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•Gingrich looks to Super Tuesday lift
38 minutes ago
Coming off a drubbing by conservative rival Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich plans to head to home turf as part of his strategy to revitalize his struggling presidential campaign with a strong showing in next month's Super Tuesday primaries.
[From CNN.com - U.S.]
•University of Florida suspends fraternity for 'physical hazing incident'
51 minutes ago
The University of Florida has temporarily suspended its chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity after learning about a hazing incident involving fraternity members, a university spokeswoman said Tuesday.
[From CNN.com - U.S.]
•Nuns fight strip club near Illinois convent
58 minutes ago
A group of nuns is ready to fight a new strip club adjacent to a Roman Catholic convent in suburban Chicago.
[From msnbc.com: US news]
•Sen. Wyden seeks opinion used in al-Awlaki killing
by By PETE YOST
1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday that he, like the public, is being kept in the dark about Justice Department legal advice on when the U.S. may kill American citizens abroad who are suspected terrorists....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 4:40 p.m. EST]
•LA Teacher Probe: 200 More Bondage Pics
1 hour ago
Police have found an additional 200 photos taken by Los Angeles school teacher Mark Brendt, who is accused of 23 counts of lewd acts on children for depicting them blindfolded, with cockroaches on their faces and spoons full of semen in front of their mo
[From ABC News: U.S.]
•Mississippi to execute double murderer after stay
1 hour ago
STARKVILLE, Miss (Reuters) - A Mississippi man convicted of murdering two people during convenience store robberies was on track to be executed on Wednesday after a federal court overturned a stay of execution for Edwin Hart Turner.
[From Reuters: U.S.]
•Watch: New Victim in 40-Year-Old Murder Case?
1 hour ago
Filmmaker Josh Vargas finds photo that may be linked to Texas serial killings.
[From ABC News: U.S.]
•Teens learn robotics as factories lack skilled workers
1 hour ago
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - At the Escuela Vieau School in downtown Milwaukee, seventh-grader Camila Garcia was building a model wind turbine in a class intended to spark interest in engineering.
[From Reuters: U.S.]
•More photos found in Calif. teacher abuse case
by By CHRISTINA HOAG
1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Investigators said Wednesday they have found 200 additional photos they believe were taken by a former teacher who is accused of committing lewd acts on 23 children over a five-year period....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 4:40 p.m. EST]
•GOP targets child tax break for illegal immigrants
by By ANDREW TAYLOR
1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are looking to deny child tax credits to illegal immigrants - refund checks averaging $1,800 - in an effort that has roused anger among Hispanics and some Democratic lawmakers....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 4:40 p.m. EST]
•28 more airports will test lower-hassle screening
by By EILEEN SULLIVAN
1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday. There will be no cost to eligible passengers, who would no longer have to remove their shoes and belts before they board flights....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 4:40 p.m. EST]
•Sheriff unhappy with dispatcher in Powell case
by By MIKE BAKER and GENE JOHNSON
1 hour ago
SEATTLE (AP) -- A 911 recording reveals a social worker's urgent attempts over more than six minutes to get a dispatcher to send deputies after Josh Powell locked himself and his two sons in his home....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 4:40 p.m. EST]
•GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy
by By DONNA CASSATA
1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the requirement that religious schools and hospitals provide employees with free contraceptives as an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country."...
[From AP Top U.S. News At 4:40 p.m. EST]
•Washington state House poised to pass gay marriage bill
1 hour ago
OLYMPIA, Wash (Reuters) - The Washington state House of Representatives was expected to endorse gay marriage on Wednesday in a vote that puts the state on the cusp of becoming the seventh in the nation to recognize same-sex nuptials.
[From Reuters: U.S.]
•Getting the affluent to pay for payroll tax cut
1 hour ago
Democrats and Republicans agree: People with higher incomes must pay more.
[From msnbc.com: US news]
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