10 things you need to know today: April 4, 2012

Romney wins three more primaries, tornadoes hit Dallas, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

April Bridges pauses while digging through the remains of a home destroyed by they half a dozen tornados that ripped through north Texas Tuesday.
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1. ROMNEY SWEEPS THREE STATES

Mitt Romney made a big step toward wrapping up the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, sweeping primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., and winning the majority of the 100 delegates at stake in the three contests. In another sign that Romney is the one, President Obama singled him out in a major speech on Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget proposal, noting Romney's support for what he called "social Darwinism" and a "prescription for decline." Meanwhile, Rick Santorum is focusing on reviving his campaign in his home state of Pennsylvania, which holds its primary on April 24. [New York Times]

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