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Va. governor opposes invasive ultrasound
USA TODAY
By Michael Winter, USA TODAY Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said he opposes requiring women to undergo an invasive ultrasound procedure before having an abortion. He is proposing that women seeking an abortion must undergo an external sonogram first but ...
Va Gov. McDonnell balks at bill requiring transvaginal ultrasounds for women ...Washington Post
Gov. McDonnell balks at contentious abortion billBoston.com
Governor of Virginia Calls for Changes in Abortion BillNew York Times
CBS News
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TPM
Students sue over pepper-spraying at UC Davis
CBS News
A video still from the viral video "Police pepper spraying and arresting students at UC Davis." (YouTube/terrydatiger) SAN FRANCISCO - The University of California, Davis is facing a federal lawsuit filed by students who were pepper-sprayed during a ...
UC Davis protesters sue over pepper sprayingSan Francisco Chronicle
UC Davis students sue over pepper spraying by campus policeLos Angeles Times
California students sue over pepper-spray incidentUSA TODAY
San Jose Mercury News
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former chief of the International Monetary Fund, was released Wednesday from police custody in northern France after undergoing two days of questioning about an alleged prostitution ring.

Adam Brooks says that while there is no cure for this chronic illness that affects the brain, it can be managed and recovery is possible.

ABC7Chicago.com
Quinn's bad news budget: 'our rendezvous with reality has arrived'
Chicago Tribune
SPRINGFIELD— Shutting down the super-maximum prison already is drawing plaudits from groups across the county that contend the conditions at Tamms are so harsh that it qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment. John Maki, executive director of the John ...
Quinn to outline budget WednesdayABC7Chicago.com
LIVE: Quinn Budget AddressNBC Chicago
Illinois Gov. Quinn ready to deliver grim budget newsSTLtoday.com
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Los Angeles Times
Five dead in murder-suicide at Korean spa in suburban Atlanta
Los Angeles Times
By Michael Muskal Five people were dead Wednesday morning after a gunman entered a Korean health spa in suburban Atlanta, got into an argument and then opened fire before turning the weapon on himself. Norcross police were continuing their ...
Police: Victims related in Korean spa shootingBoston.com
Gunman kills 5 in murder-suicide at spa in GeorgiaUSA TODAY
Police: Ga. victims related in Korean spa shootingNewsOK.com

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Ted Turner: Congress is trying to do an end run to OK the Keystone oil pipeline, which could mean disastrous toxic spills and poisoned water.

"My friends think just because we live in Hawaii, we live in paradise. We're all just out here sipping mai tais, shaking our hips and catching waves. Are they insane?" While an Oscar-nominated picture requires the kind of conflict that George Clooney's character implies with this line from "The Descendants," your vacation getaway doesn't.

BBC News
Deadly Argentina train crash in Buenos Aires
BBC News
Several people have been killed and some 550 injured in a commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. Local reporters say they saw 12 bodies removed from the wreckage, with dozens of people still trapped.
Hundreds injured as Argentine train slams into busy station during morning commuteWashington Post
Argentine Train Slams Into Station, Passengers DieNPR
Argentine train slams into station, 100s injuredHouston Chronicle
BusinessWeek
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Sydney Morning Herald
Jurors get murder case of ex-Va. lacrosse player
The Associated Press
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jurors in the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player began deliberations Wednesday, deciding whether he battered his ex-girlfriend to death in a drunken, jealous rage or if his intent to simply talk ...
Jurors in Yeardley Love murder trial returning to workUSA TODAY
George Huguely Trial: Jury Begins DeliberationsABC News
Murder case of former University of Virginia lacrosse player goes to jurorsFox News
Bloomberg -Washington Times -NPR
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At least 250 people were injured in a train crash Wednesday in Buenos Aires, state media reported.

