February 2012
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer endorses Mitt Romney for president on @MeetthePress - via @BetsyMTP
More: At least 2 demonstrators killed in northern Afghanistan in 6th day of protests over Quran burning, Afghan officials say - @AP
7 US military trainers wounded as protesters in Kunduz, Afghanistan throw grenade at their base, provincial police chief says - @Reuters
Explosion outside NATO base in northern Afghanistan, no word on casualties, NATO says - @Reuters
Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital and is returning home, South African Presidency confirms - @PresidencyZA
Afghan interior ministry says it suspects one of its employees may have killed 2 US officers, is working to arrest him - @Reuters
RT @AymanM: Session underway with court clerk reading names of defendants. some #egyptians present no foreigners so far present. #ngotri …
Nelson Mandela underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy while in hospital, South African defense minister confirms - @NBCNews
Update: At least 2 die in Nigeria church suicide bombing, witnesses say bomber rammed car into the building before detonating - @Reuters
Counter-terrorism officials name Abdul Saboor as main suspect in the killing of 2 senior US NATO officers - @BBCNews http://t.co/lFRmlA2L
Suicide car bomber targets major church during service in restive central Nigeria, officials say - @AP
Update: No immediate reports of damage from Siberia earthquake, hit at depth 7.3 miles - USGS via AP http://t.co/seWSjyeK
Update: 6.8-magnitude quake centered 58 miles east of Kyzyl, Russia, at depth of 33.2 miles - USGS via Reuters
6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Russian Siberia, near Mongolia border - USGS via Reuters
N. Korea threatens retaliatory strike if provoked by US-S. Korea military drills - AP http://t.co/KixfS4pp
Syria polls open amid violence for vote on constitution that could end one-party rule - @AJE http://t.co/zWZwEwpZ
3,000 Malaysians protest against Australia miner Lynas’ rare earth refinery - @AP http://t.co/2NXVQmdi
2 rebels, 2 children killed in Philippine clash with army - @AP http://t.co/5nFhw7iS
Update: Taiwan earthquake causes minor property damage in Pingtung - @AP http://t.co/aT0T5Fuk
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Arizona GOP House Candidate Compares Obama's... →
Arizona congressional candidate Frank Antenori compared Barack Obama’s presidency to Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, telling a Tea Party crowd this week to “imagine…having your country taken from you and then having to fight for it to get it back. We’re at that point here in this country.”
Antenori made the specious comparison in front of approximately 500 Arizonans on Wednesday at...
Court rules statute of limitations has expired on the corruption trial of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, case ends - @AP
Update: 2 Westerners killed in Afghan interior ministry are Americans, Afghan officials say - @NBCNews
Al-Qaida claim responsibility for car bomb attack in south Yemen that killed 26, al-Qaida source says - @Reuters
2 Westerners gunned down inside the interior ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul, security sources say - @Reuters
Admission of Nelson Mandela to hospital was not an emergency and did not involve an operation, ANC spokesman says - @Reuters
Car explodes in attack on presidential palace in southern Yemen killing at least 2 dozen, eyewitnesses say - @Reuters
Officials say 6 Afghan soldiers die, 16 more wounded while trying to defuse roadside bomb - @AP
Police report 12 dead, 5 wounded in attack on police headquarters in a northeastern Nigeria city previously targeted by Boko Haram - @AP
South African government confirms former President Nelson Mandela admitted to hospital with an abdominal complaint - @PresidencyZA
At least 15 people die as tourist bus carrying 33 crashes off a highway and plunges into a ravine in northern China - Xinhua via @AP
International Committee of the Red Cross says negotiations resumed with Syria to continue evacuations of those in need - @Reuters
Afghan security forces kill 1 protester as hundreds clash with security forces south of Kabul over the Quran burnings - @Reuters
Yemen’s Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi takes oath to replace Ali Abdullah Saleh as president as part of power transfer deal - @Reuters
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“It was not an accident, not a mistake. Those acts were meant to cross one of the...”
– Julia McClure, one of the prosecutors in the Tyler Clementi spying case, in her opening statement, according to the New York Times. (via ruthoutspoken)
Hamilton, Mass., cop kills self after shooting Beverly cop, officials say - @BostonHerald http://t.co/AdPWRRuF
4.4-magnitude earthquake strikes northern California coast - @LATimes http://t.co/XyLaeKml
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Mitt Romney's Stadium Speech Dwarfed by Obama's... →
At this very moment, Mitt Romney is holding an event at Ford Stadium which has failed to attract enough people to come even close to filling it up (in fact, you could fit Romney’s 1,200 person crowd in the 65,000-seat stadium 54 times over). His campaign scrambled to make the event look as full as possible, but largely failed. Photo via Byron York:
Meanwhile, during the same period in the...
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Mitt Romney Fails His Own Test of Fiscal... →
Mitt Romney has previously announced his support for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget. But balancing the budget is more than just an economic platform for the former governor. In campaign speeches, Romney equates fiscal responsibility with moral responsibility, deeming it immoral to spend more than you take in.
A series of ads lift excerpts from a speech Romney gave in...
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Five Georgia Senators Want to Go Against the... →
The Constitution provides that acts of Congress “shall be the supreme law of the land” which is why states do not have the power to ignore federal law. Nevertheless, five Georgia state senators — including Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R) and senate President Pro Tempore Tommie Williams (R) — apparently do not believe that the Constitution applies to them. All five lawmakers introduced a...
Police: RFK son arrested in Westchester, NY, hospital maternity unit clash, tried to take his newborn http://t.co/4QI9atrW
Laurelville, Ohio, mom accused of giving kids heroin apprehended - Logan Daily News http://t.co/cDqS6Kuy
Military jury: Marine not guilty of hazing Hawaii-based lance corporal who killed himself in Afghanistan - @AP http://t.co/OkNWWl7p
Bank failure update: Home Savings of Little Falls, Minn., 11th closure of 2012. FDIC OKs depositor payouts. http://t.co/v1ccwYvh
US military identifies all 7 Marines killed in helicopter collision near Yuma, Arizona - @nbcsandiego, @AP http://t.co/Ix50ozXx
RT @washingtonpost: #BREAKINGNEWS Secret cable warned of rebel havens, could be ‘deal breaker’ to early US Afghan exit: http://t.co/xecYkVkR
Red Cross says 20 more Syrian women, children evacuated from Baba Amro district of Homs; hopes evacuation to continue Saturday - @Reuters
White supremacist found guilty in 2004 Scottsdale, Arizona, bombing; twin brother found not guilty - @azcentral http://t.co/6mYMVUU1
Update: San Francisco International Airport resumes normal operations; no arrests made - @abc7newsBayArea http://t.co/lwzBPttG
S&P 500 Index closes at highest level since June 2008 - @nytimes