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Romney and Santorum seek edge in 20th debate (AP)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 06:28 PM

AP - Struggling for an edge, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum campaigned Wednesday into the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Poll: Obama benefitting from improving economy (AP)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 06:01 PM

AP - President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction and most independents now approve the way he's addressing the nation's post-recession period.

Shelling kills 2 Western journalists in Syria (AP)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 06:01 PM

AP - Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage killed her and a French photojournalist — two of 74 deaths reported Wednesday in Syria.

Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive' (AP)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 07:03 PM

AP - The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark's Muslim neighborhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it.

Police: Ga. victims related in Korean spa shooting (AP)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 06:38 PM

AP - A gunman walked into the Su Jung Health Sauna, argued with someone and then opened fire, killing two of his sisters and their husbands, then himself, authorities said Wednesday

Obama seeks corporate tax rate cut, loophole limit (AP)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 06:01 PM

AP - President Barack Obama rolled out a corporate tax overhaul plan Wednesday that lowers rates but also eliminates loopholes and subsidies cherished by the business world. A long-shot for action in an election year, the plan nevertheless stamps Obama's imprint on one of the most high-profile issues of the presidential campaign.

Teenage girl dies after inhaling helium at party (AP)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 06:30 PM

AP - Last weekend, 14-year-old Ashley Long told her parents she was going to a slumber party. But instead of spending the night watching videos and eating popcorn two blocks away, she piled into a car with a bunch of her friends and rode to a condo in Medford, Ore., where police say the big sister of one of her friends was throwing a party with booze and marijuana.

Stepmom, grandmother charged in Ala. girl's death (AP)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 06:34 PM

AP - The grandmother and stepmother of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who died after witnesses said she was forced to run for three hours as punishment for lying have been charged with murder and are being held in jail.

Study: Colonoscopy cuts colon cancer death risk (AP)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 06:18 PM

AP - Millions of people have endured a colonoscopy, believing the dreaded exam may help keep them from dying of colon cancer. For the first time, a major study offers clear evidence that it does.

Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5M (AP)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 06:18 PM

AP - The bulk of a man's childhood comic book collection that included many of the most prized issues ever published sold at auction Wednesday for about $3.5 million.

Obama urges corporate tax cut, closing loopholes (Reuters)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 04:00 PM

Reuters - President Barack Obama made an opening offer in what could be a long negotiation with corporate America on Wednesday, putting forward his first clear plan to cut the corporate tax rate.

U.S., French journalists killed in Syria (Reuters)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 07:26 AM

Reuters - American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said.

Fitch downgrades Greece on debt swap plan (Reuters)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 09:04 AM

Reuters - Fitch cut Greece's long-term ratings on Wednesday to its lowest rating above a default, becoming the first ratings agency to make the widely expected downgrade after the country announced a bond exchange plan to ease its massive debt burden.

Congress members threatened with biological attack (Reuters)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 06:42 PM

Reuters - Several members of the Congress received mail threatening a biological attack and containing a suspicious powder later found to be harmless as law enforcement officials warned on Wednesday that more letters could be on their way.

Judge strikes down law mandating sale of contraception (Reuters)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 05:13 PM

Reuters - A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Washington state cannot require pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives if to do so violates their religious beliefs.

Home resales at 1-1/2 year-high, supply falls (Reuters)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 04:27 PM

Reuters - Home resales rose to a 1-1/2-year high in January, pushing the supply of properties on the market to the lowest level in almost seven years in a hopeful sign for the housing sector.

Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail (Reuters)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 03:25 PM

Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.

U.S. advisers back experimental obesity pill (Reuters)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 06:38 PM

Reuters - Experimental obesity drug Qnexa won the backing of U.S. health advisors on Wednesday, raising hopes for approval of the first prescription weight-loss pill in 13 years.

Could Rick Santorum super PAC do more harm than good? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 08:38 AM

The Christian Science Monitor - One point being made repeatedly in the media of late is that super PACs are changing the usual dynamics of the presidential nominating process by allowing underdog Republican candidates to remain in the race.

Stolen Valor Act at Supreme Court: Is lying about being a hero a right? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 08:28 AM

The Christian Science Monitor - When Xavier Alvarez stood up and introduced himself at a local water district meeting in July 2007, he had no idea he was about to commit a federal crime.