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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Charlotte Star.com http://www.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/154063713fe5da1f/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:53:17 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:53:17 -0500 30 Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will travel to Qatar on Monday for talks on the Taliban's plans to set up a representative office in the Gulf state, Pakistani officials have said. al http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203248496/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:40:17 -0500 ANI http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203248496/cs/1/ The United States has planned to keep its Special Operations forces, which hunt insurgent leaders and train local troops in Afghanistan, despite its decision to end the NATO mission in the war-torn na http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203248495/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:40:16 -0500 ANI http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203248495/cs/1/ A group of congressmen has sought the US citizenship for jailed Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi, who helped the CIA track down and kill former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden last year in his Abbottaba http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203248482/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:10:07 -0500 ANI http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203248482/cs/1/ Former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 White House contender Mitt Romney secured his third victory of the GOP primary season, as television networks declared him the winner of Nevada's first-in-th http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203248480/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:10:02 -0500 ANI http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203248480/cs/1/ Daniel Radcliffe had to go through an awkward moment during a TV interview in Los Angeles when a fan got down on one knee and asked him to marry her. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203247387/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:03 -0500 ANI http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203247387/cs/1/ Sam Arora is a Maryland state Delegate, Aaron "Ronnie" Chatterji served on President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) and Hari Kondabalu is a rising comedy star just back from an Indi http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203247384/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:50:04 -0500 IANS http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203247384/cs/1/ Anna Kournikova has sold her Miami Beach's gated Sunset Island house for 7.4 million dollars. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203245942/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:02 -0500 ANI http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203245942/cs/1/ Imams across Canada and the United States have issued a moral ruling condemning honour killings, domestic violence and misogyny as "un-Islamic." http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203245930/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:28 -0500 ANI http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203245930/cs/1/ Demi Moore, who has not been spotted since her recent health crisis, is reportedly in a treatment facility and not at her Los Angeles home, as was speculated. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244620/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:40:04 -0500 ANI http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244620/cs/1/ Versatile US actor Ben Gazzara died in a New York hospital of pancreatic cancer, The New York Times said. He was 81. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244596/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244596/cs/1/ As a UN Security Council draft resolution to pressure Syria failed after China and Russia voted against it, India said it backed the motion as it favoured resolving the crisis through a Syrian-led inc http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243118/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243118/cs/1/ SOFIA, Bulgaria (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, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250579/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:05:40 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250579/ HOPE MILLS, N.C. -; 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 ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250595/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:59:34 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250595/ February 5, 2012 In another example that we appear to be rapidly moving into a cashless society, Bank of America in California refused to accept cash for a mortgage payment. The manager of the bank ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250323/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:58:33 -0500 Prison Planet http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250323/ The treason of American Congress seems to know no bounds, as it has submitted an urgent official request to the Secretary of Transportation to invite potential remote-controlled war upon American ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250634/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:58:29 -0500 Prison Planet http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250634/ FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  — Florida's poor can use food stamps to buy staples like milk, vegetables, fruits and meat. But they can also use them to buy sweets like cakes, cookies and ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250792/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:55:57 -0500 Newsweek http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250792/ Entrepreneurs, your time is now.Today we launch our call for entries for the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge, our annual celebration of entrepreneurship, now in its 14th year. Sponsored by The ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250279/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:55:43 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250279/ OAKLAND, Calif. – Dozens of Occupy Oakland demonstrators burned an American flag and marched through the streets Saturday night, a week after police fired tear gas to quell violent ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250586/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:51:20 -0500 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250586/ NEW YORK – Ailing Ground Zero responders are finally getting their last checks from a settlement with the city, but many are crestfallen that the payments are less than touted when they took ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250585/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:51:20 -0500 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250585/ This skirting of tax laws is possible because the IRS doesn't know about every bet, and is only aware of the big winners.Legal betting operations -- state lotteries, casinos and ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250588/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:51:17 -0500 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250588/ History Channel Jousting may seem so 12th century, but the History Channel is giving the medieval competition a very modern face-lift for its new series, "Full Metal Jousting." The show, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250590/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:51:15 -0500 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250590/ One of the first obstacles I hear from clients trying to stick to their weight loss goals is while dining out on the weekends.  