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March 06, 2012 | | ELECTION DAY It’s voting day again, and GOP candidates are spread across the country, vying for last-minute votes in the 10 states holding primaries tonight. Tuesday’s biggest trophy, Ohio, is down to the wire, with most polls showing Mitt Romney with a slight lead over Rick Santorum. The same holds true for Tennessee, while Newt Gingrich is poised to pick up a much-needed win in his home state of Georgia. The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz on why it all comes down to Ohio. Plus, Ben Jacobs previews each of the 10 races. Tense Judging by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC Monday night, he wasn't convinced by President Obama's urging to be patient with Iran. Criticizing those who doubt Iran is building a nuclear weapon and invoking the Auschwitz death camp, he said, "None of us can afford to wait much longer" to act against Iran. Hours before, Obama asked Netanyahu to wait for sanctions and diplomacy to have time to work on Iran. Obama has spent the last several days urging Israel not to launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear program. HACKING It may not have the name recognition of other past or present Murdoch properties, but News Outdoor Russia, a billboard company and former subsidiary of the News Corp. empire, has caught the eye of the feds as they continue an investigation of the company. News Corp. has been roiled by police prodding into its U.K. operations, and the FBI is interested in whether News Outdoor paid off local officials to get preferred billboard placement, sources told The Wall Street Journal. A News Corp. spokesman declined to speak to the Journal, itself a News Corp. property, about the investigation in Russia. SNOWE-BALL The independent-minded folks in the Pine Tree State thought Angus King so nice they elected him twice, in 1995 and 2003. Now the former Maine governor says he’s going to run for Senate, announcing Monday that he’ll pursue the seat vacated by Olympia Snowe, who announced last week that she would not be running for reelection. The 67-year-old King is likely to draw support from Democrats, and has pitched himself as an outsider willing to buck the system, telling a crowd at Bowdoin College, “If you want a shot at changing it [the system], join me.” Candidates have until March 15 to throw their hats into the ring. Get Out the Vote Allegations of fraud abound in Russia’s recent election, but Chechnya is perhaps the most brazen case. Chechnya, the region that Vladimir Putin practically declared war on in 1999, voted for him by an astonishing number—by more votes, in fact, than there are people on the rolls. In one precinct Putin got 1,482 votes, while his communist opposition got one. There are only 1,389 people registered to vote there, giving the precinct a turnout of 107 percent. Russian forces detained hundreds of protesters during demonstrations yesterday. More than 20,000 people came out to call for Putin's ouster. | | 
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