Thursday, March 1, 2012

GOP senators fail to reverse birth control rule (AP)

GOP senators fail to reverse birth control rule (AP)

GOP senators fail to reverse birth control rule (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:01 PM PST

AP - In an election year battle mixing birth control, religion and politics, Democrats narrowly blocked an effort by Senate Republicans to overturn President Barack Obama's order that most employers or their insurers cover the cost of contraceptives.

2 more US troops killed by Afghan partners (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 10:53 AM PST

Jan Kubis, the United Nations (U.N.) special representative in Afghanistan, gestures during a news conference in Kabul, March 1, 2012. The U.N. joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday in calling on the U.S. military to take disciplinary action against those who burned copies of the Koran at a NATO air base, calling the incident a AP - Two U.S. troops were gunned down by two Afghan soldiers and an accomplice Thursday, the latest of six American service members killed by their Afghan partners since the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. base last week sent anti-Americanism soaring in a nation that has long distrusted foreigners.

Teen charged as juvenile in Ohio school shooting (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:54 PM PST

AP - A teenager was charged Thursday with killing three students in a school shooting, the first step in proceedings that could see him charged as an adult and facing the possibility of life without parole if convicted.

Syrian rebels withdraw from enclave after siege (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:36 PM PST

AP - After a punishing, monthlong military siege, Syrian rebels made what they called a "tactical retreat" Thursday from a key district in Homs, saying they were running low on weapons and the humanitarian conditions were unbearable.

Alarm, life vests and lifeboats: Cruise ship docks (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:51 PM PST

AP - During three days aboard a disabled cruise ship with no power, air conditioning or running water, the worst moments for Gordon and Eleanor Bradwell came immediately after the alarm sounded. Eleanor rushed to their cabin to get a life vest. Gordon was pushed in another direction.

Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart dies in LA (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:51 AM PST

AP - Caustic commentator Andrew Breitbart was loved by conservatives who championed his viral Internet exposes that brought down politicians, and hated by others who said he selectively used the truth to do it.

7 American pro-democracy workers fly out of Egypt (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:17 PM PST

AP - Seven Americans on trial over charges their pro-democracy groups fomented unrest flew out of Egypt Thursday after the U.S. posted nearly $5 million in bail.

AT&T relents on 'unlimited data' plan limits (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:06 PM PST

AP - AT&T Inc. caved to complaints that it's placing unreasonable limits on the "unlimited data" plans it offers smartphone subscribers.

Bristol Palin to star in Lifetime reality series (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:36 PM PST

AP - Bristol Palin's home life in Alaska is the subject of a reality series starring the daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Chamberlain's 100-point game hits 50-year mark (AP)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:23 PM PST

AP - The Big Dipper was larger than life. His size, his statistics, even his voracious appetite for running up big numbers off the court.

Syrian rebels quit besieged Homs stronghold (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:10 AM PST

Reuters - Defeated Syrian rebels left their shattered stronghold in the city of Homs on Thursday after a bloody 26-day army siege aimed at crushing a symbol of the year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

American activists fly out of Egypt, defusing row (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:23 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. pro-democracy activists flew out of Egypt on Thursday after the authorities lifted a travel ban, a move that is likely to defuse the worst row between Washington and Cairo in decades.

Western sanctions tighten squeeze on Iran oil exports (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:16 AM PST

Reuters - Western trade sanctions against Iran are strangling its oil exports even before they go into effect, a U.S. advisory body has found, amid warnings that any shortages will only push up crude prices and strain a weak global economy.

Midwest cleans up from tornadoes, more storms forecast (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:29 PM PST

Reuters - Residents of storm-tossed midwestern towns searched for photographs and mementos from their ruined homes on Thursday as the death toll from a line of tornado-producing storms rose to 13, while more storms bore down on the region.

Greece secures provisional approval for new bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:00 AM PST

Reuters - Greece has taken all the legal action needed to secure a second bailout from the euro zone countries, Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday, opening the door to the first tranche to be paid out by March 20 if more conditions are met.

Factory growth cools, spending stagnant (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:56 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. manufacturing cooled in February and consumer spending was flat for a third straight month in January, suggesting the economy lost more steam early this year than expected.

Two U.S. soldiers killed at base in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:21 PM PST

Reuters - Two U.S. soldiers were shot and killed on Thursday in an attack involving at least one Afghan believed to be a soldier and a civilian, Western and Afghan officials said, the second such incident in a week and one likely to deepen doubts about Afghanistan's security forces.

BNP Paribas says is only a witness in Madoff probe (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:44 PM PST

Reuters - France's biggest listed bank, BNP Paribas, said on Thursday it was only a "witness" in a French magistrate's inquiry into convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme, after a website reported it faced being put under investigation for potentially fraudulent behavior.

Is Assad scared of a war crimes trial? Assault on Homs suggests not. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:33 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Bashar al-Assad’s pull-out-the-stops assault on civilians holed up in the city of Homs Thursday offers an answer to questions about how much the Syrian leader fears international threats to charge him with crimes against humanity: apparently not much.

Andrew Breitbart, a 'happy warrior,' rallied the right and vexed the left (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 11:10 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Andrew Breitbart, the Internet agitator who gave a powerful voice to the right-o-sphere's unrest and disenchantment with liberal institutions, invoked the spirit of the “happy warrior” to wage quixotic battles against the mainstream media and liberal bromides â€" often to great, but controversial, effect.
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