Fiery charges: Romney, Santorum assail each other (AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:50:56 GMT
AP - Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum traded fiery accusations about health care, spending earmarks and federal bailouts Wednesday night in the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Poll: Obama benefiting from improving economy (AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:54:58 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction and most independents now approve the way he's addressing the nation's post-recession period.

Early morning attacks across Baghdad kill 31 (AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:38:19 GMT
AP - Iraqi officials say a string of morning attacks across Baghdad has killed at least 31 people.

Obama administration seeks online privacy rules (AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:13:12 GMT
AP - The Obama administration is calling for stronger privacy protections for consumers as mobile gadgets, Internet services and other tools are able to do a better job of tracking what you do and where you go.

Teen arrested in flight ruckus sang of bin Laden (AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:57:05 GMT
AP - A Saudi Arabian teenager who authorities say swung his fist at a flight attendant, tried to hit passengers and mentioned Osama bin Laden during a flight to Houston was indicted Wednesday on charges of interfering with a plane crew.

FACT CHECK: Errant claims on auto bailout, taxes (AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:07:19 GMT
AP - Twenty Republican presidential debates later, the head-scratching claims kept coming.

Study: Colonoscopy cuts colon cancer death risk (AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:58:07 GMT
AP - Millions of people have endured a colonoscopy, believing the dreaded exam may help keep them from dying of colon cancer. For the first time, a major study offers clear evidence that it does.

Palin aides lash out at HBO's 'Game Change' (AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:56:08 GMT
AP - Current and former aides to Sarah Palin lashed out Wednesday at HBO's "Game Change," describing the upcoming film's depictions of her on the 2008 campaign trail as "sick" and inaccurate.

Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5M (AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:22:51 GMT
AP - Billy Wright plunked down dime after dime for comic books while growing up in the late 1930s and early 1940s, caring for the collection he started around the age of 9 until his death more than half a century later. On Wednesday, most of that collection sold for a whopping $3.5 million.

Lin, Knicks rout Hawks 99-82, head to Miami (AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:55:32 GMT
AP - Not much heat from the Hawks for Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks.