Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories topstories Top Stories en-us Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:10:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_el_pr/us_gop_campaign ap/20120130/us_gop_campaign AP Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:58:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_el_pr/us_gop_campaign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120130/capt.daf15d988a51446ca8683867c39090c5-daf15d988a51446ca8683867c39090c5-0.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=.FOKn1Q_rPQIXeXyKR_r6w--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at the Emma Lou Olson Civic Center, in Pompano Beach, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mitt Romney isn't taking any chances.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_el_pr/us_gop_campaign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120130/capt.daf15d988a51446ca8683867c39090c5-daf15d988a51446ca8683867c39090c5-0.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=.FOKn1Q_rPQIXeXyKR_r6w--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at the Emma Lou Olson Civic Center, in Pompano Beach, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_el_pr/us_florida_panhandle_voters ap/20120130/us_florida_panhandle_voters AP Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:02:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_el_pr/us_florida_panhandle_voters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120129/capt.667b998bfc7245e0ade283dec248e688-667b998bfc7245e0ade283dec248e688-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ySL1TsJp0mLz70_scPYJDg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, with his wife Callista, bow their heads in prayer during a campaign event at the The Villages, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in Lady Lake, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke))" border="0" /></a>AP - Newt Gingrich's personal and political baggage is giving even the most hard-core Republicans pause in a conservative swath of the state.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_el_pr/us_florida_panhandle_voters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120129/capt.667b998bfc7245e0ade283dec248e688-667b998bfc7245e0ade283dec248e688-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ySL1TsJp0mLz70_scPYJDg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, with his wife Callista, bow their heads in prayer during a campaign event at the The Villages, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in Lady Lake, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke))" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_us/us_deadly_interstate_crash ap/20120130/us_deadly_interstate_crash AP us Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:47:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_us/us_deadly_interstate_crash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120129/capt.7e3ad4cba75547b7ad20ec60614e8ffd-7e3ad4cba75547b7ad20ec60614e8ffd-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8QJzHxhw90SjG0ZISv.VOw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A fireman sprays the interior of a burned vehicle that was involved in a multi-vehicle accident that killed at least nine people, on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Steven R. Camps and some friends were driving home hours before dawn Sunday when they were suddenly drawn into a massive pileup on Florida's Interstate 75.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_us/us_deadly_interstate_crash"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120129/capt.7e3ad4cba75547b7ad20ec60614e8ffd-7e3ad4cba75547b7ad20ec60614e8ffd-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8QJzHxhw90SjG0ZISv.VOw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A fireman sprays the interior of a burned vehicle that was involved in a multi-vehicle accident that killed at least nine people, on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_us/us_nypd_intelligence_browne ap/20120130/us_nypd_intelligence_browne AP us Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:14:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_us/us_nypd_intelligence_browne"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120129/capt.a53ef37c3ab044429e1eac17bb3fc8fa-a53ef37c3ab044429e1eac17bb3fc8fa-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=BW8D_hVAMA6Hha_Yknq3Uw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="FILE- In this May 6, 2011 file photo, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, left, talks with Paul Browne, the department's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, at City Hall in New York. Lately, Brown has come under fire from local media as well as community activists for a series of flip-flops, hedges and retractions he has made on behalf of the Department. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - When word leaked out last year that New York police were showing an inflammatory movie about Muslims to trainees, news reporters flipped open their notebooks, picked up their phones and hit the speed dial for a man named Paul Browne.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_us/us_nypd_intelligence_browne"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120129/capt.a53ef37c3ab044429e1eac17bb3fc8fa-a53ef37c3ab044429e1eac17bb3fc8fa-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=BW8D_hVAMA6Hha_Yknq3Uw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE- In this May 6, 2011 file photo, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, left, talks with Paul Browne, the department's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, at City Hall in New York. Lately, Brown has come under fire from local media as well as community activists for a series of flip-flops, hedges and retractions he has made on behalf of the Department. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan ap/20120130/as_pakistan AP world Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:30:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120130/capt.9bacb50c9aae4bd396d5f90075787635-9bacb50c9aae4bd396d5f90075787635-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=uQnw1KwpyLy2GrNnrPQB6Q--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Indian voters wait to cast their ballots at a polling station near the India-Pakistan border for the Punjab State Assembly elections in the village Bachiwind, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Amritsar, India, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. More than 20 million people in two northern states went to the polls in key elections expected to reflect on the popularity of India's ruling Congress party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S. said Monday that a travel ban imposed on him during the investigation of a controversial memo sent to Washington has been lifted.