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• Immigration Hawk Santorum Closes in on Romney in Michigan & Arizona Polls - Fox News - 19 mins
   

  Fox NewsPrint Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet As the remaining GOP candidates prepared to debate in Mesa, Arizona Wednesday night, a new Arizona poll showed Rick Santorum closing in on his main rival Mitt Romney. The poll, conducted by CNN/Time/ORC ...Los Angeles TimesSan Francisco ChronicleCNN - -

• Ash Wednesday 2012: Lent begins around the world - Washington Post - 22 mins
   

  Washington PostFrom Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, global scenes of faith and tradition. Vicar Sandor Sebok, a priest from a local Catholic church, marks the forehead of a girl with ash, at a church in the town of Fot, Hungary. The Rev.New York Daily NewsMiamiHerald.commsnbc.com - -

• Buffett Should 'Write a Check and Shut Up,' Christie Says - San Francisco Chronicle - 27 mins
   

  San Francisco ChronicleAP Exclusive: National meth lab busts up in 2011 02.22.12 Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who called for the nation's wealthiest people to pay more taxes, should "just write a check ...Boston.comBusinessWeekCBS News - -

• Marie Colvin: Syria regime accused of murder of journalists in besieged Homs - Telegraph.co.uk - 27 mins
   

  Telegraph.co.ukMarie Colvin, the Sunday Times war correspondent, was killed by Syrian forces acting on direct orders to murder Western journalists, it has been claimed. By Gordon Rayner,, Nabila Ramdani and Richard Spencer President Bashar al-Assad's army was so ...Washington PostThe GuardianLos Angeles Times - -

• Russia: Israeli attack on Iran would be catastrophe - Jerusalem Post - 33 mins
   

  Jerusalem PostBy REUTERS 02/22/2012 15:12 After UN nuclear watchdog declares collapse in talks with Tehran, Russian FM says military action would have dangerous consequences; Khamenei: "Pressures, sanctions and assassinations will bear no fruit.The GuardianBusinessWeekWashington Post - -

• Divers find eight more bodies at Italy shipwreck - USA TODAY - 38 mins
   

  USA TODAYROME (AP) – Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship found eight bodies Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said. Lapresse via AP A fireman signals after recovering ...ABC NewsTelegraph.co.ukLos Angeles Times

• 49 dead after Argentine train slams into station - USA TODAY - 44 mins
   

  USA TODAYBUENOS AIRES (AP) – A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters as passenger cars crumpled behind the engine. It was Argentina's worst train ...BBC NewsWall Street JournalNew York Times -

• Anti-US protests turn deadly in Afghanistan - CBS News - 45 mins
   

  CBS NewsAfghan policemen run toward protesters during an anti-US demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2012. (AP) KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after clashes in several cities between Afghan security ...Fox NewsCTV.caChristian Science Monitor - -

• Quinn's bad news budget: 'Our rendezvous with reality has arrived' - Chicago Tribune - 1 hours, 1 mins
   

  Chicago TribuneSPRINGFIELD— Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn today delivered a bad news budget speech, calling for prison closures, layoffs and cutbacks to health care for the poor. "This budget contains truths you may not want to hear," Quinn said.Chicago Sun-TimesSTLtoday.comQuad City Times - -

• Obama Unveils Plan to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28 Percent - New York Times - 1 hours, 18 mins
   

  New York TimesWASHINGTON — President Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to scrub the corporate tax code of dozens of loopholes and subsidies to reduce the top rate to 28 percent, from 35 percent, while giving preferences to manufacturers that would set their maximum ...Fox NewsCBS NewsWall Street Journal - -

• Strauss-Kahn freed by police in prostitution inquiry - BBC News - 2 hours, 45 mins
   

  Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been released after two days of questioning over an alleged prostitution ring. A French investigating magistrate is expected to summon him in the future, either as a witness or as a suspect. Mr Strauss-Kahn had been held at a police station in Lille since ...

• NHS reforms 'Cameron's poll tax' - The Guardian - 3 hours, 18 mins
   

  The Labour leader urged the Prime Minister to drop the Health and Social Care Bill following a summit at Downing Street which excluded groups representing the "vast majority" of medics. But the Prime Minister insisted the reforms would "save the NHS" and accused the Opposition leader of "opportunism ...

• Gold down as optimism over Greek bailout dissipates - The Guardian - 4 hours, 47 mins
   

  LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Gold eased on Wednesday as soft euro zone economic data and persistent concerns over Europe's finances hurt the euro and weighed on stock markets, while a supply upset in major producer South Africa lifted platinum to five-month highs. Spot gold was down 0.3 percent at $ ...

• The bombs hidden in $27 portable radios: Iranians using well-disguised explosives against Israeli targets around the world - Daily Mail - 14 hours, 34 mins
   

  The bombers who allegedly planned to attack Israeli targets in Bangkok, Thailand, were armed with professional-grade explosives hidden in $27 portable radios. Authorities discovered an Iranian hit squad had at least five of these bombs with them when their plot in Thailand blew up in their faces ...

