US growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead - Reuters


USA TODAY

US growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead
Reuters
By Lucia Mutikani | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of weaker growth in early 2012.
White House Pushes Payroll Tax Cut as GDP Growth Rate SlowsBloomberg
US GDP grew at fastest pace in 1.5 years in fourth quarter 2011Washington Post
Unsold goods weigh on future economic growthmsnbc.com
The Atlantic -AFP -ABC News
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Second Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to death - msnbc.com


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Second Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to death
msnbc.com
By NBC News and news services AP file NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Connecticut man was sentenced Friday to die for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their suburban home, a gruesome crime that unsettled the suburbs and halted ...
Connecticut home invasion killer sentenced to deathUSA TODAY
Connecticut killer sentenced to die for "unimaginable horror"Chicago Tribune
Conn. home invasion killer is formally sentenced, will join accomplice on ...Washington Post
CBS News -ABC News
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GOP debate slugfest: Did Romney hit hard enough? - CBS News


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GOP debate slugfest: Did Romney hit hard enough?
CBS News
Mitt Romney may not drink, but he was loaded when he entered last night's debate in Jacksonville, Fla. He went after Newt Gingrich immediately and relentlessly. He scolded him, rendered him momentarily mute, and took answers about other topics and ...
Romney, Gingrich slam ObamaUSA TODAY
Hispanics in focus as GOP race intensifies in Fla.The Associated Press
Romney and Gingrich reach out to Florida's Hispanic voters days before high ...Washington Post
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Obama pushes colleges to keep tuition under control - Chicago Tribune


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Obama pushes colleges to keep tuition under control
Chicago Tribune
ANN ARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, appearing before thousands of cheering students at the University of Michigan, touted his plan on Friday to reward colleges that keep their tuition under control with more federal aid as he makes ...
Let's steer aid to colleges that keep tuition affordable down, Obama tells UM ...Detroit Free Press
Obama pushes for affordable education in rousing speechThe Detroit News
Obama decries rising cost of college educationCBS News
Wall Street Journal -Washington Post -Christian Science Monitor
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Paul braves snowy Maine in hunt for GOP delegates - San Francisco Chronicle


Los Angeles Times

Paul braves snowy Maine in hunt for GOP delegates
San Francisco Chronicle
By BETH FOUHY, AP Presidential hopeful Ron Paul wants other Republicans to know that he and his supporters plan to hang around for a while longer. The Texas congressman is on a two-day campaign swing through Maine, which holds caucuses starting Feb. 4.
Ron Paul campaigns in MaineThe State Column

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Floor collapse at under-construction Cincinnati casino sends several people to ... - Washington Post


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Floor collapse at under-construction Cincinnati casino sends several people to ...
Washington Post
CINCINNATI — A section of floor collapsed Friday at the construction site of a new casino, sending workers tumbling 30 feet to the ground and leaving about a dozen with minor injuries. The collapse comes on the heels of a similar accident last month at ...
Building site collapse injures 10 in CincinnatiReuters
Collapse at Cincinnati casino site hurts a dozenBoston.com

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California Supreme Court rejects GOP suit aimed at overturning new state ... - San Jose Mercury News


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California Supreme Court rejects GOP suit aimed at overturning new state ...
San Jose Mercury News
AP SACRAMENTO -- The California Supreme Court today upheld the state Senate maps drawn last year by an independent redistricting commission, dealing a blow to GOP attempts to block Democrats from gaining enough seats to pass taxes on their own.
Court upholds newly drawn state Senate districtsSan Francisco Chronicle
State Supreme Court to leave boundaries intact for Senate racesLos Angeles Times
Top California court rejects GOP redistricting challengeSan Francisco Business Times
Press-Enterprise -The San Francisco Appeal -abc7news.com
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Suicide bombing at Baghdad funeral kills 32 people - Los Angeles Times


The Guardian

Suicide bombing at Baghdad funeral kills 32 people
Los Angeles Times
REPORTING FROM BAGHDAD AND BEIRUT -- A suicide car bomb detonated Friday at a busy Baghdad intersection as a funeral procession was passing by, killing 32 people and injuring 65, authorities said. It was the latest violent attack in the Iraqi capital ...
Dozens Killed in Attack on Iraqi Funeral ProcessionWall Street Journal
Bomb kills dozens in Baghdad Shiite districtWashington Post
'Not a pretty scenario' in Iraq, analyst saysCNN International
The Associated Press -Financial Times
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Jailbreak plot by member of Dougherty sibling gang thwarted - USA TODAY


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Jailbreak plot by member of Dougherty sibling gang thwarted
USA TODAY
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Authorities in Colorado have broken up a planned jail break by a member of the notorious Dougherty gang -- two brothers and a sister who led police on a multistate manhunt last year, the Associated Press reports.
APNewsBreak: Authorities: 1 of fugitive Dougherty siblings planned escape from ...Washington Post
APNewsBreak: Dougherty sibling planned escapeSan Jose Mercury News

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Syrian rebels defiant on Damascus outskirts - Reuters


CTV.ca

Syrian rebels defiant on Damascus outskirts
Reuters
By Mariam Karouny | SAQBA, Syria (Reuters) - A small green, white and black rebel flag waving at the entrance to the Damascus suburb of Saqba showed it was no longer under the control of President Bashar al-Assad's forces. "Assad's thugs are not here.
More than 100 people killed by security forces across SyriaHaaretz
The UN Security Council is due to discuss a draft resolution on Syria.BBC News
Syrian issue heading for Security CouncilThe Hindu
Times of India -CNN -Telegraph.co.uk
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