 ABC News | Feisty Gingrich Stakes Campaign on Electability ABC News Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on one idea: that he is best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Even some of his supporters seem to be struggling to buy the former House speaker's claim, an indication that chief rival Mitt ... Rubio remains man in the middle in Florida primary Leadership Scramble: GOP Rivals Vie For Title In GOP address, Rubio rebuts Obama's State of the Union |
 National Post | Navy wants commando 'mothership' in Middle East Washington Post The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats. In response to requests from US Central Command, which oversees military ... Navy converting ship into floating commando base in Middle East Navy Plans to Make Base From Old Ship US plans to send 'floating commando base' to Mideast, documents show |
 USA TODAY | Azarenka routs Sharapova for Australian Open title USA TODAY MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 Saturday night to win the Australian Open and take over the women's No. 1 ranking, all in her first Grand Slam final. By Mark Dadswell, Getty Images Victoria Azarenka of ... Victoria Azarenka beats Maria Sharapova for Australian Open title Factbox: Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka Azarenka Routs Sharapova to Win Australian Title |
 BBC News | Syria rebels gain foothold in Damascus BBC News By Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor, Damascus When the BBC team approached a checkpoint set up by the rebel Free Syria Army in the suburbs of Damascus, masked men with Kalashnikov assault rifles and hand grenades moved towards us - a few of them ... Activists: Shells hit oil pipeline in east Syria Syria: Gulf-backed activists stormed Cairo embassy |
 Los Angeles Times | California high court backs panel's new state Senate districts Los Angeles Times Even if a GOP-backed proposal to scrap the new plan qualifies for the November ballot, the map produced by a citizens commission is 'clearly the most appropriate' for the election, the court says. Justice Goodwin Liu cautioned that the ruling may have ... Cuomo says he will veto NY redistricting plan Court uphold newly drawn state Senate districts State high court allows new political maps: Decision likely means Sen ... |
 New York Times | Obama Says Congress Should Take Lesson From the US Military Bloomberg President Barack Obama said members of Congress are blocking his nominations for political gain and tangling Washington in “gridlock” instead of dealing with important issues. In his weekly radio and Internet address released today, ... Obama, GOP blame each other for gridlock Obama seeks government reforms in Congress |
 USA TODAY | Former Boston Mayor Kevin White, who led city during racially turbulent 1970s ... Washington Post BOSTON — Kevin H. White, a four-term mayor who led Boston through years of racial violence and economic stagnation and was credited with putting the city on a path to prosperity, has died. He was 82. White, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's ... Former Mayor Kevin Hagan White dies at 82 Former Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82 Ex-Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82 |
 The Guardian | 'Barefoot Bandit' gets prison and movie deal | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2012-01-28 Philadelphia Inquirer By Manuel Valdes AP SEATTLE - A federal judge sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 61/2 years in prison Friday for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010. "Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years of federal time 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years 'Barefoot Bandit' handed six years in jail for international crime spree |
 ABC News | US, South Korea plan first joint drills since Kim Jong Il's death Los Angeles Times REPORTING FROM SEOUL -- Ready to test the diplomacy waters of North Korea's new regime, the militaries of the US and South Korea will hold their annual joint exercise next month, a drill that Pyongyang has previously called a provocative act, ... North Korea threatens to punish mobile-phone users as 'war criminals' SKorea Staging Artillery Drills at Border Island South Korea allows first private group to take aid to North Korea since Kim ... |
 Globe and Mail | Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters, associates say Washington Post Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas, said three people ... Paul hunts for GOP delegates in Maine Ron Paul denies report that he approved newsletters Paul braves snowy Maine in hunt for GOP delegates |
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