• 'As Whitney’s gold coffin was lowered next to her father’s, Dionne had to look away. Bobbi Kristina was crying and crying' - The Sun - 17 hours, 9 mins
   

  But in the end, she was laid to rest away from the cameras and fans, out of the limelight. The troubled singer was buried on Sunday in a brief private ceremony at the Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, New Jersey. Here, veteran TV star and music producer David Gest reflects on the moving funeral of one ...

• Social messaging apps 'lost networks $13.9bn in 2011' - BBC News - 20 hours, 29 mins
   

  Social messaging applications cost mobile network operators $13.9bn (£8.8bn) in lost SMS revenue last year, a report has claimed. Analysis firm Ovum studied global use of popular services like Whatsapp, Blackberry Messenger and Facebook chat. It concluded that mobile operators must "work together ...

• David Haye ignores Munich police calls and heads for Las Vegas - The Guardian - 21 hours, 5 mins
   

  In the flick of a designer jacket he was gone. With the Munich police powerless to stop him, David Haye emerged from his London bolt hole, evaded the waiting cameramen in a high-speed flit around the M25 to Heathrow and flew out of London to have some "party time" in Las Vegas. Had he taken such ...

• More time to quiz vicarage suspect - The Guardian - 2 days, 21 hours, 56 mins
   

  Stephen Farrow, 47, remains in custody after Avon and Somerset officers were granted a further warrant of detention to hold him for an additional 36 hours. Farrow was arrested in Folkestone, Kent, on Sunday on suspicion of murdering Mr Suddards after police launched a nationwide manhunt. Mr Suddards ...

• Iceland recovers investment grade from Fitch - The Guardian - 5 days, 4 hours, 2 mins
   

  NEW YORK, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Iceland on Friday recovered its investment-grade rating from Fitch, which praised the country for restoring macroeconomic stability after its 2008 banking and currency crisis. Fitch raised Iceland's credit rating to BBB-minus from BB-plus. The new rating has a stable ...

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• Poll shows Romney losing ground to Santorum in Arizona - Los Angeles Times - 20 hours, 44 mins
   

  Los Angeles TimesBy Kim Geiger Rick Santorum is within striking distance of Mitt Romney in Arizona, a state that was considered reliable Romney territory just weeks ago, according to a new TIME/CNN poll. Thirty-six percent of likely Republican voters back Romney while ...CBS NewsChristian Science MonitorKansas City Star

• California teacher pleads not guilty in student 'bondage' case - CNN International - 20 hours, 45 mins
   

  CNN InternationalBy Alan Duke, CNN Former Los Angeles County schoolteacher Mark Berndt, 61, faces 23 counts of lewd acts involving a child. Los Angeles (CNN) -- A former southern California schoolteacher entered a not guilty plea Tuesday to allegations he bound young ...USA TODAYLos Angeles TimesBBC News

• Dollar Near 6-Month High Against Yen on Economy; Euro Holds Gain on Greece - Bloomberg - 20 hours, 49 mins
   

  BloombergThe dollar was 0.1 percent from a six-month high against the yen before US data expected to show stabilization in the housing market. The euro was 0.4 percent from a three-month high versus Japan's currency as the Greek government won a second bailout ...Wall Street JournalReutersBusinessWeek - -

• Chavez says he will undergo surgery - CNN - 20 hours, 48 mins
   

  CNNBy the CNN Wire Staff Venezulan President Hugo Chavez said he was speaking out earlier than he'd planned because of the increasing speculation. (CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that he will undergo surgery to remove a lesion from ...Wall Street JournalThe GuardianAtlanta Journal Constitution

• Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom granted bail - CNN - 20 hours, 48 mins
   

  CNNBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A New Zealand court granted bail Wednesday to Megaupload millionaire Kim Dotcom, a New Zealand Justice Ministry spokeswoman told CNN. "In my view, after taking all matters now known to this court into account, ...BusinessWeekReutersWashington Post - -

• Poll shows Romney losing ground to Santorum in Arizona - Los Angeles Times - 20 hours, 44 mins
   

  Los Angeles TimesBy Kim Geiger Rick Santorum is within striking distance of Mitt Romney in Arizona, a state that was considered reliable Romney territory just weeks ago, according to a new TIME/CNN poll. Thirty-six percent of likely Republican voters back Romney while ...CBS NewsChristian Science MonitorKansas City Star

• CHEVY NSCS AT DAYTONA –Team Chevy Advance | Daytona 500 - SpeedwayMedia.com (press release) - 20 hours, 40 mins
   

  SpeedwayMedia.com (press release)We then established new objectives and will continue to refine our methods and seek out new technologies to meet those goals for both on and off-track performance this year. Our Chevy teams did the same; and they have shown year after year that they ...

