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Published
February 22, 2012

Report: Crime at U.S. public schools on the decline

The National School Safety Center reports that violent crime is declining, and students and schools are reporting less bullying and gang activity.
Published
February 22, 2012

Divers in Italy find 8 more cruise-ship bodies

Divers searching the capsized Costa cruise ship found eight more bodies Wednesday, including that of a missing 5-year-old girl. Seven people are still missing.
Published
February 22, 2012

Poll: Santorum surges, but Obama leads Republicans

Rick Santorum is now running even with Mitt Romney on the Republican side, but neither candidate is faring well against President Obama, a new survey shows.
Published
February 22, 2012

One of oldest San Francisco quake survivors dies at 109

Rose Cliver was 3 at the time and remembers watching fires burn much of the city.
Published
February 22, 2012

Fake debt collectors bilked millions from U.S. residents

CHICAGO — An international phone scam in which callers in India posed as debt collectors bilked millions of dollars out of more than 10,000 U.S. residents by using threats of arrest or even the loss of their jobs, U.S. authorities said Tuesday. The callers, who apparently coordinated with someone in the United States, drew on […]

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Published
February 22, 2012

High court takes on affirmative action

The Supreme Court justices will review the use of race as a factor in college admissions.
Published
February 22, 2012

Financial crisis in Europe: Pain but no gain?

In nations that enacted austerity measures, government debt is rising faster than ever.
Published
February 22, 2012

Syria pounds Homs; at least 30 people killed

BEIRUT — Food and water are running dangerously low in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, with frantic cries for help from residents amid government shelling that pounded rebel strongholds and killed at least 30 people Tuesday, activists said. Shells reportedly rained down on rebellious districts at a rate of 10 per minute at one […]
Published
February 22, 2012

Vermont leaders back away from renewable energy goals

Two key legislators say businesses are worried about higher costs and that the 2017 state goal is unreachable.
Published
February 22, 2012

Mogul hints he could give ‘$100 million’ to pro-Gingrich PAC

WASHINGTON — The billionaire casino mogul whose massive donations to a “super PAC” have kept alive the presidential ambitions of Newt Gingrich is finally speaking publicly about his role in this presidential race. In a cover story interview with Forbes magazine, Sheldon Adelson suggested he might give as much as “$100 million to Gingrich.” He […]