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AP - Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment's fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall.
AP - Tom Brady felt the power of the New York Giants' pass rushers when he was sacked five times in their first Super Bowl confrontation.
AP - Senegal's highest court ruled Friday the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's election, a deep blow to the country's opposition, which has vowed to take to the streets if the aging leader does not step aside.
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 primary.
AP - Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.
AP - The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simulator training on a home computer and a plan to flee the country, but no plane.
AP - Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a frantic 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials.
AP - A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said.
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 in a 10-month revolt.
AP - The American economy may not be truly healthy yet, but it's healing.
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While Apple are enjoying record profits this past quarter, Apple's factories in China routinely put workers in danger, with horrifying consequences. The New York Times reports that in the past year, four people died from burns and many others were injured in two explosions at Apple's factories.
A former Apple executive admits,
Most people would still be really disturbed if they saw where their iPhone comes from.
Your take: Will this news change anything? Or do most people care more about a new iPhone than about workers in China?
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott were left no choice but to leave a restaurant under security escort, where they were attending a Aus day ceremony, after about 200 aborigines started a raucous outside.
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012, the Kentucky State Police Richmond Post conducted a drug roundup in Lee County.
Politics Staff Feature
It turns out that Obama's speech was a roaring success with viewers. CBS polled speech-watchers and found that 91% approved of Obama's plans. Only 9% disapproved - perhaps the same 9% who currently approve of Congress.
Your take: What did you think of Obama's speech? Did his plans make sense to you?
A man who spent two years in solitary confinement after getting arrested for DWI was awarded $22 million for suffering inhumane treatment in New Mexico's Dona Ana County Jail.
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Is Nancy Pelosi sitting on another bombshell that could blow up Gingrich's presidential campaign? That's the biggest story right now at Glen Bleck's site The Blaze.
Pelosi said Tuesday,
He's not going to be President of the United States. That's not going to happen. ... There is something I know.
Politico's report that Pelosi's comments were misinterpreted is now their most-read story. Pelosi says that actually her secret knowledge isn't so secret, because she's just referring to Newt's Congressional ethics violations, which are part of the public record.
Weigh in: Should the media stop focusing on scandals about Gingrich?
Politics Staff Feature
How long would it take you to earn $21 million dollars, Mitt Romney's annual income? You can find out using this handy calculator from left-leaning op-ed site Slate.
Say you earn $30,000 per year, it would take you 722 years to make what Mitt made in 2010.
And Mitt can earn your $30,000 salary in 12 hours and 7 minutes.
Try the calculator: Ready for class warfare, anyone?
Four police officers, including the president of the local police union, were arrested by the FBI on Tuesday on charges that they assaulted illegal immigrants and created false reports to cover up abuses in a New Haven suburb where a federal investigation found life was made miserable for Hispanics.
A young mother in eastern China has cut her son's penis because she wanted a girl, a media report said Tuesday.
