Saturday, March 3, 2012

Storms demolish small towns in Ind., Ky.; 38 dead (AP)

Storms demolish small towns in Ind., Ky.; 38 dead (AP)

Storms demolish small towns in Ind., Ky.; 38 dead (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:54 PM PST

AP - Emergency crews desperately searched for survivors Saturday after a violent wave of Midwest and Southern storms flattened some rural communities and left behind a trail of destruction: shredded homes, downed power lines and streets littered with tossed cars.

GOP rivals vie for delegates in Washington contest (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 01:15 PM PST

AP - Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and their Republican presidential rivals vied for delegates Saturday in Washington state caucuses, a quiet prelude to 10 Super Tuesday contests next week in all regions of the country.

BP begins to put spill behind it with settlement (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:21 AM PST

Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this April 21, 2010 file handout image. REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Files/HandoutAP - BP's settlement deal with thousands of victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a major step toward putting the worst oil spill in U.S. history behind it.

Fresh assault on Homs as Red Cross seeks access (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:51 AM PST

AP - Syrian forces launched a fresh assault on Homs on Saturday as the Red Cross pressed forward with efforts to deliver badly needed aid to thousands of people stranded in a besieged neighborhood despite warnings from regime troops of land mines and booby traps.

Conflicting accounts over Afghan Quran burnings (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:14 AM PST

U.S. soldier Command Sergeant Major Willard Smoot (3rd R) presides over a AP - An investigation into the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. military base has found it was a mistake involving at least five Americans who may face a disciplinary review, a Western official said Saturday, but Afghan investigators claimed it was an intentional desecration.

Freed of Gadhafi, Libya's instability only deepens (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:27 AM PST

AP - A large map of Libya hangs on the wall in the home of Idris al-Rahel, with a line down the middle dividing the country in half.

Obama recasts birth control debate on own terms (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:09 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama is casting the contraception controversy as an issue of women's rights, not religious freedom, seizing on what backers see as a political gift from Rush Limbaugh to firm up support from women and young voters, groups essential to his re-election hopes.

YouTube phenomenon has girls asking: Am I pretty? (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:39 AM PST

AP - The young girl shows off her big, comfy koala hat and forms playful hearts with her fingers as she drops the question on YouTube: "Am I pretty or ugly?"

Reba reveals painful past, lessons in OWN special (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:33 PM PST

AP - More than 20 years after a plane crash killed seven members of her band and her tour manager, Reba McEntire can still clearly see the hotel room she was in when she got the news.

Calhoun returns, UConn beats Pitt 74-65 (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:27 PM PST

AP - Jim Calhoun returned to the bench after more than a month of medical leave and coached Connecticut to a 74-65 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday.

BP's $7.8 billion deal may speed payments for U.S. spill (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:59 AM PST

Reuters - The estimated $7.8 billion deal struck by BP Plc with businesses and individuals suing over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill could speed up payments to thousands of claimants and offers lawyers a potential windfall in legal fees.

Tornadoes kill at least 36 in U.S. Midwest, South (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:24 PM PST

Carissa Westfall helps salvage products from Nature's Sunshine Health Foods store in Branson, Missouri, February 29, 2012. REUTERS/Sarah ConardReuters - Violent storms and tornadoes raked across a huge swath of the U.S. Midwest and Southeast, killing at least 36 people in four states, authorities said on Saturday.

Syrian forces pound Homs, block aid convoy (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:01 PM PST

A satellite image of the Baba Amr district of Homs is seen in this February 25, 2012 DigitalGlobe photo. REUTERS/DigitalGlobeReuters - Syrian forces renewed their bombardment of parts of the shattered city of Homs on Saturday and for a second day blocked Red Cross aid meant for civilians stranded without food and fuel in the former rebel stronghold, activists and aid workers said.

Santorum blasts Romney on healthcare ahead of Ohio vote (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 12:16 PM PST

Reuters - Republican Rick Santorum lashed out at chief rival Mitt Romney on Saturday as "uniquely unqualified" to challenge President Barack Obama in November's election and urged Ohio voters to join him in rejecting the party's old-boy establishment.

Iran touts high turnout in election (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:43 AM PST

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Women fill in their ballots beside the box during the final minutes before the 11pm closure of polls for the parliamentary election in a mosque in north central Tehran March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Caren FirouzReuters - Iran, under intense Western pressure over its disputed nuclear program, on Saturday declared an initial turnout of 64 percent in a parliamentary election shunned by most reformists as a sham.

Four dead in south Yemen blasts, al Qaeda blamed (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:44 AM PST

Reuters - Two suicide bombers drove a car packed with explosives into a Yemeni army base in the southern province of al-Bayda on Saturday, killing one soldier, the Defence Ministry said, in an attack for which al Qaeda claimed responsibility.

Citigroup Chairman Parsons stepping down (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:35 PM PST

Reuters - Richard Parsons will step down as chairman of Citigroup Inc at its annual meeting in April and will be succeeded by Michael O'Neill, the former chief executive of Bank of Hawaii Corp, Citigroup said on Friday.

Ohio looms large on Super Tuesday. Can Romney increase his delegate lead? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:10 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Among the 10 states holding presidential primary elections or caucuses this coming “Super Tuesday,” Ohio may be the biggest enchilada. It’s a genuine swing state, and the economy â€" Mitt Romney’s claimed area of presidential expertise â€" has been hit hard there.

Katrina in the Midwest: Tornado-struck town begins road to recovery (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 05:11 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Skies darkened and emergency sirens wailed after high noon Friday in this small southern Illinois city. Residents here were just adjusting to life after a Wednesday morning tornado wreaked havoc, killing six people and injuring more than 100 others. News that another storm just as violent was brewing on the horizon added to the fatigue.
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