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Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control
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Reuters - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control.
4 Feb 2012 at 10:19am
Indianapolis officials urge Super Bowl crowds to play it safe
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Reuters - Indianapolis authorities called on Super Bowl celebrants to play it safe on Saturday night at festivities near the city's football stadium, after at least 10 people were injured the previous evening.
4 Feb 2012 at 3:41pm
Parents urge more tests as twitches spread at New York school
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Reuters - State health officials have added three more names to a growing list of students in this working-class town who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while authorities on Saturday sought to assure parents the community's high school is safe.
4 Feb 2012 at 2:52pm
Class War 2012: Why Both Parties Are Flying the Anti-Wall Street Banner
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Time.com - Gingrich ended his campaign against Romney in Florida with the same message strategy that Romney's senior advisers had used in another Republican primary two years earlier: Attack Goldman Sachs. There was a good reason
3 Feb 2012 at 9:20pm
Inside Facebook's IPO: How the Social Web Will Reshape the Economy
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Time.com - Facebook's IPO -- the largest in Internet history -- is a once-in-a-generation milestone in the evolution of the web
3 Feb 2012 at 9:20pm
Arizona candidate says English challenge an abuse of power
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Reuters - An Arizona city council candidate struck from the ballot over her limited English skills concedes she isn't fluent in the language but called the legal challenge an abuse of power that could keep her from serving a poor border community where most residents speak only Spanish.
4 Feb 2012 at 12:51pm
Police clear tents from Occupy site in DC; 7 held
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AP - Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites, with police clearing away tents they said were banned under park rules.
4 Feb 2012 at 9:12pm
The nation's weather
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AP - Wet weather will ease Sunday across the Midwest as a winter storm treks eastward. The system will also advance southeastward from the mid-Mississippi River Valley, moving over the Tennessee Valley and into the Appalachians.
5 Feb 2012 at 1:56am
Prosecutors: Ind. woman left decomposing in chair
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AP - A southeastern Indiana woman has been charged after prosecutors say she left her morbidly obese sister alive and decomposing in a chair for three weeks.
4 Feb 2012 at 6:54pm
Lives intersect on deadly stretch of Fla. highway
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AP - There was a single mom who loved to dance, in the car with a boyfriend who had moved from Virginia to be with her. A pastor and members of his family, originally from Brazil, returning home to Georgia from an Orlando church retreat. A father, his wife and his daughter headed south from the Panhandle for a family funeral. A young man coming home from bowling.
4 Feb 2012 at 1:17pm
Romney rolls to easy win in Nevada GOP caucuses
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AP - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.
5 Feb 2012 at 12:55am
Navy: 8 Calif.-based sailors discharged for hazing
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AP - Eight sailors have been discharged from the Navy after a hazing incident aboard a San Diego-based amphibious assault ship that was captured on video and included the choking of a fellow sailor, a Navy spokesman said Saturday.
5 Feb 2012 at 12:56am
11 injured in massive crowd for band LMFAO
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AP - Overwhelming "human gridlock" in Indianapolis' Super Bowl Village was causing police to rethink crowd control Saturday on the eve of the big game.
5 Feb 2012 at 12:57am
Mushroom pickers OK after 6 days lost in OR forest
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AP - Three mushroom pickers took refuge in a hollowed out tree after getting lost in an Oregon forest, fighting wintry chills for six days and drinking water from streams until a helicopter pilot spotted them.
5 Feb 2012 at 1:53am
Marine wife killed in Ca. explosion was Iowan, 31
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AP - A woman killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base was the 31-year-old wife of a U.S. Marine, and a mother of two from Hudson, Iowa, military officials said late Saturday.
5 Feb 2012 at 12:10am
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Mitt Romney wins Nevada caucuses
Front-runner Mitt Romney looks set to convincingly win the Republican caucuses in Nevada, as he seeks to win his party's presidential nomination.
4 Feb 2012 at 9:18pm
Obama urges 'keep recovery going'
Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the recovery going as new data shows unemployment down to its lowest rate in three years.
3 Feb 2012 at 12:48pm
FBI probes Anonymous phone hack
The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.
3 Feb 2012 at 3:45pm
Acting veteran Ben Gazzara dies
US film and Broadway actor Ben Gazzara has died in New York at the age of 81.
4 Feb 2012 at 12:27pm
Lance Armstrong team probe closed
US prosecutors close an investigation into allegations of criminal conduct over doping claims in a cycle team partly owned by Lance Armstrong.
