Wednesday, February 29, 2012

North Korea says it will halt nuclear activities (AP)

North Korea says it will halt nuclear activities (AP)

North Korea says it will halt nuclear activities (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:40 PM PST

AP - In an apparent breakthrough in long-stalled negotiations, North Korea has agreed to suspend its uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests, the North Koreans and U.S. officials said Wednesday. The United States is to provide food aid in return.

Next up for Santorum, Romney: Super Tuesday states (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:19 AM PST

AP - Rick Santorum seized about as many of Michigan's GOP delegates as primary winner Mitt Romney, and could end up with more, in a close contest that does little to clarify the muddled presidential race heading into Super Tuesday.

Storms damage country music resort town, kill 9 (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:29 PM PST

AP - Twisters roared through the nation's heartland in the early morning darkness Wednesday, flattening entire blocks of homes in small-town Illinois and Kansas and killing at least nine people.

Spanish reporter escapes Syria to Lebanon (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:42 AM PST

AP - A Spanish journalist who was trapped in Homs escaped to Lebanon Wednesday as the government threatened a new offensive to "cleanse" a rebel-held neighborhood of the besieged Syrian city.

Ohio shooting suspect may have used relative's gun (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:29 PM PST

AP - The teenager suspected in an Ohio school shooting that killed three students may have used a gun that disappeared from his grandfather's barn, a longtime neighbor said Wednesday.

Judge blocks graphic images on cigarette packages (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:20 PM PST

AP - A judge on Wednesday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing U.S. tobacco companies to put large graphic images on their cigarette packages later this year to show the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit lighting up.

Will higher gas prices derail the economy? (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:16 PM PST

AP - The price of gas has jumped 45 cents since Jan. 1 and is the highest on record for this time of year, an average of $3.73 a gallon. On Wall Street, talk has turned from the European debt crisis to another worry: Will higher gas prices derail the economic recovery?

Ex-Sen. Kerrey to run for his former Nebraska seat (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:20 PM PST

AP - Former Sen. Bob Kerrey said Wednesday he will seek the Democratic nomination for the Nebraska seat he once held, reversing course just weeks after publicly rejecting a run he had called a longshot.

Singer Davy Jones of The Monkees dies in Fla at 66 (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:39 PM PST

AP - Davy Jones, the heartthrob singer who helped propel the made-for-TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts as an American version of the Beatles, died Wednesday. He was 66.

Apple market value hits $500B, where few have gone (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:15 AM PST

AP - Apple's market capitalization topped $500 billion Wednesday, climbing to a mountain peak where few companies have ventured — and none have stayed for long.

James Murdoch gives up News International role (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:59 PM PST

BSkyB chairman James Murdoch speaks at the BSkyB Annual General Meeting at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in central London November 29, 2011. REUTERS/Timothy Anderson/BSkyB/HandoutReuters - James Murdoch resigned as executive chairman of News International on Wednesday, raising new doubts he can succeed his father Rupert as CEO of parent company News Corp in the wake of a phone hacking scandal at the unit he oversaw.

Romney makes pitch to "American worker" (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:14 PM PST

Reuters - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appealed for the support of working-class Americans in industrial Ohio on Wednesday, a day after narrowly avoiding a humiliating defeat by rival Rick Santorum in Romney's home state of Michigan.

North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium, IAEA inspections (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:10 PM PST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) visits a unit under the Command of the Korean People's Army 4th Corps stationed in the southwestern sector of North Korea, in this undated picture released by the North's KCNA in Pyongyang February 26, 2012. KCNA said Kim inspected the 1st and 4th Battalions under the KPA Unit 403 stationed in the forefront area. REUTERS/KCNAReuters - North Korea agreed on Wednesday to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment and long-range missile launches, and to allow checks by nuclear inspectors, in an apparent policy shift that paves the way for resuming long-stalled disarmament talks.

Bernanke warns of slow progress ahead on jobs (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:34 AM PST

Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday offered a tempered view of the U.S. economy, pouring cold water on the notion that recent upbeat signs herald a stronger recovery.

Factory, income data support growth outlook (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:30 PM PST

Reuters - The economy grew slightly faster than initially thought in the fourth quarter and a gauge of factory activity in the Midwest hit a 10 month-high in February, pointing to underlying strength in the economy.

"Pray for us" say Syria rebels as army closes in (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:01 PM PST

Reuters - Heavy fighting raged near Baba Amro in Homs on Wednesday after elite Syrian troops attacked the rebel-held bastion that has endured 25 days of siege and fierce bombardment, activists said.

Egypt ends travel ban in U.S. NGO row (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:22 PM PST

Reuters - Egypt has decided to lift a travel ban preventing American pro-democracy activists from leaving the country, judicial sources said on Wednesday, a move that is likely to defuse a standoff that has plunged U.S.-Egyptian ties into a crisis.

Clinton: Japan, EU working to comply with Iran sanctions (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:14 AM PST

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday pledged to aggressively implement new U.S. sanctions on Iran but noted that some allies such as Japan face "unique situations" as they seek to reduce Iranian oil imports.

A Congress with no room for Olympia Snowe and other centrists? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:11 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Sniping and partisan acrimony inside Congress are evidently as bad as they seem from the outside, and Sen. Olympia Snowe would be first to second that.

Leap year flight of fancy: how to remake the calendar with no leap day (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:42 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Should this year's "leap day" be the last one? Yes, say some scholars who have analyzed the complexity of the Gregorian Calendar on which humanity now relies.
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