After UN veto, US floats coalition on Syria (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:46:07 GMT
AP - The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria's opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N. attempt to end nearly 11 months of bloodshed, raising fears that violence will escalate. Rebel soldiers said force was now the only way to oust President Bashar Assad, while the regime vowed to press its military crackdown.

GOP race turns to Colorado, Minnesota (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:40:55 GMT
AP - Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine.

NYC protest gets heated when Yemen leader is seen (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:40:47 GMT
AP - A protest of the embattled president of Yemen outside the New York hotel where he's staying got heated when demonstrators saw him leave the building.

Egypt to try 19 Americans in case straining ties (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:54:47 GMT
AP - Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt on Sunday referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest in the country.

Ex-Panama dictator Noriega suffers possible stroke (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:50:33 GMT
AP - Panamanian police say former dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega has been transported from prison to a hospital, possibly because of a stroke.

Brown U. student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:44:29 GMT
AP - The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats.

Just a bluff? Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:10:17 GMT
AP - For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent — an action that many fear might trigger a wider war, terrorism and global economic havoc.

As colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:50:58 GMT
AP - When US News & World Report debuted its list of "America's Best Colleges" nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they've had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves.

'Chronicle' edges Radcliffe's 'Woman' with $22M (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:51:09 GMT
AP - Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the actor who plays the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.

Super matchups everywhere with Pats-Giants (AP)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:10:36 GMT
AP - MVP quarterbacks on marquee franchises. A rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago, featuring many of the same key characters. Madonna and plenty of Manning — Eli, and Peyton, too.