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120130/capt.9bacb50c9aae4bd396d5f90075787635-9bacb50c9aae4bd396d5f90075787635-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=uQnw1KwpyLy2GrNnrPQB6Q--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Indian voters wait to cast their ballots at a polling station near the India-Pakistan border for the Punjab State Assembly elections in the village Bachiwind, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Amritsar, India, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. More than 20 million people in two northern states went to the polls in key elections expected to reflect on the popularity of India's ruling Congress party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_el_pr/us_santorum_daughter ap/20120130/us_santorum_daughter AP Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:43:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_el_pr/us_santorum_daughter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120129/capt.5475f09d4c4c45f9a020785b77fe1ca1-5475f09d4c4c45f9a020785b77fe1ca1-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=CUYj72BEtYtv8FkCRpFQPQ--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="FILE - In this June 6, 2011 file photo, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum holds his daughter Isabella before announcing he is entering the Republican presidential race, on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerset, Pa. Santorum canceled his morning campaign events, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, and planned to spend time with his hospitalized daughter, Bella. Isabella Santorum has Trisomy 18, a genetic condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 18th chromosome. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday his daughter Bella remains in the hospital with pneumonia but is recovering after a rough 36 hours.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_el_pr/us_santorum_daughter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120129/capt.5475f09d4c4c45f9a020785b77fe1ca1-5475f09d4c4c45f9a020785b77fe1ca1-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=CUYj72BEtYtv8FkCRpFQPQ--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 6, 2011 file photo, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum holds his daughter Isabella before announcing he is entering the Republican presidential race, on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerset, Pa. Santorum canceled his morning campaign events, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, and planned to spend time with his hospitalized daughter, Bella. Isabella Santorum has Trisomy 18, a genetic condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 18th chromosome. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_us/us_occupy_oakland ap/20120130/us_occupy_oakland AP us Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:10:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_us/us_occupy_oakland"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120129/capt.f90a27623aff4b1f867725913e1bad5e-f90a27623aff4b1f867725913e1bad5e-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=z7BVPH81pD3zZi0lyd7_Fw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Oakland Mayor Jean Quan surveys damage to City Hall on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in Oakland, Calif., following an Occupy Oakland protest Saturday. After a confrontation with police, demonstrators gained entrance to City Hall where they burned an American flag, broke glass and toppled a model of City Hall. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)" border="0" /></a>AP - It started peacefully enough: A midday rally at City Hall and a march. But as the day wore on, Oakland was hit by the most turbulent protests in weeks as Occupy demonstrators clashed repeatedly with police, leaving more than 400 people arrested.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_us/us_occupy_oakland"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120129/capt.f90a27623aff4b1f867725913e1bad5e-f90a27623aff4b1f867725913e1bad5e-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=z7BVPH81pD3zZi0lyd7_Fw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Oakland Mayor Jean Quan surveys damage to City Hall on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in Oakland, Calif., following an Occupy Oakland protest Saturday. After a confrontation with police, demonstrators gained entrance to City Hall where they burned an American flag, broke glass and toppled a model of City Hall. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_en_mo/us_sag_awards ap/20120130/us_sag_awards AP entertainment Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:59:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_en_mo/us_sag_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120130/capt.6eee0af8c76149b182ffed17c1d7ccb7-6eee0af8c76149b182ffed17c1d7ccb7-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=BaBCFN_KQE0UnpOtxKLZ5w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Castmembers of 'The Help' pose backstage with their awards for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 in Los Angeles. From left, Chris Lowell, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Allison Janney and Viola Davis(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - Finally, an awards show with some surprises and spontaneity.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_en_mo/us_sag_awards"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120130/capt.6eee0af8c76149b182ffed17c1d7ccb7-6eee0af8c76149b182ffed17c1d7ccb7-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=BaBCFN_KQE0UnpOtxKLZ5w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Castmembers of 'The Help' pose backstage with their awards for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 in Los Angeles. From left, Chris Lowell, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Allison Janney and Viola Davis(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_security ap/20120130/fbn_super_bowl_security AP sports Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:07:23 GMT AP - From pickpockets and prostitutes to dirty bombs and exploding manhole covers, authorities are bracing for whatever threat the first Super Bowl in downtown Indianapolis might bring. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_pro_bowl ap/20120130/fbn_pro_bowl AP sports Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:44:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_pro_bowl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120130/capt.71c0ac87b17945bd9c00b5d6fb5461d8-71c0ac87b17945bd9c00b5d6fb5461d8-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=0TICj4HbV4ilwbiblXa9Jg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall, of the AFC, catches a pass for a touchdown as Seattle Seahawks free safety Earl Thomas (29) of the NFC watches in the third quarter of an NFL football Pro Bowl game Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)" border="0" /></a>AP - Brandon Marshall caught six passes for 176 yards and a Pro Bowl-record four touchdowns, and the AFC used a second-half surge to beat the NFC 59-41 on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_pro_bowl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120130/capt.71c0ac87b17945bd9c00b5d6fb5461d8-71c0ac87b17945bd9c00b5d6fb5461d8-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=0TICj4HbV4ilwbiblXa9Jg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall, of the AFC, catches a pass for a touchdown as Seattle Seahawks free safety Earl Thomas (29) of the NFC watches in the third quarter of an NFL football Pro Bowl game Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120129/ts_nm/us_detroit_pugh nm/20120129/us_detroit_pugh Reuters topstories Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:39:08 GMT Reuters - The Big Three automakers may be on the rebound but the original Motor City, Detroit, is still battling to turn the tide of decline. One of the people leading the fight is Charles Pugh. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120129/ts_nm/us_iran nm/20120129/us_iran Reuters topstories Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:53:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120129/ts_nm/us_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120126/i/r3597723018.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=cfeu4ASQ1n8Zh1P_v8rDsQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sits in a vehicle as he visits an industrial site in Kerman province, southeast Iran January 26, 2012. The European Union rather than Iran will lose out under new EU sanctions banning Iranian oil, Ahmadinejad said on Thursday as lawmakers said they might cut supplies to EU countries ahead of a July 1 deadline. REUTERS/President.ir/Handout (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Iran sent conflicting signals in a dispute with the West over its nuclear ambitions, vowing to stop oil exports soon to "some" countries but postponing a parliamentary debate on a proposed halt to crude sales to the European Union.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120129/ts_nm/us_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120126/i/r3597723018.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=cfeu4ASQ1n8Zh1P_v8rDsQ--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="photo" title="EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sits in a vehicle as he visits an industrial site in Kerman province, southeast Iran January 26, 2012. The European Union rather than Iran will lose out under new EU sanctions banning Iranian oil, Ahmadinejad said on Thursday as lawmakers said they might cut supplies to EU countries ahead of a July 1 deadline. REUTERS/President.ir/Handout (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign nm/20120130/us_usa_campaign Reuters politics Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:57:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120129/i/r183568684.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=CYKUfz7KE3DNTG40wzKr3Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks to the media after attending a church service at the Exciting Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Florida January 29, 2012. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Republican Newt Gingrich struggled to halt surging rival Mitt Romney's momentum on Sunday, accusing him of launching false attacks as polls showed Romney widening his lead two days before Florida's presidential primary.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120129/i/r183568684.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=CYKUfz7KE3DNTG40wzKr3Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks to the media after attending a church service at the Exciting Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Florida January 29, 2012. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/bs_nm/us_eu_summit nm/20120130/us_eu_summit Reuters business Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:33:09 GMT Reuters - EU leaders will sign off on a permanent rescue fund for the euro zone at a summit on Monday and are expected to agree on a balanced budget rule in national legislation, with unresolved problems in Greece casting a shadow on the discussions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/ts_nm/us_syria nm/20120130/us_syria Reuters topstories Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:23:42 GMT Reuters - Troops seized eastern suburbs of Damascus from rebels late on Sunday, opposition activists said, after two days of fighting only a few kilometers from the centre of power of President Bashar al-Assad. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/ts_nm/us_oakland_protests nm/20120130/us_oakland_protests Reuters topstories Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:30:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/ts_nm/us_oakland_protests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120130/i/r2584603529.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=b.1ptqhqKbQeyLZtweV_eg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Occupy Oakland demonstrator waits for medical assistance during a mass arrest outside a YMCA after a day-long demonstration in Oakland, California January 28, 2012. REUTERS/Stephen Lam" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Crews cleaned up Oakland's historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/ts_nm/us_oakland_protests"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120130/i/r2584603529.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=b.1ptqhqKbQeyLZtweV_eg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Occupy Oakland demonstrator waits for medical assistance during a mass arrest outside a YMCA after a day-long demonstration in Oakland, California January 28, 2012. REUTERS/Stephen Lam" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign_poll nm/20120130/us_usa_campaign_poll Reuters politics Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:36:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120129/i/r2147197686.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Bi7.tYJ_HpMjbTwxVp66xg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign stop at The Fish House in Pensacola, Florida January 28, 2012. REUTERS/Brian Snyder" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney's lead over rival Newt Gingrich edged up to 12 percentage points in Florida, according to Reuters/Ipsos online poll results on Sunday, as Romney's front-runner status stabilized and Gingrich continued to slip.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/pl_nm/us_usa_campaign_poll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120129/i/r2147197686.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Bi7.tYJ_HpMjbTwxVp66xg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign stop at The Fish House in Pensacola, Florida January 28, 2012. REUTERS/Brian Snyder" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120129/ts_nm/us_france_sarkozy_deficit nm/20120129/us_france_sarkozy_deficit Reuters topstories Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:48:31 GMT Reuters - President Nicolas Sarkozy used a primetime television interview on Sunday to flesh out a flurry of measures to boost employment and competitiveness which he hopes to rush through France's parliament before a presidential election in April. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120129/ts_csm/453406 csm/20120129/453406 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:03 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Los Angeles Mayor&nbsp;Antonio Villaraigosa (D) is currently president of the US Conference of Mayors. He previously served as speaker of the California Assembly. He was the guest speaker at the Jan. 18 Monitor breakfast in Washington. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120129/ts_csm/458110 csm/20120129/458110 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:23:29 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - In the final days and hours before the Republican primary in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich surged ahead in the polls, leaving Mitt Romney scrambling to make the best of an increasingly losing situation. Romney got shellacked in that race, losing to Gingrich by nearly 13 points.