Fox News
Obama's Revisits Re-Election “Fairness” Theme with Corporate Taxes
Fox News
Obama's Revisits Re-Election “Fairness” Theme with Corporate Taxes; Santorum Brings Conservative Bad Boy Appeal to Debate Tax 'Fairness' is in the Eye of the Beholder "The effective tax rate on the energy industry in the United States today is much, ...
Obama to offer corporate tax reform planCNN International
Obama wants to cut corporate tax rate to 28% as part of overhaulLos Angeles Times
Obama Readies Plan to Cut Corporate Tax RateBloomberg
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CBC.ca
At least seven die in Afghan protests over mistaken Koran-burning
Los Angeles Times
REPORTING FROM KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- Anti-American protests flared for a second day Wednesday over the inadvertent burning of copies of the Koran by US personnel at a military base north of Kabul, and at least seven people were killed in the ongoing ...
7 Killed in Afghan Protests Over Quran BurningABC News
7 killed in protests over Quran burning in AfghanistanUSA TODAY
Hamid Karzai uses Koran protests to push US into handing over Bagram prisonTelegraph.co.uk
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Four more bodies were found aboard the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, Italian civil protection officials said Wednesday, more than a month after the cruise liner struck rocks off the coast of Italy.

Globe and Mail
How about Santorum vs. Obama, winner take all?
Los Angeles Times
America, it's time for a little presidential poker. Republicans and Democrats need to go "all in" on Rick Santorum vs. President Obama. Yep, it's "put up or shut up" time for all you political Texas hold 'em folks out there.
2012 Campaign: The Harshest and Sharpest Attacks Of GOP RaceABC News
10 politicians who could save the GOPPolitico
Gingrich targets Obama in attempt to climb back into GOP raceFox News
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USA TODAY
Ashes-to-ashes: Lent starts today
Philadelphia Inquirer
Shown are the hands of Reverend Claire Nevin-Field with container of ashes. Saint Peter's Church at 313 Pine St in center city Philadelphia sent two priests to Market St. East on Ash Wednesday to provide ashes for morning commuters as they make their ...
Ash Wednesday 2012: Lent begins around the worldWashington Post
Lent begins Christians' countdown to EasterOregonLive.com
Berea's St. Thomas Episcopal Church takes Ash Wednesday to the streetsPlain Dealer
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BBC News
Journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik die in Homs
BBC News
Two prominent Western journalists have been killed in the Syrian city of Homs in the latest violence in the besieged city which left 20 people dead. Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin, an American, and award-winning French photographer Remi Ochlik died ...
Remi Ochlik: I expected to see horrible things. Yes, I was afraidThe Guardian
France demands access to Homs for injuredReuters
Syria Shelling Kills 2 Western JournalistsVoice of America
Christian Science Monitor -TIME -Telegraph.co.uk
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Bloomberg
Chris Christie to Warren Buffett: Just 'shut up'
CNN
By Charles Riley @CNNMoney February 22, 2012: 9:41 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Outspoken New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had some rather harsh words for billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Tuesday. During a discussion with CNN's Piers Morgan about ...
Christie: Santorum's Satan remarks are 'relevant'USA TODAY
Your comments: Gov. Christie's proposal would add more than $300M to N.J. ...The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Christie proposes $32.1 billion N.J. budget with slight increases in spendingPhiladelphia Inquirer
NJ TODAY -Politico -The Hill
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CTV.ca
Russia: Israeli attack on Iran will bring catastrophe
Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS 02/22/2012 15:12 After UN nuclear watchdog declares collapse in talks with Tehran, Russian FM says military action would have dangerous consequences; Khamenei: "Pressures, sanctions and assassinations will bear no fruit.
Russia warns Israel not to attack IranReuters
IAEA mission to Iran ends in failure; Iran still defiantWashington Post
Nuclear watchdog team disappointed after Iran visitCNN
Christian Science Monitor -BusinessWeek -TIME
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Two days of talks in Iran went nowhere and the frustration of the global nuclear watchdog agency was palpable in the terse statement it issued afterward.