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  • Western journalists die in Homs  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:27:48 GMT
    American Marie Colvin of the UK's Sunday Times and French photographer Remi Ochlik are among 60 people killed as Syria intensifies its clampdown.
  • Cherie Blair starts hacking case  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:57:28 GMT
    Cherie Blair has started legal proceedings over phone hacking, her solicitor confirms.
  • Comic Frank Carson dies aged 85  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:45:07 GMT
    Northern Irish comedian Frank Carson has died aged 85, a statement from his family says.
  • Vicar and teacher murder charges  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:35 GMT
    A man is charged with murdering a clergyman at his South Gloucestershire vicarage and a retired teacher in Worcestershire.
  • 35 years for pregnant teen killer  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:16:02 GMT
    A former nightclub bouncer is jailed for a minimum of 35 years for murdering pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender two weeks before she was due to give birth.
  • NHS 'will be Cameron's poll tax'  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:04:48 GMT
    Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform "his poll tax" - in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.
  • More bodies from Concordia found  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:02:45 GMT
    Search teams in Italy find eight more bodies in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which capsized on 13 January as the inquiry spreads.
  • Nine cleared of UDA man's murder  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:20:50 GMT
    Nine men involved in the UVF supergrass trial in Belfast are acquitted of the murder of UDA leader Tommy English.

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  • IAEA Team Returns From Iran Empty Handed  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:23:00 -0500
    The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran refused its team access to a military site at Parchin.
  • 'Pepper Spray Cop' Suit Filed  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:05:00 -0500
    Some of the Occupy protesters who famously got face fulls of pepper spray last November on the campus of University of California Davis have taken their case against the school to federal court.
  • On Tibetan Plateau, A Sense Of Constant Surveillance  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:28:00 -0500
    These days, visiting Tibetan areas is a risky venture for journalists trying to cover the protest movement against Chinese rule and a rash of self-immolations. But the dangers are far higher for those who talk to them. NPR's Louisa Lim recently traveled there and describes the challenges.
  • African American Museum Breaks Ground In D.C.  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:59:00 -0500
    At the groundbreaking on the National Mall on Wednesday, Obama said the newest Smithsonian museum has been has "a long time coming" will serve "not just as a record of tragedy, but as a celebration of life." The National Museum of African American History and Culture is expected to open in 2015.
  • Then There Were ... Still Four: Buddy Roemer Leaves GOP Presidential Race  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:47:00 -0500
    Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer seems to have hit on how to get noticed in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination: drop out of the race. Or, more specifically, redouble his efforts by switching to the nascent "Americans Elect" movement while seeking the Reform Party nomination.
  • Gov. Christie To Warren Buffett: 'Write A Check And Shut Up'  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:37:00 -0500
    The New Jersey governor said he was tired of hearing about the rate of taxes for the very rich.
  • FDA Says Brazil's Orange Juice Is Safe, But Still Illegal  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:14:00 -0500
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to block imports of Brazilian orange juice for the next 18 months could drive wholesale prices of concentrated orange juice up by 20 to 45 percent. The industry agrees that higher prices are indeed likely because orange juice already is in short supply.
  • Occupy Movement Plans National Conference In Philadelphia  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:11:00 -0500
    The group plans to draft and ratify a set of grievances, which will then be presented to the U.S. government. The group warns if politicians don't act, they will reconvene to run a set of candidates who pledge to redress those grievances.

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  • Dozens killed in Argentina train crash  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:04:11 EST
    At least 49 people were killed and more than 600 people injured when a train plowed into a platform at a Buenos Aires station, state media reports.
  • World seeks to stem Syria killing  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:41:12 EST
    Thirty five people are reported killed in Syria, including two Western journalists, as world leaders try to put pressure on Bashar al-Assad's regime to halt the brutal crackdown.
  • 5 journalists killed in 2012  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:56:08 EST
    The deaths of two Western journalists in Syria Wednesday, less than a week after New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid died in the violence-wracked country, highlights the danger reporters face in covering conflict zones.
  • 5 dead in Afghan Quran burning protest  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:54:43 EST
    Demonstrators burned tires and threw rocks outside a NATO military base in Kabul on Wednesday, as protests continued for a second day after troops burned copies of the Quran.
  • U.N. nuclear talks in Iran go nowhere  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:37:07 EST
    Two days of talks in Iran went nowhere and the frustration of the global nuclear watchdog agency was palpable in the terse statement it issued afterward.
  • High stakes in U.S. Republican debate  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:09:07 EST
    Twenty-seven days. That's how long it has been between the 19th and 20th Republican presidential debates.
  • Eight bodies found on Concordia ship  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:32:21 EST
    Four more bodies were found aboard the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, Italian civil protection officials said Wednesday, more than a month after the cruise liner struck rocks off the coast of Italy.
  • Bangkok bombs 'disguised as radios'  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:11:05 EST
    A series of blasts last week in Thailand that set off accusations between Iran and Israel involved bombs disguised as radio sets, police said Wednesday.

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  • Latino voters: Missed opportunity for Republicans?  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:40:24 GMT
    Hard-hitting immigration rhetoric is popular with conservative GOP primary voters, but may be costly in the fall because Latinos seem likely to account for a bigger share of the electorate than four years ago.

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  • Romney calls for lower taxes, releases no details  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:11:46 GMT
    First Read: Mitt Romney, seeking to kick-start his presidential campaign among recalcitrant conservatives, will propose cutting the top income tax for individuals to 28 percent, advisers said.

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  • Boys dying to be thin: the new faces of anorexia  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:54:11 GMT

    For boys suffering from anorexia and other eating disorders, the stigma of having a ‘girls’ disease’ often stymies their recovery. For boys suffering from anorexia and other eating disorders, the stigma of having a ‘girls’ disease’ often stymies their recovery.




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  • Housing market perks up, but prices are still falling  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:41 GMT

    Though the pace of home sales picked up last month as the economy and job market improved, home prices have yet to show any meaningful turnaround.Though the pace of home sales picked up last month as the economy and job market improved, home prices have yet to show any meaningful turnaround.




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  • Marine makes last stand in foreclosed home  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:30:10 GMT

    Arturo de los Santos lost his home to foreclosure more than a year ago and was evicted. Now he's facing forcible removal and arrest after moving back into the home to protest what he says is unfair treatment by lender Freddie Mac.Arturo de los Santos lost his home to foreclosure more than a year ago and was evicted. Now he's facing forcible removal and arrest after moving back into the home to protest what he says is unfair treatment by lender Freddie Mac.




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  • Longer lives equal more anxiety for affluent  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:27:35 GMT
    If you knew you would be around to blow out the candles at your 100th birthday party, would that change how you manage your money today?

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  • Whooping cough vaccine urged for all adults  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:34:52 GMT
    A federal advisory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough.

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