AP 2012-02-13

1. President Barack Obama is freeing ten states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law. The states must promise to improve the way schools teach and evaluate students. The move is an acknowledgement that t

AP 2012-02-12

1. Rick Santorum surprised just about everybody, winning all three Republican presidential contests on Tuesday. Santorum took home wins in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado. Back in 2008, Minnesota and Colorado voted for Mitt Romney. 2. House Republic

AP 2012-02-11

1. Rick Santorum continues to reap the benefits of his three victories yesterday. He says since then he's collected a quarter million dollars in donations as he tries to win the GOP presidential nomination. 2. A Missouri teenager has been sentenced t

AP 2012-02-14

1. President Barack Obama is offering his birth control plan so that religious employers won't have to cover the cost. Instead, he shifts that responsibility to insurance companies, who will have to provide free contraception. 2. An Islamic extremist

AP 2012-02-01

1. With a new poll showing him trailing by 15 points ahead of Tuesday's Florida Republican primary, Newt Gingrich is slamming Mitt Romney for carpet-bombing his record. While Romney spent several days sharply attacking Gingrich, this weekend he's ref

AP 2012-02-02

1. One day to go into the Florida Republican presidential primary, Florida is the biggest state to vote so far. Polls show Mitt Romney with a lead over Newt Gingrich. 2. The Obama administration is preparing for new talks with Iraq. The top aided def

AP 2012-02-03

1. Florida residents head to the polls to vote in the Republican presidential primary today. Many residents have already voted early. The latest polls have Mitt Romney with a strong lead over Newt Gingrich. 2. President Obama used an online chat to e

AP 2012-02-04

1. Mitt Romney looks strong in the polls heading into the Florida primary, but Newt Gingrich is insisting the race for the nomination is far from over. The winner-take-all primary is worth 50 convention delegates, but the bigger prize is political mo

AP 2012-02-05

1. President Barack Obama says programs to help struggling homeowners have not worked as he had hoped, so he's calling on Congress to do more. He's detailing a proposal to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower interest r

AP 2012-02-06

1. Donald Trump is backing Mitt Romney for president. The TV personality and business mogul says he likes how Romney performed in debates as well as his stance on China. 2. Newt Gingrich says he believes we should care about the very poor. This comes

AP 2012-02-07

1. Russia and China have vetoed a Security Council resolution that calls for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down. The resolution which is supported by all the other council members aimed at stopping the ongoing violence in Syria. 2. Mitt Ro

AP 2012-02-08

1. While Nevada's caucuses are looking like a big win for Mitt Romney, his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination are shrugging it off as the expected result. Newt Gingrich says he's focused on making it to Super Tuesday, where he says he'

AP 2012-02-09

1. Syria is seeing more diplomatic fallout from its continued violent crackdown on protesters. The US is closing its embassy there, pulling all American diplomats out of the country. And the British are recalling their ambassador for consultations on

AP 2012-02-10

1. A federal appeals court has declared California same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. The ruling paves the way for a likely US Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law known as Proposition 8. 2. A vice president at the Susan G. Komen for

AP 2012-02-16

1. A Coroner's official says they won't release information on an autopsy performed on Whitney Houston at the request of police detectives investigating her death. Houston was found dead Saturday in the bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel room. 2. Greek

AP 2012-02-15

1. The Los Angeles coroner's office says an autopsy will be performed on Whitney Houston. The 48-year-old singer was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room Saturday. She was also mourned Sunday at the church her family attended in Newark, New Jersey.

AP 2012-02-17

1. Sources say Whitney Houston's body will be taken home to New Jersey late Monday for a funeral to be held at week's end. Meanwhile police say Houston was found in a tub and unconscious in a Beverly Hills hotel Saturday. It could be weeks before a c

AP 2012-02-18

1. Chinese expected next leader is defending his nation's record on human right, but says there is room for improvement. Vice president Xi Jinping said he had candid discussions on the issue with President Obama at the White House. 2. President Obama

AP 2012-02-21

1. Lawmakers on Capital Hill say they've reached a compromise on the bill extending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for the unemployment. Speaker John Boehner says he supports the agreement, but he doesn't think the deal will help the US econo

AP 2012-02-20

1. President Barack Obama is calling for tax cuts for American manufacturers and higher taxes for companies that move overseas. He was in Milwaukee at a padlock plant where he said America needs to be a more attractive place for businesses to grow. 2