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'Barefoot Bandit' gets 6-1/2 years for federal charges
Reuters
By Laura L. Myers | SEATTLE (Reuters) - A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a ...
US judge sentences 'Barefoot Bandit' to 6 1/2 years to be served concurrent ...Washington Post
'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prisonCNN
'Barefoot Bandit' Courtroom Drama Ends With 6-1/2 Year SentenceABC News
TIME -The Guardian
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The Guardian

Facebook Readies IPO Filing for As Soon As Next Week
Wall Street Journal
By SHAYNDI RAICE And RANDALL SMITH Facebook Inc. could file papers for its initial public offering as early as next week, people familiar with the matter said, as anticipation mounts for what is likely to be one of the biggest debuts for a US company.
Facebook IPO Could Value It Among Top CompaniesABC News
Facebook to file IPO listing detailsFinancial Times
Facebook Is Said to Plan IPO Filing for as Early as Next WeekBusinessWeek
Bloomberg
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CTV.ca

Fading Gingrich falls behind in polls
Reuters
By Jane Sutton | MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the Republican presidential race on Friday as two new polls showed him falling behind rival Mitt Romney, who was seen as the winner of the final debate before the Florida ...
Aggressive Mitt Romney gets the best of Newt Gingrich in Florida debateLos Angeles Times
Romney Joins Gingrich in Escalating Attacks Following DebateBusinessWeek
In Miami, Gingrich and Romney court Hispanic voteMiamiHerald.com
Washington Times -Boston.com
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CTV.ca

Syria violence kills over 40
Reuters
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis | AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks ...
Draft resolution calls for al-Assad to step downCNN
Violence surges in Syria as UN Security Council meetsWashington Post
UN Security Council discusses Syrian crisisThe Associated Press
ABC Online -BBC News
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Christian Science Monitor

Can California change US cars forever? New zero-emissions rules take aim.
Christian Science Monitor
California has adopted new rules that require 15 percent of all cars sold in the state to be electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen-powered by 2025. Perhaps surprisingly, automakers are onboard. By Daniel B. Wood, Staff writer / January 27, 2012 Plug-in ...
Environmentalists laud California's electric-car mandateUSA TODAY
New California rules require cleaner carsLos Angeles Times
California approves strict clean-fuel regulationSan Francisco Chronicle
Bloomberg -Fox Business -BusinessWeek
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Telegraph.co.uk

$13624 plus expenses - compensation for Costa survivors
Sydney Morning Herald
About 3000 survivors of Italy's cruise ship disaster will receive 11000 euros [$A13,624] each plus expenses, negotiators said two weeks after the accident which is feared to have killed up to 32 people. Navy divers blew new holes in the side of the ...
In cruise ship disaster, an SOS for lawyersReuters India
Costa cruise survivors offered €11000 eachThe Independent
Compensation offer for cruise ship passengersHerald Sun
WRAL.com -WSBT-TV
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ABC News

Long Road Ahead for Conn. Home Invasion Survivor
ABC News
How does a man move on with his life after losing his wife and daughters to two ruthless home invaders who tormented, then killed them? For more than four years, a nation both disgusted and captivated by a chilling crime in prototypical suburbia has ...
Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to deathSan Francisco Chronicle
Connecticut killer sentenced to die for "unimaginable horror"Reuters
Komisarjevsky denies blame as death sentence passedBBC News
WTNH
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ABC News

Workers Hurt in Collapse at Cincinnati Casino Site
ABC News
A floor collapsed into a V shape Friday at the construction site of a new casino, sending workers sliding to the ground and leaving at least a dozen with broken bones, bumps or bruises. Authorities said there were no life-threatening injuries in the ...
Several hurt in collapse at Cincinnati casino siteUSA TODAY
Cincinnati casino site partially collapses, injuring 12BBC News

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Globe and Mail

Associates: Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters
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, according to three ...
Ron Paul skipping Florida, in Maine looking for delegatesNECN
Paul braves snowy Maine in hunt for GOP delegatesSan Francisco Chronicle
Welch: Be nice to Paul, we need his supportersCNN (blog)
Morning Sentinel
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Deseret News

Answering questions about the LDS Church
Deseret News
By Linda & Richard Eyre, For the Deseret News Most LDS Church members are getting more questions these days, because the church is in the news like never before. With two presidential candidates (one just departed), with Broadway musicals parodying the ...
See you Latter: Sorting out pop culture's weird take on MormonsDenver Post
Many Americans uninformed, but still wary of Mormon beliefsUSA TODAY
In Romney's tax returns, details on Mormon titheThe Associated Press
New York Times
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