3 Feb 2012 at 4:04pm
Cancer charity in funding U-turn
A major US breast cancer charity reverses a decision to cut funding to reproductive health group Planned Parenthood, after a furious outcry.
3 Feb 2012 at 1:09pm
Wikileaks suspect to face trial
Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning, charged with leaking thousands of classified documents, will face a court martial, says the US Army.
3 Feb 2012 at 5:49pm
Saigon fall reporter dies at 79
George Esper, who reported on the fall of Saigon for the Associated Press during the last days of the Vietnam war, dies at the age of 79.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:19pm
Oil spurs Canadian PM China visit
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit China next week to discuss the future of Canada's oil products.
3 Feb 2012 at 7:03pm
Micron's Appleton dies in crash
Steve Appleton, the chief executive of memory-chip maker Micron, has died in a plane crash near Boise, Idaho.
3 Feb 2012 at 1:30pm
Anger over NY police Muslim memo
Civic groups from around the US are urging New York's attorney general to investigate the New York Police Department surveillance operations.
3 Feb 2012 at 3:12pm
US girl home after huge tumour op
Nine-year-old Alannah Shevenell returns home more than three months after undergoing a transplant of six organs to remove a potentially deadly tumour.
3 Feb 2012 at 11:55am
Artist set for Facebook windfall
A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook's offices is set to become a millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.
3 Feb 2012 at 6:13am
Paula Abdul to leave US X Factor
The talent show judge confirms she's leaving - a day after the exit of Steve Jones and Nicole Scherzinger was announced.
1 Feb 2012 at 1:27am
American Airlines cuts 13,000 jobs
The loss-making parent company of American Airlines says it will shed 13,000 jobs - around 15% of its workforce.
1 Feb 2012 at 3:25pm
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Romney sails to easy win in Nevada
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory in Nevada on Saturday, crushing his three remaining rivals and taking firm command of the party's volatile presidential nominating race.
by Sam Youngman and Ros Krasny
4 Feb 2012 at 10:25pm
Brazil's poor seem left behind in growth spurt, observers say
The razing of the Pinheirinho slum that was home to 8,000 squatters highlights the plight of those who can't afford to live in their own communities.
Two children ran through the rubble, ducking under smoke pouring from a building that was still burning. Everywhere were signs that people had left in haste: toys, half-cooked meals, couches, ID cards, a fan photo of Justin Bieber.
by By Vincent Bevins, Los Angeles Times
4 Feb 2012 at 10:00pm
Opposition angered as Chavez celebrates coup
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders slammed the event as a blemish on the country's democracy.
by Girish Gupta
4 Feb 2012 at 9:43pm
Russia, China veto U.N. plan for Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a U.N. resolution that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit, stalling global efforts to end his bloody crackdown on unrest after hundreds were reported killed in the city of Homs.
by Khaled Yacoub Oweis
4 Feb 2012 at 9:42pm
Defiant Gingrich vows to stay in Republican race
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A defiant Newt Gingrich vowed on Saturday to continue in the 2012 Republican primary race and predicted that he could pull even with Mitt Romney in the delegate count within two months.
by Ros Krasny
4 Feb 2012 at 9:28pm
Tens of thousands brave Moscow cold to protest against Putin
The third mass protest in Moscow in two months against Russia leader Vladimir Putin and demanding fair elections appeared to have been the largest yet.
Undeterred by subzero temperatures that froze their breath and left icicles adorning many men's mustaches and beards, tens of thousands of Russians marched through the streets of Moscow on Saturday demanding fair elections just a month before they are to go to the polls to choose a new president.
by By Khristina Narizhnaya, Los Angeles Times
4 Feb 2012 at 8:57pm
Newt Gingrich assault lawsuit: Orlando-area man says security broke his foot ...
Edward Dillard, 29, is seeking damages in excess of $75,000.
A Windermere man is suing Newt Gingrich, court documents show, alleging a security officer for the presidential candidate fractured his foot during a scuffle at a Florida campaign stop.
by By Jeff Weiner , Orlando Sentinel
4 Feb 2012 at 7:12pm
Police, some on horseback, clear Occupy DC protesters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police removed protesters as they confiscated bedding and most tents on Saturday from an "Occupy" protest site just blocks from the White House, enforcing a no-camping rule for the public McPherson Square they had ignored for months.
