Little town, big beer festival Vail Daily News Brewer Kevin Selvy, right, and the rest of the crew at Crazy Mountain Brewing Co. will be celebrating the brewery's second anniversary at the Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival this weekend. Whispers waft on the breeze like the pungent aroma of ... |
 CTV.ca | In Miami, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney court Hispanic vote MiamiHerald.com By Patricia Mazzei and Scott Hiaasen After bashing each other in the final debate before the crucial Florida primary, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich traveled south to Miami on Friday to woo Hispanic power brokers. But before either candidate could utter ... Romney Goes on Offensive in Florida, Bolstered by Debate Performance Mitt Romney leading polls in Florida Gloves off for Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich |
 The Guardian | Syrian Rebels Make Inroads With Help of Armed Fighters New York Times SAQBA, Syria — If the scene here on Friday was anything to judge by, the armed opposition to the Syrian government was making inroads and had won control of this town at the doorstep of the capital, Damascus, and perhaps of several other neighborhoods, ... Battles Put Damascus On the Edge Syrian bloodbath continues: Children among 74 dead in 2 days Syrian violence soars as UN mulls action |
 The Guardian | "Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years of federal time Reuters By Laura L. Myers | SEATTLE (Reuters) - A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a ... 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years 'Barefoot Bandit' gets federal sentence 'Barefoot Bandit' Receives a Federal Prison Sentence |
 Globe and Mail | Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters, associates say Washington Post Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas, said three people ... Paul hunts for GOP delegates in Maine Ron Paul comes to Maine Paul denies report that he approved newsletters |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Navy converting ship into floating commando base in Middle East Fox News The US Navy is working to place a 'mothership' for Special Operations Forces in the Middle East, Fox News confirms. The USS Ponce, which was most recently being used as a dock in the Mediterranean Sea for the Libyan operation, was scheduled to be ... Navy wants commando 'mothership' in Middle East Pentagon Sends Floating Base Floating US base to be deployed in Mideast |
 Boston Globe | Former Mayor Kevin Hagan White dies at 82 Boston.com By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff Kevin Hagan White, a political figure who helped transform Boston into a world-class city during 16 often turbulent years as mayor, died at 7 tonight in his Beacon Hill home, his family said in a statement. Former Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82 Ex-Boston Mayor White, led in turbulent '70s, dies Remembering Kevin White |
 New York Times | Obama pushes college cost reduction plan San Francisco Chronicle President Obama climbs the stage at the University of Michigan to deliver a speech before 4000 students. Mich. - President Obama offered a plan Friday to reduce the costs of higher education by increasing the amount of federal grant money available in ... Obama Plan Links College Aid With Affordability Obama outlines incentive plan to rein in college tuition costs President's tuition, student aid proposal raises hopes and concerns |
 Boston.com | Experts divided on Pentagon's proposed cuts CNN By Michael Martinez, CNN (CNN) -- Some military experts Friday called Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's proposed budget cuts "much ado about nothing," but others expressed concern about the potential of a shrinking US military in the strategic Mideast ... Cuts to military outlined in plan Pentagon call for US base closures a political move, lawmakers say Letters: Pentagon, US debt, oil, civic haiku |
 CTV.ca | Settlement offered to Costa Concordia shipwreck survivors MiamiHerald.com Passengers who suffered no physical injury from the grounding of the Costa Concordia are being offered a settlement of $14460. Lawsuits filed Friday put that figure in the shadows. By Hannah Sampson The first of what is expected to become a flood of ... In cruise ship disaster, an SOS for lawyers 'Cowardly' captain and negligence caused cruise ship tragedy, lawsuit here claims $13624 plus expenses - compensation for Costa survivors |
 Telegraph.co.uk | France, Breaking With NATO, Will Speed Afghan Exit New York Times PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Friday that France would break with its allies in NATO and accelerate the French withdrawal from Afghanistan, pulling back combat troops a year early, by the end of 2013. Mr. Sarkozy also said that he and ... Afghan president in UK to discuss French troop withdrawal France Seeks Speedier Afghan Handover France to Resume Training, but Will Withdraw from Afghanistan Next Year |
Chevron’s fourth-quarter profit declined to $5.1 billion, or $2.58 a share, from $5.3 billion, or $2.64, a year earlier. Its earnings per share were 32 cents below the average of five analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Sales rose 11 percent to nearly $60 billion during the quarter ... Read more
