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Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy (AP)	2/10/2012 11:26 PM
AP - Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead.
AP Exclusive: Bali bomb made using rice ladle (AP)	2/11/2012 12:42 AM
AP - An Indonesian terrorism suspect known as "Demolition Man" for his expertise with explosives told interrogators he used common household items, including a rice ladle and a kitchen scale, to build a massive bomb that ripped apart nightclubs on the tourist island of Bali, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
US gov't official meets with new Maldives leader (AP)	2/11/2012 1:05 AM
AP - A top U.S. government official met Saturday with leaders in the Maldives to get a fresh assessment of the political situation in the Indian Ocean nation.
Social issues rule busy day in presidential race (AP)	2/10/2012 11:27 PM
AP - Social issues dominated the 2012 presidential race Friday, as President Barack Obama tried to calm a storm over religion and birth control and the Republicans vying to replace him jockeyed to outdo each other in proving their conservative fervor.
Gov't on pace for $1T deficit despite January dip (AP)	2/10/2012 11:27 PM
AP - The federal deficit was lower through the first four months of the budget year than the same period last year. Still, the deficit is expected to top $1 trillion for the fourth year in a row, putting more pressure on Congress and President Barack Obama in an election year.
APNewsBreak: Satellite spots tanks in Syrian city (AP)	2/11/2012 12:44 AM
AP - Satellite image provider DigitalGlobe Inc. released photos Friday that appear to show Syrian army tanks and other armored vehicles in the city of Homs.
Navy names ship for former congresswoman Giffords (AP)	2/10/2012 11:28 PM
AP - Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in an assassination attempt 13 months ago, returned to Washington Friday for double honors. The Navy named a ship after her and she saw President Barack Obama sign the last piece of legislation she authored into law.
First public photos of Blue Ivy Carter go online (AP)	2/10/2012 9:51 PM
AP - She's been a sensation since she's been born, and now Blue Ivy has made her public debut.
Fight breaks out at a funeral in Phoenix (AP)	2/10/2012 9:05 PM
AP - A fight broke out during a funeral at a Phoenix church after a friend of the departed punched a man who had reportedly been fighting with the deceased before he died.
Lin scores 38 to lead Knicks over Lakers 92-85 (AP)	2/11/2012 12:08 AM
AP - Jeremy Lin outplayed Kobe Bryant, ended the mighty Lakers' dominance of the Knicks and then tried to pretend it was just another game.
Maine caucuses a chance to right the Romney ship (Reuters)	2/11/2012 12:43 AM
Reuters - Maine's Republican presidential caucuses look like a two-man race between Mitt Romney, the party's current front-runner, and libertarian Ron Paul in a small-state contest that has taken on new importance for Romney after his losses in three states this week.
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin under investigation: source (Reuters)	2/11/2012 1:49 AM
Reuters - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the colorful and controversial spokesman for the city after the devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is under investigation by federal authorities, a source with direct knowledge of the probe said.
Obama shift seeks to defuse birth-control fight (Reuters)	2/10/2012 3:44 PM
Reuters - President Barack Obama, in an abrupt policy shift aimed at quelling an election-year firestorm, announced on Friday that religious employers would not be required to offer free birth control to workers and the onus would instead be put on insurers.
Anger in Greece as parliament to vote on bailout (Reuters)	2/10/2012 7:17 PM
Reuters - Greek lawmakers will vote this weekend on a controversial austerity bill that Athens needs to avoid a messy default but which is fuelling a domestic political and social crisis that has brought thousands of Greeks out on the streets in protest.
Obama budget declares election-year tax battle (Reuters)	2/11/2012 12:35 AM
Reuters - President Barack Obama will seek billions of dollars for jobs and infrastructure in his 2013 budget, an appeal to voters that draws election-year battle lines over taxes and spending as Republicans slammed him for "debt, doubt and decline."
Bombings hit Syria, Saudis push for peace at U.N. (Reuters)	2/10/2012 10:39 PM
Reuters - Violence flared across Syria, including bomb attacks that killed at least 28 people in Aleppo, while at the United Nations diplomats said a new effort was afoot to gain backing for an Arab peace plan to end 11 months of bloodshed in the country.
Exclusive: Walnut growers seek to stop sales to Diamond (Reuters)	2/10/2012 10:03 PM
Reuters - Some California farmers plan to stop selling their walnuts to Diamond Foods Inc in the wake of an accounting scandal over grower payments that has claimed the jobs of the snack company's chief executive and chief financial officer.
Bernanke urges action to heal housing markets (Reuters)	2/10/2012 2:45 PM
Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday issued a call to action to restore U.S. housing markets, saying depressed house prices and sales are a serious drag on the economic recovery.
Miramonte sex abuse: Schools facing Catholic Church-like wave of scandal? (The Christian Science Monitor)	2/10/2012 7:03 PM
The Christian Science Monitor - The reopening of an investigation into teacher misconduct at a high school in Hollywood and the initiation of another in Pacoima â both in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) â is leading to concerns that the lewd behavior uncovered at Miramonte Elementary School might be more widespread than thought.
Jerry Sandusky case: Should court let suspected pedophile see grandkids? (The Christian Science Monitor)	2/10/2012 5:21 PM
The Christian Science Monitor - Jerry Sandusky, the embattled former football coach for Pennsylvania State University who is charged with 52 criminal counts relating to the sexual abuse of boys, is tentatively set to go trial May 14. But between now and then, Mr. Sandusky is asking the court for less restrictive bail conditions even as state prosecutors pressed for tighter ones that would force the suspect to be confined indoors at his home.

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