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National Post
Navy wants commando 'mothership' in Middle East
Washington Post
The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats. In response to requests from US Central Command, which oversees military ...
Navy converting ship into floating commando base in Middle EastFox News
Navy Plans to Make Base From Old ShipNew York Times
US plans to send 'floating commando base' to Mideast, documents showHaaretz
AFP -Daily Beast
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ABC News
Feisty Gingrich Stakes Campaign on Electability
ABC News
Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on one idea: that he is best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Even some of his supporters seem to be struggling to buy the former House speaker's claim, an indication that chief rival Mitt ...
Rubio remains man in the middle in Florida primaryDesMoinesRegister.com
Leadership Scramble: GOP Rivals Vie For TitleNPR
In GOP address, Rubio rebuts Obama's State of the UnionLocal 10

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USA TODAY
Azarenka routs Sharapova for Australian Open title
USA TODAY
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 Saturday night to win the Australian Open and take over the women's No. 1 ranking, all in her first Grand Slam final. By Mark Dadswell, Getty Images Victoria Azarenka of ...
Victoria Azarenka beats Maria Sharapova for Australian Open titleLos Angeles Times
Factbox: Australian Open champion Victoria AzarenkaReuters
Azarenka routs Sharapova to win Australian titleFox News

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BBC News
Syria rebels gain foothold in Damascus
BBC News
By Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor, Damascus When the BBC team approached a checkpoint set up by the rebel Free Syria Army in the suburbs of Damascus, masked men with Kalashnikov assault rifles and hand grenades moved towards us - a few of them ...
Activists: Shells hit oil pipeline in east SyriaThe Associated Press
Syria: Gulf-backed activists stormed Cairo embassyFox News

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Los Angeles Times
California high court backs panel's new state Senate districts
Los Angeles Times
Even if a GOP-backed proposal to scrap the new plan qualifies for the November ballot, the map produced by a citizens commission is 'clearly the most appropriate' for the election, the court says. Justice Goodwin Liu cautioned that the ruling may have ...
Cuomo says he will veto NY redistricting planWall Street Journal
Court uphold newly drawn state Senate districtsSan Francisco Chronicle
State high court allows new political maps: Decision likely means Sen ...San Jose Mercury News
MiamiHerald.com -Sacramento Bee -NY1
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USA TODAY
Former Boston Mayor Kevin White, who led city during racially turbulent 1970s ...
Washington Post
BOSTON — Kevin H. White, a four-term mayor who led Boston through years of racial violence and economic stagnation and was credited with putting the city on a path to prosperity, has died. He was 82. White, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's ...
Former Mayor Kevin Hagan White dies at 82Boston.com
Former Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82Reuters
Ex-Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82CBS News

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The Guardian
'Barefoot Bandit' gets prison and movie deal | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2012-01-28
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Manuel Valdes AP SEATTLE - A federal judge sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 61/2 years in prison Friday for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.
"Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years of federal timeReuters
'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 yearsFox News
'Barefoot Bandit' gets federal sentenceLos Angeles Times
The Guardian -ABC News
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ABC News
US, South Korea plan first joint drills since Kim Jong Il's death
Los Angeles Times
REPORTING FROM SEOUL -- Ready to test the diplomacy waters of North Korea's new regime, the militaries of the US and South Korea will hold their annual joint exercise next month, a drill that Pyongyang has previously called a provocative act, ...
North Korea threatens to punish mobile-phone users as 'war criminals'Telegraph.co.uk
SKorea Staging Artillery Drills at Border IslandABC News
South Korea allows first private group to take aid to North Korea since Kim ...Washington Post
Herald Sun
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Globe and Mail
Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters, associates say
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, said three people ...
Paul hunts for GOP delegates in MaineCBS News
Ron Paul denies report that he approved newslettersUSA TODAY
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: The Ron Paul EffectFox News
San Francisco Chronicle
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Wall Street Journal
Obama Details Plan to Curb Tuition
Wall Street Journal
By LAURA MECKLER and STEPHANIE BANCHERO ANN ARBOR, Mich.—President Obama unveiled on Friday his most ambitious effort yet to address public concern about soaring college costs, but he left unclear key details on cost and implementation that could ...
Obama puts 'colleges on notice'Appleton Post Crescent
College presidents wary of Obama cost-control planThe Associated Press

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