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NPR asked three experts to comment on the controversy surrounding the GOP presidential candidate's income and the taxes he pays.

President Obama's critics say he has blocked domestic oil production. But under his administration, a steady uptick in U.S. drilling operations, combined with falling overall consumption, has led to a steep drop in the percentage of oil the U.S. imports. Analysts say by 2035, the U.S. will import a little more than a third of its oil, down from 60 percent in 2005.

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The president again laid out his vision for the economy. Republicans say he offered nothing new, and that his policies have been "pro-poverty."

Newt Gingrich celebrated his win in the South Carolina primary with a fundraising blitz — a two-day push to raise as much money as possible. The campaign says it brought in $2 million. That money will come in handy in Florida. But the need for quick fundraising shows the precarious state of the Gingrich campaign's finances.

Associate athletic director John Chadima resigned a week after the party. A university investigative panel issued a report Tuesday night, describing the incident as a sexual assault.

For a moment, put aside how Penn State's Joe Paterno — whose credo was "Success with Honor" — acted with regard to pedophilia, and consider Coach Paterno, which is what he still was barely 11 weeks ago. Will any college coach ever again possess the power he did over his university? It doesn't seem likely.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, was once a small part of the natural gas industry. Then the technology improved and the production rush started. Now, there's so much gas on the market that the prices are at a 10-year low and producers are scaling back.

A coordinated series of devastating attacks in Kano, the largest city in Nigeria's Muslim north, killed nearly 200 people and has left residents on edge. Another blast destroyed a police station Tuesday; the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram has claimed responsibility.

President Obama gave his State of the Union address Tuesday night. The speech was one part blueprint for economic cooperation, and one part political warning shot — as Obama prepares for a tough re-election campaign.