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US News - News February 9, 2012 See US News Weather US jobs gap between young and old is widest ever (The Post-Standard) Squeezed by a tight job market, young Americans are especially struggling. They have suffered bigger income losses than other age groups and are less likely to be employed than at any time since World War II. Kennedy moves ahead of expected congressional bid (Marin Independent Journal) Joseph Kennedy III has moved to a different Boston suburb ahead of an expected congressional bid to replace retiring U.S. Rep. McCain: It's Time US Acted 'On Behalf Of The People Being Slaughtered' In Syria (CBS Local) Sen. John McCain says the United States should find ways to help the Syrian people under siege from President Bashar Assad, without putting American "boots on the ground." McCain tells "CBS This Morning" there are several options available, ranging from medical care and technical assistance to safe havens for refugees of the violence. Potential Conflicts At Freddie Mac Draw Scrutiny (npr) A federal Inspector General's office confirmed Wednesday it is looking into Freddie Mac investments that act as bets against homeowners being able to refinance. In addition, U.S. senators are expected to probe Freddie Mac's investment practices at a hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Socialism, Paris Hilton More Popular Than Congress (abcnews.go) There is no question that Americans are frustrated with their elected officials, but the latest Gallup poll shows that frustration has reached a fever pitch, plummeting Congress to its lowest approval rating in history. 'Anybody But Romney' Wins Everywhere, as GOP Turnout Tanks (thenation) The big winner Tuesday? Anybody But Romney. After eight states have held Republican primaries and caucuses, the ordained front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination has lost the majority of contests. Mitt Romney has won three races (New Hampshire, Florida, Nevada) but he has now lost five (Iowa, South Carolina, Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota). Here's the even more unsettling fact for those who would make Romney a nominee: Rick Santorum, who was supposed a footnote to the 2012 contest, has won more states than Mitt Romney. But let's not succumb to Santorumania just yet. 'Rasputin Was My Neighbor' And Other True Tales Of Time Travel (npr) He was old, but not ancient, the man next to us at the delicatessen. It was 1973. My then girlfriend (now wife) and I had ordered dinner and this old guy, sitting by himself, seemed lonely, so we got talking and he told us how he had grown up in St. Petersburg, Russia, and that when he was a boy, his next-door neighbor was a famous man, a really famous man. 'Good Day' co-anchor Greg Kelly to return to Channel 5 Friday morning (nydailynews) Had been off the air since Jan. 26 following rape allegations FOX 5 anchorman Greg Kelly will return to "Good Day New York" on Friday - days after being cleared of rape allegations. The decision was made at a 4 p.m. meeting between Kelly and station brass Wednesday, sources told the Daily News. As he left the station, Kelly confirmed his return to work. "I'm very appreciative of all the positive support I've received," he said after walking out the front door. Kelly looked relieved Young, Underemployed and Optimistic (pewsocialtrends) Coming of Age, Slowly, in a Tough Economy This report is based on findings from a Pew Research Center survey conducted Dec. 6-19, 2011, among 2,048 adults nationwide, including 808 young adults (ages 18 to 34). The report also draws on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Girl, 10, breaks silence about accused L.A. teacherA as 200 new bondage-style photos are discovered (nydailynews) Mark Henry Berndt, 61 has been arrested for allegedly taking photos of blindfolded and gagged students with roaches on their faces and spoons of semen to their mouths. A student who was allegedly fed semen-laced cookies at Miramonte Elementary School has broken her silence as Los Angeles County investigators sift through a new cache of 200 bondage-style student photos. The 10-year-old girl described interactions with Mark Berndt, the teacher now accused of 23 lewd acts with students, in an interview with KTLA-TV. Her female teacher, she said, would often send her to Berndt's adjoining classroom at his request, where he'd give her the cookies. Naked man who climbed to top of Los Angeles tower is taken into police custody (nydailynews) A naked man who climbed to the top of a communications tower in downtown Los Angeles and sat there for more than four hours is now in police custody. McCarthy, Beck, and the New Hate (theatlantic) For more than 60 years, a feedback loop of conspiracy theories has flared when tough times make people long for order and control.Flash back half a century and you'll hear much of the same agitated rhetoric that we hear today. On February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy stood before a woman's Republican Club in Wheeling, West Virginia, and declared that the U.S. was engaged in "a final, all-out battle between communistic atheism and Christianity." Obama, Explained (theatlantic) As Barack Obama contends for a second term in office, two conflicting narratives of his presidency have emerged. Is he a skillful political player and policy visionary—a chess master who always sees several moves ahead of his opponents (and of the punditocracy)? Or is he politically clumsy and out of his depth—a pawn overwhelmed by events, at the mercy of a second-rate staff and of the Republicans? Here, a longtime analyst of the presidency takes the measure of our 44th president, with a view to history. N.J. among 10 states to be freed from 'No Child Left Behind' law by Obama (NJ) President Barack Obama today will free New Jersey and nine other states from the strict requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law. Group wants Supreme Court to save war memorial (BroadcastNewsroom) ' Supporters of a war memorial cross deemed unconstitutional last year by a federal court plan to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, amid a growing fight nationwide over the use of religious symbols to honor fallen troops. More US News News...

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