 BBC News | Profile: Marie Colvin, intrepid and fearless war correspondent Reuters By Andrew Osborn | LONDON (Reuters) - Marie Colvin's final dispatch, published just three days before she and a French photographer were killed by shell and rocket fire, came from a bleak cellar packed with women and children cowering in the besieged ... Syria Shelling Kills 19, Including Two Journalists 2 Western journalists among 74 killed in Syria Amanpour: Marie Colvin shone light on victims |
 Fox News | Obama Tax Revamp Seeks 28% Corporate Rate Wall Street Journal By JEFFREY SPARSHOTT And SIOBHAN HUGHES WASHINGTON—The Obama administration on Wednesday proposed a tax overhaul that would lower the maximum rate companies pay, though some businesses said the effort doesn't go far enough and Republicans called the ... Obama Administration Proposes Corporate Tax Rate Cut to 28% Geithner presses case for revamping corporate taxes Obama Unveils Plan to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28 Percent |
 The Guardian | Mitt Romney plans 20% tax cut in effort to revive faltering campaign The Guardian Mitt Romney has unveiled a plan to cut taxes by 20%, in an effort to shore up his bid for the Republican presidential nomination ahead of primaries in Michigan and Arizona next week and the Super Tuesday contests a week later. Palin optimistic about 'volatile' GOP race: 'Competition makes everybody better' With tax plan, Mitt Romney tries to turn focus back to economy Mitt Romney: His super PAC burn rate soared in January |
 BBC News | Argentina train crash in Buenos Aires 'kills dozens' BBC News Some 49 people have been killed and at least 600 injured, officials say, in the worst train crash in Argentina in 40 years. The train hit the end of the platform at Once station in the capital Buenos Aires during the morning rush hour. 49 dead after Argentine train slams into station Argentine Train Slams Into Station, Killing Dozens Commuter Train Crash Kills Dozens in Argentina |
 Brisbane Times | Va Republican governor asks GOP lawmakers to make invasive pre-abortion ... Washington Post RICHMOND, Va. — Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell — facing outrage from women, national ridicule from television comedians and appeals from GOP moderates — is opposing a Republican bill requiring vaginal probes of women seeking abortions. McDonnell opposes vaginal ultrasound for abortion Virginia governor rethinks support on controversial abortion bill McDonnell to 'review' ultrasound bill |
 Atlanta Journal Constitution | Quran burning incites deadly riots in Afghanistan Atlanta Journal Constitution By RAHIM FAIEZ AP KABUL, Afghanistan — Clashes between Afghan troops and protesters angry over the burning of Muslim holy books at a US military base left at least seven people dead and dozens wounded Wednesday as anger spread despite US apologies over ... US apologises to Karzai for Bagram incident What US Army says about handling the Quran Anti-US protests turn deadly in Afghanistan |
 Fortune | Buffett Should 'Write a Check and Shut Up,' Christie Says San Francisco Chronicle AP Exclusive: National meth lab busts up in 2011 02.22.12 Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who called for the nation's wealthiest people to pay more taxes, should "just write a check ... New Jersey governor proposes $32.1 billion budget Christie Betting on NJ Rebound to Fund Tax Cuts, Pensions Christie: Buffett should "write a check and shut up" |
 The Guardian | Costa Concordia divers find eight bodies in wreck off Italian coast The Guardian Eight bodies, including that of a young girl, were located on Wednesday by divers searching the submerged section of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. The discovery brings to 25 the number of confirmed dead among the 4200 passengers and crew of the ship ... Italy: Divers Find 8 More Bodies in Ship Wreckage Managers investigated in Italian shipwreck probe Divers find eight more bodies at Italy shipwreck |
 USA TODAY | Ash Wednesday 2012: Lent begins around the world Washington Post From Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, global scenes of faith and tradition. Vicar Sandor Sebok, a priest from a local Catholic church, marks the forehead of a girl with ash, at a church in the town of Fot, Hungary. The Rev. For Lent, Newt to give up dessert, Callista her 'opinion', but not McDonald's Church offers drive-through Ash Wednesday services for those on the go Lines at churches for Ash Wednesday |
 MyFox Tampa Bay | Students sue over pepper-spraying at UC Davis CBS News A video still from the viral video "Police pepper spraying and arresting students at UC Davis." (YouTube/terrydatiger) SAN FRANCISCO - The University of California, Davis is facing a federal lawsuit filed by students who were pepper-sprayed during a ... UC Davis students sue over pepper spraying by campus police UC Davis Students Sue Over Pepper-Spray Incident |
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