Catholic Leaders Vow Fight With Obama Over Birth Control Payments
U.S. Catholic leaders on Monday vowed to fight the Obama administration over a new provision of the health care law that requires all employers, including religious institutions, to pay for birth control
Josh Powell, Sons Die in House Explosion6 Feb 14:00 | USA News The husband of a missing Utah woman and her two sons died in a fiery explosion at their home in Washington state Sunday evening, in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide.read more »
| U.S. Closes Syrian Embassy, Recalls Diplomats6 Feb 10:51 | US Politics and Govt The United States closed its embassy in Syria's capital of Damascus and pulled out all of its diplomats in the violence-torn country, as Washington increased pressure on President Bashar Assad to surrender power.read more »
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Children Hospitalized At Alarming Rate Due To Abuse6 Feb 12:41 | USA News In one year alone, over 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to child abuse, and 300 of them died of their injuries, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers in a new study. read more »
| Obama Says He's Getting 'Better As Time Goes On'6 Feb 09:44 | US Politics and Govt President Obama, in an interview aired Monday morning, said he's getting "better as time goes on," adding that he believes he will be able to win a second term.read more »
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Political Leaders A Key Influence In How Worried Americans Are By Climate Change6 Feb 12:20 | US Politics and Govt National political leaders influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change rather than extreme weather events, new research has found.read more »
| Researchers Ask Does Online Dating Really Work?6 Feb 12:29 | SciTech Online dating depends largely on ineffective algorithms and profiles for finding potential love interests, according to new Northwestern University research.read more »
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Giants Beat Patriots to Win Super Bowl XLVI6 Feb 08:30 | Sports For the second time in four years, the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl Sunday night to earn the franchise's fourth Lombardi Trophy.read more »
| Netanyahu Says Military Power Guarantees Israeli Security6 Feb 08:53 | World Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that only military strength guarantees the Jewish state's survival because it is surrounded by hostile Arab regimes, especially Iran, that seek its destruction.read more »
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Somali Famine Declared Over But Action Needed To Forestall New Crisis6 Feb 12:07 | World The United Nations has declared an end to famine conditions in Somalia, but warned that the crisis in the Horn of Africa is not over and requires continued efforts to restore food security and help people resume normal lives. read more »
| Court Rules Against Italy In Nazi Compensation Claim6 Feb 11:54 | World The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Italy has violated its obligation to respect Germany’s immunity under international law by allowing civil claims seeking reparations for Nazi war crimes to be brought against it in Italian courts.read more »
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Key Khmer Rouge Figure Sentenced To Life in Prison On Appeal6 Feb 11:59 | World The appeals chamber of the United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia trying cases of mass murder and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge regime has sentenced the former head of a notorious detention camp to life in prison, upholding an earlier conviction and extending the existing jail term.read more »
| Civilian Casualty Numbers Rise In Afghanistan5 Feb 13:47 | World The number of civilian casualties resulting from the conflict in Afghanistan has risen for a fifth consecutive year, the United Nations reported today, blaming a change in tactics by the Taliban and other anti-Government forces for the higher death toll.read more »
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Ice Warnings Issued For England And Wales5 Feb 13:43 | World The UK Met Office has issued severe weather warnings across much of England and Wales as snowfall over the weekend brings the risk of ice as it refreezes on Sunday night and into Monday.read more »
| Tree Rings May Underestimate Climate Response To Volcanic Eruptions5 Feb 13:38 | SciTech Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened or even absent growing seasons, according to climate researchers.read more »
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Security Council Fails To Agree On Syria Resolution5 Feb 13:27 | World UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced deep regret after Security Council members were unable to agree on a resolution backing an Arab League plan to resolve the crisis in Syria, where thousands of people have been killed over the past year since authorities crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising.read more »
| Rodgers Takes 2011 NFL MVP Award at 'Honors' Show5 Feb 10:25 | Sports Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers took home his first NFL Most Valuable Player award during the league's maiden "Honors" show Saturday night.read more »
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With Double-Digit Lead, Romney Sails to Victory in Nevada5 Feb 10:07 | US Politics and Govt Leading GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney swept to a victory in Nevada's primary Saturday, leading rivals Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul by double digits as the latter candidates vy for a distant second-place finish.read more »
| Obama Calls on Syria's Assad to Step Down After Mass Murder of Civilians4 Feb 12:36 | World President Obama on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to "step aside" after launching an "unspeakable assault" on the city of Homs, a day after some 400 civilians were killed in clashes with government troops.read more »
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U.S., Israel Split Over Iran Strike3 Feb 19:11 | USA News The United States and Israel are split over the timing of a potential strike against Iran's suspected nuclear weapons facilities, as Tehran says it won't back away from pursuing what its leaders have called a "peaceful" atomic program.read more »
| UN Agency Wants New Global Tax to Help Poor3 Feb 14:22 | World The head of a United Nations economic agency says a new world tax is needed to help finance a "social protection floor" for the world's poor.read more »
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Glaciers Under Attack From Ice Thieves3 Feb 13:09 | World Criminal gangs are becoming a threat to the world’s glaciers, which are already receding as a result of climate change, the United Nations said, citing a case in Chile where police are investigating the theft of some 5,000 kilograms of millennia-old ice from the Jorge Montt glacier.read more »
| Employment Improves in January as Jobless Rate Declines to 8.3 Percent3 Feb 08:54 | USA News Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent as the economy created some 243,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department said Friday.read more »
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Madonna Pledge: No 'Wardrobe Malfunctions' During Super Bowl Performance3 Feb 08:44 | Sports Pop queen Madonna on Thursday pledged to keep her clothes on during her scheduled halftime show for Super Bowl XLVI, adding she's never worked so hard to prepare for a performance.read more »
| Surface Of Mars Unlikely Place For Life After 600 million Year Drought3 Feb 13:31 | SciTech Scientists say Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surfaceread more »
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Initiative Aims To Harness Social Media To Fight Hunger3 Feb 13:15 | World The World Food Programme (WFP) is launching a week-long campaign in which users of the popular online trivia game Freerice can recruit their friends to help bring food to the world’s most vulnerable populations. read more »
| Concern Over Fresh Round Of Killings In South Sudan3 Feb 12:58 | World The United Nations human rights office has voiced concern over a cattle raid in a northern state of South Sudan earlier this week, which led to 78 deaths and numerous injuries among civilians, most of whom were women and children.read more »
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Holder Denies DOJ Covered Up 'Fast and Furious' Operation2 Feb 14:56 | US Politics and Govt Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday denied the Justice Department engaged in a "cover-up" of a gun running operation that saw thousands of guns from the United States "walk" into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.read more »
| Facebook Not Such Good Thing For People With Low Self-Esteem2 Feb 12:28 | SciTech People with low self-esteem seem to behave counterproductively on Facebook, bombarding their friends with negative tidbits about their lives and making themselves less likeable, according to a new study.read more »
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Report: Obama Administration Plans Turnover of Taliban Leaders in Gitmo2 Feb 11:36 | US Politics and Govt The Obama administration is taking "operational steps" to move five Taliban leaders from Guantanamo Bay as part of an effort to promote peace talks with the Afghan Taliban.read more »
| Child Abuse And Neglect Cost The United States $124 billion2 Feb 11:29 | USA News The total lifetime estimated financial costs associated with just one year of confirmed cases of child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect) is approximately $124 billion, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.read more »
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