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    In this Nov. 22, 2009, file photo, Whitney Houston performs at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Houston died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, she was 48. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

    Too many of us—myself included—are guilty of making insensitive jokes about the demise of Whitney Houston, her frail frame, loss of one of pop's purest voices, and battle with drugs. But none of us are laughing now. More »Pop vocal legend Whitney Houston found dead

    A prolonged Republican nominating fight would be more likely to hurt Romney

    Mitt Romney scored a narrow victory over Ron Paul in Maine's Republican presidential … More »Romney wins narrow victory over Paul in Maine caucuses

    Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos addresses the nation in Athens

    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has told lawmakers to back a … More »It's bailout or chaos, PM Papademos tells Greece

    • Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro attends a meeting with writers in Havana
      Fidel Castro meets intellectuals in 9-hour meeting Reuters - 5 hrs ago

      HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro held his second lengthy public event in a week, this time a nine-hour session with writers and intellectuals, Cuban state media said on Saturday, in another showing he is … More »Fidel Castro meets intellectuals in 9-hour meeting

      Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro attends a meeting with writers in Havana

      HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro held his second lengthy public event in a week, this time a nine-hour session with writers and intellectuals, Cuban state media said on Saturday, in another showing he is doing well after serious health problems. "Fidel with intellectuals: More than nine hours of dialogue …

    • U.S. President Obama speaks about contraceptive funding at the White House in Washington
      Obama budget signals election-year tax battle Reuters - 12 hrs ago

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek billions of dollars for jobs and infrastructure in his 2013 budget, an appeal to voters that draws election-year battle lines over taxes and spending as Republicans … More »Obama budget signals election-year tax battle

      U.S. President Obama speaks about contraceptive funding at the White House in Washington

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek billions of dollars for jobs and infrastructure in his 2013 budget, an appeal to voters that draws election-year battle lines over taxes and spending as Republicans slammed him for "debt, doubt and decline." Obama's budget proposal, which he will submit to Congress …

    • Chuck and Judy Cox, the grandparents of Charlie and Braden Powell, attend a funeral service for the boys, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. The boys died Feb. 5, 2012, when their father, Josh Powell, set fire to the home he was living in while they visited. Powell had been a person of interest in the 2009 disappearance of his wife Susan, who is the daughter of Chuck and Judy. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)
      Family, teachers remember Powell boys in Tacoma AP - 9 hrs ago

      More than a thousand people mourned the deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell at a public funeral Saturday, nearly a week after the young boys' father killed them and himself in a gas-fueled blaze. More »Family, teachers remember Powell boys in Tacoma

      Chuck and Judy Cox, the grandparents of Charlie and Braden Powell, attend a funeral service for the boys, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. The boys died Feb. 5, 2012, when their father, Josh Powell, set fire to the home he was living in while they visited. Powell had been a person of interest in the 2009 disappearance of his wife Susan, who is the daughter of Chuck and Judy. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)

      More than a thousand people mourned the deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell at a public funeral Saturday, nearly a week after the young boys' father killed them and himself in a gas-fueled blaze.

    • Cairo University students get ready for a prayer during a demonstration
      Egypt day of action marking Mubarak ouster fizzles AFP - 11 hrs ago

      A planned day on Saturday of civil disobedience and strikes against Egypt's military rulers to mark a year since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow saw only a small turnout, but activists still pledged further protests. More »Egypt day of action marking Mubarak ouster fizzles

      Cairo University students get ready for a prayer during a demonstration

      A planned day on Saturday of civil disobedience and strikes against Egypt's military rulers to mark a year since Hosni Mubarak's overthrow saw only a small turnout, but activists still pledged further protests.

    • Five employees of The Sun newspaper were arrested at their homes
      Eight arrested in bribery probe at Murdoch's Sun AFP - 9 hrs ago

      Britain's top-selling newspaper The Sun was in crisis Saturday after police arrested five of its journalists over bribery allegations, but owner Rupert Murdoch vowed to keep publishing the tabloid. More »Eight arrested in bribery probe at Murdoch's Sun

      Five employees of The Sun newspaper were arrested at their homes

      Britain's top-selling newspaper The Sun was in crisis Saturday after police arrested five of its journalists over bribery allegations, but owner Rupert Murdoch vowed to keep publishing the tabloid.

    • Republican presidential candidate Romney shakes hands with a voter at a Republican Caucus in Portland

      PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney grabbed back some momentum after midweek losses in three states, scoring a narrow win in Maine's caucuses on Saturday, hours after winning a straw poll of Republican conservative activists. Results of Maine's non-binding straw poll showed the former …

    • Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos addresses the nation in Athens

      ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has told lawmakers to back a deeply unpopular international financial rescue in a vote Sunday or condemn the country to "uncontrolled economic chaos and social explosion." He made the statement in a televised address to the nation ahead of the vote on 3.3 billion euros …

    • Demonstrators gather during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs

      AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded districts of the city of Homs in their drive to crush a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, ahead of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers due to discuss setting up a joint observer mission with the United Nations. ...

    • Still image from video shows Al Qaeda's al-Zawahri

      DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in a video recording posted on the Internet on Sunday, urged Syrians not to rely on the West or Arab governments in their uprising to topple President Bashar al-Assad. In the eight-minute video, entitled "Onwards, Lions of Syria" and posted on an Islamist website, the …

    • Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro attends a meeting with writers in Havana

      HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro held his second lengthy public event in a week, this time a nine-hour session with writers and intellectuals, Cuban state media said on Saturday, in another showing he is doing well after serious health problems. "Fidel with intellectuals: More than nine hours of dialogue …

    • Aerial view of the United States military headquarters, the Pentagon

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's fiscal 2013 budget plan calls for spending of $178.8 billion to develop and buy new warships, fighter jets and other major weapons, a 7.5 percent drop from the level initially projected for the coming year, according to a detailed budget document obtained by Reuters. The total acquisition …

    • U.S. President Obama speaks about contraceptive funding at the White House in Washington

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek billions of dollars for jobs and infrastructure in his 2013 budget, an appeal to voters that draws election-year battle lines over taxes and spending as Republicans slammed him for "debt, doubt and decline." Obama's budget proposal, which he will submit to Congress …

    • Whitney Houston bows after performing "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles

      LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Whitney Houston, whose soaring voice lifted her to the top of the pop music world but whose personal decline was fueled by years of drug use, died on Saturday afternoon in a Beverly Hills hotel room. She was 48. The cause of her death was under investigation Saturday night, the eve of the Grammy …

    • An advertisement for The Sun newspaper is seen on a billboard outside News International's Wapping headquarters in London

      LONDON (Reuters) - British police threw Rupert Murdoch's scandal-hit News Corporation into fresh turmoil on Saturday by arresting five senior staff at the top-selling daily The Sun in a probe into journalists paying police for tip-offs. The move is part of a wider investigation into illegal news gathering practices that …

    • People ride in the underground train in Cairo

      CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt marked the first anniversary of the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak on Saturday, but a poor turnout for a strike called by activists to protest the slow pace of change from military rule laid bare the country's deep divisions. The general strike, called to press demands for the immediate departure …

    • In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Whitney Houston performs during the Billboard Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Dec. 7, 1998.  Often referred to as the Queen of Pop music at her best, Houston ex-wife of singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at the age of 48. (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau)

      Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

    • Alicia Keys, left, hugs Clive Davis at the loading dock outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel Saturday Feb. 11, 2012 in Beverly Hills Calif. Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

      More than two decades ago, Clive Davis introduced a young woman with a scintillating voice to the music industry at his annual pre-Grammy soiree: Whitney Houston.

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