Jury selection to begin in Philadelphia church abuse scandal (Reuters)

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• Jury selection to begin in Philadelphia church abuse scandal (Reuters)
• Anti-Wall Street protesters rally against prison conditions (Reuters)
• New York Fashion Week Through the Eyes of an Army Vet (Time.com)
• The Internet's Laptop-Shooting Dad: What the Latest Parenting Research Says (Time.com)
• Astronaut Glenn calls historic flight "best day" of his life (Reuters)
• Jury selection under way in NJ webcam spying case (AP)
• Top Obama security adviser concludes Israel visit (AP)
• Southern Baptist panel recommends add-on to name (AP)
• Woman jailed in Pa. has trail of fake pregnancies (AP)
• For boomers, it's a new era of 'work til you drop' (AP)
• Ex-Glock attorney accused of stealing millions (AP)
• Chicago school draws scrutiny over student fines (AP)
• Survivor: Deadly avalanche a 'horror story' (AP)
• School owner: Mid-air crash could've been deadly (AP)
• Glenn marks 50 years since historic orbit of Earth (AP)
• US, Mexico agree to cooperate on energy (AP)
• Obama takes tougher stance on higher education (AP)
• Former Iran detainees: Publicity helped their case (AP)
• For Mardi Gras float makers, next year is here (AP)

Jury selection to begin in Philadelphia church abuse scandal (Reuters) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 11:41 AM PST Reuters - A criminal trial in the Philadelphia Catholic Archdiocese pedophilia scandal gets underway on Tuesday, a case likely to be watched closely as one defendant is the first high-ranking U.S. cleric to go to trial in a child sex abuse case.

Anti-Wall Street protesters rally against prison conditions (Reuters) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 05:59 PM PST Reuters - Hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators and prison reform activists joined forces outside the gates of a prison in San Quentin, California on Monday to protest high incarceration rates and harsh living conditions.

New York Fashion Week Through the Eyes of an Army Vet (Time.com) Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:40 PM PST Time.com - I've lived in New York City for two years, blissfully ignorant about Fashion Week. So when I was handed a ticket to the Rebecca Taylor show at Lincoln Center this year, I jumped at the chance

The Internet's Laptop-Shooting Dad: What the Latest Parenting Research Says (Time.com) Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:40 PM PST Time.com - Tommy Jordan shows our willingness to excoriate teens for bad behavior while absolving ourselves of parental responsibility for it

Astronaut Glenn calls historic flight "best day" of his life (Reuters) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 02:47 PM PST Reuters - Astronaut John Glenn, marking the 50th anniversary on Monday of his historic flight as the first American to orbit the Earth, remembered it as the best day of his life.

Jury selection under way in NJ webcam spying case (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 11:21 AM PST AP - The trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man could reveal some of the mystery that surrounds the case if the unidentified man in the video is called to testify.

Top Obama security adviser concludes Israel visit (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 09:35 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama's national security adviser has concluded three days of talks with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem amid an escalating focus on Iran's nuclear intentions. The visit comes in advance of a March 5 meeting at the White House between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Southern Baptist panel recommends add-on to name (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 07:10 PM PST AP - A panel for the Southern Baptist Convention recommended Monday that its leadership approve a new, add-on description for the denomination — "Great Commission Baptists" — but stopped short of a complete, legal name change.

Woman jailed in Pa. has trail of fake pregnancies (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 10:56 AM PST AP - Barry and Rebecca Vest can't conceive children — or of why a woman pretended to be pregnant and persuaded them to travel from Idaho to Pennsylvania five days after Christmas to adopt a baby that didn't exist.

For boomers, it's a new era of 'work til you drop' (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 01:26 PM PST AP - When Paula Symons joined the U.S. workforce in 1972, typewriters in her office clacked nonstop, people answered the telephones and the hot new technology revolutionizing communication was the fax machine.

Ex-Glock attorney accused of stealing millions (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 08:34 AM PST AP - The vice president of Glock Inc. confessed nine years ago to the company's founder that he and another top lieutenant had been stealing millions from the gun maker, later telling investigators there was so much cash flying around that it seemed like "Monopoly money."

Chicago school draws scrutiny over student fines (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 01:33 PM PST AP - A sense of order and decorum prevails at Noble Street College Prep as students move quickly through a hallway adorned with banners from dozens of colleges. Everyone wears a school polo shirt neatly tucked into khaki trousers. There's plenty of chatter but no jostling, no cellphones and no dawdling.

Survivor: Deadly avalanche a 'horror story' (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 04:11 PM PST AP - When the snow broke loose, a group of expert skiers who watched in horror as a large avalanche swept their friends down a steep slope in Washington state immediately turned on their emergency beacons and began searching for signs of life.

School owner: Mid-air crash could've been deadly (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 03:01 PM PST AP - The owner of a helicopter flight school whose student was involved in a mid-air collision said Monday the pilot narrowly escaped what could have been a deadly crash after the chopper was hit from behind by a small plane.

Glenn marks 50 years since historic orbit of Earth (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 07:08 PM PST AP - John Glenn made his historic spaceflight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday among hundreds of people within his orbit, from fellow headline-making astronauts and NASA's administrator to family, friends and students at Ohio State University, where the public affairs school bears his name.

US, Mexico agree to cooperate on energy (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 03:57 PM PST AP - The United States and Mexico agreed Monday to work together when drilling for oil and gas below their maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico.

Obama takes tougher stance on higher education (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 09:37 AM PST AP - Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money?

Former Iran detainees: Publicity helped their case (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 11:16 AM PST AP - When Haleh Esfandiari was arrested by Iranian officials in 2007, she and her family had a plan: Go public with her plight. As the Iranian-American citizen sat in prison, her supporters appeared frequently in the media and appealed to U.S. and Iranian representatives.

For Mardi Gras float makers, next year is here (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2012 04:46 AM PST AP - As Carnival builds toward its out-of-control crescendo of Fat Tuesday, Barry Kern and his team of float-builders and artists are already preparing for next year's parades.

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