Left behind: 10 states fleeing education law (AP)

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• Left behind: 10 states fleeing education law (AP)
• States, banks reach foreclosure-abuse settlement (AP)
• Greek deal to cut spending does not end debt drama (AP)
• Suffering deepens in bombarded Syrian city of Homs (AP)
• Marines posed with Nazi SS symbol in Afghanistan (AP)
• Hold the mystery meat: Military food gets upgrade (AP)
• Canadian family members rescued from Pacific ocean (AP)
• Giffords aide to run for seat in special election (AP)
• FBI file: Steve Jobs was considered for govt post (AP)
• Armstrong says he's happy investigation over (AP)
• Greeks clinch austerity deal, lenders skeptical (Reuters)
• Jobless claims drop brightens labor market picture (Reuters)
• ECB opens door to indirect Greece aid (Reuters)
• Iran turns to barter for food as sanctions cripple imports (Reuters)
• West offers words, only, as Syria killing rages (Reuters)
• House passes curbs on lawmaker insider trading (Reuters)
• Catholic TV network sues to block U.S. contraception rule (Reuters)
• FBI memos paint Jobs as driven, reality-distorting visionary (Reuters)
• Prop. 8 ruling: why it might not go the the Supreme Court (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Boehner vows Congress will reverse Obama birth control policy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Left behind: 10 states fleeing education law (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:16 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday declared that 10 states are free from the No Child Left Behind law, allowing them to scrap some of the most rigorous and unpopular mandates in American education. In exchange, the states are promising higher standards and more creative ways to measure what students are learning.

States, banks reach foreclosure-abuse settlement (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:26 AM PST AP - U.S. states reached a landmark $25 billion deal Thursday with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst.

Greek deal to cut spending does not end debt drama (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:40 AM PST AP - More than two years after it came clean about its addiction to debt, Greece may finally have begun its long and painful road to recovery.

Suffering deepens in bombarded Syrian city of Homs (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:00 PM PST AP - Between blasts of rockets and mortar fire, Syrians used loudspeakers to call for blood donations and medical supplies Thursday in the stricken city of Homs, where a weeklong government offensive has created a deepening humanitarian crisis.

Marines posed with Nazi SS symbol in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:36 PM PST AP - A Marine Corps scout sniper team in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS, a military official said Thursday.

Hold the mystery meat: Military food gets upgrade (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:27 PM PST AP - Hold the mystery meat: Military mess halls soon will be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services.

Canadian family members rescued from Pacific ocean (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:19 PM PST AP - Three family members attempting their first voyage across the Pacific in a sailboat were left adrift in rough seas hundreds of miles from land when their mast broke in high winds.

Giffords aide to run for seat in special election (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:28 PM PST AP - A top aide to former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who was shot in the leg and face in the Tucson rampage that also left the congresswoman severely wounded announced Thursday that he will seek to replace her in a special election.

FBI file: Steve Jobs was considered for govt post (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:04 PM PST AP - FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple founder Steve Jobs reveal a man so driven by power that he sometimes lost sight of honesty.

Armstrong says he's happy investigation over (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:54 PM PST AP - As far as Lance Armstrong is concerned, it's all over.

Greeks clinch austerity deal, lenders skeptical (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:26 PM PST Reuters - Greek political leaders clinched a long-delayed deal on Thursday on harsh austerity measures and reforms required to secure a second international bailout in two years but the country's financial backers reacted skeptically.

Jobless claims drop brightens labor market picture (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:46 AM PST Reuters - The number of Americans signing up for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, the latest sign of recovery in the labor market.

ECB opens door to indirect Greece aid (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:08 AM PST Reuters - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi opened the door on Thursday to helping Athens indirectly after Greek politicians finally signed up to an austerity package following days of dither and delay.

Iran turns to barter for food as sanctions cripple imports (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 08:56 AM PST Reuters - offering gold bullion in overseas vaults or tankerloads of oil - in return for food as new financial sanctions have hurt its ability to import basic staples for its 74 million people, commodities traders said Thursday.

West offers words, only, as Syria killing rages (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:15 AM PST Reuters - Syrian government artillery barrages killed dozens of civilians in Homs on Thursday, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad, bolstered by Russian support, ignored appeals from world leaders to halt the carnage.

House passes curbs on lawmaker insider trading (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:46 PM PST Reuters - The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to curb insider trading by lawmakers and other government officials on Thursday, despite objections from Democrats and some Republicans that it lacked some tough measures to fight corruption.

Catholic TV network sues to block U.S. contraception rule (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:38 PM PST Reuters - A U.S. Roman Catholic television network said on Thursday it has filed suit in federal court to block President Barack Obama's new rule on contraceptives, while a Catholic Church leader and top Republicans stepped up their criticism of Obama.

FBI memos paint Jobs as driven, reality-distorting visionary (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:20 AM PST Reuters - Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs, hailed as one of the greatest technology visionaries of his generation, dabbled in illicit drugs in his youth and alienated colleagues yet commanded universal respect, according to interviews conducted by the FBI in the 1990s.

Prop. 8 ruling: why it might not go the the Supreme Court (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:43 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - A day after the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Proposition 8 â€" California's 2008 voter-approved ban on gay marriage â€" the big question is: What happens next?

Boehner vows Congress will reverse Obama birth control policy (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 02:43 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Congress this week plunged into fray over new Obama administration rules that will require religious employers to offer birth control in their health-insurance programs, even if contraception runs afoul of their religious doctrines.

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