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Obama gives 10 states education waivers

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says his decision to free 10 states from the No Child Left Behind education law will give the flexibility they need to set high standards for students and hold schools accountable. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 2:10 p.m.

Marines posed with Nazi SS symbol in Afghanistan

SAN DIEGO — The Marine Corps confirmed Thursday that one of its scout sniper teams in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 12:43 p.m.

Pentagon rules shift on women in combat, sources say

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is unveiling plans Thursday to allow women to serve in thousands of military jobs closer to the front lines, reflecting the realities of the last decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 11:14 a.m.

Santorum endorses fracking in Oklahoma campaign stop

OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is concentrating on local energy issues as he works his way through natural-gas rich Oklahoma. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 10:29 a.m.

Fugitive in 1993 British heist arrested in Ozark

OZARK, Mo. — A man suspected of stealing about $1.5 million from a security van in England in 1993 has been arrested in southwest Missouri. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 7:39 a.m.

House OKs line-item veto for president

Rare bipartisan bill faces uncertain fate in Senate

Subscriber onlyWASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday voted to give President Barack Obama a limited form of line-item veto in a rare moment of bipartisanship on the federal budget. Continue reading...

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Posted: at 5:06 a.m.

Drill reaches freshwater lake under Antarctic ice

Subscriber onlyMOSCOW — In the coldest spot on the earth’s coldest continent, Russian scientists have reached a freshwater lake the size of Lake Ontario after spending a decade drilling through more than 2 miles of solid ice, the scientists said Wednesday. Continue reading...

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN AND JAMES GORMAN THE NEW YORK Posted: at 5:05 a.m.

GOP pledges to reverse new birth-control policy

Subscriber onlyWASHINGTON — Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama’s new policy on birth control, lambasting the rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide contraceptive coverage for their employees as an “unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country.” The White House pushed back, arguing that Obama was sensitive to the objections and looking for a way to allay the concerns. Democratic women lawmakers put up a united front in defending the administration. Continue reading...

By DONNA CASSATA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: at 5 a.m.

House GOP strikes new registry from insider-trading bill

Subscriber onlyWASHINGTON — House Republicans have rejected from a Senate measure a requirement that people who collect information from Congress for investors register like lobbyists. Continue reading...

By LARRY MARGASAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: at 4:59 a.m.

In the news

Subscriber onlyLITTLE ROCK — Joseph Bray, 47, a South Florida man who was arrested on domestic-violence charges after his wife was pushed during a spat over his forgetting to wish her a happy birthday, has been ordered to buy his wife a birthday card and flowers and take her to dinner at Red Lobster and bowling afterward, in a ruling that also instructed the couple to seek marriage counseling. Continue reading...

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Posted: at 4:57 a.m.

Names and faces

Subscriber onlyLITTLE ROCK — CNN suspended political analyst Roland Martin on Wednesday for “offensive” Tweets during the Super Bowl that some critics said were anti-homosexual. Martin commented on Twitter about a commercial during the Super Bowl that showed soccer star David Beckham in underwear: “If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him.” The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said the remark advocated violence against homosexuals. Continue reading...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: at 4:57 a.m.

The nation in brief

Subscriber onlyLITTLE ROCK — QUOTE OF THE DAY “I think last night we raised a quarter of a million dollars online. Continue reading...

By COMPILED BY DEMOCRATGAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPO Posted: at 4:55 a.m.

Raised $250,000 overnight, Santorum says

Subscriber onlyWASHINGTON — Rick Santorum on Wednesday said his sweep of three Republican contests earned his shoestring presidential campaign $250,000 overnight, cash he needs to take his resurgent bid for the nomination to Mitt Romney’s turf. Continue reading...

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPOR Posted: at 4:54 a.m.

The world in brief

Subscriber onlyLITTLE ROCK — QUOTE OF THE DAY “For me, the discovery of this lake is comparable with the first flight into space.” Valery Lukin, the director of the Russian Antarctic Expedition, as scientists reached a freshwater lake the size of Lake Ontario after spending a decade drilling through more than two miles of solid ice Article, 1A Continue reading...

By DEMOCRAT GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPO Posted: at 4:44 a.m.

Report: Stage’s fall was fault of many

Subscriber onlyINDIANAPOLIS — State fair officials, the stagehands union and a company that built the roof and rigging for lights for a large concert platform all share blame for last summer’s deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair, according to a government investigation. Continue reading...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: at 3:21 a.m.

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