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A GOP Senate candidate in a solidly red state is distancing himself from Mitt Romney’s controversial comments that “47 percent” of the American public is “dependent on government,” joining several other Republicans in down-ballot races who are running away from their presidential nominee.

Rep. Rick Berg (R-N.D.) is running against former Democratic state attorney general Heidi Heitkamp to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad in a race that continues to be close. When asked whether he agreed with Romney’s characterization of nearly half the country, Berg said “absolutely not.”

“The American way is you probably start at a zero tax rate and you work yourself up,” he said, according to the Washington Post. “I mean, that’s where I come from. I just think it’s unfortunate how that came out. I haven’t talked to him personally about that. But from my perspective, we need to help people up. We need to lift them up, help them have the opportunity to succeed,” Berg said.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney might need a good laugh after the week he’s had, but there’s also a chance he’s so out of touch that he might not get the humor behind “Texts From Mitt Romney.” In fact, that’s the root of the joke.

Posted by Nick Douglas of Slacktory, these humorous — and most definitely fictitious — texts attack Romney for his elitist attitudes. They’re like “Texts From Bennett” from the perspective of the 1 percent.

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Here’s a contradiction in action: a Nokia phone that goes down a model number, but up in features. That’s what we’ll see if regulatory screenings and leaks surrounding the unreleased Lumia 510 are any indication. China’s TENAA, the FCC and Indonesia’s DG PosTel have all taken a look at the device ahead of time and point to a short, squat design that won’t have the budget chic of the Lumia 610. However, if Baidu tips are correct, the 510 may be an ever-so-slight upgrade to its higher-digit predecessor with a larger 4-inch screen and a likely fast track to Windows Phone 7.8. Just don’t anticipate more than the existing 800MHz Snapdragon, 256MB of RAM and 5-megapixel camera — or a US release, for that matter. The FCC has only tested the Lumia 510 against American GSM bands, which hints that its 3G support is meant for China, Indonesia and other countries where low-cost smartphones matter most.

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In Issue 16 of Huffington, we introduce you to a new resident of the Hartford suburbs–the Connecticut mountain lion. We also sit down with dissident artist Ai Weiwei in advance of his first major art show in the U.S. and sort out the motivations of a national gay Republican group that supports Mitt Romney–and one that doesn’t. Don’t miss memorable images of our volunteer firefighters, a startling look at the past decades’ natural disasters, commentary on topless Kate Middleton and more.

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Zoological Society of London recently released a list of the 100 Most Threatened Species at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in South Korea.

The list was a part of the Priceless or Worthless? report, which “hopes to push the conservation of ‘worthless’ creatures up the agenda that is set by NGOs from around the globe,” according to the IUCN.

The 100 threatened species live in 48 different countries around the globe, and include animals, plants, and fungi. Some notable additions to the list are the pygmy three-toed sloth, the saola, and Tarzan’s chameleon. The two organizations are concerned that without “obvious benefits” to humans, the species may die out, reported AP.

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