Putin claims victory in Russia's presidential vote (AP)

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• Putin claims victory in Russia's presidential vote (AP)
• Obama: Not hesitant on force to defend interests (AP)
• Stories of survival emerge from tornado victims (AP)
• AP Enterprise: Federal sentences still vary widely (AP)
• Saudi: Syrians have right to defend themselves (AP)
• Officials: 206 killed in Republic of Congo blasts (AP)
• Medical bills can wreck credit, even when paid off (AP)
• Dachau survivor and liberator meet 6 decades later (AP)
• Saint's ancient heart stolen from Dublin cathedral (AP)
• NFL to keep looking into bounties beyond Saints (AP)
• Tearful Putin claims victory in Russian election (Reuters)
• Obama warns against "loose talk" of war on Iran (Reuters)
• Some aid reaches Syria's Homs, refugees flee to border (Reuters)
• Chavez faces more cancer treatment before Venezuela vote (Reuters)
• Romney catches Santorum in Ohio dead heat (Reuters)
• Blast at Congo arms depot kills hundreds (Reuters)
• Al Qaeda clashes, blasts kill 35 soldiers in Yemen (Reuters)
• Analysis: Bain investors worry about returns, not Romney (Reuters)
• With BP oil spill billions at stake, why did Gulf fishermen suddenly settle? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The baby in the cornfield: Tales of tiny tornado survivors (The Christian Science Monitor)

Putin claims victory in Russia's presidential vote (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:21 PM PST AP - Vladimir Putin claimed victory in Russia's presidential election before tens of thousands of cheering supporters Sunday, even as the opposition and independent observers insisted the vote had been marred by widespread fraud.

Obama: Not hesitant on force to defend interests (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:20 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama said Sunday the United States will not hesitate to attack Iran with military force to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but he cautioned that "too much loose talk of war" recently has only helped Tehran and driven up the price of oil.

Stories of survival emerge from tornado victims (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:17 AM PST AP - The stories from tornado survivors across the South and Midwest were remarkable: schoolchildren took cover under desks, people hunkered down in a church basement or hid out in a bank vault. One family even piled on top of one another for protection.

AP Enterprise: Federal sentences still vary widely (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 08:46 AM PST AP - A new study shows that federal judges are handing out widely disparate sentences for similar crimes 30 years after Congress tried to create fairer results, but the differences don't line up with the party of the president who appointed the judges, despite any impressions that Republicans or Democrats may be tougher or softer on crime.

Saudi: Syrians have right to defend themselves (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 11:56 AM PST AP - Saudi Arabia said Sunday that Syrians have a right to take up arms to defend themselves against the regime and accused the Damascus government of "imposing itself by force," as concerns mounted over a humanitarian crisis there.

Officials: 206 killed in Republic of Congo blasts (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:08 PM PST AP - Blasts rocked the capital of the Republic of Congo on Sunday, after a weapons depot caught fire, officials said, killing at least 206 people and pinning countless others underneath collapsed buildings, including a church.

Medical bills can wreck credit, even when paid off (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:50 AM PST AP - Mike and Laura Park thought their credit record was spotless. The Texas couple wanted to take advantage of low interest rates, so they put their house on the market and talked to a lender about a mortgage on a bigger home in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs.

Dachau survivor and liberator meet 6 decades later (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:23 AM PST AP - The way Ernie Gross and Don Greenbaum laugh and tell jokes with the ease of old friends, it's easy to assume the dapper octogenarians have known each other forever.

Saint's ancient heart stolen from Dublin cathedral (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:07 AM PST AP - Somewhere in Ireland, a burglar has the heart of a saint.

NFL to keep looking into bounties beyond Saints (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:44 PM PST AP - The NFL plans to keep looking at plays from recent seasons after a league investigation found the New Orleans Saints paid bounties to players for knocking opponents out of games.

Tearful Putin claims victory in Russian election (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:18 PM PST Reuters - Vladimir Putin claimed victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday and, tears rolling down his cheeks, said it was a historical turning point that had prevented the country falling into the hands of enemies trying to usurp power.

Obama warns against "loose talk" of war on Iran (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:15 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama warned on Sunday against "loose talk" of a war with Iran ahead of a crucial meeting in which he will urge Israel's prime minister to avoid a premature strike on the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities.

Some aid reaches Syria's Homs, refugees flee to border (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:50 AM PST Reuters - The Red Cross delivered emergency aid to areas around the battered Baba Amro district of the Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, but was blocked for a third day from entering the former rebel bastion amid reports of bloody reprisals by state forces.

Chavez faces more cancer treatment before Venezuela vote (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 11:32 AM PST Reuters - President Hugo Chavez said he will need radiation treatment for cancer in the run-up to Venezuela's October presidential poll, though he insisted there was no metastasis after the removal of another tumor.

Romney catches Santorum in Ohio dead heat (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 07:25 AM PST Reuters - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has surged into a dead heat with Rick Santorum in the Ohio primary, setting up a cliffhanger race on Tuesday, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday.

Blast at Congo arms depot kills hundreds (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:30 AM PST Reuters - Around 200 people were killed on Sunday when an arms dump exploded in Brazzaville, ripping apart a nearby neighborhood in the Congo Republic's capital, medical and local authorities said.

Al Qaeda clashes, blasts kill 35 soldiers in Yemen (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 08:57 AM PST Reuters - At least 35 soldiers were killed in twin suicide bombings and ensuing clashes with al Qaeda militants in Yemen on Sunday, hospital sources said, part of an upsurge in attacks since a presidential election two weeks ago.

Analysis: Bain investors worry about returns, not Romney (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2012 07:34 AM PST Reuters - As Bain Capital LLC prepares to market a multibillion-dollar fund, investors say the private equity firm's performance is its biggest problem -- not the 15 years it was run by presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.

With BP oil spill billions at stake, why did Gulf fishermen suddenly settle? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:00 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Gulf of Mexico fishermen battered by the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill suddenly settled a major class-action lawsuit against BP on Friday, agreeing to what's likely to be a $7.8 billion payout in return for dropping the litigation.

The baby in the cornfield: Tales of tiny tornado survivors (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:01 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Stories of rescuers finding small children alive after tornadoes have carted them off have become so common as to seem apocryphal.

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