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• Obama urges corporate tax cut, closing loopholes - Reuters
  Irish TimesObama urges corporate tax cut, closing loopholesReutersBy Kim Dixon and Rachelle Younglai | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama launched a dialogue with corporate America on Wednesday over business tax reform, offering his first clear plan to cut the corporate tax rate, with little prospect of it ...Obama Tax Revamp Seeks 28% Corporate R […]
• Argentina train crash in Buenos Aires 'kills dozens' - BBC News
  BBC NewsArgentina train crash in Buenos Aires 'kills dozens'BBC NewsA train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has killed 49 people with at least 600 more injured, officials say. The train slammed into the barrier at the end of the platform at the Once station during the morning rush hour.At least 49 dead, hundreds hurt in B […]
• Romney Pushes Across-the-Board Tax Cuts - Wall Street Journal
  Los Angeles TimesRomney Pushes Across-the-Board Tax CutsWall Street JournalBy PATRICK O'CONNOR And SARA MURRAY CHANDLER, Ariz.—Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called Wednesday for an across-the-board cut in individual tax rates and the elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax. The former Massachusetts governor ...Will Arizona debate pit […]
• Karzai urges calm as six die in Afghan Koran protests | - Reuters
  ABC NewsKarzai urges calm as six die in Afghan Koran protests |ReutersBy Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi | KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after officials said six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, ...Koran Burning in NATO Error I […]
• Eight more bodies from Costa Concordia wreck found - BBC News
  BBC NewsEight more bodies from Costa Concordia wreck foundBBC NewsSearch teams have found eight more bodies in the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia which capsized on 13 January. The body of a girl of five is among those believed to have been found. Officials say 32 people died in the disaster but only 17 ...Divers in Italy find 8 more bodies in Conco […]
• Buffett Should 'Write a Check and Shut Up,' Christie Says - San Francisco Chronicle
  PoliticoBuffett Should 'Write a Check and Shut Up,' Christie SaysSan Francisco ChronicleFeb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who called for the nation's wealthiest people to pay more taxes, should "just write a check and shut up." "I'm tired of hearing about it, […]
• SW Side shrimp house serves up Lent seafood - ABC7Chicago.com
  ABC7Chicago.comSW Side shrimp house serves up Lent seafoodABC7Chicago.comFebruary 22, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- It's Ash Wednesday, which also signals the beginning of Lent. And for many Catholics, that means giving up meat and consuming more fish, at least until Easter. How ironic is it that just a block from the old ...Lines at churches for Ash Wednesda […]
• Five dead in murder-suicide at Korean spa in suburban Atlanta - Los Angeles Times
  Los Angeles TimesFive dead in murder-suicide at Korean spa in suburban AtlantaLos Angeles TimesBy Michael Muskal Five people were dead Wednesday morning after a gunman entered a Korean health spa in suburban Atlanta, got into an argument and then opened fire before turning the weapon on himself. Norcross police were continuing their ...Gunman kills 5 in murd […]
• Tributes paid to Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin - BBC News
  BBC NewsTributes paid to Sunday Times reporter Marie ColvinBBC NewsTributes are pouring in for Sunday Times foreign correspondent Marie Colvin who has been killed during an attack in Homs in Syria. French photojournalist Remi Ochlik was also killed after shells reportedly hit a makeshift media centre in Baba Amr. Her ...Journalist deaths in Syria underscore […]
• World leaders seek 'second chance' for Somalia at London talks on fragile ... - Washington Post
  BBC NewsWorld leaders seek 'second chance' for Somalia at London talks on fragile ...Washington PostLONDON — Somalia's fragile leadership, its neighbors and international allies are meeting in London in the hope of speeding the troubled east African nation's progress toward a stable government and containing the threat from Islamic milita […]