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US News - News February 15, 2012 See US News Weather Last Katrina FEMA trailer leaves New Orleans (Star-Telegram) The last of the once-ubiquitous FEMA trailers has been removed from New Orleans more than six years after floodwalls and levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and caused the city to flood. Congress Close to Payroll Tax Extension Deal (WSYX) Congressional leaders of both parties praised an emerging deal Wednesday to extend a payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012, but cautioned that bargainers still had to nail down final details. Rick Santorum Wants to Fight 'The Dangers Of Contraception' (swampland.time) "the dangers of contraception in this country, the whole sexual libertine idea" Candidates often say things when polling in the single digits that come back to haunt them when they start leading the polls. Spending cuts trump farm subsidies for many voters (Lincoln Daily News) Promoting farm subsidies was once a no-brainer for rural members of Congress seeking re-election. This year, it's a bit trickier. US 'very closely' watching Syrian chemical weapons (WBAY-TV Green Bay) The U.S. and its allies are closely monitoring Syria's stockpiles of chemical arms and portable anti-aircraft missiles, a State Department official says, amid concerns that the country's unconventional weapons could fall into the hands of terrorist or militant groups while the 11-month-old uprising continues. Chicago asked not to stifle wireless at summits (The Kansas City Star) Protesters are coming by the thousands to Chicago, armed with smartphones, video cameras and social media links that will allow them to instantly map strategy, share plans and disseminate images of what's happening - right in front of a police force renowned for responding with tough tactics.Now a city councilman wants to forbid the Police ... (more) Congress 'payroll tax cut deal' (BayouBuzz) Darling friends,Last week was my chance to take in the revelry and wonders and excitement of the Carnival Season. Democrat Reid, GOP Senator Shed Donations From Nevada Developer (News Max) U.S. Sens. Harry Reid and Dean Heller are shedding political donations amid reports that a Nevada developer and lobbyist is the target of a federal campaign finance investigation. Judges: April primary nearly impossible in Texas (WSVN-TV Miami Beach) The chances of Texas voters having much influence in the Republican presidential race faded Tuesday after a panel of federal judges acknowledged the state's deep divisions over political maps had made it nearly impossible to preserve an April primary. Santorum revels in sudden support _ but how deep? (The Kansas City Star) The latest Republican to surge in polls, Rick Santorum is trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting.Curious Republicans now pack his rallies. Negotiators reach tentative payroll tax cut pact (montereyherald) House-Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut that delivers about $20 a week to the average worker yielded a tentative agreement Tuesday, with lawmakers planning to unveil the pact Wednesday and sending the measure to President Barack Obama as early as this week. Negotiators reach tentative payroll tax cut pact (montereyherald) House-Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut that delivers about $20 a week to the average worker yielded a tentative agreement Tuesday, with lawmakers planning to unveil the pact Wednesday and sending the measure to President Barack Obama as early as this week. Elie Wiesel to Romney, Mormons: Don't baptize dead Jews (content.usatoday) Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel on Tuesday called on Mitt Romney to tell the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to stop doing proxy baptisms in the names of dead Jews, including Holocaust victims such as Wiesel's parents. 11 Most Important Clean Energy Provisions in the President's Budget Proposal (thinkprogress) President Obama's proposed 2013 budget invests in clean energy to help power the engine of economic growth. The budget would direct funds to efficiency and renewable electricity technologies to create jobs and boost domestic manufacturing, and would also make manufacturing more efficient. Adulthood, Delayed: What Has the Recession Done to Millennials? (theatlantic) The Great Recession didn't just postpone financial independence for millions of young Americans. It also changed our attitudes about what it means to be an adult.Generations are social constructs. There is no chemical or biological difference between Gen-Xers and Millennials, but we talk about them as if they were different species. That Gen-Xers grew up "independent" and Millennials grew up "entitled" aren't anthropological observations. Rather, they're marginally useful stereotypes. If it's true that members of a certain age group have commonalities that they don't fully share with older or younger groups, this isn't the result of generational determinism. It's just circumstance. More US News News...

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