Leadership scramble: GOP rivals vie for title (AP)
AP – The Republican presidential contenders are making a pitch to voters that sounds a lot like a children’s game: Follow the leader. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...
Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil (AP)
AP – Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings and fired on crowds in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists said Friday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...
Analysis: Romney is fiery, focused in Fla. Debate (AP)
AP – Mitt Romney, forced to prove his resilience after a stinging loss in South Carolina, is showing why the so-called Republican establishment thinks he has the best discipline, organization and campaign smarts to challenge President Barack Obama this fall. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...
Prison dilemma: surging numbers of older inmates (AP)
AP – In corrections systems nationwide, officials are grappling with decisions about geriatric units, hospices and medical parole as elderly inmates — with their high rates of illness and infirmity — make up an ever increasing share of the prison population. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...
Romney is the aggressor in final Florida debate (AP)
AP – An aggressive Mitt Romney repeatedly challenged Republican rival Newt Gingrich Thursday night in the final debate before next week’s critical Florida primary, demanding an apology for an ad saying he harbors anti-immigrant sentiments and ridiculing the former House speaker’s call to colonize the moon. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...
Pentagon: Army, Marines to shrink as budget slows (AP)
AP – The Pentagon outlined a plan Thursday for slowing the growth of military spending, including cutting the size of the Army and Marine Corps, retiring older planes and trimming war costs. It drew quick criticism from Republicans, signaling the difficulty of scaling back defense budgets in an election year. View full post on Yahoo! [...] ...
More seek unemployment aid, but trend is positive (AP)
AP – The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 377,000, after a nearly four-year low the previous week. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...
Pelosi hints, then denies she has Gingrich secrets (AP)
AP – Does House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi know some dark secrets about GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich? Twice, she offered tantalizing hints that she does. And then said she doesn’t. Gingrich said Wednesday that the House Democratic leader should come out with it or shut up. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...
A daring raid, and US, Danish hostages on way home (AP)
AP – Held captive since last fall, an ailing American woman and a Danish man are safely on their way home after a bold, dark-of-night rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs. The commandos slipped into a Somali encampment, shot and killed nine captors and whisked the hostages to freedom. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top [...] ...
Obama to Republicans: Game on (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama delivered an election-year broadside to Republicans: Game on. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...