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Whitney Houston's death overshadows Grammys (AP)

Whitney Houston's death overshadows Grammys (AP)

Whitney Houston's death overshadows Grammys (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2009 file photo, singer Whitney Houston performs on 'Good Morning America' in New York's Central Park. Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. She was 48.(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)AP - With the death of Whitney Houston just hours earlier, it's hard to focus on the matter of crowning the best in recorded music — but Sunday night's Grammy Awards are going to try.

Houston recalled as happy in days before death (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:35 PM PST

Media mobs a coroner's van as it leaves the Beverly Hilton Hotel, early Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - Whitney Houston's last days were spent surrounded by family, catching up with old friends and doing a bit of what she was best known for: singing.

In complicating move, al-Qaida backs Syrian revolt (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:35 PM PST

Mourners carry the body of a Syrian rebel the day after he was killed in fighting in Idlib, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. The Arab League will call on the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution creating a joint peacekeeping force for Syria. According to a draft resolution to be adopted by Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo on Sunday, the 22-member group will also call for an immediate cease-fire in Syria. It demands that regime forces lift the siege on neighborhoods and villages and pull troops and their heavy weapons back to their barracks.(AP Photo)AP - Al-Qaida's leader has called for the ouster of Syria's "pernicious, cancerous regime," raising fears that Islamic extremists will try to exploit an uprising against President Bashar Assad that began with peaceful calls for democratic change but is morphing into a bloody, armed insurgency.

Top Republican wants vote on birth control mandate (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:36 PM PST

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Conservatives said Sunday the flap surrounding President Barack Obama's birth control mandate was far from over, with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell saying he'll push to overturn the requirement because it was another example of government meddling.

Santorum plans aggressive strategy against Romney (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:36 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, seen with his Karen, left, addresses supporters at his Iowa caucus victory party in Johnston, Iowa. GOP primary voters have spent the past six weeks lurching toward one candidate and then another in an exercise of political soul-searching that appears far from settled. The next contests, in Arizona and Michigan, aren't until Feb. 28; the party with a reputation for order may have it sorted out after March 6, when 10 states get their say. But that would break sharply with this race's tendency toward uncertainty. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)AP - A day after Mitt Romney regained some momentum in the Republican presidential contest, his rival Rick Santorum went on the attack, calling the front-runner "desperate" while promising to compete aggressively to win the state where Romney grew up.

Rioting engulfs Athens, buildings burn before vote (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 01:13 PM PST

A riot police officers tries to extinguish flames from a petrol bomb thrown by protestors outside the Greek parliament, Athens, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the square outside Parliament as a parliamentary debate began, with more arriving constantly. As the crowds grew, a few hundred anarchists started to throw bottles and firebombs at police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Fireballs lit up the night sky in Greece's capital as buildings were set ablaze late Sunday amid widespread rioting and looting before a historic parliamentary vote expected to approve harsh austerity measures demanded to keep the country from going bankrupt and within the eurozone.

The fight begins: Obama's budget going to Congress (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 01:14 PM PST

In this photo released by CBS News White house Chief of Staff Jacob Lew talks on CBS's Face the Nation in Washington Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Lew, who appeared on various Sunday shows, said the new budget would put the country on track to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reductions over the next 10 years, achieved by raising taxes on the wealthy and trimming government spending. The president's budget would cut spending by $2.50 for every $1 it raises in new taxes. 'In the long run, we need to get the deficit under control in a way that builds the economy,' he said. 'We do it in a way that's consistent with American values so that everyone pays a fair share.' (AP Photo/CBS News, Chris Usher)AP - The new budget that President Barack Obama is sending to Congress aims to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by restraining government spending and raising taxes on the wealthy. To help a weak economy, Obama's proposal Monday requests increases in transportation, education and other areas.

SPIN METER: Romney backed earmarks as governor (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 01:14 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2007, file photo a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Red Line train travels over the Longfellow Bridge that spans the Charles River between Cambridge and Boston. Under the leadership of Gov. Mitt Romney in 2005 Massachusetts requested $30 million to renovate the historic bridge, a landmark seen in many movies and television shows. On June 21, 2010, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced the $260 million reconstruction of the bridge to its 'former glory,' with completion set for 2016. (AP Photo/Kevin Martin, File)AP - Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts.

