(14 stories) Deadline nears, Obama wants payroll tax cut action

US News - News February 11, 2012 See US News Weather Deadline nears, Obama wants payroll tax cut action (Athens Banner-Herald) President Barack Obama is pressuring Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the rest of the year as another deadline nears for Congress to act or see taxes go up for millions of working people. Reader comments (Tulsa World) Shaken by a string of failures, Romney is hoping to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat Saturday on the path to his party's nomination. Texting blamed in fatal crash (La Vista Sun) Rep. Jeff Fortenberry seeks stronger conscience exemptions for coverage, while Sen. Catholic Bishops Group Denounces Contraception Compromise (WLWT-TV Cincinnati) The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced President Barack Obama's compromise over whether to require religiously affiliated institutions to provide contraception to female employees, saying the proposal raises "serious moral concerns," according to a statement posted on its website late Friday. Gingrich Jokes About Tracking Immigrants Via Mail (WBAL-TV Baltimore) GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich got a good laugh from his audience of conservatives Friday when he ribbed the U.S. government for not using mail services, such as FedEx, to track down the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the nation. Obama Budget: $901 Billion Deficit In 2013 (10News) President Barack Obama will propose a budget on Monday that forecasts a $901 billion deficit in 2013, and includes plans to make targeted investments in areas like infrastructure while hiking taxes on the rich. Ill. Sen. Mark Kirk moved to stroke rehab center (Star-Telegram) Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk has left the Chicago hospital where he was treated after his stroke last month and has been transferred to a rehabilitation center. Pelosi says Dems set to take House, 5 states key (Deseret News) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi predicted Friday that five large states will bring Democrats within striking distance of gaining control of the chamber this year. Uzbek Man in Ala. Pleads Guilty in Terrorist Plot to Kill Obama (The Afro American Newspaper) Kodirov was indicted last year on a charge of threatening Obama's life and illegally possessing an automatic rifle. Ginsburg questions 1973 abortion ruling's timing (Deseret News) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggested Friday that her predecessors on the high court mistimed the milestone 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. Navy Names Ship For Former Congressman Giffords (Baltimore News) The Navy has named a ship for Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head received in January 2011. Congressman asks for delay in Eisenhower Memorial (WNEM-TV Saginaw) A Virginia congressman is asking a federal panel to reject a design for a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington, saying the World War II general's family objects to it. Court hears appeal for woman who shot at US troops (Boston) Lawyers for a Pakistani scientist serving an 86 year prison sentence for shooting at U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan told an appeals court Friday that she was so mentally ill, she should have been barred from testifying at her own trial. Budget deficit drops to $27 billion in January (Cleveland) The budget deficit fell sharply in January compared to a year earlier, as an improving economy lifts income tax revenue. More US News News...

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