 Bloomberg | Advisory Panel Favors Approval for Weight-Loss Drug New York Times A federal advisory panel on Wednesday overwhelmingly recommended approval of what could become the first new prescription drug to treat obesity in 13 years. The advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration voted 20 to 2 that the benefits of ... US advisers back experimental obesity pill FDA panel backs previously rejected obesity pill FDA panel backs weight loss drug, despite risks |
 The Guardian | Five issues to watch for in the Republican debate CBS News The debate will give the candidates to hit on a number of hot topics that have dominated headlines as they campaign across the country. Here are a five issues the candidates are likely to broach: The Mesa debate marks the first debate since the ... Romney and Santorum seek edge in 20th debate Romney Pushes Across-the-Board Tax Cuts Romney's favorability among Republicans on the upswing |
 CTV.ca | Journalists a "target" in Syria, reporter says CBS News Syrian rebels are seen in Homs, Syria, in this image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Feb. 22, 2012. Remi Ochlik and Marie Colvin are inset at top. (CBS/AP) "Shameless brutality" -- those are the words the United ... Syria violence intensifies Assad forces bomb Syria's Homs | Syria 'ordered murder of western journalists' |
 Fox News | Jury reaches verdict in murder case of former University of Virginia lacrosse ... Fox News CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The jurors in the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player have reached decided whether he fatally battered his ex-girlfriend in a drunken, jealous rage or if his intent to simply talk spiraled out of ... George Huguely guilty of second-degree murder Jurors in Yeardley Love murder trial reach verdict George Huguely Trial: Verdict Reached |
 The Guardian | Va. House scraps requirement that women seeking abortions undergo invasive ... Washington Post RICHMOND, Va. — Amid a public uproar that prompted Virginia's governor to withdraw his support, Republican legislators on Wednesday dropped a bitterly contested proposal to require that women seeking abortions undergo invasive ultrasound imaging, ... Virginia governor backs off requiring ultrasound before abortion Va. senator to kill amended bill on pre-abortion ultrasounds Va. House scraps invasive pre-abortion requirement |
 The Guardian | Lawmakers receive threatening letters -- officials CBS News A handful of lawmakers have received threatening letters in the last few days with an unidentified white powdery substance and more may be on the way, law enforcement officials told CBS News Wednesday. At least one lawmaker from Wisconsin and a senator ... Congressional offices receive threatening letters, suspicious powder found not ... Congressional offices receive mailed threats Congress members threatened with biological attack |
 New York Times | Obama Unveils Proposal to Cut Corporate Tax Rate New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to scrub the corporate tax code of dozens of loopholes and subsidies to reduce the top rate to 28 percent, from 35 percent, while giving preferences to manufacturers that would set their maximum ... Obama's tax plan: Close loopholes, cut corporate rate to 28 percent Obama proposes cutting corporate tax rate, ending breaks Obama proposes corporate tax cuts |
 Los Angeles Times | Santorum, under fire for Satan comments, recalls Reagan's 'courage' Los Angeles Times By Mitchell Landsberg Nearly 30 years after President Reagan first spoke about the Soviet Union as an "evil empire," Rick Santorum brought it up Wednesday -- in apparent reference to a flurry of attention being given remarks he made four years ago ... Devil in the details: Santorum hardly alone in belief in Satan Dowd: Just how far back does Santorum want to drag the country? In Context: Santorum on Satan |
 The Hindu | Argentine commuter train crashes, killing 49 people Reuters By Hilary Burke and Magdalena Morales | BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during Wednesday's morning rush hour, killing at least 49 people and injuring more than 600 in Argentina's worst ... CCTV of Buenos Aires train crash Argentinian train derailment injures 600 Argentine Train Slams Into Station, Killing 49 |
 USA TODAY | Holy orders: Ohio church includes drive-thru blessing among annual Ash ... Washington Post CINCINNATI — An Ohio church is offering a drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessing for parishioners pressed for time or reluctant to come inside the church for the Lenten observance. The Rev. Patricia Anderson Cook of Mt. Healthy United Methodist Church in ... Ash Wednesday in Chicago Ohio church offers drive-thru for Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday services held in metro Detroit |
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