The Hindu
Authorities: Powell kids struck with hatchet before blaze
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Puyallup, Washington (CNN) -- The tragic tale of two boys killed along with their father in an apparent murder-suicide took another gruesome turn after authorities said the children suffered hatchet wounds before dying of carbon ...
Grandparents of 2 dead boys saw ominous signs in Josh PowellLos Angeles Times
Report: Father of man who killed sons in suicide house fire 'person of ...Fox News
Kids in Washington home blast suffered chop woundsReuters
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USA TODAY
Appeals court to rule on California's Proposition 8
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff San Francisco (CNN) -- A three-judge pannel with the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule Tuesday on whether California's same-sex marriage ban violates the Constitution. After a two-week trial in 2010, ...
Court to rule on California gay marriage banReuters
Long-awaited ruling on CA gay marriage ban dueSTLtoday.com

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Globe and Mail
Iran: US assets ban "antagonistic," will have no impact
Reuters
By Parisa Hafezi | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday denounced as "an antagonistic move" a tightening of US sanctions targeting Tehran's central bank and giving US banks new powers to freeze Iranian government assets, and said it would have no impact.
Jews With Ties To Iran And Israel Feel ConflictedNPR
Tehran 'ready to impose oil ban' on EuropeansJerusalem Post
Iran dismisses latest US sanctions as 'psychological war'Platts
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ABC News
Looking to reset campaign, Santorum hits 3 states
Boston.com
By Philip Elliott AP / February 7, 2012 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Republican Rick Santorum is planning some last-minute campaigning in each of the three states holding presidential contests Tuesday. The former Pennsylvania senator is set for a morning ...
Romney looks to squelch Santorum's late riseKansas City Star
Messy contests in Nevada, Iowa raise questions as several states prepare to ...Washington Post
Romney intensifies fight for social conservativesThe Associated Press

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Telegraph.co.uk
Obama should amend birth-control order
TheDay.com
If the Obama administration's goal was to come up with a policy decision that in one fell swoop could reinforce the worst fears about the Affordable Care Act, while at the same time damaging the president's re-election chances in some key toss-up ...
Catholic outcry over Obama administration's birth control decision could be ...Fox News
Romney Says Obama Infringing Upon ReligionKMBC Kansas City
Bishop Galante urges protest of health care policyCherry Hill Courier Post
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Los Angeles Times
'Chicago-style politics' in Clint's Super Bowl ad?
Chicago Sun-Times
By Corey Williams February 7, 2012 2:40AM This advertisement provided by Chrysler Group LLC, shows actor Clint Eastwood, featured in an ad titled "It's Halftime In America," which aired during Super Bowl XVLI, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.
As I watched the Super Bowl, I was moved and impressed by the Clint Eastwood ...Detroit Free Press
Was Eastwood's Chrysler Ad Political?WMUR Manchester
Republicans See Politics in Chrysler Super Bowl AdNew York Times
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Los Angeles Times
Staff of Miramonte replaced pending sex abuse inquiry
Los Angeles Times
LA Unified Supt. John Deasy seeks to assure angry parents, who demonstrated at campus over allegations against two teachers. Officials say no other instructors are under suspicion. Angry parents demonstrate outside Miramonte Elementary on Monday.
Staff removed at LA school during abuse probeAlbany Times Union
Entire staff of LA school to be removed after teachers arrested on sex chargesFox News
LA Miramonte school removes entire faculty over sex abuse claimsThe Guardian
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Telegraph.co.uk
Russia Seeks to Prod Syria's Assad After Blocking UN Vote
BusinessWeek
By Henry Meyer Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Russia will seek to prod President Bashar al-Assad toward a political settlement at talks in Damascus after blocking United Nations action over his 11-month- old crackdown. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the ...
Syrian crisis: Army renews assault on HomsBBC News
Australia imposes new sanctions on Syrian leadersReuters
Search for a Syria strategy focuses on stiffening fragmented oppositionThe Guardian
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Newsweek
Iran calls US assets ban an 'antagonistic' move
Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS 02/07/2012 09:30 Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman says "Sanctions will not have any impact on our nuclear course," calls US sanctions targeting central bank "psychological war which has no impact." By Reuters TEHRAN - Iran on Tuesday rejected ...
Iran calls US assets ban "antagonistic" moveReuters
New US sanctions on Iran aim to head off IsraelThe Associated Press
Iran's central bank hit by US sanctionsArizona Daily Star

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Globe and Mail
Messy caucuses in Nevada, Iowa raise questions
Boston.com
By Cristina Silva AP / February 7, 2012 LAS VEGAS—After back-to-back fiascos in Nevada and Iowa, the term "caucus" may be on its way to becoming a bad word in the GOP lexicon. Those troubled contests cast a shadow over the volunteer-run presidential ...
Romney looks to squelch Santorum's late riseAtlanta Journal Constitution
Romney eyes new caucus battle in ColoradoAFP

