• Reuters: Top News
    • Greece, creditors piece together debt deal ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and its private creditors worked on stitching together the final bits of a complex debt swap agreement Saturday, amid growing optimism a deal will be clinched in time to avert an unruly default.
    • IMF leads global push for euro zone to boost firewall DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde led a global push on Saturday for the euro zone to boost its financial firewall, saying "if it is big enough it will not get used."
    • UK police arrest Murdoch tabloid staff LONDON (Reuters) - Police arrested four current and former staff of Rupert Murdoch's best-selling Sun tabloid and a policeman on Saturday in a probe into suspected payments by journalists to officers for information, police and the newspaper's publisher said.
    • Bankers resist regulatory restraint on bonuses DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Budding bankers expecting the bumper bonuses of years gone by will have to think again, with only the top performers likely to be paid top dollar.
    • Arab League suspends Syria mission as violence rages CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Arab League suspended its monitoring mission in Syria on Saturday due to deteriorating conditions in the country, as state security forces battled rebels holding three suburbs just outside the capital Damascus.
    • Germany wants Greece to give up budget control BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is pushing for Greece to relinquish control over its budget policy to European institutions as part of discussions over a second rescue package, a European source told Reuters on Friday.
    • Nigeria army says kills 11 Boko Haram insurgents MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's army killed 11 suspected Boko Haram insurgents during a gun battle at a checkpoint in the Islamist sect's heartland of Maiduguri on Saturday, the field operations officer in the remote northeastern city said.
    • Sudan says to release ships seized from South Sudan ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan said on Saturday it would free tankers carrying cargoes of South Sudanese crude it had seized earlier this month, in a push to defuse a row over transit fees between former civil war foes that both depend on oil for almost all their income.
    • Fading Gingrich attacks Romney in ad MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the Republican presidential race on Friday as two new polls showed him falling behind rival Mitt Romney, who was seen as the winner of the final debate before the Florida primary.
    • Subpoenas issued to financial firms in expanded probe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department issued civil subpoenas to 11 financial institutions as part of a new effort to investigate misconduct in the packaging and sale of home loans to investors, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.
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    • Bloomberg Took Secret Path to a New Schools Chief The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
    • Tentative Deal in Iraq Keeps Maliki in Power Iraq’s leaders reached a tentative agreement to end an eight-month political impasse and return Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to power.
    • Wal-Mart Says ‘Try This On’: Free Shipping Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
    • Life in Shadows for Mentally Ill in China, With Violent Flares Psychiatry has been revived in China, but mental health remains a medical backwater, desperately short of financing, practitioners and esteem.
    • Music Review: For Nashville’s Royalty, the Shake-Up Goes On Victories for Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the Country Music Awards were only some of the signs that Nashville is coming to terms with a new establishment.
    • Obama Warns North Korea in Speech President Obama said North Korea faces further isolation unless it gives up nuclear weapons.
    • Drug Suits Raise Questions for Doctors, and Juries As recent lawsuits suggest a long-term risk, doctors and drug makers are debating the use of osteoporosis drugs.
    • U.S. Struggles to Restore Middle East Talks Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Egyptian officials, trying to overcome an impasse.
    • Political Times: Alaska May Offer a View to Future Elections The last undecided Senate race could be weird politics or it could be an indicator of the rise of the independent voter.
    • Countries See Hazards in Free Flow of Capital Foreign capital in emerging markets has played a crucial role in development, but some are questioning its benefits.
    • Cuomo Visits Sing Sing and a Psychiatric Center At a prison and a psychiatric center, Governor-elect Andrew M. Cuomo spoke of wasteful spending and needed services.
    • U.S. Tweaks Message on Troops in Afghanistan The Obama administration is emphasizing the idea that the United States will have forces in Afghanistan until at least the end of 2014, which is a change in tone.
    • New Yorkers From Mexico Escorted Miner in Race Juan Jesus Lopez and Rene Cuahuizo couldn’t afford the entrance fees for this year’s New York City Marathon, but had a chance to run with Edison Peña, the Chilean miner.
    • Lichtenstein Tops Warhol in Auction Christie’s sale totaled $272.8 million, and featured instantly recognizable Pop Art images that virtually screamed their creators’ names.
  • AP Top U.S. News At 12:17 p.m. EST
    • College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fuzzy math, Illinois State University's president called it. "Political theater of the worst sort," said the University of Washington's head....
    • Ala. tornado survivors help after latest twisters CLAY, Ala. (AP) -- Survivors still haunted by memories of last year's tornado outbreak that killed 250 in Alabama are writing checks, donating diapers and standing over hot grills to help victims of the latest twisters to pummel the state....
    • US weapons for future include key relics of past WASHINGTON (AP) -- The lineup of weapons the Pentagon has picked to fit President Barack Obama's new forward-looking defense strategy, called "Priorities for 21st Century Defense," features relics of the past....
    • Obama to senators: Change the way you do business WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is pressing his case for changes in how the Senate does business, hoping to ease the partisan gridlock, and he wants to bar lawmakers from profiting from their service....
    • 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years SEATTLE (AP) -- After a two-year international crime spree in which he survived a handful of crash landings, Colton Harris-Moore - the infamous "Barefoot Bandit" - says he's lucky to be alive....
    • Probe of NYPD boss' son puts DA in spotlight, too NEW YORK (AP) -- While the city's powerful police commissioner faced questions Friday about a rape allegation against his TV-anchor son, the probe has also put the district attorney in a delicate position....
    • Need for court artists fades as cameras move in CHICAGO (AP) -- One marker in hand and one in his mouth, Lou Chukman glances up and down from a sketchpad to a reputed Chicago mobster across the courtroom - drawing feverishly to capture the drama of the judge's verdict before the moment passes....
    • Long road ahead for Conn. home invasion survivor NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- How does a man move on with his life after losing his wife and daughters to two ruthless home invaders who tormented, then killed them?...
    • Indian tribes join forces to save petroglyph site TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) -- In the far reaches of northern Arizona, where city sprawl gives way to majestic canyons and a holy place is defined not by steeple and cross but rather by earth and sky, lies a monument to a people's past and a symbol of the promise of peace between two long-warring Indian nations....
    • Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. Very political....