All eyes to be on Newt Gingrich at Iowa debate (Los Angeles Times)

NEW YORK ? Oil prices are flat with a report showed the U.S. economy grew at a slightly slower than expected pace in the fourth quarter. The Commerce Department said Friday that the economy grew at a modest 2.8 percent in the final three months of last year. While that is the fastest growth in [...]

Fatima Akbar, center, marches with her son Shafiyu, 11, left, and Ayesha Mohammed, right, towards the New York Police Department headquarters during a rally asking for the resignation of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and NYPD spokesperson Paul Browne, in a demand for independent community control of the NYPD, and a well-funded oversight mechanism with subpoena [...]

CARACAS, Venezuela ? Youthful state governor Henrique Capriles won Venezuela’s first-ever opposition presidential primary Sunday by a wide margin, emerging as the single candidate who will try to end President Hugo Chavez’s 13 years in power. Capriles, the 39-year-old governor of Miranda state who describes himself as a center-left progressive, faces a tough task in [...]

ILIGAN, Philippines ? The Philippine Red Cross says the death toll from a storm that ravaged a wide swath of the south has risen to 652 with 808 others still missing. Red Cross Secretary-General Gwendolyn Pang said Sunday that flash floods set off by Tropical Storm Washi killed 346 people in Cagayan de Oro city [...]

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