Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control
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Reuters - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in New York and Boston will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control. Police mass at scene of Occupy protest in Washington
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Reuters - Police officers wearing helmets and carrying shields arrived at the site where protesters with the "Occupy" movement have been staging a demonstration since October, but it was not immediately clear whether they would evict the protesters. Komen reverses move to cut Planned Parenthood funding
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Reuters - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation backed down from its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, following a massive outcry by supporters of the world's largest breast cancer charity. Class War 2012: Why Both Parties Are Flying the Anti-Wall Street Banner
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Time.com - Gingrich ended his campaign against Romney in Florida with the same message strategy that Romney's senior advisers had used in another Republican primary two years earlier: Attack Goldman Sachs. There was a good reason Inside Facebook's IPO: How the Social Web Will Reshape the Economy
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Time.com - Facebook's IPO -- the largest in Internet history -- is a once-in-a-generation milestone in the evolution of the web |
For mentally ill, care in jail often out of reach
A man who was declared suicidal by a New Mexico jail and alleges he was then left to rot in solitary confinement for nearly two years is just one of many former inmates who say they were denied essential mental health services while incarcerated at that detention center, which like others across the country has struggled with how to treat the mentally ill. Indiana election chief found guilty of voter fraud
Indiana's top elections official could lose his job and his freedom after jurors convicted him of multiple voter fraud-related charges on Saturday. Did alleged homeless slayer kill woman, son?
 Prosecutors plan to file two more murder charges against an ex-Marine accused of killing four homeless men in Southern California.
One dead, two hurt after Marine base explosion
One person was killed and at least two injured after an explosion at a Marine Corps base in Coleville, California, NBC News reported Saturday. American aid worker in Libya: US bars my return
 U.S. citizen Jamal Tarhuni went to his native Libya to conduct aid work and now finds himself prevented from flying home by American officials for mysterious reasons.
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