Romney readies tax returns to regain Republican lead

Columbia, South Carolina (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pledged on Sunday to release his tax returns this week, bowing to pressure from critics and hoping to make up for a misstep that helped rival Newt Gingrich win South …

YAHOO! • January 22, 2012, 12:18 PM (PST)

New York Times

Analysis: Iran’s softer Gulf words don’t mean nuclear shift

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has stepped back from a threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, but while its softened rhetoric appears to be aimed at de-escalating military tensions, it does not indicate any change of stance on its nuclear program. "Iran’s…

YAHOO! • January 22, 2012, 11:28 AM (PST)

Los Angeles Times

Patriots and Ravens kick it off in the AFC Championship game? what’s going on? (3-0 Patriots)

The Patriots and Ravens are going at it on the Gillette Stadium field, and the AFC Championship game has begun. Thus far, it has been like we thought. The Patriots began with a stop on defense, holding the Ravens to a short gain on first down, then …

Boston Herald • January 22, 2012, 12:18 PM (PST)

NJ.com

Paterno was the last one of his kind

Was it a self-fulfilling prophecy? There will, of course, be those who will claim that the passing of legendary former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was not so much from the effects of the lung cancer that weakened his 85-year-old body as from …

Philadelphia Daily News • January 22, 2012, 12:54 PM (PST)

Los Angeles Times

Greece deal will stabilise eurozone: Goldman

A massive debt writedown for Greece will stabilise the eurozone by removing a threat posed by its "weak link," a strategist with investment bank Goldman Sachs said in an interview published on Sunday. Greece needs a so-called PSI, or …

YAHOO! • January 22, 2012, 12:32 PM (PST)

Philadelphia Daily News

Etta James, the husky-voiced R&B singer, dies at 73

Etta James, 73, the powerful rhythm-and-blues singer whose more than five-decade career spawned such enduring hits as "At Last" and "Tell Mama," making her a profound influence on younger generations of female vocalists, died Friday…

Philadelphia Daily News • January 22, 2012, 10:52 AM (PST)


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