- Romney looks to squelch Santorum's late rise
(AP)
AP - Mitt Romney hopes his presidential campaign hasn't ignored Rick Santorum's aggressive attacks for too long, as caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday could reshuffle the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
- Russian FM in Syria amid escalating violence
(AP)
AP - Syrian forces renewed their assault on the flashpoint city of Homs on Tuesday as Russia's foreign minister held talks in Damascus with President Bashar Assad about the country's escalating violence.
- Autopsy: Kids killed in WA suffered hatchet wounds
(AP)
AP - Josh Powell painted himself as a tortured man, ridiculed without reason in the disappearance of his wife, steadfastly insisting he was innocent until the end.
- Iran calls new US sanctions 'psychological war'
(AP)
AP - Iran has dismissed the new U.S. sanctions on Tehran, with the Foreign Ministry spokesman saying Tuesday they are part of a "psychological war" meant to sow discontent among Iranians and insisting the measures would not halt the country's nuclear program.
- New York to fete Giants with parade up Broadway
(AP)
AP - The New York Giants are returning from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.
- Staff removed at LA school during abuse probe
(AP)
AP - The entire staff at a Los Angeles elementary school is being removed while authorities investigate horrific allegations of sexual abuse by two of the school's teachers, one of whom is accused of blindfolding children, taping their mouths and photographing them in a classroom.
- Obama to seek more Alzheimer's research money
(AP)
AP - The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.
- Marines practice amphibious war, storm US beaches
(AP)
AP - A small group of Marines trudged onto the beach sands in pitch-black night with an armada of U.S. Navy warships sailing just off the shore. Their mission: root out insurgents that threatened to attack another American force to the south.
- Looking for work? There may be an app for that
(AP)
AP - Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps — the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.
- Britain marks Charles' Dickens' 200th birthday
(AP)
AP - Prince Charles led ceremonies Tuesday to mark the 200th birthday of novelist Charles Dickens — a writer as popular today as he was during his lifetime.
- Glencore-Xstrata deal meets shareholder opposition
(Reuters)
Reuters - At least two top 10 shareholders in miner Xstrata said Tuesday they would vote against a takeover by commodities trader Glencore, threatening the creation of a powerhouse spanning mining, agriculture and trading.
- Santorum aims for a victory in Republican contests
(Reuters)
Reuters - Republican candidate Rick Santorum is gunning for a victory in at least one of the three states holding presidential nominating contests on Tuesday in an attempt to slow down front-runner Mitt Romney and revive his fading White House hopes.
- Greek leaders face crunch talks as unions strike
(Reuters)
Reuters - Greek party leaders face crunch talks on Tuesday to secure a new international bailout and avoid a chaotic debt default, caught between EU demands that they accept painful reforms now and a national strike against more austerity.
- Iran shrugs off latest U.S. sanctions, trade suffers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Iran castigated its U.S. adversary on Tuesday over new financial measures to disrupt Iranian commerce, and a default on payment for rice purchases highlighted the encroachment of sanctions on the staples of everyday life.
- Syrian forces bombard Homs, Lavrov arrives for talks
(Reuters)
Reuters - Syrian forces renewed their bombardment of Homs on Tuesday as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Damascus for talks aimed at pressing President Bashar al-Assad to end a bloody crackdown on a popular revolt and carry out reforms.
- Coca-Cola beats Street, eyes cost savings
(Reuters)
Reuters - Coca-Cola Co reported better-than-expected quarterly results and announced a new cost-savings program on Tuesday, helping to send shares in the world's top soft drinks maker up 1 percent in premarket trading.
- Toyota raises annual profit forecast, eyes recovery
(Reuters)
Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp raised its full-year profit forecast by more than a third as it cuts costs, trims spending and expects Japanese government schemes to boost sales, though the guidance was still some way below analysts' expectations.
- BP preparing "vigorously" for oil spill lawsuits
(Reuters)
Reuters - BP said it was preparing "vigorously" for lawsuits related to its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which are due to start later this month, as it unveiled a rise in fourth-quarter earnings boosted by higher oil prices and one-off gains.
- Chrysler Super Bowl commercial: Is Clint Eastwood a Democrat?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Clint Eastwoodâs Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler was, amid a sea of retread themes and less-than-inspiring plots (youâre so much better than this, Doritos) pretty awesome.
- Madonna half time show: What's a network to do when performers behave badly?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - What began as a flap over a flash of a middle finger during the halftime show at Sundayâs Super Bowl has turned into a full-blown fracas over the future of the Federal Communications Commission, free-speech rights in an era of live events, and family-friendly programming in an age of nonregulated cable and Internet.