Knowing how to navigate a menu can help you from veering off ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250589/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:51:13 -0500 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250589/ I make my own beauty products . For the most part, I'm about as low-waste as a girl can get. However. There's one piece of the plastic puzzle that I've found as-of-yet unavoidable. ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250593/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:51:09 -0500 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250593/ Life360.com service, powered by technology from a company called Loc-Aid, a parent can locate a child by her phone number or even an elderly parent who has wandered away from home.  Indeed, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250592/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:51:06 -0500 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250592/ Tom Brady ’s super-model wife (Gisele) sent a personal e-mail to friends and family asking for prayers ';for Tommy'; some tweeters had a field day. My favorite tweet went something ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250591/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:51:03 -0500 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250591/ ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250386/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:48:12 -0500 Voice Of America http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250386/ Legislative and regulatory compliance, plan design, financing and strategy issues related to managing employee benefit plans, primarily health care and retirement ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250315/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:10 -0500 Business Insurance http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250315/ Panama City - A group of indigenous protesters has blockaded the Pan-American Highway in Panama for days to protest the recent approval of mines and reservoirs in their ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250633/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:24:45 -0500 M & C http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250633/ U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Bulgaria, urging the country to break its energy dependence on Russia by diversifying its oil and gas ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250385/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:02:52 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203250385/ By Madhusree Chatterjee, New Delhi, Feb 5 : Social realities, tragedies, life's profound truths, cynicism, laughter, theatre and puppets made of objects daily used come together in leading ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249679/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:11:43 -0500 New Kerala http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249679/ Extreme security measures have been implemented by Bulgarian authorities during the Sunday visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Bulgarian capital Sofia. Clinton arrived in Sofia around ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249443/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:10:11 -0500 Novinite http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249443/ Breaking news: When it came to the collapse of the bubble that touched off the 2008 meltdown of the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve was a placid herd of clueless blockheads. Less than two years ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249404/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:07:43 -0500 McClatchy http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249404/ (Lincoln City, Oregon) – All of November swells with a special kind of American pride in Lincoln City: Native American Heritage Month fills the Lincoln City Cultural Center with bundles of ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249680/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:53:22 -0500 Beach Connection http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249680/ The National Council of La Raza (NLCR) today reflected on President Obama's State of the Union address.The NCLR is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249858/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:41:12 -0500 New America Media http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249858/ BERKELEY, Calif. -- As President Obama delivered his third State of the Union Address, the 11 sentences he dedicated to addressing my current immigration status did little to instill in me any more ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249857/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:41:07 -0500 New America Media http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249857/ OAKLAND, Calif. - Major medical breakthroughs over the past year in the treatment of HIV/AIDS are setting off some surprising alarm bells. While praised for their life-saving potential, they are ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249859/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:41:05 -0500 New America Media http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249859/ Federal wildlife officials are planning a free ice fishing day for kids on the Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Children between the ages of 6 and 13 will be allowed to fish for ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249683/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:32:27 -0500 Washington Examiner http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249683/ 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 ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249681/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:28:43 -0500 ABC News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249681/ Cool high school English teachers, take note. If you're looking for a new novel by a young author to spark conversation about faith and family, innocence and adolescence, it's Ayad Akhtar's debut ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249503/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203249503/ MUNICH — The Obama administration on Saturday called for stepped up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203247674/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:09:18 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203247674/ Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling on Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to stand down. The United States said the vote has raised the risk of more bloodshed ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203247711/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:52:39 -0500 Euro News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203247711/ Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus' nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent. Mobs trashed diplomats' ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203247482/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:49:41 -0500 ABC News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203247482/ Prosecutors' first attempt to convict star pitcher Roger Clemens ended in a mistrial, so they're preparing for another attempt in two months. And now the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles has ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203246294/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:44:44 -0500 The Ledger http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203246294/ COLEVILLE, Calif. -; 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, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203246277/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:41:43 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203246277/ The African American community in Dallas has been protesting a gas station run by a Korean-born U.S. citizen in a predominately black neighborhood in South Dallas for over a month, taking issue with ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203246003/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:10:40 -0500 New America Media http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203246003/ TAMPA, Fla. - Lurvin Luzardo has lived in Tampa for more than 20 years, and while she can’t vote in the upcoming elections, she aspires to one day be a voice for the state’s ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203246391/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:10:38 -0500 New America Media http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203246391/ "Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer," Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson explained how unprecedented wealth transfers to America's rich destroyed middle class ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203246276/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:27:52 -0500 Pravda http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203246276/ TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard began military exercises Saturday in the country's south, the latest show of force after threats to close the strategic Strait of ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244938/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:38:22 -0500 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244938/ Statues of children with umbrellas stand in front of Children's Hospital as heavy snow falls in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. A band of heavy snow stalled over Nebraska, dumping nearly ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203245133/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:07:27 -0500 CBS News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203245133/ LOS ANGELES (CBS / AP) — Drew Viney scored 20 points, including the go-ahead basket with 54 seconds left, as Loyola-Marymount rallied from a 16-point deficit in the final eight minutes to ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244962/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:03:18 -0500 CBS 5 http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244962/ MUNICH - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to reassure Europe on Saturday that, despite budget cuts in Washington and the coming withdrawal from ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203245975/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:00:44 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203245975/ Members of the Native Mob gang have shot rivals in Minneapolis, sold drugs in Duluth, and thrown boiling water in a person's face in Crow Wing County. Authorities say they've also ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244963/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:59:14 -0500 Pioneer Press http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244963/ VATICAN CITY, 19 JAN 2012 (VIS) - Today in the Vatican Benedict XVI received a group of prelates from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Regions 4 and 6), at the end of their "ad ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244941/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:49:13 -0500 EWTN http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203244941/ CAIRO -- Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were allowed to bring their Egyptian tour guide with them. One even put out ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243718/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:10:34 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243718/ LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. -; A southeastern Indiana woman has been charged after prosecutors say she left her morbidly obese sister alive and decomposing in a chair for three weeks. A grand jury in ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243616/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:03:21 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243616/ FILE - This file photo released on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, provided by the Anaheim Police Dept. shows Itzcoatl Ocampo. The ex-Marine charged with killing four homeless men in Orange County has been ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243752/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:03:18 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243752/ Less than 24 hours before deployment, U.S. Army SPC Frantz Eliscard stood in the fifth row on a theater stage, six soldiers in, listening to a string of political and military leaders offering words ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243773/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:59:02 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243773/ Mitt Romney cruised to a dominating victory Saturday night in the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, Fox News projects, leveraging a base of support that dates back to his 2008 run to notch ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243750/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:53:52 -0500 Fox News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243750/ Jim Harbaugh, whose strategic wizardry and catchy slogans propelled the 49ers to the brink of the Super Bowl, was honored as the NFL coach of the year Saturday night at a lavish ceremony in ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243908/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:27:11 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243908/ 1 of 6. A protester walks along barricades with his personal belongings as U.S. National Park Service police cordon-off the Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square in Washington, February 4, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243771/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:25:40 -0500 Reuters http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203243771/ MIAMI -; Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say a stomach virus affected nearly 100 passengers on a ship that arrived in South Florida. Meanwhile, passengers on another ship were complaining of ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242242/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:11:17 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242242/ NEW YORK, February 4 (Itar-Tass) - The Federal Court for the Southern District of New York has appointed a new hearing on the case of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, who last November was found ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242284/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:04:42 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242284/ In a big win for environmentalists and the planet, the administration of United States President Barack Obama announced on January 20 that it would deny a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline to ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242244/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:02:50 -0500 Green Left Online http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242244/ Any economic losses from the EU's oil embargo on Iran are outweighed by the benefits of the new sense of European unity ushered in by the sanctions. That's the view of MEP Martin Callanan ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242162/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:48:50 -0500 RT http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242162/ U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton told her Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian that the Nagorny Karabakh conflict should be settled solely by peaceful means, the Armenian Foreign Ministry ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242433/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:46:17 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242433/ Imam Syed Soharwardy (closest to camera), from Calgary, was surrounded by a dozen other Islamic Supreme Council of Canada members at the Jamia Riyadhul Jannah mosque Saturday as he delivered the ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242245/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:44:42 -0500 C News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242245/ A new poll shows that Latino voters in six inland western states have strong pro-conservationist views, in some cases stronger than their white counterparts.The 2012 Colorado College State of the ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242427/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:39:46 -0500 New America Media http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242427/ Jobs, education and healthcare - in that order - were ranked the top three important issues by Latina moms online in a new survey released today by the web site Mamiverse. ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242426/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:39:44 -0500 New America Media http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242426/ Fox and the Colombian RCN Television Group announced Monday the launch of MundoFox, a new Spanish-language television network with general content targeting the U.S. Hispanic market. MundoFox, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242079/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:39:41 -0500 New America Media http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242079/ WASHINGTON -- A U.S. court has upheld a 2008 ruling to grant political asylum to a former South Korean intelligence agent who claims to face threats from both South and North Korea, sources here ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242428/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:39:39 -0500 New America Media http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242428/ (AP) WASHINGTON - The Navy says eight sailors have been discharged after a hazing incident aboard a San Diego-based amphibious assault ship. Navy spokesman said Saturday the eight received general ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242094/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:28:16 -0500 CBS News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242094/ Friday: The Labor Department reports that the jobless rate in January fell to 8.3 percent - the lowest in three years - and the good news sends stocks prices soaring; Also, the Susan G. Komen ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242429/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:28:12 -0500 CBS News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242429/ Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution plays a crucial role in the family history of Grammy-winning Latin jazz artist Arturo O'Farrill. Michelle Miller reports on O'Farrill's mission to ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242056/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:28:10 -0500 CBS News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242056/ Working class Vallejo, Calif., was forced to file bankruptcy in 2008. Now residents there are rebuilding as a community that has learned to compromise and sacrifice together. John Blackstone ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242430/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:28:08 -0500 CBS News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242430/ The unemployment figures for January 2012 were the most encouraging in a very long time. So how far does the economic recovery still have to go? Nancy Cordes speaks with Jill Schlesinger, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242431/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:28:05 -0500 CBS News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242431/ (CBS News) The one sector that lost jobs last month was the public sector. Federal, state and local governments shed 14,000 last month, and 280,000 jobs in 2011 as they tried to make up for massive ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242432/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:28:03 -0500 CBS News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242432/ Fire investigators say a dog inadvertently turned on a stove and started a fire that destroyed a house in Vancouver, Wash., early ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242287/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:26:31 -0500 ABC News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242287/ BAGHDAD (AFP) The Baghdad government vowed Wednesday to take legal action after an American marine was spared jail by a US military court over the massacre of 24 unarmed civilians in the Iraqi town ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242076/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:18:36 -0500 Turkish Press http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242076/ Two prominent faces of Latin American Socialism: Daniel Ortega and Hugo ChavezBy Olivia KrothSources: Blog Hugo Chavez, Correo del OrinocoAt Daniel Ortega's inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242239/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:57:29 -0500 Pravda http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203242239/ SALT LAKE CITY -; A man accused of fatally shooting a police officer and wounding five others during an Ogden drug raid last month says he feared for his life because he thought people were ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203239974/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:19:23 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203239974/ The US warns that Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution on Syria will lead to the greater likelihood of civil war in the middle eastern ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240452/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:19:21 -0500 SBS http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240452/ SEATTLE  — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. A National Earthquake Information Center ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240632/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:14:54 -0500 Newsweek http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240632/ The Tappan Zee is one of the U.S.'s 18,000 so-called fracture-critical bridges, of which about 8,000 are classified "structurally deficient," according to Federal Highway ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240444/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:01:43 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240444/ Federal regulators on Friday said they're seeking offshore wind developers who want to build inside a newly redrawn zone of ocean off Massachusetts, which they pitched as a prime spot for wind ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240445/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:57:09 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240445/ By msnbc.com staff A 9-year-old boy was suspended from a Catholic school after mimicking a Michael Jackson "groin grab" during a performance of "Billie Jean" at a fundraiser, a ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240633/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:55:01 -0500 MSNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240633/ Patrick J. Lott, of Somerville, N.J., an assistant principal at a public middle school, allegedly secretly video recorded teenage boys in the shower at Immaculata High School in Somerville for ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240634/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:54:53 -0500 MSNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240634/ The United States' announcement that it plans to end the combat role of its troops in Afghanistan earlier than expected, and before the end of next year, is a crucial milestone in the ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203239910/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:54:18 -0500 The Independent http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203239910/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sarah Coppersmith, scoppersmith@scottcircle.comJan. 17, 2012 w: 202-207-3660, c: 602-418-0316 Leslie Weddell, Leslie.Weddell@ColoradoCollege.edu w: 719-389-6038TEA ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240628/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:47:38 -0500 New America Media http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/154063713fe5da1f/id/203240628/