Romney is marching steadily through South Carolina, a state still uncertain about him, and picking up a prominent conservative’s endorsement while sending a message to his party: It’s time to stop the bickering.

Not just yet, some conservative leaders say.

“Honestly, it looks like Governor Romney’s nomination is inevitable,” said the Rev. Robert Jeffress, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas. “Evangelicals, come November, might have to hold their noses and vote for the lesser of two evils. But it’s not November yet.”

Just over a week before South Carolina’s first-in-the-South vote, there are signs that conservatives are struggling with their goal of finding what some would call “the anti-Romney.” They appear no more organized in their search for a credible challenger than they were before former

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Loreta Stampley spends her workdays talking to other senior citizens, not about grandchildren and travel plans but how to get a job that pays the bills.

Stampley, who earns $11 an hour as a jobs counselor for seniors, didn’t expect to be working at age 72. But like many of her clients, she is among a growing number of U.S. seniors who are working much later into their golden years.

“My doctor asks me, ‘Why are you doing this?’ I tell him, ‘Because I have to, just to live,’” said Stampley, whose Social Security check barely tops $650 a month, not enough to cover her $900 rent, much less food.

After a century-long trend of Americans retiring at a younger age, many seniors are wondering

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NEW YORK (AP) — A majority of Americans don’t seem to recognize the value of their local newspaper.

According to a survey from the Pew Research Center, most people say they wouldn’t miss local news if their newspaper no longer existed. But at the same time, they say they rely on their newspaper for a broad range of local information.

Sixty-nine percent of those surveyed said their local newspaper’s absence wouldn’t have a major effect on their ability to keep up with information about their community. But print and online versions of newspapers ranked first or tied for first on 11 of 16 local news topics the survey asked about. People said they turn to newspapers first for everything from community and crime news to arts and

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