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Sheriff: Facebook 'unfriend' led to 2 shooting deaths

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged with killing the couple. Johnson County Sheriff Mike Reece said Wednesday the vic... Full story

Santorum: I won and raised about $250K Tues night

LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Resurgent Rick Santorum said his sweep of three GOP contests earned his shoestring campaign $250,000 overnight, cash he needs to take his upstart bid for the Republican presidential nomination to Mitt Romney's turf. Santorum'... Full story

Court: Calif. gay marriage ban is unconstitutional

LISA LEFF,Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court. A three... Full story

Last known WWI veteran dies at 110

DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Florence Green never saw the front line. Her war was spent serving food, not dodging bullets. But Green, who has died aged 110, was the last known surviving veteran of World War I. She was serving with the Women's Royal Air Force... Full story

Komen exec quits after Planned Parenthood controversy

RAY HENRY,Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a letter obtained by The Associate... Full story

Staff removed at LA school during abuse probe

RAQUEL MARIA DILLON, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The entire staff at a Los Angeles elementary school is being removed while authorities investigate horrific allegations of sexual abuse by two of the school's teachers, one of whom is accused of blindfolding children, taping ... Full story

Dad who killed self, sons in blaze left voicemail

BRIAN SKOLOFF and MIKE BAKER, Associated Press

GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) — Before setting his house ablaze and killing himself and his two young sons, Josh Powell left a voicemail for family members saying he couldn't live without the boys and didn't want to go on anymore. ABC News obtained wha... Full story

Candidacy tests Mexico's culture of machismo

OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The nation's ruling party has chosen a woman as its candidate for president, a test for a society where women could not vote until 1953 and where a culture of machismo still runs strong. Josefina Vazquez Mota, a 51-year-ol... Full story

Apologies from NFL, NBC after M.I.A. flips bird

DAVID BAUDER,AP Entertainment Writer

British hip-hop artist M.I.A.'s obscene gesture in the Super Bowl halftime show is prompting apologies from NBC and the NFL. But it isn't immediately registering as a moment that viewers latched on to. The digital video recorder maker Tivo said Mond... Full story

Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants

DAVID CRARY,AP National Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to eliminate grants to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across the Internet, je... Full story

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