4 Feb 2012 at 6:31pm
Protests grip Cairo as pressure mounts for early vote
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian government building was set on fire on Sunday as protests disrupted the heart of Cairo for a fourth day and public figures demanded a faster transition to civilian rule.
by Marwa Awad
4 Feb 2012 at 5:49pm
Clock ticks on Greece's bailout deadline
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos faces a critical task of convincing international lenders and political party leaders on Sunday to agree to the stringent terms of a 130 billion euro ($171 billion) rescue plan to stave off looming default.
by George Georgiopoulos and Renee Maltezou
4 Feb 2012 at 4:58pm
Bahrainis hold independent dialogue over political crisis
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrainis of different political stripes faced off in a rare forum on Saturday to try to bridge deep rifts against a backdrop of continued disturbances outside the Gulf Arab state's capital.
by Andrew Hammond
4 Feb 2012 at 11:53am
French socialists riled by Merkel backing of Sarkozy
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's backing of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the upcoming presidential vote has riled his socialist rival Francois Hollande's camp, which warned her to exercise restraint, a German newspaper reported on Saturday.
4 Feb 2012 at 11:11am
Wife of Yankees GM Cashman files for divorce
NEW YORK — The wife of Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has filed divorce papers, a day after prosecutors charged a woman with stalking him and extorting money over an extramarital affair.
by Tribune News Services
4 Feb 2012 at 10:57am
Panetta reassures European allies over defense cuts
MUNICH (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reassured European allies on Saturday that Washington remains committed to their security despite an austerity drive, as NATO pushed for new ways for alliance members to maintain capabilities at lower cost.
by David Alexander and Sebastian Moffett
4 Feb 2012 at 10:44am
Russians stage rival protests over Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while supporters of the prime minister staged a rival rally drawing comparable numbers.
by Alissa de Carbonnel and Thomas Grove
4 Feb 2012 at 9:44am
LA Times: National
Romney is on a roll after big win in Nevada
Coasting to an easy victory over his GOP rivals in the Nevada caucuses, Mitt Romney keeps his focus on President Obama as the nominating contest moves to Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri.
Mitt Romney spent years cultivating voters in Nevada, and it paid off with a commanding victory that not only pushed him closer to the GOP nomination but laid a strong marker in a state both parties will fight to carry in November.
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By Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
4 Feb 2012 at 9:33pm
One man's quest to heal a Connecticut city
Where others in ailing Bridgeport see poverty, derelict homes and abandoned factories, Philip Kuchma dreams of a mini-Manhattan.
Philip Kuchma brightens as he drives past a vacant lot in Bridgeport, Connecticut's most populated — and poorest — city.
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By Geraldine Baum, Los Angeles Times
5 Feb 2012 at 12:00am
Snowstorm causes accidents, outages in Colorado, Nebraska
The region's first major snowstorm of the winter drops as much as 20 inches in some areas, but weakens as it moves into southwestern Iowa.
A blizzard that had pummeled northeastern Colorado on Friday moved across Nebraska and into southwestern Iowa on Saturday, causing dozens of accidents on highways as visibility was reduced to near-zero in some places.
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By Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times
4 Feb 2012 at 7:47pm
Whooping crane migration comes up short
While following an ultralight aircraft guiding them to Florida, young Maryland-bred birds get distracted in Alabama. They'll stay there for now.
What's that saying about leading a horse to water? The latest effort to teach Maryland-bred whooping crane chicks to migrate to Florida for the winter has been called off because the endangered birds will no longer follow the ultralight aircraft leading them.
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By Tim Wheeler, Baltimore Sun
4 Feb 2012 at 4:07pm
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has long been under pressure
Antiabortion activists have tried for years to break the foundation's ties to Planned Parenthood.
As a minority women's health activist, Eve Sanchez Silver was proud of her work with Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The organization had almost single-handedly turned breast cancer awareness into a national cause, with its pink ribbons appearing on tote bags, containers of yogurt and even NFL football fields.
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By Karen Kaplan, Shari Roan and Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times
3 Feb 2012 at 6:00pm
For GOP candidates in Nevada, stumping is a high-stakes gamble
In anything-goes Nevada, the Republican presidential candidates must tread a fine line between voters and vice.
This is not a place of farmhouses, mom-and-pop diners, chitchats with voters over apple pie. This is a place of neon signs, abandoned homes, billboards promising quick vasectomies and slot machines shouting: Wheel! Of! Fortune!
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By Michael J. Mishak and Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times
3 Feb 2012 at 6:08pm
Democratic nonprofits send funds to 'super PACs'
Campaign finance experts say that such transfers underscore a troubling relationship and 'weakening transparency in the political world.'
