Romney looks to squelch Santorum's late rise
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:25:51 GMT
AP - Mitt Romney hopes his presidential campaign hasn't ignored Rick Santorum's aggressive attacks for too long, as caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday could reshuffle the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Russian FM due in Syria amid escalating violence
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:57:37 GMT
AP - Russia's foreign minister is due in Damascus for talks with embattled President Bashar Assad, a day after the U.S. closed its embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador from Syria.
Autopsies: Powell boys suffered 'chop injuries'
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:38:19 GMT
AP - Josh Powell's boys were coming for a visit, and he had preparations to make.
Staff to be removed during probe at LA school
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:36:08 GMT
AP - The entire staff at an elementary school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school district investigates, the Los Angeles school superintendent said Monday night.
Obama to seek more Alzheimer's research money
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:03:11 GMT
AP - The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.
Looking for work? There may be an app for that
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:09:59 GMT
AP - Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps — the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.
Oregon copter pilot has knack for finding the lost
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:15:08 GMT
AP - John Rachor painted his helicopter orange and yellow, so it would be easier to spot if he ever crashed and became the target of a search and rescue operation in the rugged forests of southwestern Oregon.
US trip of China's next leader: from Obama to Iowa
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:23:14 GMT
AP - In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques. He comes back next week, preparing to lead the world's most populous nation.
Jay-Z enters new musical heights at Carnegie Hall
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:47:06 GMT
AP - As Jay-Z transitioned from hit song to hit song at a Carnegie Hall concert Monday night, so did the lighting, changing from red to white to blue.
New York to fete Giants with parade up Broadway
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:08:25 GMT
AP - The New York Giants are returning from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.