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Published Date: 2-4-2012

For mentally ill, care in jail often out of reach

A man who was declared suicidal by a New Mexico jail and alleges he was then left to rot in solitary confinement for nearly two years is just one of many former inmates who say they were denied essential mental health services while incarcerated at that detention center, which like others across the country has struggled with how to treat the mentally ill.

Five feared hurt after explosion at Marine base

Five people were thought to have been injured after an explosion at a Marine Corps base in Coleville, California, NBC station KRNV reported late Friday.

American aid worker in Libya: US bars my return

U.S. citizen Jamal Tarhuni went to his native Libya to conduct aid work and now finds himself prevented from flying home by American officials for mysterious reasons.

Report: Climate of 'mistrust' in air marshal program

The Federal Air Marshal program is rife with acrimony between supervisors and air marshals, creating a climate of "tension, mistrust, and dislike," according to a report due to be released next week.

Police: Missing barista abducted from stand

An 18-year-old barista who disappeared from the coffee stand where she worked was abducted, Anchorage police say.

Court martial ordered in WikiLeaks case

Bradley Manning, the Army private accused in the WikiLeaks scandal, was ordered Friday to face a general court martial on charges he released thousands of documents of classified information.

Komen reverses move to cut Planned Parenthood funding (Reuters)

Reuters - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation backed down from its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, following a massive outcry by supporters of the world's largest breast cancer charity.

Alabama police shoot dead fugitive cop killer (Reuters)

Reuters - Authorities shot and killed an escaped inmate Friday who stabbed one Mobile police officer to death and wounded a second after fleeing in a stolen police car.

U.S. Army drops charges against last soldier in Afghan (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Army has dismissed all charges against the last of five soldiers to face a court-martial in the slaying of unarmed Afghan civilians, officials from their home base near Tacoma, Washington, said on Friday.

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

Mother of Lisa Irwin tearfully denies role in her disappearance (Reuters)

Reuters - The mother of missing infant Lisa Irwin on Friday tearfully denounced "insane theories" she had something to do with the girl's disappearance four months ago.

More charges ahead for man held in homeless deaths (AP)

AP - Prosecutors said Friday they plan to file two more murder charges against an ex-Marine accused of killing four homeless men in Southern California, this time in the stabbings deaths of a mother and son who lived near him.

Army orders court-martial in WikiLeaks case (AP)

AP - An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.

Prosecutors won't charge cyclist Lance Armstrong (AP)

AP - The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures.

Killer of Fla. girl found in landfill gets life (AP)

AP - Minutes after a man pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and murdering 7-year-old Somer Thompson, who was dumped in a trash bin and later found in a landfill, the little girl's twin brother addressed his sister's killer.