• Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria (AP)

    This image from amateur video made available by Shaam News Network on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, purports to show a wounded man being treated at a field hospital in Homs, Syria. Syrian forces unleashed a barrage of mortars and artillery on the battered city of Homs for hours before dawn on Saturday, sending terrified residents fleeing into basements and killing scores of people in what appeared to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said.(AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUTAP - Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing calls for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, despite international outrage Saturday over a devastating bombardment of the city of Homs by his regime's forces. Activists said more than 200 were killed in the bloodiest episode of the nearly 11-month uprising.


    Locations: Hims, H'ims, SY,China,Russia,Syria

  • Romney, Gingrich expect Romney to win Nev. Vote (AP)

    Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greets supporters at a campaign rally in Henderson, Nev., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - A confident Mitt Romney is looking past his GOP opponents and Nevada's caucuses the day the state votes. Chief rival Newt Gingrich is bracing for defeat in a state the former Massachusetts governor won in 2008.


    Locations: Massachusetts, US,Nevada, US,Henderson, NV, US

  • Police clear tents from Occupy site in DC (AP)

    A U.S. Park Police officer removes a wooden structure from an Occupy DC protestor's tent at McPherson Square in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Park Police arrived before dawn to enforce a no camping law at the square near the White House, which demonstrators have occupied since last October, and enjoyed special First Amendment protections by virtue of the square's designation as park service property. The regulations permit protesters to remain onsite at all hours with tents, but bars them from camping or laying down bedding material.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites, with police clearing the grounds of tents that they said were banned under park rules.


    Locations: District of Columbia, US,Washington, DC, US

  • Storm goes east after dumping on Colorado (AP)

    Rhonda Johnstone wipes out while snowboarding with her friends dogs Sake and Lola as a snow storm hits the Denver metro area Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 in Lakewood, Colo. A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming, western Kansas and western Nebraska. The storm stretched as far south as New Mexico, where Department of Transportation reported difficult driving conditions on several state highways because of the winter weather, leaving highways snow packed and icy. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)AP - A stretch of Interstate 70 reopened Saturday morning, after near-zero visibility had forced officials to close all 160 miles of the westbound lanes between the Kansas state line and metro Denver and a 70-mile stretch of eastbound lanes from metro Denver to the plains town of Limon.


    Locations: Colorado, US,Kansas, US,New Mexico, US,Denver, CO, US,Lakewood, CO, US,Limon, CO, US,Wyoming, NE, US

  • Tens of thousands rally against Putin's rule (AP)

    Demonstrators gather for a massive protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule in Bolotnaya square in Moscow, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 . Thousands of Russians are taking to the streets of Moscow to demand an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule, challenging his bid to reclaim presidency in March. The protest expected to draw tens of thousands despite temperatures plunging to minus 20 C (minus 4 F). Banner reads: 'Vladimir, you smell bad and our roads are different' (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr )AP - Their frozen breath rising in the brutally frigid air, tens of thousands of protesters marched through downtown Moscow on Saturday to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin one month before a presidential election that could extend his rule for six more years.


    Locations: Moscow, Moscow Federal City, RU

  • Stylistic extremes at top of GOP presidential race (AP)

    Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Elko, Nev. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - Mitt Romney listens. Newt Gingrich lectures.


    Locations: Massachusetts, US,Elko, NV, US

  • For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life (AP)

    This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, shows of worker inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed 'friend' from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.


    Locations: Menlo Park, CA, US

  • Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American' (AP)

    This Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 photo shows Gibre George, who started a Facebook page called 'Don't Call Me African-American,' in Hollywood, Fla. The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: 'black.' The debate has waxed and waned since 'African-American' went mainstream, and gained new significance after the son of a black Kenyan and a white American moved into the White House. President Barack Obama's identity has been contested from all sides, renewing questions that have followed millions of darker Americans: What are you? Where are you from? And how do you fit into this country? (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: "black."


