 USA TODAY | Advisory Panel Favors Approval for Weight-Loss Drug New York Times A federal advisory panel on Wednesday overwhelmingly recommended approval of what could become the first new prescription drug to treat obesity in 13 years. The advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration voted 20 to 2 that the benefits of ... FDA panel backs previously rejected obesity pill US advisers back experimental obesity pill FDA advisory panel votes in favor of approving obesity drug Qnexa |
 The Guardian | Five issues to watch for in the Republican debate CBS News The debate will give the candidates to hit on a number of hot topics that have dominated headlines as they campaign across the country. Here are a five issues the candidates are likely to broach: The Mesa debate marks the first debate since the ... Romney and Santorum seek edge in 20th debate Romney Pushes Across-the-Board Tax Cuts With focus on Michigan, debate is a consolation prize for Arizona |
 Globe and Mail | Journalists a "target" in Syria, reporter says CBS News Syrian rebels are seen in Homs, Syria, in this image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Feb. 22, 2012. Remi Ochlik and Marie Colvin are inset at top. (CBS/AP) "Shameless brutality" -- those are the words the United ... Syria violence intensifies Assad forces bomb Syria's Homs | Syria 'ordered murder of western journalists' |
 USA TODAY | Va. senator to kill amended bill on pre-abortion ultrasounds USA TODAY By Michael Winter, USA TODAY After Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said he opposed requiring women to undergo an invasive ultrasound before having an abortion, the state House today passed a revised measure that still mandates an ultrasound but makes the ... Virginia governor backs off requiring ultrasound before abortion Va. House scraps invasive pre-abortion requirement Virginia GOP backs off mandatory invasive ultrasound tests |
 Los Angeles Times | Santorum, under fire for Satan comments, recalls Reagan's 'courage' Los Angeles Times By Mitchell Landsberg Nearly 30 years after President Reagan first spoke about the Soviet Union as an "evil empire," Rick Santorum brought it up Wednesday -- in apparent reference to a flurry of attention being given remarks he made four years ago ... Devil in the details: Santorum hardly alone in belief in Satan Dowd: Just how far back does Santorum want to drag the country? In Context: Santorum on Satan |
 KGMI | Lawmakers receive threatening letters -- officials CBS News A handful of lawmakers have received threatening letters in the last few days with an unidentified white powdery substance and more may be on the way, law enforcement officials told CBS News Wednesday. At least one lawmaker from Wisconsin and a senator ... Congressional offices receive threatening letters, suspicious powder found not ... Congress members receive threatening letters Congressional offices receive mailed threats |
 New York Times | Obama Unveils Proposal to Cut Corporate Tax Rate New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to scrub the corporate tax code of dozens of loopholes and subsidies to reduce the top rate to 28 percent, from 35 percent, while giving preferences to manufacturers that would set their maximum ... Obama's tax plan: Close loopholes, cut corporate rate to 28 percent Obama proposes cutting corporate tax rate, ending breaks Obama proposes corporate tax cuts |
 USA TODAY | Holy orders: Ohio church includes drive-thru blessing among annual Ash ... Washington Post CINCINNATI — An Ohio church is offering a drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessing for parishioners pressed for time or reluctant to come inside the church for the Lenten observance. The Rev. Patricia Anderson Cook of Mt. Healthy United Methodist Church in ... Ash Wednesday in Chicago Ohio church offers drive-thru for Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday services held in metro Detroit |
 KEPR 19 | Police say Wash. school shooting leaves 1 injured The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An 8-year-old girl was shot in the abdomen at an elementary school in Washington state Wednesday afternoon and one of her classmates was detained, authorities said. The injured third-grader was airlifted to Seattle's Harborview Medical ... Washington girl, 8, shot in stomach; 3rd-grade classmate detained Police: Student shot, another in custody UPDATE 1-Washington state third grader shoots classmate |
 CTV.ca | Training should have averted Afghan Koran burning: general Reuters By David Alexander | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Troops involved in a Koran-burning incident in Afghanistan should have known to check with cultural advisers attached to their units to determine how to properly dispose of religious material, a spokesman for ... 9 die in 2nd day of Afghan protests over Quran burnings Quran burnings spark U.S. protest in Afghanistan Karzai urges calm in Afghanistan Koran burning row |
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