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• Jobless rate among veterans highest in five years (Reuters)
• Snow-battered Northeast challenged by winter hazards (Reuters)
• Chrysler chief apologizes for using term "shyster" (Reuters)
• Study: Single Men Not Afraid of Marriage or Having Kids (Time.com)
• Super Bowl School: What the NFL Can Teach Teachers (Time.com)
• Man repeatedly stabs himself in neck before arrest (Reuters)
• Nasdaq hackers target service for corporate boards (AP)
• Funeral procession features 'legend of lowriders' (AP)
• Conspiracy charges filed against Muslim students (AP)
• Hundreds protest Egypt leader in several US cities (AP)
• Ohio Catholic bishops seek to end death penalty (AP)
• Texas needs late rally to save Super Bowl week (AP)
• Reagan centennial endowment reaches $100M goal (AP)
• Chicago residents call "dibs" on dug-out parking (AP)
• Palin: America out of step with Reagan's values (AP)
• AP IMPACT: Explosion highlights lax pipeline rules (AP)
• Suspect in Detroit serial rapes heading to trials (AP)
• Agent who protects Nancy Reagan shoots self in hip (AP)
• Mourners salute beloved Hmong leader Gen. Vang Pao (AP)

Jobless rate among veterans highest in five years (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:04 PM PST Reuters - More than 15 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans were unemployed in January, far higher than the national jobless rate and the highest since the government began collecting data on veterans in 2005, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday.

Snow-battered Northeast challenged by winter hazards (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 01:42 PM PST Reuters - Unrelenting winter storms have left a chilled New England in a white maze, with growing mounds of snow and ice creating formidable public safety concerns.

Chrysler chief apologizes for using term "shyster" (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:40 PM PST Reuters - Chrysler Group LLC's chief executive apologized on Saturday for describing the high-interest bailout loans extended by the U.S. and Canadian governments in 2009 as "shyster loans."

Study: Single Men Not Afraid of Marriage or Having Kids (Time.com) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:10 AM PST Time.com - A new study suggests that men aren't afraid of commitment, and are more likely than women to want children

Super Bowl School: What the NFL Can Teach Teachers (Time.com) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:10 AM PST Time.com - Our education columnist hosts The Daly Show, talking shop with Tim Daly, a leading school reformer, and his brother Brendan Daly, defensive-line coach for the St. Louis Rams

Man repeatedly stabs himself in neck before arrest (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST Reuters - A man remains in critical condition after repeatedly stabbing himself in the throat when police arrived to take him into custody in connection with a Kentucky rape, authorities said on Saturday.

Nasdaq hackers target service for corporate boards (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:21 PM PST AP - Hackers broke into a Nasdaq service that handles confidential communications for some 300 corporations, the company said Saturday — the latest vulnerability exposed in the computer systems Wall Street depends on.

Funeral procession features 'legend of lowriders' (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:54 PM PST AP - She was a cover girl, had a bit part in a popular 1970s TV show and was an icon of car culture. "Gypsy Rose," an award-winning Chevy Impala admired for its elaborate floral paint job, was known in the world of cruising lowriders as one of the most tricked-out muscle cars of a generation.

Conspiracy charges filed against Muslim students (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:29 PM PST AP - A group of Muslim students accused of disrupting a speech by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine, were charged Friday with misdemeanor conspiracy counts, ending speculation about what would come from their actions nearly a year ago.

Hundreds protest Egypt leader in several US cities (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:37 PM PST AP - Hundreds calling for the ouster of Egypt's president peacefully demonstrated in several U.S. cities on Saturday to show their support for the anti-government throngs that have taken over a sprawling public square in Cairo.

Ohio Catholic bishops seek to end death penalty (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:13 PM PST AP - Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati and Bishop Frederick Campbell of Columbus are among 10 Catholic church leaders in Ohio who have signed a statement urging the state to stop using the death penalty, weeks after an Ohio Supreme Court justice issued the same call.

Texas needs late rally to save Super Bowl week (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 02:30 PM PST AP - Mother Nature messed with Texas — and might not be finished.

Reagan centennial endowment reaches $100M goal (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:48 PM PST AP - The Ronald Reagan centennial endowment campaign surpassed its $100 million goal Saturday, hours before the Gipper's 100th birthday.

Chicago residents call "dibs" on dug-out parking (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:57 AM PST AP - A blizzard that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow has revived a longstanding Chicago tradition: Break out the patio furniture. Or, if none is available, suitcases, garbage cans, strollers, bar stools and milk crates work, too.

Palin: America out of step with Reagan's values (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 01:28 PM PST AP - America is on a "road to ruin" because of misguided policies in Washington and needs to get back in step with the values of Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin said at an event honoring the former president's legacy.

AP IMPACT: Explosion highlights lax pipeline rules (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:45 AM PST AP - First, the pipeline exploded. Then the flames, like a blowtorch, set the neighborhood overlooking San Francisco Bay ablaze.

Suspect in Detroit serial rapes heading to trials (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:33 PM PST AP - A man on parole for attempted murder was ordered to trial Friday in five rapes in Detroit that were part of a string of attacks that began on New Year's Day and terrorized the city.

Agent who protects Nancy Reagan shoots self in hip (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:39 PM PST AP - A Secret Service agent assigned to protect Nancy Reagan is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the hip at a sheriff's department shooting range.

Mourners salute beloved Hmong leader Gen. Vang Pao (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:52 PM PST AP - Thousands of sobbing mourners in military uniform and traditional Laotian dress paid their respects Friday to the late Gen. Vang Pao, a key U.S. ally in the Vietnam War and hero in the Hmong diaspora whose proposed burial at Arlington National Cemetery was denied by the Army.

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