Giants beat Patriots 21-17 to win the Super Bowl (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:58:49 GMT
AP - Elite and Eli. One and the same.

Fire kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 boys (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:31:36 GMT
AP - Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his wife vanished.

After UN veto, US floats coalition on Syria (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:46:07 GMT
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.

NYC protest gets heated when Yemen leader is seen (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:56:38 GMT
AP - A protest against embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside a luxury hotel in New York got heated Sunday when demonstrators saw him leave the building, with one charging toward him and another throwing a shoe.

GOP race turns to Colorado, Minnesota (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:32:20 GMT
AP - Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine.

Egypt to try 19 Americans in case straining ties (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:14:50 GMT
AP - Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt has referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest in the country.

Former Panamanian dictator Noriega hospitalized (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:55:13 GMT
AP - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who was toppled by a 1989 American invasion and later convicted of drug running, was transferred from prison to a hospital on Sunday because of extreme hypertension, health officials said.

Just a bluff? Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:39:25 GMT
AP - For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent — an action that many fear might trigger a wider war, terrorism and global economic havoc.

Brown U. student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:44:29 GMT
AP - The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats.

M.I.A. flips bird during Super Bowl halftime show (AP)
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:35:35 GMT
AP - For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime extravaganza a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. is likely to be the most remembered piece of the show.