GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size (AP)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:10:45 GMT
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.

What we worry about when we worry about Greek debt (AP)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:03:42 GMT
AP - Remember Greece?

Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil (AP)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:11:36 GMT
AP - Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings and fired on crowds in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists said Friday.

Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor (AP)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:58:48 GMT
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.

'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years (AP)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:13:00 GMT
AP - After a two-year international crime spree in which he survived a handful of crash landings, Colton Harris-Moore — the infamous "Barefoot Bandit" — says he's lucky to be alive.

Student charged in Utah school bomb plot (AP)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:15:39 GMT
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.

Facebook IPO could value it among top companies (AP)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:20:39 GMT
AP - When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald's, Amazon.com and Bank of America.

Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists (AP)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:19:31 GMT
AP - Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. Very political.

Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing (AP)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:20:29 GMT
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.

James, Wade lead Heat over Knicks, 99-89 (AP)
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:59:00 GMT
AP - LeBron James scored 31 points, Dwyane Wade scored 28 in his return from a sprained right ankle, and the Miami Heat beat the 3-point-obsessed New York Knicks 99-89 on Friday night.