• Debate: Avs, Bolts and Wings make deal - ESPN (blog) - 19 hours, 28 mins
   

  ESPN (blog)By Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun discuss the three-team trade that sent Steve Downie to Colorado, Kyle Quincey to Detroit and prospect Sebastien Piche and a 2012 first-round pick to Tampa. Burnside: Hello, my friend.

• Greece bailout wards off Europe meltdown - The Associated Press - 20 hours, 38 mins
   

  The Associated PressBRUSSELS (AP) — The bailout has saved Europe, for now, but it's unlikely to save Greece. The euro130 billion ($172 billion) rescue — agreed to Tuesday after an all-night summit of European ministers — prevented an uncontrolled bankrupcty and calmed ...BloombergWall Street JournalFinancial Times -

• Shifting focus, Obama campaign targets Santorum on economy - Reuters - 20 hours, 37 mins
   

  ReutersBy Jeff Mason | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign regularly rips Mitt Romney, long viewed as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, for his economic policies. On Tuesday, it added Romney's rival ...The Associated PressLos Angeles TimesNPR

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• Poll shows Romney losing ground to Santorum in Arizona - Los Angeles Times - 20 hours, 44 mins
   

  Los Angeles TimesBy Kim Geiger Rick Santorum is within striking distance of Mitt Romney in Arizona, a state that was considered reliable Romney territory just weeks ago, according to a new TIME/CNN poll. Thirty-six percent of likely Republican voters back Romney while ...CBS NewsChristian Science MonitorKansas City Star

• California teacher pleads not guilty in student 'bondage' case - CNN International - 20 hours, 45 mins
   

  CNN InternationalBy Alan Duke, CNN Former Los Angeles County schoolteacher Mark Berndt, 61, faces 23 counts of lewd acts involving a child. Los Angeles (CNN) -- A former southern California schoolteacher entered a not guilty plea Tuesday to allegations he bound young ...USA TODAYLos Angeles TimesBBC News

• Dollar Near 6-Month High Against Yen on Economy; Euro Holds Gain on Greece - Bloomberg - 20 hours, 49 mins
   

  BloombergThe dollar was 0.1 percent from a six-month high against the yen before US data expected to show stabilization in the housing market. The euro was 0.4 percent from a three-month high versus Japan's currency as the Greek government won a second bailout ...Wall Street JournalReutersBusinessWeek - -

• Chavez says he will undergo surgery - CNN - 20 hours, 48 mins
   

  CNNBy the CNN Wire Staff Venezulan President Hugo Chavez said he was speaking out earlier than he'd planned because of the increasing speculation. (CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that he will undergo surgery to remove a lesion from ...Wall Street JournalThe GuardianAtlanta Journal Constitution

• Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom granted bail - CNN - 20 hours, 48 mins
   

  CNNBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A New Zealand court granted bail Wednesday to Megaupload millionaire Kim Dotcom, a New Zealand Justice Ministry spokeswoman told CNN. "In my view, after taking all matters now known to this court into account, ...BusinessWeekReutersWashington Post - -

• Poll shows Romney losing ground to Santorum in Arizona - Los Angeles Times - 20 hours, 44 mins
   

  Los Angeles TimesBy Kim Geiger Rick Santorum is within striking distance of Mitt Romney in Arizona, a state that was considered reliable Romney territory just weeks ago, according to a new TIME/CNN poll. Thirty-six percent of likely Republican voters back Romney while ...CBS NewsChristian Science MonitorKansas City Star

• CHEVY NSCS AT DAYTONA –Team Chevy Advance | Daytona 500 - SpeedwayMedia.com (press release) - 20 hours, 40 mins
   

  SpeedwayMedia.com (press release)We then established new objectives and will continue to refine our methods and seek out new technologies to meet those goals for both on and off-track performance this year. Our Chevy teams did the same; and they have shown year after year that they ...

• Debate: Avs, Bolts and Wings make deal - ESPN (blog) - 19 hours, 28 mins
   

  ESPN (blog)By Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun discuss the three-team trade that sent Steve Downie to Colorado, Kyle Quincey to Detroit and prospect Sebastien Piche and a 2012 first-round pick to Tampa. Burnside: Hello, my friend.

• Greece bailout wards off Europe meltdown - The Associated Press - 20 hours, 38 mins
   

  The Associated PressBRUSSELS (AP) — The bailout has saved Europe, for now, but it's unlikely to save Greece. The euro130 billion ($172 billion) rescue — agreed to Tuesday after an all-night summit of European ministers — prevented an uncontrolled bankrupcty and calmed ...BloombergWall Street JournalFinancial Times -

• Shifting focus, Obama campaign targets Santorum on economy - Reuters - 20 hours, 37 mins
   

  ReutersBy Jeff Mason | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign regularly rips Mitt Romney, long viewed as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, for his economic policies. On Tuesday, it added Romney's rival ...The Associated PressLos Angeles TimesNPR