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USA TODAY
Eastwood, Chrysler: No political message in Super Bowl ad
Detroit Free Press
By Brent Snavely Both Chrysler and Clint Eastwood defended their two-minute Super Bowl commercial against pundits who said it was more of a pro-President Barack Obama political statement than a car ad. "The ad is not intended to have a political ...
Pols miss Chrysler ad's true messageThe Detroit News
US Election 2012: Republicans attack Clint Eastwood Super Bowl adTelegraph.co.uk
'Halftime' ad jump-starts a political debateArizona Daily Star
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USA TODAY
In Norwegian massacre, that left 77 dead, killer says: I should get a medal ...
Detroit Free Press
The right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in Norway's worst peacetime massacre told a court Monday that he deserves a medal of honor and demanded to be set free. Anders Behring Breivik, 32, smirked as he was led in to the Oslo ...
Norway mass killer decries "cultural destruction"Reuters
Saying he deserves a medal, Norway mass shooting suspect stays jailedCNN
Norwegian terror suspect Breivik tells court today he deserves a medalChristian Science Monitor
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USA TODAY
Obama gives blessing to a super PAC
Washington Post
Fearing a tide of spending by outside conservative groups, President Obama is giving his blessing to a pro-Democratic Party “super PAC” that will work to help his reelection, his campaign said late Monday. Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a ...
Obama campaign urges fundraisers to back super PACThe Associated Press
Obama Yields in Marshaling of 'Super PAC'New York Times
In Reversal, Obama Urging Super PAC DonationsNational Journal

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New York Daily News
Entire staff suspended in bondage-teachers probe at Los Angeles elementary school
New York Daily News
AP The entire staff at the Miramonte Elementary school were removed following parent outrage and a blitz of national media coverage of horrifying sex abuse allegations against two male teachers. Parents and others protest outside Miramonte Elementary ...
LA school's teachers to be replacedCNN
LA Miramonte school removes entire faculty over sex abuse claimsThe Guardian
Staff to be removed during probe at LA schoolBoston Herald
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swissinfo.ch
Obama gives blessing to a super PAC
Washington Post
Fearing a tide of spending by outside conservative groups, President Obama is giving his blessing to a pro-Democratic Party “super PAC” that will work to help his reelection, his campaign said late Monday. Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a ...
Obama Yields in Marshaling of 'Super PAC'New York Times
Obama campaign urges fundraisers to back super PACThe Associated Press
Obama Campaign Changes Position on Super-PACs, Will Now Embrace DonationsNew York Magazine

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BBC News
Syrian crisis: Homs army assault continues
BBC News
The Syrian army has resumed heavy shelling in the restive city of Homs as Russia's foreign minister is due in Damascus for talks. Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed since government troops began pounding known strongholds of opposition ...
US shuts Syria embassy, pulls out ambassadorTimes of India
China no "rubber stamp" on Syria: paperReuters
Canada joins in diplomatic offensive against Assad regimeGlobe and Mail
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Daily Mail
Catholic leaders speak out against contraception regulation
Kansas City Star
By DAVE HELLING and STEVE KRAKSE Lawmakers and politicians scrambled Monday to respond to a growing furor over the Obama administration's decision to require no-cost contraceptive insurance coverage — even in policies offered by religious employers.
Catholic outcry over Obama administration's birth control decision could be ...Fox News
Catholic hospitals split on giving contraceptivesSan Francisco Chronicle
Allentown diocese to workers: Contraception mandate could end health benefitAllentown Morning Call
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Fox News
Staff to be removed during probe at LA school
Fox News
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles school superintendent says the entire staff at an elementary school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school district investigates. Superintendent John Deasy (DAY'-zee) ...
LA school at center of child-abuse case replacing staffUSA TODAY
Parents applaud removal of all teachers at troubled LA schoolLos Angeles Times
Official: Faculty to Be Removed at LA SchoolABC News
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USA TODAY
Gay marriage fans, foes expect Prop 8 appeal ruling today
USA TODAY
By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will issue its ruling today on whether Proposition 8, which overturned legalized same-sex marriage in California in 2008, stands or falls. After Proposition 8 was challenged by gay ...
Ruling expected on constitutionality of gay marriage banLos Angeles Times
Nation Digest: Same-sex marriage ruling expected today in California; US judge ...Austin American-Statesman
Ruling near on California same-sex marriage banThe Associated Press
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Austin American-Statesman
Rick Perry "not slipping off into the sunset"
CBS News
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, on the campaign trail in late January, 2012, in North Charleston, South Carolina. (Getty Images) ROUND ROCK, Texas - Rick Perry acknowledged Monday that he's not used to losing but also vowed "I'm not slipping off into the ...
With Perry away, acting governors cost Texas $32KHouston Chronicle
Texas governor remains determined to help defeat ObamaFort Worth Star Telegram
In first appearance since presidential run, Perry says he'll fight tax ...Austin American-Statesman
Seattle Post Intelligencer -Fox News
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