US: North Korea to suspend nuclear activities (AP)

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• US: North Korea to suspend nuclear activities (AP)
• Next up for Santorum, Romney: Super Tuesday states (AP)
• Nasdaq cracks 3,000; stocks dip on Fed outlook (AP)
• Storms damage country music resort town, kill 9 (AP)
• Spanish reporter escapes Syria to Lebanon (AP)
• Ohio shooting suspect may have used relative's gun (AP)
• Ex-Sen. Kerrey to run for his former Nebraska seat (AP)
• Judge blocks graphic images on cigarette packages (AP)
• Singer Davy Jones of The Monkees dies in Fla at 66 (AP)
• Apple market value hits $500B, where few have gone (AP)
• James Murdoch gives up News International role (Reuters)
• Romney makes pitch to "American worker" (Reuters)
• North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium, IAEA inspections (Reuters)
• Bernanke warns of slow progress ahead on jobs (Reuters)
• Factory, income data support growth outlook (Reuters)
• "Pray for us" say Syria rebels as army closes in (Reuters)
• Egypt to lift travel ban on U.S. democracy activists: source (Reuters)
• Clinton: Japan, EU working to comply with Iran sanctions (Reuters)
• Olympia Snowe delivers stunning rebuke in decision to leave Senate (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Ohio school shooting: State likely to seek adult trial for teen suspect (The Christian Science Monitor)

US: North Korea to suspend nuclear activities (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:54 AM PST AP - North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in a breakthrough in negotiations with the United States, which is set to provide food aid in return.

Next up for Santorum, Romney: Super Tuesday states (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:19 AM PST AP - Rick Santorum seized about as many of Michigan's GOP delegates as primary winner Mitt Romney, and could end up with more, in a close contest that does little to clarify the muddled presidential race heading into Super Tuesday.

Nasdaq cracks 3,000; stocks dip on Fed outlook (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:53 AM PST AP - The Nasdaq composite index briefly cracked 3,000 on Wednesday for the first time since the collapse in dot-com stocks more than a decade ago. The stock market was flat, but on track to close its best February in 14 years.

Storms damage country music resort town, kill 9 (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:47 PM PST AP - Twisters roared through the nation's heartland in the early morning darkness Wednesday, flattening entire blocks of homes in small-town Illinois and Kansas and killing at least nine people.

Spanish reporter escapes Syria to Lebanon (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:42 AM PST AP - A Spanish journalist who was trapped in Homs escaped to Lebanon Wednesday as the government threatened a new offensive to "cleanse" a rebel-held neighborhood of the besieged Syrian city.

Ohio shooting suspect may have used relative's gun (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:29 PM PST AP - The teenager suspected in an Ohio school shooting that killed three students may have used a gun that disappeared from his grandfather's barn, a longtime neighbor said Wednesday.

Ex-Sen. Kerrey to run for his former Nebraska seat (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:20 PM PST AP - Former Sen. Bob Kerrey said Wednesday he will seek the Democratic nomination for the Nebraska seat he once held, reversing course just weeks after publicly rejecting a run he had called a longshot.

Judge blocks graphic images on cigarette packages (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:55 PM PST AP - A judge on Wednesday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing U.S. tobacco companies to put large graphic images on their cigarette packages later this year to show the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit lighting up.

Singer Davy Jones of The Monkees dies in Fla at 66 (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:54 PM PST AP - Davy Jones, the heartthrob singer who helped propel the made-for-TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts as an American version of the Beatles, died Wednesday. He was 66.

Apple market value hits $500B, where few have gone (AP) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:15 AM PST AP - Apple's market capitalization topped $500 billion Wednesday, climbing to a mountain peak where few companies have ventured — and none have stayed for long.

James Murdoch gives up News International role (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:59 PM PST Reuters - James Murdoch resigned as executive chairman of News International on Wednesday, raising new doubts he can succeed his father Rupert as CEO of parent company News Corp in the wake of a phone hacking scandal at the unit he oversaw.

Romney makes pitch to "American worker" (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:14 PM PST Reuters - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appealed for the support of working-class Americans in industrial Ohio on Wednesday, a day after narrowly avoiding a humiliating defeat by rival Rick Santorum in Romney's home state of Michigan.

North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium, IAEA inspections (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:10 PM PST Reuters - North Korea agreed on Wednesday to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment and long-range missile launches, and to allow checks by nuclear inspectors, in an apparent policy shift that paves the way for resuming long-stalled disarmament talks.

Bernanke warns of slow progress ahead on jobs (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:34 AM PST Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday offered a tempered view of the U.S. economy, pouring cold water on the notion that recent upbeat signs herald a stronger recovery.

Factory, income data support growth outlook (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST Reuters - The economy grew slightly faster than initially thought in the fourth quarter and a gauge of factory activity in the Midwest hit a 10 month-high in February, pointing to underlying strength in the economy.

"Pray for us" say Syria rebels as army closes in (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 09:52 AM PST Reuters - Heavy fighting raged near Baba Amro in Homs on Wednesday after elite Syrian troops attacked the rebel-held bastion that has endured 25 days of siege and fierce bombardment, activists said.

Egypt to lift travel ban on U.S. democracy activists: source (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:38 PM PST Reuters - Egypt has decided to lift a travel ban preventing American pro-democracy activists from leaving the country, judicial sources said on Wednesday, a move that is likely to defuse a standoff that has plunged U.S.-Egyptian ties into a crisis.

Clinton: Japan, EU working to comply with Iran sanctions (Reuters) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:14 AM PST Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday pledged to aggressively implement new U.S. sanctions on Iran but noted that some allies such as Japan face "unique situations" as they seek to reduce Iranian oil imports.

Olympia Snowe delivers stunning rebuke in decision to leave Senate (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:42 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In a move that stunned Washington, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R) of Maine announced today that she won't run for a fourth term in the Senate for a simple reason: gridlock.

Ohio school shooting: State likely to seek adult trial for teen suspect (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - T.J. Lane, the teenager held as a suspect in a fatal shooting outside a Cleveland-area high school on Monday, appeared in juvenile court Tuesday, where a judge determined that he will remain in custody pending trial. Whether the 17-year-old will face trial as a juvenile or an adult will be determined next month, but Ohio is a state where minors charged with serious crimes are routinely transferred to adult court.

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