USA TODAY

Second Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to death
msnbc.com
By NBC News and news services AP file NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Connecticut man was sentenced Friday to die for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their suburban home, a gruesome crime that unsettled the suburbs and halted ...
Connecticut home invasion killer sentenced to die for heinous crimesNew York Daily News
Conn.: Home Invader Sentenced to DeathTIME
Connecticut killer sentenced to die for "unimaginable horror"Chicago Tribune
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CNN

Facebook Readies IPO Filing for Next Week
Wall Street Journal
By SHAYNDI RAICE And RANDALL SMITH Facebook Inc. could file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week and is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter for its IPO, said people familiar with the matter.
Facebook Targets IPO Filing on Wednesday: ReportFox News
Facebook May File for IPO By Wednesday: ReportCNBC.com
Facebook IPO filing expected by WednesdayChicago Tribune
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Moneycontrol.com

US growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead
Reuters
By Lucia Mutikani | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US 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.
White House Pushes Payroll Tax Cut as GDP Growth Rate SlowsBusinessWeek
US GDP grew at fastest pace in 1.5 years in fourth quarter 2011Washington Post
Unsold goods weigh on future economic growthmsnbc.com
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The Guardian

Romney faces Medicare attacks in Florida
CNN
By Alan Silverleib, CNN (CNN) -- 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 ...
Fact check: Florida GOP debateUSA TODAY
Gingrich ad: Romney will " mislead, distort, and deceive" to win electionCBS News
Romney Joins Gingrich in Escalating Their Attacks After DebateSan Francisco Chronicle
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Politico

Let's steer aid to colleges that keep tuition affordable, Obama tells UM crowd
Detroit Free Press
President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd at the University of Michigan this morning. / Eric Seals/Detroit Free Press By David Jesse and Kathleen Gray Thousands wait in line again to see President Bara...: For the second morning in a row, thousands of ...
Obama Seeks to Contain College CostsVoice of America
Obama pushes for affordable education in rousing speechThe Detroit News
Obama decries rising cost of college educationCBS News
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Boston.com

Sources: Paul signed off on racist 90s newsletters
CBS News
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, according to three ...
Paul braves snowy Maine in hunt for GOP delegatesBoston.com
TRENDING: Welch: Be nice to Paul, we need his supportersCNN (blog)
Chew on this: what Republican presidential hopefuls are eatingFox News
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
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Press-Enterprise

California Court Rejects GOP Challenge to Maps
Wall Street Journal
AP SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The California Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state Senate maps drawn last year by an independent redistricting commission, dealing a blow to Republican attempts to block Democrats from gaining enough seats so they can pass ...
New Senate districts to remain, California Supreme Court saysLos Angeles Times
State high court allows new political maps; Decision likely means that ...San Jose Mercury News
Court upholds newly drawn state Senate districtsSan Francisco Chronicle
MiamiHerald.com -York Daily Record
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Globe and Mail

Syrian Violence Escalates as Diplomatic Efforts Falter
Voice of America
January 27, 2012 Syrian Violence Escalates as Diplomatic Efforts Falter Edward Yeranian | Cairo Violence in Syria continued Friday, bringing to more than 50 the number of people killed there over the past two days, as a resolution to curb the bloodshed ...
Syria violence has risen 'significantly', says Arab League mission chiefThe Guardian
Deaths rise in Syria as UN Security Council to hold talksCNN
Syria: claims of 'racial cleansing' as 14 family members are killedTelegraph.co.uk
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AFP

First US chief technology officer stepping down
AFP
WASHINGTON — Aneesh Chopra, who was tasked with bringing a dose of Silicon Valley to the US government as the first chief technology officer, is stepping down. "Aneesh Chopra did groundbreaking work to bring our government into the 21st century," ...
White House CTO Chopra Leaving His PostPCWorld
Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra ResignsInformationWeek
Aneesh Chopra, First Federal CTO, Steps DownPC Magazine
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Boston.com

NYPD: CIA officer leaves department in April
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK — Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says the CIA officer working as a special assistant to the department's top intelligence officer will leave his post in April after nine months. The Associated Press had reported Thursday that the ...
Police commissioner: NYPD is good with MuslimsBoston.com
NYPD: CIA officer to leave department in AprilAtlanta Journal Constitution
NYPD boss won't talk about son's sex-assault caseFox News

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