After UN veto, US floats coalition on Syria (AP)
AP – The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria’s opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N. attempt to end nearly 11 months of bloodshed, raising fears that violence will escalate. Rebel soldiers said force was now the only way to oust President Bashar Assad, while the regime vowed to press its military crackdown.
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After UN veto, US floats coalition on Syria
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Romney wins big in Nevada; Gingrich vows to fight on (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – In Nevada Saturday night, Mitt Romney won two big contests.
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Popular character actor Ben Gazzara dies in NY (AP)
AP – Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway and the film “The Big Lebowski,” has died at age 81.
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Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing (AP)
AP – To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.
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Romney cruises toward win in Nevada (Reuters)
Reuters – Republican front-runner Mitt Romney surged on Friday toward an apparent easy win in Nevada, with a new poll showing him beating rival Newt Gingrich by a 2-to-1 margin on the eve of the state’s presidential nominating contest.
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Egypt’s army, police blamed for deadly soccer riot (AP)
AP – Scores of Egyptian soccer fans were crushed to death while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated after being trapped in a long narrow corridor trying to flee rival fans armed with knives, clubs and stones, in the country’s worst ever soccer violence that killed at least 74 people, witnesses and health officials said Thursday.
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Sony sees $2.9 billion loss, new CEO says to move fast (Reuters)
Reuters – Ailing Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp warned it was heading for a bigger-than-expected $2.9 billion annual loss, presenting a daunting task for incoming CEO Kazuo Hirai, who vowed to move quickly to turn things around.
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‘They use you up’: Hall of Famer Dorsett suing NFL (AP)
AP – The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Cowboys-Eagles game, the hardest hit he ever took during his Hall of Fame NFL career.
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Turkey and Hamas grow close (AP)
AP – Ties between Turkey, NATO’s biggest Muslim member, and Hamas, the Islamic militant group that says Israel should not exist, are blossoming.
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Turkey and Hamas grow close
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