AP IMPACT: USAID contractor work in Cuba detailed (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 01:14 PM PST

FILE - In this March 5, 2011, file photo Cuban security forces arrive with USAID subcontractor Alan Gross, left, outside the courthouse in Havana, Cuba, where he is to stand trial. Gross sits in a military prison hospital. His family says he has lost about 100 pounds and they express concern about his health. All the U.S. diplomatic attempts to win his freedom have come up empty and there is no sign that Cuba is prepared to act on appeals for a humanitarian release. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)AP - Piece by piece, in backpacks and carry-on bags, American aid contractor Alan Gross made sure laptops, smartphones, hard drives and networking equipment were secreted into Cuba. The most sensitive item, according to official trip reports, was the last one: a specialized mobile phone chip that experts say is often used by the Pentagon and the CIA to make satellite signals virtually impossible to track.

Man to face Alabama trial in wife's diving death (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 01:14 PM PST

FILE - In this undated photo provided by Townsville Coroners Court on June 20, 2008, Gabe Watson, left, and his wife, Tina, pose on their engagement. Watson, who served prison time in Australia for the death of his bride during their honeymoon, is going on trial accused of murdering her. A judge will consider motions and begin jury selection Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 in Birmingham for the trial of 34-year-old Watson. He is accused of killing newlywed bride Tina Thomas Watson. She drowned during a scuba dive in Australia just days after her wedding in October 2003. (AP Photo/Townsville Coroners Court, HO, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - A dream honeymoon to scuba dive on Australia's Great Barrier Reef turned into a terrible nightmare, and the horror is about to play out years later in a courtroom in Alabama.

Athens buildings burn as lawmakers weigh austerity (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:58 AM PST

Reuters - Historic cinemas, cafes and shops went up in flames in central Athens on Sunday as black-masked protesters fought Greek police outside parliament, while inside lawmakers looked set to defy the public rage by endorsing a new EU/IMF austerity deal.

Romney, in comeback, has narrow Maine caucus win (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 06:35 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting campaign stop in Portland, Maine February 10, 2012. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney grabbed back some momentum after midweek losses in three states, scoring a narrow win in Maine's caucuses on Saturday, hours after winning a straw poll of Republican conservative activists.

Arab League backs Syria opposition, calls for peacekeepers (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:05 AM PST

Reuters - The Arab League threw its support on Sunday firmly behind the opposition mounting an uprising against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, and called for the U.N. Security Council to send peacekeepers to halt bloodshed.

Fed minutes to clarify extent of discord on easing (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 08:52 AM PST

Reuters - A number of top Federal Reserve officials likely saw a need for additional monetary easing at the central bank's meeting last month, although there are few signals the central bank will move soon.

Airlines urge U.N. deal to avert carbon trade war (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 05:36 AM PST

Reuters - Global airlines called on Sunday for a U.N.-brokered deal to prevent a row over aviation emissions between China and the European Union spilling into a damaging trade war.

Al Qaeda leader backs Syrian revolt against Assad (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:05 PM PST

Reuters - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in a video recording posted on the Internet on Sunday, urged Syrians not to rely on the West or Arab governments in their uprising to topple President Bashar al-Assad.

Schaeuble warns Greek promises no longer suffice (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 12:32 AM PST

Reuters - Greek promises on austerity measures are no longer good enough because so many vows have been broken and the country that has been a "bottomless pit" has to dramatically change its ways, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said.

Whitney Houston found dead in California hotel, age 48 (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:18 AM PST

Reuters - Whitney Houston, whose soaring voice lifted her to the top of the pop music world but whose personal decline was fueled by years of drug use, died on Saturday afternoon in a Beverly Hills hotel room. She was 48.

Maine caucus win gives Romney new momentum (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 06:13 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Mitt Romney’s win in the Maine caucuses, announced Saturday evening, gives an added boost to what already was a good day for him. Earlier, he won the CPAC straw poll vote of conservative activists.

CPAC: After a tough week, Romney wins conservative straw poll (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 03:29 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - After his shellacking in three presidential nominating contests this week, Mitt Romney Saturday won something that put a little more spring in his step â€" the CPAC straw poll.
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