WikiLeaks suspect Manning defers plea, court-martial begins (Reuters)

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• WikiLeaks suspect Manning defers plea, court-martial begins (Reuters)
• Maryland gay marriage bill passes, heads to governor (Reuters)
• Seven Marines killed in copter training collision (Reuters)
• John Glenn and His Historic Spaceflight -- 50 Years Later (Time.com)
• The Michigan GOP Primary: Where All Politics Is National (Time.com)
• Alaska officials release final batch of Palin emails (Reuters)
• Sex tape of John Edwards, mistress to be destroyed (AP)
• Gay marriage close to legal in Maryland (AP)
• Okla. prosecutors outmanned in battle against meth (AP)
• Delighted Obama raises cash with NBA celebrities (AP)
• Crash was one of deadliest for Marines in years (AP)
• Ridicule helped doom Va. ultrasound bill (AP)
• Stepmom gives birth after arrest in girl's death (AP)
• Ala. judge acquits man accused in honeymoon death (AP)
• Father: 'My kid made a mistake' in school shooting (AP)
• Ousted Ind. official sentenced in voter fraud case (AP)
• Wash. trooper killed at traffic stop; suspect dies (AP)
• NY protester's tweets at heart of clash on privacy (AP)
• Conn. prosecutor weighs charges in Christmas blaze (AP)
• Soldier defers plea in WikiLeaks case (AP)

WikiLeaks suspect Manning defers plea, court-martial begins (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:07 PM PST Reuters - U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, accused of the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history, deferred a plea in a military court arraignment on Thursday, marking the first step in a court-martial that could land him in prison for life.

Maryland gay marriage bill passes, heads to governor (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:51 PM PST Reuters - The Maryland Senate approved on Thursday a same-sex marriage bill that will now be sent to Gov. Martin O'Malley, who has promised to sign the legislation and make the state the eighth in the nation to legalize gay and lesbian nuptials.

Seven Marines killed in copter training collision (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 03:02 PM PST Reuters - Two U.S. military helicopters collided during a training exercise over the desert along the Arizona-California border, killing all seven Marines aboard, the Marine Corps said on Thursday.

John Glenn and His Historic Spaceflight -- 50 Years Later (Time.com) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 09:40 AM PST Time.com - Why a very short spaceflight still matters today

The Michigan GOP Primary: Where All Politics Is National (Time.com) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 09:40 AM PST Time.com - The nationalization of our politics was one of the major stories of the 2010 midterms, when political experience became a liability and races boiled down to which candidate could claim the outsider's mantle. So it is again this year

Alaska officials release final batch of Palin emails (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:02 PM PST Reuters - Alaska officials on Thursday released the second and final batch of email correspondence from private accounts of Gov. Sarah Palin that she used to conduct state business.

Sex tape of John Edwards, mistress to be destroyed (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 03:55 PM PST AP - The purported sex tape of former presidential candidate John Edwards and his mistress will be destroyed within 30 days after a lawsuit over who owned the tape was settled Thursday.

Gay marriage close to legal in Maryland (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 05:56 PM PST AP - Gay marriage is all but legalized in Maryland after the legislature gave its final OK Thursday to the law that's being sent to Gov. Martin O'Malley, who said he expects to sign it sometime this week.

Okla. prosecutors outmanned in battle against meth (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:41 PM PST AP - Narcotics agents and prosecutors on the front line of Oklahoma's war against methamphetamine sought a seemingly simple fix: limit access to a key ingredient of the powerful stimulant by requiring a doctor's prescription to buy it.

Delighted Obama raises cash with NBA celebrities (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 06:57 PM PST AP - Reveling in his sporting element, President Barack Obama waded into the oversize embrace of some of the biggest names in professional basketball Thursday, raising money from current and former NBA greats and an intimate group of supporters drawn to this weekend's All-Star game in nearby Orlando.

Crash was one of deadliest for Marines in years (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 05:29 PM PST AP - A collision that killed seven Marines in one of the Marine Corps' deadliest aviation training accidents in years occurred over a sprawling desert range favored by the U.S. military because its craggy mountains and hot, dusty conditions are similar to Afghanistan's harsh environment.

Ridicule helped doom Va. ultrasound bill (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 05:13 PM PST AP - Once the word "transvaginal" became a big joke on "Saturday Night Live" and "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," it wasn't long before Virginia's conservative Republicans realized they had overreached on abortion.

Stepmom gives birth after arrest in girl's death (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 05:09 PM PST AP - An Alabama woman was under guard at a hospital Thursday after giving birth hours after 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.

Ala. judge acquits man accused in honeymoon death (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:03 PM PST AP - A man who spent 18 months in an Australian jail for the drowning death of his wife during a diving trip in that country was acquitted of murder in Alabama on Thursday. A judge ended the trial with his acquittal ruling before the defense had even presented its case, saying prosecutors lacked evidence to prove Gabe Watson intentionally killed his wife.

Father: 'My kid made a mistake' in school shooting (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:05 PM PST AP - Crying and wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, a frightened 9-year-old boy accused of accidentally shooting a classmate sat before a judge in juvenile court Thursday as his father gently rubbed his back.

Ousted Ind. official sentenced in voter fraud case (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 05:38 PM PST AP - Indiana's ousted top elections official was sentenced Thursday to a year of home detention for six felony convictions that a judge refused to reduce to lesser crimes — a ruling that, if upheld on appeal, will likely cost him not only his office but also his law license and livelihood.

Wash. trooper killed at traffic stop; suspect dies (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 03:10 PM PST AP - A Washington State Patrol trooper was gunned down at a traffic stop early Thursday, and the suspect — an ex-con with a history of antagonizing police — killed himself as a tactical team closed in on the home where he was hiding, authorities said.

NY protester's tweets at heart of clash on privacy (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 03:02 PM PST AP - An Occupy Wall Street protester and prosecutors are tussling over his tweets, a clash that's raising legal issues of privacy in an age of living online.

Conn. prosecutor weighs charges in Christmas blaze (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:15 PM PST AP - A prosecutor is deciding whether to file criminal charges in the deaths of three girls and their grandparents on Christmas morning in an accidental blaze that authorities say was started after a contractor discarded a bag of fireplace ashes at the tony shoreline home.

Soldier defers plea in WikiLeaks case (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:06 PM PST AP - An Army private declined to enter a plea Thursday to charges he engineered the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.

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