Obama: Drilling alone is not an energy plan (AP)

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• Obama: Drilling alone is not an energy plan (AP)
• Romney charges Santorum compromised his principles (AP)
• Study: Gingrich, Santorum plans hike deficit (AP)
• Obama apologizes as Afghan Quran protests rage (AP)
• In battered Syrian city, cries of `tragic' plight (AP)
• Copter collision kills 7 Marines in Calif. desert (AP)
• Widespread shootings, bombings kill 55 across Iraq (AP)
• Poll: Millionaire tax popular, spending cuts too (AP)
• Stepmom gives birth after arrest in girl's death (AP)
• Maine 3-year-old walks mile in middle of night (AP)
• Jobless claims hold steady at 4-year low (Reuters)
• "Friends of Syria" to demand ceasefire, aid access (Reuters)
• USPS closings plan to eliminate up to 35,000 jobs (Reuters)
• Greece sets stage for Friday bond swap (Reuters)
• Afghanistan demands NATO put Koran-burners on trial (Reuters)
• Insight: Divided by common foe, Israel and U.S. tangle over Iran (Reuters)
• Gulf oil spill trial -- Let the fingerpointing begin (Reuters)
• Iraq attacks kill 60, raise sectarian fears (Reuters)
• 'Diddy' as TV mogul? Why new network could face steep challenges. (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Supreme Court debate: Is lying about being a war hero protected speech? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Obama: Drilling alone is not an energy plan (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:22 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assailed Republicans for what he described as a flawed and dishonest strategy for reducing gas prices, predicting his rivals would offer nothing but more drilling and political promises of $2-a-gallon gas. Said the president: "The American people aren't stupid."

Romney charges Santorum compromised his principles (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:05 PM PST AP - Mitt Romney took new aim at Rick Santorum's image as a devoted conservative Thursday, accusing his rival of compromising his own principles by repeatedly voting for legislation he didn't believe in.

Study: Gingrich, Santorum plans hike deficit (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:27 PM PST AP - Massive tax cuts proposed by GOP presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum would cause the national debt to explode while Mitt Romney's budget plan could generate red ink in line with current projections, according to a new study released Thursday.

Obama apologizes as Afghan Quran protests rage (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:00 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama apologized to Afghans on Thursday for the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base, trying to assuage rising anti-American sentiment as an Afghan soldier gunned down two American troops during another day of angry protests.

In battered Syrian city, cries of `tragic' plight (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:28 PM PST AP - Medics stitch wounds with thread used for clothing. Hungry residents risk Syrian government sniper fire or shelling to hunt for dwindling supplies of bread and canned food on the streets of the besieged city of Homs.

Copter collision kills 7 Marines in Calif. desert (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:24 PM PST AP - Two Marine Corps helicopters collided over a remote section of the California desert during a nighttime exercise, killing seven Marines in one of the deadliest military training accidents in years.

Widespread shootings, bombings kill 55 across Iraq (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:41 PM PST AP - Bombs and deadly shootings relentlessly pounded Iraqis on Thursday, killing at least 55 people and wounding more than 225 in a widespread wave of violence the government called a "frantic attempt" by insurgents to prove the country will never be stable.

Poll: Millionaire tax popular, spending cuts too (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:38 PM PST AP - Most people like President Barack Obama's proposal to make millionaires pay a significant share of their incomes in taxes. Yet they'd still rather cut spending than boost taxes to balance the federal budget, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows, giving Republicans an edge over Democrats in their core ideological dispute over the nation's fiscal ills.

Stepmom gives birth after arrest in girl's death (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:33 PM PST AP - An Alabama woman is under guard at a hospital after she gave birth following her arrest in the death of her 9-year-old stepdaughter, who authorities say was forced to run for three hours as punishment for lying about eating a candy bar.

Maine 3-year-old walks mile in middle of night (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:57 AM PST AP - A 3-year-old Maine girl, possibly confused by a dream, walked a mile to a grocery store in the middle of the night through freshly fallen snow, thinking her mother was inside buying pizza.

Jobless claims hold steady at 4-year low (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 08:05 AM PST Reuters - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits last week held at the lowest level since the early days of the 2007-2009 recession, signaling that the battered labor market is healing.

"Friends of Syria" to demand ceasefire, aid access (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:42 AM PST Reuters - Western and Arab nations will demand that Syrian forces implement an immediate ceasefire to allow relief supplies to reach desperate civilians in bombarded cities such as Homs when they meet in Tunis on Friday.

USPS closings plan to eliminate up to 35,000 jobs (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:00 PM PST Reuters - The U.S. Postal Service announced plans on Thursday to close or consolidate 223 mail processing centers and eliminate up to 35,000 jobs as part of its strategy to cut costs by reducing its network of facilities.

Greece sets stage for Friday bond swap (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 09:32 AM PST Reuters - Greece took its first step towards reaping urgently needed funds agreed in a 130-billion-euro rescue package on Thursday as its parliament endorsed a bond swap for private holders of its debt.

Afghanistan demands NATO put Koran-burners on trial (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 08:43 AM PST Reuters - Afghanistan wants NATO to put on public trial those who burned copies of the Koran at a NATO base, President Hamid Karzai's office said on Thursday, after a third day of bloody protests over the incident.

Insight: Divided by common foe, Israel and U.S. tangle over Iran (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 05:34 AM PST Reuters - a hastily arranged meeting in a custodian's office at a Washington airport in 2007 - Iran has been one of the few issues on which Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu have been able to find some common ground.

Gulf oil spill trial -- Let the fingerpointing begin (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:54 AM PST Reuters - It could be the ultimate case for passing the buck.

Iraq attacks kill 60, raise sectarian fears (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:29 AM PST Reuters - Simultaneous early morning attacks on mostly Shi'ite targets across Iraq killed at least 60 people and wounded dozens on Thursday in one of the bloodiest days of violence since U.S. troops pulled out in mid-December.

'Diddy' as TV mogul? Why new network could face steep challenges. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:09 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Sean "Diddy" Combs are national celebrities, but they face steep challenges as they try to establish successful cable networks, media analysts say.

Supreme Court debate: Is lying about being a war hero protected speech? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:50 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Members of the US Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday with the difficult task of deciding whether the First Amendment protects a free speech right to claim to be a decorated war hero â€" even if you aren’t one.

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