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[5] Super Tuesday - 2012
[6] Gingrich Pins Hopes on Super Tuesday and Delegate Shares - NYTimes.com
[7] Super Tuesday Muddle | Jamie Dupree Washington Insider
[8] Super Tuesday Won’t Be So Super In 2012
[9] 2012 Primary Schedule ? 2012 Election Central

The Monkees however, gained control on the third, Headquarters, and on it played most of the instruments themselves. [1]

The Monkees still have plenty to say Sometimes referred to as “The Pre-Fab Four,” The Monkees fame originated from an eponymous TV series. [2]

A former racehorse jockey, Jones turned to acting and then became lead singer when he joined The Monkees in 1965 and the band embarked on a wildly popular U.S. television show. [3]

Davy Jones, whose charming grin and British accent won the hearts of millions of fans on the 1960s television series “The Monkees,” died Wednesday, according to the Martin County, Florida, sheriff’s office. [4]

Davy Jones, founding member of The Monkees and a Tony-nominated Broadway performer, passed away on February 29, 2012. [5]

The resulting show, entitled “The Monkees,” lasted two seasons and launched the self-titled band into the teen-frenzied stratosphere with numerous albums, a feature film and years of touring. [6]

Monkees in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library Archive It was a historic occasion. [2]

The Monkees is the first album by the band The Monkees. [7]

All four had previous musical experience: Jones had recorded an album and sung with the cast of the Broadway show Oliver! [1]

The two men in Jessica Pacheco’s life ‘ Davy Jones and Jose Junco ‘ are both her dance partners Davy Jones turned down an offer to do Dancing With the Stars last year, but the perennial Monkee’s got all the right moves to win, his wife Jessica Pacheco says ‘ especially if she were his partner. [2]

Sources:
[1] The Monkees: Information from Answers.com
[2] The Monkees Home Page
[3] Davy Jones of The Monkees dies at 66 - Oak Ridge, TN - The Oak Ridger
[4] The Monkees’ Davy Jones Dead At 66
[5] The Monkees | Home
[6] The Monkees’ Davy Jones dead at 66 ‘ IFC
[7] The Monkees (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Because it was here, on the narrow wooden bed - with posters of Elvis and Brigitte Bardot staring down from the wall - that the young John Lennon dreamed his way to stardom and penned a string of songs that would captivate the world. [1]

Lennon had a difficult childhood; his father was something of a wastrel and left home when John was 5. [2]

A tour of the house John Lennon grew up in. [3]

Yoko Ono in Lennon’s childhood home, restored to the way it would have looked when Lennon lived there with his Aunt Mimi from the age of five to 23. [4]

70 years ago, John Lennon was born. [5]

Yoko Ono has given her backing to a research project being conducted by a Liverpool university to return the garden at John Lennon’s childhood home to the way it was when he lived there. [...] “I am thrilled to hear that John’s childhood home Mendips can be used for educational purposes and that it continues to inspire everyone who visits,” Yoko Ono said. [6]

251 Menlove Avenue, named “Mendips”, was the childhood home of John Lennon, singer and songwriter with the Beatles, and is now preserved by the National Trust. [7]

The home where John Lennon grew up and wrote some of the early Beatles hits was today officially opened to the public by his widow, Yoko Ono. [4]

John Lennon, the legendary singer and songwriter with the Beatles, grew up in a house called Mendips on the outskirts of Liverpool. [3]

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[1] I had a Beatle in my bath: John Lennon’s childhood home is now a …
[2] What was John Lennon’s childhood like - The Q&A wiki
[3] John Lennon’s Childhood Home: 251 Menlove Avenue
[4] John Lennon’s childhood home opens to public | Music | guardian.co.uk
[5] John Lennon’s birth and early childhood | OldiesMusicBlog
[6] Yoko Ono lends support to retro garden project at John Lennon …
[7] 251 Menlove Avenue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Monkees in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library Archive It was a historic occasion. [1]

They also had numerous noncharting songs from their 58 episodes of “The Monkees” from 1966-1968 that included “Mary, Mary.” [2]

British singer-songwriter and actor Davy Jones has died at the age of 66. [3]

The two men in Jessica Pacheco’s life ‘ Davy Jones and Jose Junco ‘ are both her dance partners Davy Jones turned down an offer to do Dancing With the Stars last year, but the perennial Monkee’s got all the right moves to win, his wife Jessica Pacheco says ‘ especially if she were his partner. [1]

To listen to a song clip, click any song title that has a speaker icon. [2]

The music for the series had been created by Don Kirschner and throughout the life of the band, many more esteemed songwriters added their input to The Monkees phenomenon, including Neil Diamond (”A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You”) and Carole King (”Pleasant Valley Sunday”). [3]

MICKY DOLENZ TO HEADLINE 2012 ‘HAPPY TOGETHER’ TOUR Micky Dolenz of the Monkees will once again headline this summer’s Happy Together tour. [1]

The set includes mono and stereo mixes of the original album on individual discs, each expanded with rare and unreleased tracks. [4]

The Monkees were a highly popular late 1960s made-for-TV rock band with many Top 40 hits. [2]

Ahead of its time when released, HEAD has become a cult classic from the psychedelic era and the DELUXE EDITION contains many of the missing links of this conceptual soundtrack. [4]

Sources:
[1] The Monkees Home Page
[2] The Monkees - Songs
[3] Amazon.com: Monkees: Songs, Albums, Pictures, Bios
[4] The Monkees | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos

Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life. [1]

Looks like things may be heating up for Taylor Swift and Tim Tebow ! [2]

Page Six reported that Tebow was the toast of a pre-Oscars bash on Friday night, where he spent some time chatting up Swift. [3]

When you click “Submit”, you will be prompted to log in to Facebook to continue. [4]

The newest celebrity couple in Hollywood just may be America’s sweetheart Taylor Swift and NFL superstar Tim Tebow. [1]

The pair then had dinner Monday night at Toscanova Italian restaurant in Century City, according to the website Clevvertv.com. [3]

Tebow should take heed and be on his best behavior, however, as Taylor Swift has a reputation for calling out exes on her records. [1]

A romance may be brewing between Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow and country songstress Taylor Swift. [3]

Tim Tebow was spotted out on a date in Los Angeles with one of pop music’s good Christian girls. [...] And Tebow needs to keep his wits about him and not be sucked in by her charm if he wants to maintain his mystique! [4]

Sources:
[1] Taylor Swift, Tim Tebow Fuel Romance Rumors With Dinner Date …
[2] News - Taylor Swift & Tim Tebow Spotted on Dinner Date (VIDEO …
[3] Tim Tebow and Taylor Swift spark romance rumors after they are …
[4] Taylor Swift Could Show Us the Real Tim Tebow | The Stir