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• Syria Said to Continue Onslaught

  New York Times - Found 1 hour ago BEIRUT, Lebanon Reports of assaults by Syrian forces against several major rebellious areas across the country continued for a sixth day on Thursday, despite attempts by Russias leaders to fend off international criticism that their newest diplomatic intervention was doing nothing effective to stop ... U.N. considers Arab League plan for joint Syria mission as attacks escalate - CNN Syria forces continue weeklong assault on Homs - CBS News Envoys seek to end Syria slaughter - CNN Explore All

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• There's no such thing as coronations in presidential politics. It's meant to be a long process.

  Time - Found 46 minutes ago MITT ROMNEY, GOP presidential frontrunner, indicating that he's prepared to wage a more aggressive campaign in order to win the nomination PHOTOS: The campaign trail - USA Today Romney predicts long battle for GOP nomination - MSNBC Gingrich goes home turf after drubbing - CNN Explore All

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• 911 Response Probed in Powell Killings

  Time - Found 3 hours ago (TACOMA, Wash.) - Emergency call logs show that nearly eight minutes elapsed between when a social worker called 911 to report that Josh Powell's children were in danger and when sheriff's deputies were dispatched. By the time officers were on their way, the home was exploding in a gas-fueled ... Powell boys? grandfather: ?I just couldn?t fathom it? - CNN 911 Calls Before Powell Murder-Suicide Reveal Friends, Family's Concern - Time 'Epidemic' of rape in the U.S. military - CNN Explore All

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• Former JFK intern: 'I was sort of swept into this web'

  MSNBC - Found 1 hour ago By says her 18 month affair with President John F. Kennedy was glamorous and fun, but also says the experience revealed a darker side of the king of Camelot. I was sort of swept into this web, Alford told in an exclusive interview broadcast Wednesday night on NBC's with . The handsome president, his ... JFK Intern Interview?s Top Moments - Daily Beast Books of The Times: ?Once Upon a Secret?: Mimi Alford on Her Affair With Kennedy - New York Times Video: JFK?s Intern: ?He kept asking me if I was all right? - MSNBC Explore All

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• Life in Antarctic lake Vostok? It's everywhere else

  FOXNews.com - Found 1 hour ago WASHINGTON ?  If scientists find microbes in a frigid lake two miles beneath the thick ice of Antarctica, it will illustrate once again that somehow life finds a way to survive in the strangest and harshest places. And it will offer hope that life exists beyond Earth. Russian researchers reported ... VIDEO: Russia finds vast sub-glacial lake - BBC Long-buried Antarctic lake reached - CNN Watch: Scientists Reach Subglacial Freshwater Lake - ABC News Explore All

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• Airbus A380 Fleet Needs Full Inspection of Wings Amid Cracks

  BusinessWeek - Found 6 hours ago 2:13 AM EST By (Adds analyst comment from fourth paragraph.) Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Airlines were ordered to inspect all operating Airbus SAS A380 aircraft, as Europes air safety regulator escalates required checks after the wings of the double-decker superjumbo developed cracks. The directive by the ... Qantas, Korean Air check A380s for wing cracks - Reuters VIDEO: A380 wing crack checks to be extended - BBC Qantas A380 Grounded After Cracking Found in Wing Parts - BusinessWeek Explore All

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• Ousted Maldives president says he "will be in jail tomorrow"

  MSNBC - Found 45 minutes ago Ishara S.Kodikara / AFP - Getty Images Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is pictured on a screen as he speaks to reporters at his residence in the capital Male on Feb. 9, 2012. Reuters reports from  MALE  ? The former president of the Maldives sat inside his house awaiting arrest ... Ousted Maldives president faces arrest - CNN Maldives Court Issues Warrants for Former President - New York Times Maldives court orders arrest of ousted president: Party official - Al Ahram Explore All

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• The Learning Network Blog: 6 Q's About the News | Proposition 8 Struck Down

  New York Times - Found 2 hours ago Jim Wilson/The New York TimesOpponents of Proposition 8 demonstrated outside the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday in San Francisco. The court ruled that the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage violated the Constitution. Go to related article »6 Q?s About the ... The Future of Gay Marriage - Daily Beast Gay marriage wins final legislative passage in Washington state - Al Ahram Vote Moves Washington State Closer to Gay Marriage - New York Times Explore All

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• Birth Control Is Covered, and G.O.P. Vows a Fight

  New York Times - Found 10 hours ago WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans, seizing on the type of social issue that motivates and unifies their base, stepped forcefully Wednesday into the battle over an Obama administration rule requiring health insurance plans provided by Catholic universities and charities to offer free birth control ... GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy - USA Today Letters: The Debate Over the Birth Control Rule - New York Times Explore All

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• Video: KTH: President Obama's super PAC switch

  CNN - Found 9 hours ago President Obama said he opposed super PACs, but now his campaign is encouraging donations to a super PAC supporting him. Obama officials to avoid lobbyist-hosted fundraisers - USA Today Obama aides will avoid lobbyist-hosted events - USA Today Explore All

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