In a face-to-face encounter, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on health care, economic stimulus and other major issues.
Source:Face to face, Obama urges GOP to cooperate
U.S breast-feeding advocates may have unleashed a well-meaning but misguided flood of mothers’ milk to earthquake-shattered Haiti, one that aid workers say was not requested — and is not needed.
Source:Call for breast milk donations in Haiti goes bust
An advertisement featuring the NBA’s two biggest superstars includes a gun reference, the same week two players were suspended for carrying firearms to the locker room.
Source:Kobe-LeBron Nike ad features gun language
Cardinals QB took unlikely path from Arena Football to Super Bowl star.
Source:Warner calls it quits; Hall of Fame next for QB?
Reuters - An anti-abortion activist who admitted he gunned down one of America’s few late-term abortion providers was convicted of first-degree murder on Friday after he testified he had to stop the doctor from performing more abortions.
Source:Activist convicted for slaying Kansas abortion doctor
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AP - In a remarkably sharp face-to-face confrontation, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on taxes, health care and the economic stimulus, while they accused him in turn of brushing off their ideas and driving up the national debt.
Source:Obama, GOP exchange barbs, ideas in rare encounter
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Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Friday he had no regrets about the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein was a threat to the world who had to be disarmed or removed.
Source:Defiant Blair says no regrets over Iraq war
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Reuters - The economy grew at its fastest pace in more than six years in the fourth quarter, surprising economists, as businesses curbed their aggressive cut in stocks and stepped up spending.
Source:Economy soars 5.7 percent, fastest in 6 years
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Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday proposed $33 billion in tax credits to coax small businesses into hiring workers as he underscored his commitment to pushing job creation to the top of his agenda.
Source:Obama unveils $33 billion tax credit to boost jobs
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It’s a milestone for the Duggar clan: Josie, their 19th child — who was delivered nearly three months premature in a touch-and-go C-section in December — has doubled her weight at the age of 7 weeks. “She is so very precious,” said Josie’s sister Jill, 18. “I cry every time I see her.”
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