Monday, February 27, 2012

Activist group: 135 dead across Syria (AP)

Activist group: 135 dead across Syria (AP)

Activist group: 135 dead across Syria (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 12:36 PM PST

AP - A Syrian activist group said Monday that 135 people have been killed across the country, including 64 who died while fleeing an embattled area in the central city of Homs.

US: Military committed to Afghan strategy (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:46 AM PST

An Afghan policeman keeps watch at a check point in Kabul February 26, 2012. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniAP - The U.S. military is fully committed to its mission in Afghanistan and has no plans to change its strategy despite the recent deadly violence that has shaken already fragile relations between Americans and their Afghan partners, the Pentagon said Monday.

1 dead, 4 wounded in Ohio high school shooting (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 01:16 PM PST

AP - Authorities say two of the four students injured in a fatal shooting at an Ohio high school are in critical condition.

White House helps pay for NYPD Muslim surveillance (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 01:13 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration said Monday it has no control over how the New York Police Department spends millions of dollars in White House grants that helped pay for NYPD programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance. In New York, the police commissioner said he wouldn't apologize.

Obama urges governors to boost education funding (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:35 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama Monday urged the nation's governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforce is crucial for the U.S. to remain competitive with other countries.

Osama bin Laden's Pakistan home is no more (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:23 AM PST

Supporters of Majlis-e-Ulema Pakistan, a religious group burn the U.S flag during an anti-American rally in Lahore February 27, 2012. About 60 protesters gathered to protest and condemn the burning of copies of the Koran at NATO's main base in Afghanistan on February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)AP - Pakistani authorities have reduced the house where Osama bin Laden lived for years before he was killed by U.S. commandos to rubble, destroying a concrete symbol of the country's association with one of the world's most reviled men.

Berenstain Bears co-creator Jan Berenstain dies (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:09 AM PST

AP - Jan Berenstain, who with her husband, Stan, wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books that have charmed preschoolers and their parents for 50 years, has died. She was 88.

Supreme Court rejects emergency carp measures (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 12:58 PM PST

AP - The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to order emergency measures that might prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite a warning that the exotic fish pose a "dire threat" to the region's environment and economy.

Iran's `Separation:' Oscar glow and slap at Israel (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:59 AM PST

AP - Iran hailed the country's first Oscar-winning film as a triumph over arch-foe Israel on Monday after an Academy Award race with its own subplots: Iranian officials giving a grudging nod to cinema and Israeli audiences flocking to see a made-in-Tehran drama.

Daytona 500 start pushed back to 7 p.m. Monday (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:27 AM PST

AP - Are you ready for some racing — some Monday night racing?

Romney-Santorum battle in Michigan tightens (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 12:29 PM PST

Rick Santorum waves before the start of the Republican presidential candidates debate in Mesa, Arizona, February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Laura SegallReuters - A tough fight for Michigan between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum tightened on Monday in a primary that may prove pivotal in choosing a 2012 Republican presidential nominee.

Gunman kills one student, wounds four at Ohio school (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 12:28 PM PST

Reuters - A student opened fire with a handgun in the cafeteria of an Ohio high school east of Cleveland on Monday, fatally wounding one student and shooting four others before he was chased from the building by a teacher and gave himself up, authorities said.

Pending home sales near 2-year high (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:56 AM PST

Reuters - Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes neared a two-year high in January, an industry group said on Monday, further evidence the housing market was slowly turning the corner.

Syria approves new constitution amid bloodshed (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:18 AM PST

Syrians vote during a referendum on a new constitution in Damascus February 26, 2012. REUTERS/Khaled al-HaririReuters - Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs on Monday as President Bashar al-Assad's government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a referendum derided as a sham by his critics at home and abroad.

TransCanada chops up Keystone XL to push it ahead (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 12:29 PM PST

A man holds a sign at a rally in front of the Lamar County courthouse where landowner Julia Trigg Crawford is set to go to court in a battle with TransCanada over the trenching of her private property for the Keystone pipeline in Paris, Texas February 17, 2012. REUTERS/Mike StoneReuters - TransCanada Corp said on Monday it will build the southern leg of its $7 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline first, skirting a full-blown U.S. review and giving President Barack Obama ammunition to hit back at Republicans who have blasted his energy policy.

Attempt to kill Russia's Putin foiled: security agencies (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:30 AM PST

Firefighters extinguish a fire in the building where two people were detained and one killed after an explosion in a rented apartment in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa January 4, 2012 in this handout picture released to Reuters February 27, 2012. Russian and Ukrainian security groups have foiled a plan to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after Russia's March 4 presidential election, Russia's pro-government Channel One television said on Monday. Ukrainian special services alerted the Russian FSB security agency and the men were detained on January 4, 2012, Channel One said. Picture taken January 4, 2012. REUTERS/Press Service of Odessa Region Emergencies Ministry/HandoutReuters - Security services in Russia and Ukraine said on Monday they had foiled a plot to kill Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, but his opponents ridiculed the announcement as a campaign stunt six days before he runs in Russia's presidential election.

Merkel scrapes win on Greek bailout, rebels grow (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:53 AM PST

Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel scraped through a parliamentary vote endorsing a second bailout for Greece on Monday but faced a growing backbench revolt against pouring in more money in support of the euro zone.

FBI sees more hedge fund trading probe informants (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:54 AM PST

Reuters - The FBI says it has enough informants lined up to keep its investigations of suspected illegal insider trading at hedge funds going for at least five more years.

Paul Ryan's warning: US must cut debt or face 'bitter austerity' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:00 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - US Rep. Paul Ryan is chairman of the House Budget Committee. The Wisconsin Republican, one of the most influential legislators on fiscal matters, was the guest at the Feb. 16 Monitor breakfast in Washington.

US officials urge 'stay the course' in wake of Afghan violence (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 01:30 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As attacks on allied forces in Afghanistan continued Sunday in the wake of Quran burnings by American troops, US officials reaffirmed their commitment to the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and to preventing Al Qaeda advances in the country.
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