US News - News February 25, 2012

Gay sheriff prompts intriguing questions (Bellingham Herald)
Among the conservative, mostly over-55 crowd, it is a subject seen in black and white.

Yemen Swears In New President After Saleh's Longtime Rule (TurnTo23)
Yemen's new president on Saturday promised to continue the fight against al Qaida, calling it "a religious and national duty" for citizens of his restive nation.

Clinton urges Tunisians to embrace reforms (The State)
TUNIS, Tunisia - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging Tunisia to make good on the promise of reform offered by the "Arab Spring." In Tunisia, the catalyst for the tumult that engulfed the region last year, Clinton told Tunisians that their continued embrace of reforms would serve as a powerful example elsewhere.

Santorum benefits from mistaken religious identity (Boston)
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum campaigns at the Knights of Columbus, Friday, Feb.

Gingrich Blasts Obama On Several Key Issues (WMTW-TV Auburn)
On the campaign trail, Newt Gingrich profusely criticizes the bailout of two American automakers, but the candidate admitted in an interview Friday that the program did achieve a measure of success.

Families Of Dead Marines Share Memories (OfficialWire)
Their hometowns stretched from Connecticut to California. One young man was soon to become a father, another had just gotten engaged.

Gingrich pins campaign on a cluster of contests (Sunherald)
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- Largely on the sidelines of the GOP race, Newt Gingrich is pinning his fleeting Republican presidential hopes on Georgia, where his political career began, and a cluster of states that vote the same day.

Girl Scouts Host 100-Year Gala in Tarrytown (The Daily Peek Skill)
Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson CEO Pam Anderson, second from left, poses with a Girl Scout troop from Pleasantville.

Plans to drug test welfare recipients get momentum (KBCI CBS 2)
Conservatives who say welfare recipients should have to pass a drug test to receive government assistance have momentum on their side.

FAA asked to investigate controllers at NY airport (Sunherald)
A suburban New York official wants the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate whether air traffic controllers are sleeping on the job at a local airport.

Shipwrecked silver begins voyage back to Spain (Bellingham Herald)
Two Spanish military C-130 cargo planes took off after noon from a Florida Air Force base with 594,000 silver coins and other artifacts aboard.

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplane_20110404093034_JPG (MyFoxPhilly)
Federal safety officials want changes in how equipment is mounted to overhead bins on Boeing 737 jets to prevent the 12-pound units from falling on passengers during survivable crashes.

Obama 'HOPE' poster artist, Shepard Fairey, pleads guilty in NYC (Statesman Journal)
A show with rock 'n' roll, lots of rock and more roll is coming to The Roxxy Northwest on Saturday.

What will the GOP convention look like? (cbsnews)
Disney may be in Orlando, but in Republican Party politics, Tampa is the home of Fantasyland. That's where the GOP convention will be held the week of Aug. 27. As the Republican race appears more likely to stretch into spring (or beyond), journalists and political operatives have started to imagine make-believe scenarios for what might happen if GOP delegates show up with funny hats, pins, and suntan lotion but no confirmed nominee.

Texas rodeo cowboy is accused of trafficking in rhino horns (news.bostonherald)
A professional rodeo cowboy from Texas who also breaks and trains camels is sitting in a Waco jail awaiting transfer to California, where he faces federal charges of trafficking in rhinoceros horns for the illicit Asian folk-medicine market.

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