 Globe and Mail | Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability Boston.com By Steve Peoples AP / January 28, 2012 SARASOTA, Fla.—Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on one idea: that he is best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Even some of his supporters seem to be struggling to buy the former House ... Leadership Scramble: GOP Rivals Vie For Title Rubio, Hotly Wooed, Plays It Cool |
 Daily Mail | Navy wants commando 'mothership' in Middle East Washington Post The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats. In response to requests from US Central Command, which oversees military ... Navy converting ship into floating commando base in Middle East US plans to send 'floating commando base' to Mideast, documents show Navy Plans to Make Base From Old Ship |
 Los Angeles Times | California high court backs panel's new state Senate districts Los Angeles Times Even if a GOP-backed proposal to scrap the new plan qualifies for the November ballot, the map produced by a citizens commission is 'clearly the most appropriate' for the election, the court says. Justice Goodwin Liu cautioned that the ruling may have ... Cuomo says he will veto NY redistricting plan Court uphold newly drawn state Senate districts State high court allows new political maps: Decision likely means Sen ... |
 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 Romney and Gingrich stay focused on Florida Ron Paul denies report that he approved newsletters |
 Irish Times | UN considers action on Syria crisis Irish Times Demonstrators protest against Syria's president Bashar al-Assad after prayers in Hula near Homs, yesterday. Photograph: Reuters Security forces killed over 40 people in Syria yesterday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members ... Russia rejects UN Syria move but says ready to talk UN Security Council Debates Syrian Resolution Syria violence kills 37, UN Security Council to meet |
 USA TODAY | Former Boston Mayor Kevin White, who led city during racially turbulent 1970s ... Washington Post BOSTON — Kevin H. White, a four-term mayor who led Boston through years of racial violence and economic stagnation and was credited with putting the city on a path to prosperity, has died. He was 82. White, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's ... Former Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82 Former Mayor Kevin Hagan White dies at 82 Ex-Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82 |
 USA TODAY | Panetta cites key intelligence on bin Laden raid USA TODAY WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the US in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May. Pakistani doctor gave key information for Osama bin Laden raid: US Rockets Hit Pakistan Military School Near Bin Laden Compound Panetta on bin Laden's hideout: Someone had to know |
 The Guardian | 'Barefoot Bandit' gets prison and movie deal | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2012-01-28 Philadelphia Inquirer By Manuel Valdes AP SEATTLE - A federal judge sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 61/2 years in prison Friday for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010. Musical at Hanover "Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years of federal time 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years |
 The Hindu | Concordia deputy captain in court Xinhua BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- The deputy captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy has been questioned by prosecutors. Ciro Ambrosio, along with the ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, is facing charges of manslaughter. Divisions over cruise disaster pay-out plan Cruise ship victims mull $14460 compensation deal Costa Backs Passengers |
 Telegraph.co.uk | US, South Korea plan first joint drills since Kim Jong Il's death Los Angeles Times REPORTING FROM SEOUL -- Ready to test the diplomacy waters of North Korea's new regime, the militaries of the US and South Korea will hold their annual joint exercise next month, a drill that Pyongyang has previously called a provocative act, ... North Korea threatens to punish mobile-phone users as 'war criminals' Sock on that, Kim: South Korea floats footwear to communist North SKorea Staging Artillery Drills at Border Island |
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