AP – Senegal’s highest court ruled Friday that the country’s increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month’s election, a deep blow to the country’s opposition which has vowed to take to the streets if the aging leader does not step aside.
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Senegal’s president cleared to run for 3rd term (AP)
American economy not healthy yet, but it’s healing (AP)
AP – The American economy may not be truly healthy yet, but it’s healing.
GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size (AP)
AP – Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment’s fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall.
Tubby tabby gets revolutionary new knee joint (AP)
AP – Because Cyrano weighs more than 20 pounds, amputating his cancer-weakened leg was out of the question. So the tubby tabby’s owners turned to doctors and engineers at North Carolina State University to get him back into mice-catching trim.
‘Barefoot Bandit’ sentenced to 6 1/2 years (AP)
AP – A federal judge on Friday sentenced “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.
Romney, Gingrich focus on Hispanic voters in Fla. (AP)
AP – Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney pitched their ideas for reforming immigration law and pushing democracy into Cuba and across Latin America as the Republican presidential candidates vied for Hispanic votes Friday, entering the final, frenzied weekend before Florida’s primary.
Kalifornien verabschiedet neue Regeln für die automatische Übertragung (PA)
“left” align = width = height = “122″ “130″ alt = “Carte zeigt die besagt, dass Kalifornien Standards Auto propre” border = “0″ /> AP eingeführt haben – California Luftregler weitergegeben Fegen der auto Abgasnormen Freitag, dass ein Mandat auf 1,4 Millionen Elektro-und Hybridfahrzeuge auf den Straßen im Jahr 2025, gehören.
US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed (AP)
AP – A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said Friday.
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U.S. growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead (Reuters)
Reuters – The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter of 2011, but a strong rebuilding of stocks by businesses and a slower pace of business spending hinted at softer growth early this year.
Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing (AP)
AP – Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was “semi-conscious, barely,” according to a caller on a 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials.
