| The Associated Press - 49 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) - The Moroccan man accused of trying to blow up the US Capitol told acquaintances that America's war on terrorism actually was a war on Muslims and they needed to be ready for battle. |
| Boston.com - 51 minutes ago Mitt Romney is taking an antiunion stance in Michigan, attacking Rick Santorum for his “unapologetic defense of big labor'' as part of a new attempt to paint his rival as beholden to a powerful Democratic ally. |
| CNN International - 6 minutes ago By David Ariosto, CNN Gov. Chris Christie on Friday vetoed a bill that would allow same-sex couples to wed. He said he wants the issue to be decided by a statewide referendum. |
| Boston Herald - 31 minutes ago By Scott Collins / Los Angeles Times It's too early to call Jeremy Lin the next Michael Jordan, but the newly minted New York Knicks star is the best thing to happen to basketball on TV in a long time. |
| Hindustan Times - 1 hour ago While keeping their options open, the US and European Union have signalled that talks with Iran over its nuclear programme could resume, for the first time in more than a year, after Tehran dropped its pre-conditions to a dialogue. |
| ABC News - 48 minutes ago To the world, Whitney Houston was the pop queen with the perfect voice, the dazzling diva with regal beauty, a troubled superstar suffering from addiction and, finally, another victim of the dark side of fame. |
| China's visiting envoy to Syria has called on all sides in the country to end violence, amid talks with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. |
| The Associated Press - 31 minutes ago ISLAMABAD (AP) - A Pakistani cleric with ties to Afghanistan's Taliban says he has met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who asked for his help in getting the insurgents to the negotiating table. |
| euronews - 8 minutes ago It is a largely ceremonial position, President of Germany, with moral authority wrapped up in it. Chancellor Angela Merkel vouchsafed that Christian Wulff was morally upstanding when she managed to have him elected to the job in 2010. |
| The ICE agent hailed for his "heroic actions" in shooting dead a colleague who opened fire on his supervisor as they talked about his job performance has been identified as Perry Woo. |
| Philadelphia Inquirer - 2 hours ago By Sarah Breitenbach AP ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland appears ready to become one of a handful of states to legalize same-sex marriage after the bill to allow it passed a longstanding hurdle Friday in the Maryland House of Delegates, After courting the ... |
| Washington Post - 11 minutes ago OLYMPIA, Wash. - Three weeks before Josh Powell killed himself and kids in a violent inferno, Utah authorities disclosed to social workers for the first time that his computer once contained some 400 images of cartoon sex and incest. |
| New York Times - 3 hours ago NEW ORLEANS - On St. Charles Avenue, the grand Mardi Gras parade route, celebrations have long been dominated by a few giant krewes, exclusive clubs that pay large sums each year to commission the floats and put on the balls in what they call “the ... |
| Philadelphia Inquirer - 2 hours ago By Larry Margasak AP WASHINGTON - All five House ethics committee Republicans and the panel's ranking Democrat withdrew Friday from a longstanding investigation of Rep. Maxine Waters (D. |
| Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago The Dow index rose to 12949.87 on Friday and gained 1.2% for the week. The advance follows a 123-point rally during the previous session. |
| BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago By Anchalee Worrachate Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Italian bonds rose for a sixth week, the longest run of gains since August 2006, on speculation European officials were closing in on a deal to grant Greece a second financial bailout package. |
| Philadelphia Inquirer - 2 hours ago By Jim Kuhnhenn AP President Obama touring the Boeing 787 factory in Everett, Wash., with Boeing's Jim Albaugh (left) and James McNerney. |
| San Jose Mercury News - 6 hours ago By Josh Richman jrichman@bayareanewsgroup.com SAN FRANCISCO -- A lucrative trip to raise campaign cash in California this week brought President Barack Obama to the Bay Area, where he shared his message with crowds of supporters and made an unscripted ... |
| CBS News - 11 hours ago Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's faltering campaign is expected to get another shot in the arm, CBS News has learned. Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson plans to give another $10 million to the outside group backing the former Georgia ... |
| San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago Google and several other advertising companies are bypassing the privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser, according to a report from a Stanford University researcher that set off a heated debate on Friday. |
| VentureBeat - 2 hours ago Rumors have been swirling around that Apple's iPad 3 will be outfitted with a coveted high-resolution Retina display. One of these displays for an iPad 3 unit may have made it into hands outside Apple's supply chain. |
| Chicago Tribune - 1 hour ago Of all the bad horror/fantasy/sci-fi/action pictures Nicolas Cage has cranked out over the last decade, "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" is the Nic Cagiest. |
| By Sandy Cohen (AP) Saturday, Feb 18, 2012 2:38 AM Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Tate Taylor backstage after "The Help" won best motion picture at the 2012 NAACP Image Awards. |
| Boston Herald - 6 minutes ago By AP NEW YORK - Police say R&B singer-songwriter Robin Thicke has been arrested on a minor drug charge in New York City. The 34-year-old is the son of Alan Thicke, who played patriarch Jason Seaver on the long-running ABC sitcom "Growing Pains. |
| Chicago Tribune - 53 minutes ago (Adds quotes, details) * James scores 28 points * Miami win fifth straight on the road Feb 17 (Reuters) - The Miami Heat, led by LeBron James, torched the Cleveland Cavaliers 111-87 on Friday to record their fifth consecutive road win in front of an ... |
| By Dave McMenamin LOS ANGELES -- Things have obviously changed since the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns met in the 2010 Western Conference finals. |
| STLtoday.com - 58 minutes ago AP | Posted: Saturday, February 18, 2012 2:14 am | Loading… Ryan Palmer hits to the eight hole during the second round of the Northern Trust Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. |
| Boston.com - 23 minutes ago AP / February 18, 2012 Pavel Datsyuk scored with five seconds left to give the Red Wings their 22d consecutive home victory, 2-1 over the Nashville Predators last night in Detroit. |
| The Tennessean - 57 minutes ago Three days before the 50th anniversary of his historic flight, John Glenn addresses employees at Kennedy Space Center. / Michael Brown / Associated PRess Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. |
| The State Column - 3 hours ago A newly released study has cast doubt on whether the controversial natural gas extraction practice known as fracking is contaminating ground water. |
| BBC News - 14 hours ago By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News The editor of a leading scientific journal has said his "default position" is to publish full details of controversial research into the bird flu virus, unless progress is made on how to circulate details ... |
| New York Times - Feb 16, 2012 LOS OSOS, Calif. - Next week, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will recommend whether the agency should approve the first new prescription diet pill in 13 years. |
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