Romney looks to squelch Santorum in 2 states (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:47:25 GMT
AP - Republican presidential challenger Rick Santorum is hoping that his weeks of criticism of GOP front-runner Mitt Romney will pay off Tuesday when Colorado and Minnesota hold nominating caucuses. Romney, in turn, is looking to continue his winning streak after back-to-back victories in Florida and Nevada last week.

Russian FM in Syria amid escalating violence (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:25:17 GMT
AP - Syrian forces renewed their assault on the flashpoint city of Homs Tuesday as Russia's foreign minister stressed the need for reform and dialogue during talks in Damascus with President Bashar Assad about the country's escalating violence.

Dad who killed self, sons in blaze left voicemail (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:53 GMT
AP - Before setting his house ablaze and killing himself and his two young sons, Josh Powell left a voicemail for family members saying he couldn't live without the boys and didn't want to go on anymore.

Iran calls new US sanctions 'psychological war' (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:23:07 GMT
AP - Iran on Tuesday dismissed the new U.S. sanctions, saying they are part of a "psychological war" meant to sow discontent among Iranians and insisting the measures would not halt the country's nuclear program.

New York to fete Giants with parade up Broadway (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:53:19 GMT
AP - The New York Giants are returning from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.

Ex-Sen. Bob Kerrey not running again for Neb. seat (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:39:48 GMT
AP - Former Sen. Bob Kerrey said Tuesday he will not run for the Nebraska Senate seat he gave up more than a decade ago, shutting down hopes for a bid both parties called Democrats' best chance to hold the seat but that Kerrey himself described as a longshot.

Staff removed at LA school during abuse probe (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:07:13 GMT
AP - The entire staff at a Los Angeles elementary school is being removed while authorities investigate horrific allegations of sexual abuse by two of the school's teachers, one of whom is accused of blindfolding children, taping their mouths and photographing them in a classroom.

Obama to seek more Alzheimer's research money (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:03:11 GMT
AP - The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.

Marines practice amphibious war, storm US beaches (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:37:38 GMT
AP - A small group of Marines trudged onto the beach sands in pitch-black night with an armada of U.S. Navy warships sailing just off the shore. Their mission: root out insurgents that threatened to attack another American force to the south.

Britain marks Charles Dickens' 200th birthday (AP)
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:56 GMT
AP - He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks. He created characters still known to millions — Ebeneezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, Pip and Miss Havisham, Fagin and Oliver Twist. And it made him a star, mobbed by fans on both sides of the Atlantic.