 AP - Josh Powell's boys were coming for a visit, and he had preparations to make.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 10:17 pm
 Reuters - Markets edged down on Tuesday as Greek resistance to the strict conditions attached to a bailout fund sapped recent momentum spurred by hopes the global economy is improving, and the euro eased on renewed fears of a messy debt default.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 10:05 pm
 AP - The faculty at Miramonte Elementary School will be removed following allegations of child sex abuse against two teachers, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy said Monday night at a meeting with parents.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 9:59 pm
 AP - Country singer Randy Travis has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas church.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 9:43 pm
 AP - Sensing a possible threat, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized rival Rick Santorum's time in the Senate as "not effective" because of his past support for spending on pork-barrel projects as he worked to fend off an unexpected challenge in the next states to vote.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 8:59 pm
 Reuters - Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney on Monday focused his campaign's firepower on Rick Santorum to head off the former senator's surge in two of three states with nominating contests this week.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 8:46 pm
 AP - Targeting Iran's economy, the U.S. ordered tough new penalties Monday to further pinch the country's financial system and encourage Israel to give sanctions more time before any military action against Iran's nuclear program.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 8:36 pm
 AP - The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power and halt the murderous grind in Syria — now among the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 8:36 pm
 AP - After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step Monday toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move Israel promptly warned would close the door to any future peace talks.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 8:33 pm
 AP - People rarely pick a fight with Dirty Harry. But Chrysler's "Halftime in America" ad featuring quintessential tough guy Clint Eastwood has generated fierce debate about whether it accurately portrays the country's most economically distressed city or amounts to a campaign ad for President Barack Obama and the auto bailouts.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 8:33 pm
 AP - Long skeptical of Mitt Romney, tea party activists are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after abandoning hope of finding a nominee they like better.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 8:33 pm
 AP - Bill Belichick gave clear instructions to his defensive unit: Let the runner score.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 8:19 pm
 Reuters - A Syrian military assault on Homs killed dozens of people on the eve of a visit to Damascus by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov aimed at pressing President Bashar al-Assad to end an 11-month uprising by implementing swift reform.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 7:36 pm
Reuters - Greek political leaders face crunch talks on Tuesday to hammer out a deal on unpopular reforms that have prompted the country's biggest labor unions to walk off the job.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 7:16 pm
The Christian Science Monitor - Clint Eastwood’s Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler was, amid a sea of retread themes and less-than-inspiring plots (you’re so much better than this, Doritos) pretty awesome.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 7:00 pm
The Christian Science Monitor - What began as a flap over a flash of a middle finger during the halftime show at Sunday’s Super Bowl has turned into a full-blown fracas over the future of the Federal Communications Commission, free-speech rights in an era of live events, and family-friendly programming in an age of nonregulated cable and Internet.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 5:47 pm
Reuters - The United States closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday and President Barack Obama vowed to ratchet up pressure on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down, even as world powers remained divided over how to end the crisis.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 4:37 pm
Reuters - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, a poll on Monday showed.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 11:34 am
 Reuters - To get an idea of the economic mountain euro zone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 9:03 am
Reuters - The mad rush to move client money out of MF Global Inc. after its collapse left two firms with the bulk of customer accounts, while other brokerages emerged with only minor gains from the chaos of carving up a multibillion-dollar business.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 12:14 am
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