US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:27:19 GMT
AP - The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus Monday in a dramatic new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power as diplomatic efforts to resolve one of the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring collapsed.
Few answers in death of sons of missing Utah mom
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:06:20 GMT
AP - Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his wife vanished.
Tax reform in this election year: It's not likely
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:16:33 GMT
AP - Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax?
Greece caves in on civil service firings
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:26 GMT
AP - Greece's coalition government on Monday caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting international pressure to agree on austerity measures needed to secure major new debt agreements.
Iraq's al-Qaida claims 2 deadly attacks on Shiites
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:29:11 GMT
AP - An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the two deadliest attacks on Shiites since the U.S. military completed its withdrawal last month, underlining an escalating sectarian security and political crisis that threatens to drive the country toward civil war.
SDakota inmate sentenced to death in guard killing
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:09:34 GMT
AP - A judge on Monday sentenced a South Dakota inmate to death for killing a prison guard by bashing him with a pipe and covering his mouth with plastic wrap during a failed escape attempt.
Defense cuts test lawmakers' resolve on deficits
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:41:30 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama's call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts tests the resolve of lawmakers who came to Washington determined to slash the deficit.
Norway mass killer demands medal at court hearing
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:04:25 GMT
AP - 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 for the bloodshed and demanded to be set free.
Randy Travis arrested for public intoxication
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:25:57 GMT
AP - Country singer Randy Travis has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas church.
Apologies from NFL, NBC after M.I.A. flips bird
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:25:07 GMT
AP - For all the finger pointing over M.I.A.'s obscene gesture during the Super Bowl halftime show, it may have happened so quickly that many viewers didn't notice or think much of it if they did.
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