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US News - News February 27, 2012 See US News Weather Obama urges governors to boost education funding (Denver Post) President Barack Obama Monday urged the nation's governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforce is crucial for the U.S. to remain competitive with other countries. TransCanada Touts Oil Pipeline From OK To TX (KDLT-TV Sioux Falls) A Canadian company says it will build an oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas after President Barack Obama blocked the larger Keystone XL pipeline from Canada. Agent Orange in Your Backyard: The Harmful Pesticide 2,4-D (theatlantic) The NRDC has filed suit against the EPA in an attempt to get it to cancel registrations for 2,4-D, which has been linked to hormone interference. The Big Reveal: Why does the Bible end that way? (newyorker) on the Book of Revelation.The Bible, as every Sunday-school student learns, has a Hollywood ending. Not a happy ending, certainly, but one where all the dramatic plot points left open earlier, to the whispered uncertainty of the audience , are resolved in a rush, and a final, climactic confrontation between the stern-lipped action hero and the really bad guys takes place. NYPD head not sorry about NJ Muslim surveillance (Bellingham Herald) He said Monday that the NYPD won't let up, despite criticism by some lawmakers in New Jersey who are upset that the department monitored communities in the Garden State. Rick Santorum blinks in the spotlight. (newyorker) Ask the Author: Join a live chat with Hendrik Hertzberg about the Republican race on Tuesday, February 28th, at 3 P.M. E.T. After ten months of ruthless culling, has the Republican "base" - an excitable, overlapping assortment of Fox News friends, Limbaugh dittoheads, Tea Party animals, war whoopers, nativists, Christianist fundamentalists, a la ... (more) Former GOP head Barbour: Nomination could go to convention (Newms360) Former Republican Party chairman Haley Barbour says the fight for the GOP presidential nomination could go all the way to the convention. Missile suspect due in US court (bbc.co.uk) A retired British businessman being held in the US for allegedly selling batteries for use in Iranian missiles is due in court on Monday.Christopher Tappin, 65, from south-east London, was extradited on Friday. He is being held in isolation at his own request at a prison in El Paso, Texas. NYPD cop survives wild shootout (nydailynews) A city cop's life was saved when his gun belt deflected a suspect's bullet in a lower East Side shootout Monday morning, police said. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly called it "another miracle." "An inch either way, it would have been right in his stomach," Kelly said on WOR-AM. "We're happy about that, but it's just an indication of what officers face on a daily basis." American in NYC bomb case will likely face charges (reuters) Lawyers for an American accused of building a pipe bomb said on Sunday they expected an indictment against him on terrorism and other charges to be unsealed in court this week. In a statement, attorneys Lori Cohen and Susan Walsh said prosecutors are likely to announce in court on Thursday that a grand jury has indicted their client, Jose Pimentel, 27, who is accused of plotting to attack police stations, post offices and military personnel in and around New York City. US Officers Among Dozens Killed Over Quran Burning in Afghanistan (christianpost) Two American officers were shot dead inside Afghanistan's heavily guarded interior ministry Saturday, the fifth day of violent protests over the accidental burning of Qurans at a NATO base that have resulted in dozens of demonstrators killed. Santorum: no apology needed for Quran burning (articles.boston) Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum criticized President Barack Obama's apology for the burning of Qurans in Afghanistan, adding that Afghanistan should apologize to the U.S. for the deaths of four U.S. soldiers during six days of violence sparked by the incident. Santorum warns of higher ed 'indoctrination' (maddowblog.msnbc.msn) When Rick Santorum argued recently against public education, he was largely referring to K-through-12 public schools. As it turns out, though, the Republican presidential hopeful doesn't like higher ed, either, insisting the other day that President Obama only wants to help young people go to college so they can undergo "indoctrination." American in NYC bomb case will likely face charges (reuters) Lawyers for an American accused of building a pipe bomb said on Sunday they expected an indictment against him on terrorism and other charges to be unsealed in court this week. Rick Santorum slams JFK, Mitt Romney OK with being wealthy (csmonitor) In a tight race to win the Michigan primary, US . Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney strongly defended his wealth on Sunday and challenged voters to support someone else if they did not like his success. More US News News...

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