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    May 15, 2012 | 5:38 p.m.
    Independent political organizations known as “super PACs” are the wild cards in this year’s election, the product of a series of court rulings, including the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in January 2010.
    An unmanned flight to the International Space Station this month will be the first rendezvous by a privately developed vehicle. The flight will test the Dragon spacecraft’s ability to resupply the space station now that the space shuttles are retired.
    May 14, 2012 | 8:33 a.m.
    To tow the 45,000-ton battleship Iowa from where it has been undergoing refurbishment in Richmond, Calif., to San Pedro, movers will use a 7,200-horsepower tug. The tow will take three to four days.
    The next battles over same-sex marriage will center on a quartet of measures on the November ballot in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. Meanwhile, polls indicate that more Americans support same-sex marriage than before.
    May 6, 2012
    Florida’s battered economy makes winning the state a difficult proposition for President Obama. And winning there is a touchstone for the GOP. Every Republican elected president has carried the state since 1928. MORE: Predict a winner: Battleground states | Fractious Florida weighs heavily on presidential campaigns
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