Afghan protesters hurl grenades at US base (AP)

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• Afghan protesters hurl grenades at US base (AP)
• West dismisses Syria constitution vote as 'farce' (AP)
• Army IDs remains of last missing soldier in Iraq (AP)
• Gulf oil spill trial delayed for settlement talks (AP)
• Christie says contested GOP convention is possible (AP)
• Colombia's FARC announces halt to kidnapping (AP)
• Santorum: no apology needed for Quran burning (AP)
• Pressure builds for civilian drone flights at home (AP)
• 'The Artist' aims to bring silence back to Oscars (AP)
• Rain stops, track drying begins at Daytona 500 (AP)
• Syria referendum goes ahead amid military onslaught (Reuters)
• G20 works on huge rescue deal for April (Reuters)
• Seven U.S. soldiers wounded after Afghan NATO base attacked (Reuters)
• Analysis: Oil price rise raises specter of global recession (Reuters)
• Romney defends wealth, Santorum touts conservatism (Reuters)
• Arizona governor endorses Romney for president (Reuters)
• Georgia on his mind, Gingrich fights in own backyard (Reuters)
• Anti-Putin protesters form human chain in Moscow (Reuters)
• Academy Awards 2012: why Oscar winners are often head-scratchers (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Warren Buffett ends rocky week by announcing heir apparent (The Christian Science Monitor)

Afghan protesters hurl grenades at US base (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 11:28 AM PST AP - Demonstrators hurled grenades at a U.S. base in northern Afghanistan, and a gun battle left two Afghans dead and seven NATO troops injured Sunday in the escalating crisis over the burning of Muslim holy books at an American airfield.

West dismisses Syria constitution vote as 'farce' (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 12:03 PM PST AP - The U.S. and its allies dismissed the Syrian regime's referendum on a new constitution Sunday as a "farce" meant to justify the bloody crackdown on dissent.

Army IDs remains of last missing soldier in Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 12:54 PM PST AP - The U.S military announced Sunday that it has recovered the remains of the last American service member who was unaccounted for in Iraq, an Army interpreter seized by gunmen after sneaking off base to visit his Iraqi wife in Baghdad during the height of the insurgency.

Gulf oil spill trial delayed for settlement talks (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 01:05 PM PST AP - A judge is pushing back the federal trial over the nation's worst offshore oil disaster by a week, saying Sunday that BP PLC was making some progress in settlement talks with a committee overseeing scores of lawsuits, according to people close to the case.

Christie says contested GOP convention is possible (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:10 AM PST AP - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie isn't ruling out the possibility the topsy-turvy GOP presidential race ends up in a contested party convention this summer if Mitt Romney loses Tuesday's Michigan primary.

Colombia's FARC announces halt to kidnapping (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 12:15 PM PST AP - Colombia's main rebel group said Sunday it is abandoning the practice of kidnapping and will soon free its last remaining "prisoners of war," 10 security force members held for as long as 14 years.

Santorum: no apology needed for Quran burning (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 01:09 PM PST AP - Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum criticized President Barack Obama's apology for the burning of Qurans in Afghanistan, adding that Afghanistan should apologize to the U.S. for the deaths of four U.S. soldiers during six days of violence sparked by the incident.

Pressure builds for civilian drone flights at home (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 07:49 AM PST AP - Heads up: Drones are going mainstream.

'The Artist' aims to bring silence back to Oscars (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 01:05 PM PST AP - Meryl Streep might join the acting three-peat club with a third Academy Award. Jean Dujardin could become the first Frenchman to win best actor. Christopher Plummer is in line to become the oldest acting winner ever at 82.

Rain stops, track drying begins at Daytona 500 (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 01:05 PM PST AP - NASCAR's premier event, the season-opening Daytona 500, is being delayed by rain.

Syria referendum goes ahead amid military onslaught (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 12:10 PM PST Reuters - At least 31 Syrian civilians and soldiers were killed on Sunday in bloodshed that coincided with a vote on a new constitution that could keep President Bashar al-Assad in power until 2028.

G20 works on huge rescue deal for April (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 10:54 AM PST Reuters - The world's leading economies worked on Sunday to line up a deal on a second global rescue package worth nearly $2 trillion to stop the euro-zone sovereign debt crisis from spreading and putting at risk the tentative recovery.

Seven U.S. soldiers wounded after Afghan NATO base attacked (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 06:31 AM PST Reuters - Seven U.S. military trainers were wounded on Sunday when a grenade was thrown at their base in northern Afghanistan, police said, as anti-Western fury deepened over the burning of the Koran at a NATO base.

Analysis: Oil price rise raises specter of global recession (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:39 AM PST Reuters - A jump in energy prices is jamming the slow-turning cogs of an economic recovery in the West, but that may be nothing compared to the economic shock an Israeli attack on Iran would cause.

Romney defends wealth, Santorum touts conservatism (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 11:30 AM PST Reuters - In a tight race to win the Michigan primary, Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney strongly defended his wealth on Sunday and challenged voters to support someone else if they did not like his success.

Arizona governor endorses Romney for president (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 08:48 AM PST Reuters - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who had a finger-pointing confrontation with President Barack Obama last month, on Sunday endorsed Mitt Romney's bid to become the Republican nominee to challenge Obama in the November 6 U.S. election.

Georgia on his mind, Gingrich fights in own backyard (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 03:43 PM PST Reuters - Only a month ago, Newt Gingrich was atop the Republican presidential race. Now he is in a fight for a win even in his home state of Georgia as his campaign stakes its future on the Super Tuesday primaries.

Anti-Putin protesters form human chain in Moscow (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2012 06:42 AM PST Reuters - Thousands of Russians joined hands to form a human chain around Moscow city centre on Sunday in protest against Vladimir Putin's likely return as president in an election next week.

Academy Awards 2012: why Oscar winners are often head-scratchers (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:44 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Woody Allen, up for best screenplay Oscar Sunday night for “Midnight in Paris,” is famous for quoting Groucho Marx's quip: “I don't want to belong to any club that that will accept people like me as a member.” On Sunday night, however, the more likely quote will be: Who, exactly, are the 5,765 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and why do they vote that way?

Warren Buffett ends rocky week by announcing heir apparent (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:17 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In announcing, though not naming, a successor at Berkshire Hathaway, US billionaire Warren Buffett moved Saturday to shore up concerns about the future of his investment firm amid rare criticisms of a man seen by many as a model baron of industry.

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