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Payroll-Tax Cut Pact Clears
Congress
Wall Street Journal By SIOBHAN HUGHES WASHINGTON—Congress quickly passed a deal to extend the payroll-tax-cut through year-end, as well as continue unemployment benefits and avoid a steep cut in Medicare doctors' fees. The deal, which avoided a looming tax increase on ... Congress approves extension of payroll tax cut, jobless benefits Congress passes extension of payroll tax cut Congress approves payroll tax cut extension |
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Santorum backer Foster Friess apologizes
for contraception comment
CBS News Foster Friess, a major donor to the super PAC backing Rick Santorum, has apologized for a joke about contraception that prompted outrage from women's groups. "Back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraceptives," Friess said on MSNBC on ... Contraception, Mitt and Rick 'Aspirin birth control' joke backfires on Rick Santorum donor Santorum: Supporter's 'aspirin' contraceptive remark was bad joke |
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Dutch Prince Johan Friso buried in
Austria avalanche
BBC News Dutch Prince Johan Friso is in a critical condition after being hit by an avalanche while on a skiing holiday in western Austria. Officials said the prince, 43, was buried under the snow for about 15 minutes before being rescued. Officials: Dutch prince severely injured in Austrian avalanche Dutch prince seriously injured after being buried by avalanche in Austria Dutch Prince in Critical Condition After Skiing Accident |
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Anthony Shadid: Quite simply the
best
Christian Science Monitor Our veteran Lebanon reporter Nicholas Blanford recalls the courage, humility, and friendliness of his American-Lebanese colleague, who died yesterday while reporting in Syria. By Nicholas Blanford, Correspondent / February 17, 2012 In this February ... Fresh Air Remembers War Reporter Anthony Shadid Anthony Shadid, the 'most gifted foreign correspondent in a generation' Anthony Shadid, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, dies in Syria |
![]() Globe and Mail |
Sunday on Face the Nation: Rick
Santorum
CBS News This Sunday's guests are Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum and a roundtable with Karen Tumulty of The Washington Post, Todd Spangler of The Detroit Free Press, CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Norah O'Donnell and CBS News ... Romney takes on world as he vies for presidency Rick Santorum states his case as a success story at Shelby Township event Susan B. Anthony List to endorse Santorum |
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Syrian Troops Shell Central City
Following UN Condemnation
Voice of America February 17, 2012 Syrian Troops Shell Central City Following UN Condemnation VOA News Activists say Syrian troops are shelling rebel-held areas in the central city of Homs, just one day after the UN General Assembly condemned the regime for violating ... UN General Assembly Condemns Syria As Syrian troops shell Homs intensively, Britain and France look for ways to ... Syrians brave backlash to rally against Assad |
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Easy to talk about supporting
manufacturing, harder to pull it off
The Seattle Times President Obama is in town to talk up benefits of manufacturing while at Boeing plant. No comments have been posted to this article. One key question surrounding President Obama's planned announcements here Friday morning to enhance American ... Obama to stress US manufacturing during visit to Everett Obama Pushes Export Aid at Boeing 'Victory Lap' After NLRB Clash Patch Will Be At Boeing Friday For President Obama's Visit, Check Back For ... |
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Anonymous hacks US sites to protest
treaty
CBS News Protesters wearing Guy Fawks masks hold the logos of the international hacker group Anonymous during a demonstration against Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/MTI) LONDON - Cyber rebels from Anonymous ... More US govt websites hacked by Anonymous Anonymous hackers take down more government websites in protest of ACTA More US government websites hacked by Anonymous |
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AP Source: ICE agent wounded in
California federal building is high-ranking ...
Washington Post LONG BEACH, Calif. — A man wounded in a shooting at a federal building in Long Beach, Calif., is a high-ranking Immigration and Customs Enforcement official, according to a law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of ... AP Source: Shooting at ICE offices over dispute UPDATED: ICE agent shoots coworker before being shot, killed in Long Beach AP Source: Wounded Calif. ICE agent is high rank |
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Murdoch Offers Reassurances to Sun
Newsroom
New York Times LONDON — In his 60 years in the newspaper business, few moments could have been as charged for Rupert Murdoch as the one on Friday when he visited the London headquarters of his British newspaper arm, News International, where reporters and editors at ... Rupert Murdoch Quiets Reports of Rebellion at the Sun Rupert Murdoch: No Defense for Tabloid Wrongdoers Rupert Murdoch tackles Sun crisis - live |