BERKELEY -- Kenneth Warren had just left his uncle's barbershop Thursday evening and was walking up the steps to a home next door on Emerson Street when he was gunned down, his uncle said Friday. The 35-year-old Hercules father of five died a short time later at Highland Hospital in Oakland, police ... Read more
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. The White House contenders courted Florida's sizable ... Read more
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Wall Street is about to get Facebook fever. The social-networking giant with nearly 1 billion users is expected to file papers any day now to sell stock to the public. The timing stems partly from federal rules that would require Facebook to begin disclosing its financial ... Read more
John Fox has dug into his coaching past to find a new defensive coordinator. On Friday, the Broncos hired Jack Del Rio to replace Dennis Allen as the team's new defensive coordinator, according to a team source. Del Rio was Fox's first defensive coordinator in Carolina in 2002. After one year in ... Read more
• College athletic websites are there to tell us what's going on with a given team. If the team loses, it accentuates the positives in the loss while also covering the game. You don't often see editorial comment. That's what made the Sienasaints.com wrap-up of Siena's upset of Iona so enjoyable ... Read more
The Mon Wharf parking lot will be closed on Friday as precaution because of a flood advisory calling for the Monongahela River to rise above 18 feet by afternoon because of runoff. The river is expected to crest at 18.9 feet by Saturday morning and then fall below 18 feet by Sunday morning ... Read more
TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Iran is prepared to restart talks with a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency in Tehran Sunday, officials said. Talks between Iranian nuclear officials and the IAEA team, the first such discussions in more than three years, will last for three days in Tehran ... Read more
LOS ANGELES -- So you're not a member of The Academy, but you have your own ideas about who should win an Oscar. No worries, you've got it all covered with the official Oscars app. It's now available online in the iTunes App Store. The official app of the Academy Awards gives movie fans the most ... Read more
Changes are coming to school lunches across the country that will include less salt and more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. It's the first major nutritional overhaul for school lunches in 15 years. Under the new rules, pizza won't disappear from lunch lines, but will be made with healthier ... Read more
 Sydney Morning Herald | In Miami, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney court Hispanic vote MiamiHerald.com By Patricia Mazzei and Scott Hiaasen After bashing each other in the final debate before the crucial Florida primary, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich traveled south to Miami on Friday to woo Hispanic power brokers. But before either candidate could utter ... Romney Goes on Offensive in Florida, Bolstered by Debate Performance Mitt Romney leading polls in Florida Gloves off for Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich |
The Guardian | "Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years of federal time Reuters By Laura L. Myers | SEATTLE (Reuters) - A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a ... 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years 'Barefoot Bandit' gets federal sentence 'Barefoot Bandit' Receives a Federal Prison Sentence |
The Guardian | Syrian Rebels Make Inroads With Help of Armed Fighters New York Times SAQBA, Syria — If the scene here on Friday was anything to judge by, the armed opposition to the Syrian government was making inroads and had won control of this town at the doorstep of the capital, Damascus, and perhaps of several other neighborhoods, ... Battles Put Damascus On the Edge Syrian bloodbath continues: Children among 74 dead in 2 days Syrian violence soars as UN mulls action |
 New Yorker | Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters, associates say Washington Post Ron Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a marketing strategy that included publishing provocative, racially charged newsletters to make money and spread his ideas, said three people ... Paul hunts for GOP delegates in Maine Ron Paul comes to Maine Paul denies report that he approved newsletters |
Telegraph.co.uk | Navy converting ship into floating commando base in Middle East Fox News The US Navy is working to place a 'mothership' for Special Operations Forces in the Middle East, Fox News confirms. The USS Ponce, which was most recently being used as a dock in the Mediterranean Sea for the Libyan operation, was scheduled to be ... Navy wants commando 'mothership' in Middle East Pentagon Sends Floating Base Floating US base to be deployed in Mideast |
