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Compromise on White House contraception rule?

Posted 3:06 PM 2/8/2012 by CBS

The White House is trying to cool off a heated controversy over a new Obama administration rule which requires all employers, including religious institutions, to cover birth control as part of their employee health insurance.

Some Roman Catholic groups are threatening lawsuits over the (More)

January 4th: Warmest in more than a century

The iPhone is a nightmare for carriers

Yesterday

Lawyer: Pardoned murderer not leaving Wyoming to go back to Mississippi

Posted 10:37 AM 2/7/2012 by CNN

A Wyoming attorney representing a convicted murderer recently pardoned by Mississippi's outgoing governor says his client will not attend a Mississippi Supreme Court hearing this week on the constitutionality of his and some 200 other pardons.

"He's not going to go," Cheyenne, Wyoming (More)

Authorities: Powell kids struck with hatchet before blaze

2/6/2012

'Hidden' mortgage fee paying for payroll tax cut

Posted 2:50 PM 2/6/2012 by CBS News

Just before Christmas, American workers got a rare gift from Washington politicians - the current payroll tax cut would be extended for two more months.

At the time, both President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner lauded the move to avoid a tax increase for millions of working (More)

Passive smoking too common among kids in cars, CDC says

Infants at greatest risk for child abuse

Storm chaser killed by wrong-way driver

Official: Missing woman's husband blows up house to kill himself, 2 sons

2/5/2012

Nearly 500 on 2 Princess cruise ships stricken by Norovirus

Posted 8:14 PM 2/5/2012 by CNN

Nearly 500 cases of Norovirus have been reported on two Florida-based Princess Cruises ships, the cruise line said Sunday.

The 499 cases occurred on the Ruby Princess and the Crown Princess, both based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, said cruise line spokeswoman Julie Benson.

On (More)

Storm Chaser Killed By Wrong-Way Driver in OK

2/4/2012

Suspect in homeless killings faces additional murder charges

Posted 8:25 PM 2/4/2012 by CNN

(CNN) -- The man that prosecutors say is behind the stabbing deaths of four homeless men in Southern California now stands accused of the brutal killing of a mother and brother of an old friend, authorities said.

The latest allegations against Itzcoatl Ocampo, 23, were made public Friday (More)

Six arrested as police raid Occupy DC camp

Authorities: Suspect steals police car and kills officer before he is fatally shot

2/3/2012

Bradley Manning faces court-martial in WikiLeaks case

Posted 8:06 PM 2/3/2012 by CNN

(CNN) -- Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, who is suspected of leaking hundreds of thousands of secret documents to the WikiLeaks website, will be court-martialed on charges that could lead to a sentence of life in prison, the Army said Friday in a statement.

Manning, 24, faces charges that include (More)