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Komen reverses move to cut Planned Parenthood funding
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation backed down from its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, following a massive outcry by supporters of the world's largest breast cancer charity.
02/03/2012 - 03:47 PM
Alabama police shoot dead fugitive cop killer
(Reuters)
Reuters - Authorities shot and killed an escaped inmate Friday who stabbed one Mobile police officer to death and wounded a second after fleeing in a stolen police car.
02/03/2012 - 11:34 PM
U.S. Army drops charges against last soldier in Afghan
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Army has dismissed all charges against the last of five soldiers to face a court-martial in the slaying of unarmed Afghan civilians, officials from their home base near Tacoma, Washington, said on Friday.
02/04/2012 - 01:23 AM
Class War 2012: Why Both Parties Are Flying the Anti-Wall Street Banner
(Time.com)
Time.com - Gingrich ended his campaign against Romney in Florida with the same message strategy that Romney's senior advisers had used in another Republican primary two years earlier: Attack Goldman Sachs. There was a good reason
02/03/2012 - 11:05 AM
Inside Facebook's IPO: How the Social Web Will Reshape the Economy
(Time.com)
Time.com - Facebook's IPO -- the largest in Internet history -- is a once-in-a-generation milestone in the evolution of the web
02/03/2012 - 11:05 AM
Mother of Lisa Irwin tearfully denies role in her disappearance
(Reuters)
Reuters - The mother of missing infant Lisa Irwin on Friday tearfully denounced "insane theories" she had something to do with the girl's disappearance four months ago.
02/03/2012 - 08:19 PM
Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants
(AP)
 AP - For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming — and couldn't withstand.
02/03/2012 - 04:28 PM
Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing
(AP)
 AP - To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.
02/03/2012 - 11:02 PM
2 more charges pending for suspected serial killer
(AP)
 AP - Eder Herrera spent three months in jail for the stabbing deaths of his mother and brother. Charges against him were dropped Friday, shortly before prosecutors announced that an ex-Marine accused of killing four homeless men would be charged with the double murder.
02/04/2012 - 04:06 AM
Army orders court-martial in WikiLeaks case
(AP)
 AP - An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.
02/04/2012 - 12:03 AM
Clinton: US, Europe must do more against tyrants
(AP)
 AP - The Obama administration on Saturday called for stepped up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair damage from the global financial crisis.
02/04/2012 - 04:09 AM
Storm goes east after dumping on Colorado
(AP)
 AP - The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow in the Rocky Mountain foothills and forced the cancellation of more than 600 flights in Denver before heading east toward the central plains.
02/04/2012 - 03:28 AM
Indiana election chief found guilty of voter fraud
(AP)
AP - Indiana's top elections official could lose his job and his freedom after jurors convicted him of multiple voter fraud-related charges on Saturday, leaving in flux the fate of one of the state's most powerful positions.
02/04/2012 - 04:16 AM
NYT: Rhodes gives details on Yale athlete, honor
(AP)
 AP - Rhodes Trust officials suggest a Yale University quarterback would have known that his candidacy for the prestigious scholarship was in jeopardy because of a sexual misconduct allegation, contrary to what he has said, a newspaper reports.
02/04/2012 - 03:51 AM
Injuries reported in explosion near CA Marine base
(AP)
AP - Authorities say up to five people have been injured in an explosion in military housing near the U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Coleville.
02/04/2012 - 03:24 AM
LA school reeling from arrest of 2nd teacher
(AP)
 AP - A bizarre case at an inner-city elementary school where a teacher was charged with taking bondage-style photographs of children has expanded with the arrest of a second teacher suspected of fondling two girls in his classroom.
02/04/2012 - 04:04 AM
Clinton: US, Europe must work to defeat tyrants
(AP)
 AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling on Europe and the United States to do more together to defeat tyrannies, promote democracy and repair the damage from the global financial crisis.
02/04/2012 - 03:52 AM
Panetta says US military not abandoning Europe
(AP)
 AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is reassuring Europe that it remains central to U.S. defense interests, even as the Obama administration is withdrawing two of the four Army brigades stationed on the continent.
02/04/2012 - 03:25 AM
Prosecutors won't charge cyclist Lance Armstrong
(AP)
 AP - The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures.
02/03/2012 - 11:58 PM
Killer of Fla. girl found in landfill gets life
(AP)
 AP - Minutes after a man pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and murdering 7-year-old Somer Thompson, who was dumped in a trash bin and later found in a landfill, the little girl's twin brother addressed his sister's killer.
02/03/2012 - 10:12 PM
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