Boston Globe | Former Mayor Kevin Hagan White dies at 82 Boston.com By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff Kevin Hagan White, a political figure who helped transform Boston into a world-class city during 16 often turbulent years as mayor, died at 7 tonight in his Beacon Hill home, his family said in a statement. Former Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82 Ex-Boston Mayor White, led in turbulent '70s, dies Remembering Kevin White |
New York Times | Obama pushes college cost reduction plan San Francisco Chronicle President Obama climbs the stage at the University of Michigan to deliver a speech before 4000 students. Mich. - President Obama offered a plan Friday to reduce the costs of higher education by increasing the amount of federal grant money available in ... Obama Plan Links College Aid With Affordability Obama outlines incentive plan to rein in college tuition costs President's tuition, student aid proposal raises hopes and concerns |
Boston.com | Experts divided on Pentagon's proposed cuts CNN By Michael Martinez, CNN (CNN) -- Some military experts Friday called Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's proposed budget cuts "much ado about nothing," but others expressed concern about the potential of a shrinking US military in the strategic Mideast ... Cuts to military outlined in plan Pentagon call for US base closures a political move, lawmakers say Letters: Pentagon, US debt, oil, civic haiku |
CTV.ca | Settlement offered to Costa Concordia shipwreck survivors MiamiHerald.com Passengers who suffered no physical injury from the grounding of the Costa Concordia are being offered a settlement of $14460. Lawsuits filed Friday put that figure in the shadows. By Hannah Sampson The first of what is expected to become a flood of ... In cruise ship disaster, an SOS for lawyers 'Cowardly' captain and negligence caused cruise ship tragedy, lawsuit here claims $13624 plus expenses - compensation for Costa survivors |
Telegraph.co.uk | France, Breaking With NATO, Will Speed Afghan Exit New York Times PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Friday that France would break with its allies in NATO and accelerate the French withdrawal from Afghanistan, pulling back combat troops a year early, by the end of 2013. Mr. Sarkozy also said that he and ... Afghan president in UK to discuss French troop withdrawal France Seeks Speedier Afghan Handover France to Resume Training, but Will Withdraw from Afghanistan Next Year |
Chevron’s fourth-quarter profit declined to $5.1 billion, or $2.58 a share, from $5.3 billion, or $2.64, a year earlier. Its earnings per share were 32 cents below the average of five analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Sales rose 11 percent to nearly $60 billion during the quarter ... Read more
BERKELEY -- Kenneth Warren had just left his uncle's barbershop Thursday evening and was walking up the steps to a home next door on Emerson Street when he was gunned down, his uncle said Friday. The 35-year-old Hercules father of five died a short time later at Highland Hospital in Oakland, police ... Read more
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. The White House contenders courted Florida's sizable ... Read more
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Wall Street is about to get Facebook fever. The social-networking giant with nearly 1 billion users is expected to file papers any day now to sell stock to the public. The timing stems partly from federal rules that would require Facebook to begin disclosing its financial ... Read more
John Fox has dug into his coaching past to find a new defensive coordinator. On Friday, the Broncos hired Jack Del Rio to replace Dennis Allen as the team's new defensive coordinator, according to a team source. Del Rio was Fox's first defensive coordinator in Carolina in 2002. After one year in ... Read more
• College athletic websites are there to tell us what's going on with a given team. If the team loses, it accentuates the positives in the loss while also covering the game. You don't often see editorial comment. That's what made the Sienasaints.com wrap-up of Siena's upset of Iona so enjoyable ... Read more
The Mon Wharf parking lot will be closed on Friday as precaution because of a flood advisory calling for the Monongahela River to rise above 18 feet by afternoon because of runoff. The river is expected to crest at 18.9 feet by Saturday morning and then fall below 18 feet by Sunday morning ... Read more
TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Iran is prepared to restart talks with a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency in Tehran Sunday, officials said. Talks between Iranian nuclear officials and the IAEA team, the first such discussions in more than three years, will last for three days in Tehran ... Read more
LOS ANGELES -- So you're not a member of The Academy, but you have your own ideas about who should win an Oscar. No worries, you've got it all covered with the official Oscars app. It's now available online in the iTunes App Store. The official app of the Academy Awards gives movie fans the most ... Read more
Changes are coming to school lunches across the country that will include less salt and more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. It's the first major nutritional overhaul for school lunches in 15 years. Under the new rules, pizza won't disappear from lunch lines, but will be made with healthier ... Read more
