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Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control
(Reuters)
Reuters - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington 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.
Indianapolis officials urge Super Bowl crowds to play it safe
(Reuters)
Reuters - Indianapolis authorities called on Super Bowl celebrants to play it safe on Saturday night at festivities near the city's football stadium, after at least 10 people were injured the previous evening.
Mushroom pickers found in Oregon after six days lost
(Reuters)
Reuters - Three people out picking mushrooms who disappeared for six days in a southwest Oregon forest were recovering from their ordeal after being found on Saturday, authorities said.
Class War 2012: Why Both Parties Are Flying the Anti-Wall Street Banner
(Time.com)
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
(Time.com)
Time.com - Facebook's IPO -- the largest in Internet history -- is a once-in-a-generation milestone in the evolution of the web
Occupy Oakland night march largely peaceful
(Reuters)
Reuters - Over 100 anti-Wall Street protesters marched in Oakland on Saturday night, but avoided any major clashes with police just one week after a similar demonstration ended with over 400 arrests.
Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats?
(AP)
 AP - A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth.
GOP race turns to Colorado, Minnesota
(AP)
 AP - Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine.
11 injured in massive crowd for band LMFAO
(AP)
 AP - Overwhelming "human gridlock" in Indianapolis' Super Bowl Village was causing police to rethink crowd control Saturday on the eve of the big game.
SF's Dogpatch pier district braces for renewal
(AP)
AP - There's a hidden corner of the City by the Bay where rusted cranes used to build WWII battleships loom over dilapidated artist studios, where working-class fishermen bob up against first-class ocean liners docked for repair.
No more Naptown: Super Bowl boosts Indy's image
(AP)
 AP - Indianapolis was once called Naptown and India-No-Place for a reason.
Obama could alter stance of federal appeals courts
(AP)
 AP - A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation's appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings.
As colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug
(AP)
 AP - When US News & World Report debuted its list of "America's Best Colleges" nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they've had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves.
Scientists puzzled by region outside solar system
(AP)
 AP - A glimpse beyond our solar system reveals the neighborhood just outside the sun's influence is different and stranger than expected, scientists reported Tuesday.
Authorities: Stun gun used on woman at drive-thru
(AP)
AP - North Carolina authorities say they used a stun gun on a woman motorist who blocked a McDonald's drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because she cut in line.
Navy: 8 Calif.-based sailors discharged for hazing
(AP)
 AP - Eight sailors have been discharged from the Navy after a hazing incident aboard a San Diego-based amphibious assault ship that was captured on video and included the choking of a fellow sailor, a Navy spokesman said Saturday.
3 Ore. mushroom pickers rescued after 6 days lost
(AP)
 AP - Three mushroom pickers took refuge in a hollowed out tree after getting lost in an Oregon forest, fighting wintry chills for six days and drinking water from streams until a helicopter pilot spotted them.
Marine wife killed in Ca. explosion was Iowan, 31
(AP)
AP - A woman killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base was the 31-year-old wife of a U.S. Marine, and a mother of two from Hudson, Iowa, military officials said late Saturday.
Clinton calls for friends of Syria to unite
(AP)
 AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Sunday for "friends of democratic Syria" to unite and rally against President Bashar Assad's regime, previewing the possible formation of a formal group of likeminded nations to coordinate assistance to the Syrian opposition.
Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget
(AP)
 AP - When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer — "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. — she was so moved she sat in her car and wept.
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