Paterno's long goodbye ends with public memorial (Reuters)

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• Paterno's long goodbye ends with public memorial (Reuters)
• Texas executes man caught years after crime by DNA (Reuters)
• Facebook takes on 'clickjacking' spammers in court (Reuters)
• What You Missed While Not Watching the Florida GOP Debate (Time.com)
• Newt Gingrich vs.the Establishment: South Carolina Sets Up Intra-GOP Conflict (Time.com)
• Environmentalists sue to protect whales from Navy sonar (Reuters)
• CIA to pull officer from NYPD after internal probe (AP)
• No energy industry backing for the word 'fracking' (AP)
• AG: Record number of voting rights inquiries (AP)
• Memorial exposes anger over Paterno's treatment (AP)
• AP source: Kelly's accuser says she had abortion (AP)
• Activists send hundreds of tacos to Conn. mayor (AP)
• Debate over Calif.'s new 'clean car' regs (AP)
• Immigrant license repeal falls short in first vote (AP)
• Judge: BP contract shielded Transocean in spill (AP)
• Dem NC governor faced tough re-election fight (AP)
• Facebook, Washington state target online spam (AP)
• Muslims call for NYPD chief to resign over movie (AP)
• Millions now manage aging parents' care from afar (AP)

Paterno's long goodbye ends with public memorial (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:51 PM PST Reuters - The son of late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno told 10,000 mourners on Thursday his father died "with a clear conscience," and former players shared why they worshipped the man in a final goodbye to the legendary "JoePa."

Texas executes man caught years after crime by DNA (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:03 PM PST Reuters - Texas executed a convicted murderer by lethal injection on Thursday, administering the ultimate punishment to a man who had been paroled for an assault in Michigan when his DNA linked him to a years-old murder in San Antonio.

Facebook takes on 'clickjacking' spammers in court (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:05 PM PST Reuters - Facebook and the state of Washington sued a company on Thursday they accused of a practice called "clickjacking" that fools users of the world's top social network into visiting advertising sites, divulging personal information and spreading the scam to friends.

What You Missed While Not Watching the Florida GOP Debate (Time.com) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:20 PM PST Time.com - The NFL plays a 16-game regular season. There are nine circles of hell. God got it done in six days. Welcome to the 18th Republican debate

Newt Gingrich vs.the Establishment: South Carolina Sets Up Intra-GOP Conflict (Time.com) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:25 AM PST Time.com - The Republican Establishment, such as it can be defined, is uncomfortable, alright

Environmentalists sue to protect whales from Navy sonar (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:37 PM PST Reuters - Environmentalists sued the U.S. government on Thursday over naval training exercises off the West Coast involving sonar that they say harms endangered marine animals in the Pacific Ocean including killer whales.

CIA to pull officer from NYPD after internal probe (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 02:49 PM PST AP - A CIA operative's unusual assignment inside the New York Police Department is being cut short after an internal investigation that criticized how the agency established its unprecedented collaboration with city police, The Associated Press has learned.

No energy industry backing for the word 'fracking' (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 02:37 PM PST AP - A different kind of F-word is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines.

AG: Record number of voting rights inquiries (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST AP - Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday the Justice Department opened a record number of more than 100 new investigations into possible voting rights discrimination across the country last year.

Memorial exposes anger over Paterno's treatment (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:52 PM PST AP - The near-capacity crowd of 12,000 seemed to be just waiting for somebody to bring up the subject. Finally, when someone rose in Joe Paterno's defense to argue that he had been made a scapegoat, the audience was instantly on its feet, applauding thunderously.

AP source: Kelly's accuser says she had abortion (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:53 PM PST AP - The son of New York City's police commissioner has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman who told authorities she got pregnant from the encounter and had an abortion, people familiar with the investigation said Thursday.

Activists send hundreds of tacos to Conn. mayor (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 05:56 PM PST AP - The office of East Haven's mayor was blasted with prank phone calls and a delivery of hundreds of tacos Thursday after his now-famous quip that he would address accusations of anti-Latino bias by eating tacos, a remark that left emotions raw in the town's large Hispanic community.

Debate over Calif.'s new 'clean car' regs (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:43 PM PST AP - Auto dealers say California's proposed rules to require carmakers to build more electric and other less-polluting hybrid cars and trucks by 2025 will cost consumers more money and will stifle the industry's growth.

Immigrant license repeal falls short in first vote (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 05:24 PM PST AP - Republican Gov. Susana Martinez suffered a temporary political setback Thursday in a bid to stop New Mexico from granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.

Judge: BP contract shielded Transocean in spill (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 05:14 PM PST AP - The rig owner involved in drilling the ill-fated well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico and spewed more than 200 million gallons of oil will not have to pay many of the pollution claims because it was shielded in a contract with well-owner BP, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. The ruling comes as BP, the states affected by the disaster and the federal government are discussing a settlement over the nation's largest offshore oil spill.

Dem NC governor faced tough re-election fight (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 02:30 PM PST AP - Gov. Beverly Perdue said Thursday she will not seek re-election because she fears a fight with Republicans over public education would become too political. But she entered the election year with some baggage: a campaign finance investigation, sagging poll numbers and worries from fellow Democrats she would drag them down in a key battleground state for President Barack Obama.

Facebook, Washington state target online spam (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:13 PM PST AP - Facebook is partnering with Washington state to combat a type of spam called "clickjacking" that is plaguing the social networking site, company and state officials announced Thursday.

Muslims call for NYPD chief to resign over movie (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST AP - Muslim groups are calling for New York's police commissioner to step down because of his appearance in a film they say puts their religion and its adherents in a bad light.

Millions now manage aging parents' care from afar (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2012 02:02 PM PST AP - Kristy Bryner worries her 80-year-old mom might slip and fall when she picks up the newspaper, or that she'll get in an accident when she drives to the grocery store. What if she has a medical emergency and no one's there to help? What if, like her father, her mother slips into a fog of dementia?

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