    Locations: Hollywood, FL, US,The White House, Washington, DC, US

  • Shocked? Not! Not many surprises in Super Bowl ads (AP)

    This advertisement provided by Dannon Co,. shows a scene from the Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt Super Bowl commercial, starring Jessica Blackmore and John Stamos. The Dannon Oikos advertisement will run during the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVI, Sunday, Feb 5, 2012. About 20 of the roughly 36 Super Bowl advertisers put their TV commercials online in the days leading up to Sunday's broadcast. That's a big break with tradition and up from last year when only a handful of companies released their ads before the game. Stamos' Dannon ad is one of the ads that have been pre-released. (AP Photo/Dannon Co.)AP - If you're expecting to be shocked by all the Super Bowl ads, don't hold your breath: There won't be many surprises.


    Locations: Nikos, Nicosia District, CY,Colorado, US

  • Closure of Armstrong probe could affect feds (AP)

    FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2011, file photo, former cycling champion Lance Armstrong smiles during a news conference at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Federal prosecutors said, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, they are closing a criminal investigation of Armstrong and will not charge him over allegations the seven-time Tour de France winner used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)AP - The federal government pursued a drug case against home run king Barry Bonds for more than seven years. The end result: a guilty verdict on just one count and a sentence of 30 days confinement at Bonds' estate in Beverly Hills.


    Locations: Beverly Hills, CA, US,Los Angeles, CA, US,The Cedars, CA, US,Sinai, Morona-Santiago, EC

  • Russia, China veto U.N. resolution telling Assad to quit (Reuters)

    FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington. The Obama administration pressed Russia on Friday to back a softened version of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the violence in Syria, though it was unclear if the compromise wording would compel President Bashar Assad to step down as Washington wants. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)Reuters - Russia and China vetoed on Saturday an Arab- and Western-backed resolution at the U.N. Security Council calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down over his bloody crackdown on a popular uprising.


    Locations: Washington, DC, US,China,Russia,Syria

  • Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control (Reuters)

    Reuters - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control.

    Locations: Boston, MA, US,New York, NY, US,Washington, DC, US

  • Greek banks recap via common shares with restrictions: source (Reuters)

    Reuters - Greece has agreed to recapitalize its struggling banks after a planned bond swap largely through common shares with restricted voting rights, a banking source told Reuters on Saturday.

    Locations: Greece

  • Russians stage rival protests over Putin (Reuters)

    Reuters - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while supporters of the prime minister staged a rival rally drawing comparable numbers.

    Locations: Moscow, Moscow Federal City, RU

  • Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work (Reuters)

    Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi talks to journalist during a news conference in Tehran February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiReuters - Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear program even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.


    Locations: Tehran, Tehran, IR,Iran

  • Police begin clearing Occupy DC protest site (Reuters)

    A protester walks along barricades with his personal belongings as U.S. National Park Service police cordon-off the Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square in Washington, February 4, 2012. Police officers wearing helmets and carrying shields arrived at the site where protesters with the Reuters - Police removed bedding and most tents on Saturday at an "Occupy" protest site just blocks from the White House, enforcing a no-camping rule at a public square that has housed protesters for months.


    Locations: Washington, DC, US,United States,National Park Service, Providence, RI, US

  • Romney looks to boost front-runner status in Nevada (Reuters)

    Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney greets Cynthia Potts (R) at a campaign rally in Elko, Nevada February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - With a huge lead in polls, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney appeared poised for an easy win in Nevada on Saturday that would put him in firm command of the party's see-sawing presidential nominating race.


    Locations: Massachusetts, US,Nevada, US,Elko, NV, US

  • Panetta reassures European allies over defense cuts (Reuters)

    Reuters - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reassured European allies on Saturday that Washington remains committed to their security despite an austerity drive, as NATO pushed for new ways for alliance members to maintain capabilities at lower cost.

    Locations: Washington, DC, US

  • How did Anonymous hackers eavesdrop on FBI and Scotland Yard? (The Christian Science Monitor)

    The Christian Science Monitor - Hackers describing themselves as part of the group Anonymous posted on the Internet Friday a recording of a conference call between FBI and Scotland Yard officials discussing the legal cases against individuals believed to be part of the group.

    Locations: Washington, DC, US

  • Can US and Russia cut a deal on Syria action? Both sides to give it a try. (The Christian Science Monitor)

    The Christian Science Monitor - United Nations Security Council members contemplated a watered-down resolution on Syria Friday, with Russia balking at any wording that could be construed as support for “regime change” targeting President Bashar al-Assad.

    Locations: Russia,Syria