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US News - News February 12, 2011 See US News Weather Analysis: Conservatives cautious on 2012 pick (Austin American-Statesman) Now the hard part: finding their candidate. A year until the Iowa caucuses, this important part of the GOP base hasn't rallied around any one person and it doesn't seem all that enthusiastic about its options - even though more than a dozen Republicans, and counting, are considering candidacies. Egypt sends chills to hearts of regional dictators (Jordan News.Net) A young man set himself on fire in Tunisia and just a few weeks later, the dictatorial Tunisian government had fallen, a few weeks after that, Egypt was in the throes of a revolution. House GOP Unveils $61B Spending Cut Plan (WXII12) House Republicans called for cuts in hundreds of programs across the face of government Friday night in a $61 billion savings package toughened at the last minute at the demand of tea party-backed conservatives. Webb To Push Criminal Justice Reform Before Exit (Click2Houston) U.S. Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia says he plans to push for passage of criminal justice reform legislation before he leaves the Senate in nearly two years. Joint Chiefs chairman to reassure Jordan, Israel (KSRO-AM Santa Rosa) With Egypt's military leading a hoped-for drive to democracy, President Barack Obama's senior military adviser was heading to the Mideast on Saturday to reassure two key allies _ Jordan, facing its own rumblings of civil unrest, and Israel, which sees its security at stake in a wider transformation of the Arab world. White House wants less gov't in mortgage system (Log Cabin Democrat) The Obama administration wants to shrink the government's role in the mortgage system - a proposal that would remake decades of federal policy aimed at getting Americans to buy homes and would probably make home loans more expensive across the board. Man charged with 3 murder counts in N. Va. attacks (The Dispatch) Published: Friday, February 11, 2011 at 9:46 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, February 11, 2011 at 9:46 p.m. A Salvadoran man who was ordered deported nearly a decade ago but never left has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in a series of shootings and a knife attack in a Virginia suburb of Washington, authorities said Friday. FBI releases 3,600-page file on late Ted Stevens (KSRO-AM Santa Rosa) The FBI released a roughly 3,600-page file on the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens Friday, painting a colorful picture of the longtime Alaska senator and intricately detailing media coverage surrounding the 2008 corruption trial that ended his political career. Ore. man dies after hospital tells police call 911 (KOMO News) The death of an Oregon man just feet from an emergency room has left his family in grief, upset police and drawn a request for an investigation from a congressman, all asking why an officer was told to call 911 for a heart attack victim just outside the hospital door. Energy budget calls for cuts in several programs (The Plain Dealer) The Obama administration will propose significantly cutting fossil fuel research and closing two facilities, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Friday. WH contenders woo conservative activists (PhillyBurbs) Republicans angling for President Barack Obama's job compared him to a one-term Democratic president and a Democratic vice president who fell short in his bid to win the presidency. Conservatives Heckle Hatch Over Bailout (FOXReno) Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah was heckled for his support of the Wall Street bailout during his Friday appearance at a conservative gathering, another sign the Republican could face trouble earning his party's nomination for re-election in 2012. Alleged mob hit man poised for trip back to Boston (KBCI CBS 2) The past is quickly closing in on Enrico Ponzo. The man accused of being a New England mobster who tried to whack his boss then hid out for years in Idaho was placed under the supervision Friday of U.S. marshals who will supervise his return to Boston. Chandra Levy's Killer Receives a 60-Year Sentence (huliq) Ingmar Guandique, the man convicted of first-degree murder in Washington intern Chandra Levy's 2001 disappearance and death has received his sentence for the crime: 60 years in prison. Obama learns of Mubarak resignation (WWLP) Caught up in stunning news like the rest of the world, President Barack Obama was in an Oval Office meeting Friday when he learned of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation. More US News News...

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