President Obama's first campaign ad of 2012 decried "secretive billionaires attacking" him through conservative nonprofit groups that do not reveal their contributors.
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By Matea Gold, Washington Bureau
3 Feb 2012 at 6:21pm
Catholics plan counterattack on new contraception coverage
Church vows to use courts and legislation to fight 'un-American' requirement for religious employers to provide contraception to workers with government-required health insurance.
The Catholic Church reacted strongly Friday to a White House defense of new rules that will force many religious employers to provide contraception to their workers in government-mandated health insurance plans.
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By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times
4 Feb 2012 at 12:00am
Buoyant Mitt Romney targets President Obama
He appears confident on the day before Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, but GOP rival Newt Gingrich keeps up a steady assault.
As he campaigned around the state the day before Nevadans cast their votes in the Republican presidential nominating contest, Mitt Romney exuded a front-runner's confidence. Keeping his eye on November, he aimed his rhetorical fire at the man he wants to replace in the White House.
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By Robin Abcarian and Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times
3 Feb 2012 at 6:16pm
The science behind what makes a hit single
A British researcher discusses his group's computer analysis of why some pop songs soar and others flop.
The anatomy of a hit song has remained a mystery to researchers looking to dissect what makes some songs soar to the top of the charts and others land with an embarrassing flop.
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By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times
3 Feb 2012 at 6:07pm
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Wet weather will ease Sunday across the Midwest as a winter storm treks eastward. The system will also advance southeastward from the mid-Mississippi River Valley, moving over the Tennessee Valley and into the Appalachians. This system will continue ...
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5 Feb 2012 at 1:56am
Gingrich explains his way forward - CNN
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Gingrich explains his way forward
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By Shawna Shepherd and John Helton, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) -- Rather than be surrounded by supporters on Nevada caucus night, Newt Gingrich surrounded himself with reporters. The Republican presidential candidate convened an unusual news conference ...
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5 Feb 2012 at 2:10am
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4 Feb 2012 at 10:47pm
Mushroom pickers OK after 6 days lost in OR forest - Albany Times Union
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NIGEL DUARA, AP This undated photo provided by Karanda Williams shows Daniel and Belinda Conne. The couple and their adult son were found injured but alive Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 after they got lost while picking mushrooms and survived six days deep in ...
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5 Feb 2012 at 2:04am
Occupy Wall Street in DC - Washington Post
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Occupy Wall Street in DC
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Some demonstrators are refusing to leave Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square, as Park Police begin to enforce no-camping rules. US Park Police in riot gear, some on horseback, raid McPherson Square to enforce no-camping regulations against Occupy DC ...
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5 Feb 2012 at 1:07am
Whooping crane migration comes up short - Los Angeles Times
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Whooping crane migration comes up short
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While following an ultralight aircraft guiding them to Florida, young Maryland-bred birds get distracted in Alabama. They'll stay there for now. Whooping cranes follow an Operation Migration ultralight in Wisconsin in October.
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4 Feb 2012 at 4:12pm
Ayla home struck by vandals - Morning Sentinel
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Ayla home struck by vandals
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By Doug Harlow dharlow@mainetoday.com WATERVILLE -- Police on Saturday said vandalism overnight Friday at the Violette Avenue home where toddler Ayla Reynolds was reported missing in December was reckless and cowardly. ACCESSING THE DAMAGE: A broken ...
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4 Feb 2012 at 9:01pm
Parents urge more tests as twitches spread at New York school - Chicago Tribune
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Parents urge more tests as twitches spread at New York school
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LE ROY, New York (Reuters) - State health officials have added three more names to a growing list of students in this working-class town who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while authorities on Saturday sought to assure parents the ...
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4 Feb 2012 at 3:13pm
Obama Says Home-Mortgage Relief Plan Will Eliminate US's 'Biggest Drag' - Blo...
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Enlarge image US President Barack Obama US President Barack Obama Chris Kleponis/Bloomberg US President Barack Obama. President Barack Obama is asking Americans to press Congress to pass his new US homeowner relief plan that includes a tax on financial ...
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4 Feb 2012 at 9:59pm
Catholics plan counterattack on new contraception coverage - Los Angeles Times
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Catholics plan counterattack on new contraception coverage
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Church vows to use courts and legislation to fight 'un-American' requirement for religious employers to provide contraception to workers with government-required health insurance. The Catholic Church reacted strongly Friday to a White House defense of ...
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5 Feb 2012 at 12:03am
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