| Obama Proposes College-Aid Changes |
| Obama, seeking to control college costs, proposed tying federal student aid to universities' tuition rates and the value they provide graduates.
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| As Economy Posts Growth, Worry Lingers |
| The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 18 months in the fourth quarter, but underlying weak demand pointed to slower growth in coming months.
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| California Court Rejects GOP Challenge to Maps |
| California's highest court ruled that maps from an independent commission should be used in coming elections for the state Senate instead of one of the maps suggested by Republican challengers.
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| Army's Top General Backs Troop Cuts |
| The Army's top general defended Obama administration plans for a 14% reduction in troops, signaling support for the cuts from the military's top officers as a fight brews with congressional critics.
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| Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran |
| Pentagon war planners have concluded that their largest conventional bomb isn't yet capable of destroying Iran's most heavily fortified underground facilities, and are stepping up efforts to make it more powerful.
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| Stopping Urban Crime Without Jail Time |
| Franklin E. Zimring on what cities can learn from New York city's safest decade.
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| Unfriendly Fire Slows Gingrich |
| Blistering attacks by top Republicans recall intraparty war over Goldwater.
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| Giving Romney a Run for His Money |
| President Obama never mentioned Mitt Romney in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, but his message was meant to let him have a good Buffetting.
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| Tax Rule Opens Rich Vein for Debate |
| The application of a favorable tax treatment to some of Mitt Romney's income from Bain Capital is a source of debate among tax lawyers sifting through murky reaches of the tax code.
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| Obama Brings Message to Michigan |
| The president visited Michigan on the last stop on a five-state tour that White House officials said was government business but that also resembled a campaign trip.
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| | Pardoned Mississippi murderer drops out of sight |
| Joseph Ozment was picked up by his mom from the governor's mansion after his pardon this month. Now a reward is being offered for anyone who can help locate him.
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| Romney faces Medicare attacks in Fla. |
| GOP presidential front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich barnstormed across Florida on Friday, trying to rally supporters and break away in the polls four days before what is shaking up to be a pivotal primary in that state.
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| Bennett: Romney's new tack is working |
| South Carolina was a wake-up call for Mitt Romney. In Thursday night's CNN debate, Romney delivered an aggressive, forceful performance that many thought he was incapable of. The upcoming Florida primary could turn out very differently now, and the results could go a long way toward helping him win the Republican nomination.
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| Resident near Fukushima defiant |
| In the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear plant, one man's quiet defiance echoes through the contaminated, empty streets of Tomioka, Japan.
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| Gunmen kill 16 in northern Nigeria |
| Gunmen in Nigeria shot and killed at least 16 people and burned their bodies in the northwestern state of Zamfara, according to an official who asked not to be named, citing security concerns.
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| Deaths rise in Syria; U.N. mulls draft |
| Forces killed 60 people on Friday in Syria, an opposition group said, as the U.N. Security Council weighed a draft that would call on Bashar al-Assad to step down.
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| Experts split on planned Pentagon cuts |
| Some military experts Friday called Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's proposed budget cuts "much to do about nothing," but others expressed concern about the potential of a shrinking U.S. military in the strategic Mideast and Asia.
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| Aveeno baby lotion tubes recalled |
| Johnson & Johnson announced Friday it is voluntarily recalling a single lot of Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort Lotion after a test by the Food and Drug Administration found it contained more of a form of bacteria than specifications allow.
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| How a child killer's story unraveled |
| The day after little Jorelys Rivera's mangled body was found in a suburban Atlanta trash compactor, Ryan Brunn sat in a stark room for a police interview. He began with confidence, but ended with trouble.
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| | Fading Gingrich attacks Romney in ad |
| MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the Republican presidential race on Friday as two new polls showed him falling behind rival Mitt Romney, who was seen as the winner of the final debate before the Florida primary.
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| Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fitch downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain on Friday, indicating there was a 1-in-2 chance of further cuts in the next two years.
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| Growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of weaker growth in early 2012.
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| Syria violence kills over 40 |
| AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a 10-month revolt.
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| Subpoenas issued to financial firms in expanded probe |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department issued civil subpoenas to 11 financial institutions as part of a new effort to investigate misconduct in the packaging and sale of home loans to investors, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.
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| Greece, creditors laboriously piece together debt deal |
| ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and its private creditors head back to the negotiating table on Saturday to put together the final pieces of a long-awaited debt swap agreement needed to avert an unruly default.
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| In Facebook IPO, bankers seek prestige over fees |
| (Reuters) - Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business.
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| Apple not turning "blind eye" to supply chain problems: CEO |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has never turned "a blind eye" to the problems in its supply chain and any suggestion it does not care about the plight of workers is "patently false," Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in an email to employees.
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| Obama seeks to rally Democrats to election-year fight |
| CAMBRIDGE, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to push back hard against Republicans who try to obstruct his election-year proposals on taxes and jobs, as he sought to rally congressional Democrats and move past a period of strained relations.
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