Conflicting reports on fate of Iranian opposition leaders

Another Iranian source gave a similar account, saying the report of the men's imprisonment was false.
Meanwhile, a Tehran resident said people in his neighborhood were chanting from inside their homes "God is great," a phrase used by the opposition movement after the disputed presidential elections in 2009.
The conflicting reports came shortly after the semiofficial news Fars News Agency reported that the government had restricted the movements and communication of both opposition leaders.
Referring to the opposition movement, Iranian Prosecutor General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei said, "The movements and telephone communication of the head of rioters have been restricted and, if circumstances demand it, the next steps for arresting them and putting them on trial will be arranged," Fars reported.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/28/iran.opposition.arrests/index.html?hpt=T2

Egypt's attorney general forbids Mubarak from leaving country

Attorney General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud ordered the moves after Mustafa Bakri, a member of Egypt's parliament who lost his seat after filing corruption cases against various officials, provided documents indicating Mubarak's family has secret bank accounts totaling more than 200 million Egyptian pounds ($147 million), according to EgyNews.
"I submitted the corruption documents on Sunday night and on Monday morning I was called in by the public prosecutor for investigation, and he asked me to rush to his office." Bakri told CNN. "The attorney general, himself, went over the documents in my possession and then issued his orders to bar Mubarak and his family from travelling and to impound their assets."

Gadhafi clings to power amid growing support for protests

Government forces have repeatedly clashed with demonstrators over the past two weeks in Libya, fired on crowds and at times shot indiscriminately at people in the streets, numerous witnesses have told CNN. The death toll has topped 1,000, according to an estimate from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/28/libya.protests/index.html?hpt=T2

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Obama condemns Libyan violence, calls for international response.

Obama said in his strongest and most direct statements to date on the unrest in Libya. "So are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters and further punish the people of Libya. These actions violate international norms and every standard of common decency. This violence must stop.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/23/obama.libya/index.html?hpt=T1

Man sought in deaths of 3 children in suspected meth lab fire

Investigators in Georgia were looking Friday for a man who left the scene of a suburban Atlanta house fire that killed three children, authorities said.
They said the fire was caused by a suspected methamphetamine lab in the Lilburn, Georgia, home.
Gwinnett County Police Capt. Jake Smith said Ivan Gonzalez had been charged with two counts of murder Friday, a day after firefighters found him attempting to douse the blaze with a garden hose.
Gonzalez, who Smith said received burns in the fire, told authorities he was a family member and was headed to the hospital to be near the children injured in the fire.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/18/georgia.meth.fatal.fire/index.html?iref=NS1

Mother's milk stirs unlikely political debate

First lady Michelle Obama found herself at the center of an unlikely breast-feeding debate this week when three prominent conservative women criticized her for encouraging the creation of a "nanny state."

Conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham on Tuesday asked Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, about an announcement by the Internal Revenue Service that the purchase of breast-feeding equipment would be considered a medical expense. Ingraham suggested that the first lady's advocacy of breast-feeding as a way to fight childhood obesity might have been "coordinated" with the IRS decision.


http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/18/nanny.state/index.html?hpt=T2

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Girl killed by Metrolink train.

A commuter train struck and killed a girl this afternoon at Magnolia Avenue and Buchanan Street in Riverside, closing down a main commuter rail line during the afternoon rush hour.
Witnesses told police that she waited for a freight train to pass and then proceeded across the tracks about 3:45 p.m., stepping in the way of the westbound Metrolink train on a parallel track.
No one on the Metrolink train was hurt, and the roughly 45 passengers were to be bused to their destinations in Orange County, Metrolink's Sherita Coffelt said.

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_wtrain09.136288eba.html

American Sauce: Obama now vs. then

Forget the instant pundit opinions about last week’s State of the Union (the bipartisan seating chart may be the headline for decades to come anyway).
Consider instead what President Obama’s second State of the Union (and fourth address to Congress) tells us about how his words and promises have changed since he announced his run for the White House, exactly four years ago next week.
This week’s American Sauce compares candidate Obama with President Obama. And we notice some changes.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/31/american-sauce-obama-now-vs-then/

Kepler Finds a Swarm of New Worlds

For a year and a half now, NASA's Kepler space telescope has been staring, pretty much constantly, at a group of about 156,000 stars, located near the constellation Cygnus. In all that time, month in and month out, Kepler's digital eyes have barely blinked.

Jordan's king dismisses government, appoints new PM

The dismissal follows several protests calling for change in Jordan -- protests that echo demonstrations that have swept across North Africa and the Middle East in the last few weeks.
King Abdullah II asked Marouf Al Bakhit to form a government in Jordan that will implement "genuine political reform," the Royal Court said in a statement.
The government will "take practical steps, quick and concrete, to launch a process of genuine political reform" and "comprehensive development," according to a letter from the king to Al Bakhit. It also will act to strengthen democracy, the letter said.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/01/jordan.government/index.html?hpt=T2