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    Cue up the national anthem...Summer Redneck Games are here!

    Amber Manning competes in the 'Bobbing for Pigs Feet' event during the Summer Redneck Games at Buckeye Park in East Dublin, Ga., May 26. The Summer Redneck Games were first held in 1996 as a spoof on the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Ga.

  • Super Tuesday voters hit polling stations early

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    Super Tuesday voting. From left:
    A polling station setup in Froehlich's Classic Corner, Ohio.
    A voter casts his ballot in Montpelier, Vt.
    Justin Blake prepares to vote at the town hall in Rootstown, Ohio.

    Here's the skinny on Super Tuesday courtesy of msnbc.com's First Read:

    Eleven states across the country will hold contests awarding a combined 424 delegates. Here are the 11 contests, plus the delegates at stake in each: Alaska caucus (24), Georgia primary (76), Idaho caucus (32), Massachusetts primary (38), North Dakota caucus (28), Ohio primary (63), Oklahoma primary (40), Tennessee primary (55), Vermont primary (17), Virginia primary (46), and Wyoming caucus (5 of its 26 are elected tonight).

    The GOP presidential candidates have different strategies and strongholds in these 11 races. Romney hopes to lock down his home state of Massachusetts, Vermont, Virginia (where only he and Paul are on the ballot), and Idaho. Santorum is expecting wins in Oklahoma and Tennessee. Gingrich has focused on his home state of Georgia. And Paul has concentrated on the caucuses in Alaska, Idaho, and North Dakota, as well as the primary in Vermont.

     Download the NBC News Guide to Super Tuesday (opens PDF).

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    Mary Lou Andrews stops to fill out a voter certification card as others go in to Medlock Bridge Elementary School to cast their ballots in the Republican primary in Johns Creek, Ga., on March 6, 2012.