Tweet ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece let yet another deadline slip on Monday for responding to painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout as patience in Brussels wore thin over drawn-out negotiations among its feuding political leaders. Original post: Greece lets another deadline slip in bailout poker  Read More →

Tweet THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The deep freeze gripping much of Europe means the Netherlands’ almost mythical “Eleven Cities Tour” ice skating marathon could be staged later this month for the first time in 15 years, organizers said Monday…. See original here: Dutch hopes grow for natural ice skating marathon  Read More →

Tweet INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – The New York Giants reclaimed the greatest prize in North American sports with a nail-biting 21-17 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. View original post here: Giants win Super Bowl thriller against Patriots  Read More →

Tweet JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has come up with another bizarre plan to keep commuters from riding on the roofs of trains: Swat them with brooms drenched in putrid goop…. Visit link: Indonesia to hit train roof riders with nasty goop  Read More →

Tweet DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The two rival Palestinian camps have agreed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will head an interim unity government that is to lead them to elections…. Go here to read the rest: Abbas to head Palestinian unity government  Read More →

Tweet LONDON (Reuters) – To get an idea of the economic mountain euro zone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010. Go here to read the rest: Analysis: Euro zone strugglers lack innovative knack  Read More →

Tweet WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s remark that he’s not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history…. Read more from the original source: Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club  Read More →

Tweet GOLD BEACH, Ore. (AP) — Dan Conne says he and his wife and son thought they were going to die after getting lost while picking mushrooms and spending nearly a week in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon…. Continued here: Mushroom pickers lost hope, considered eating dog  Read More →

Tweet BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said. View post: Syrian assault on Homs kills 50: opposition  Read More →

Tweet WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers who came to Washington demanding budget cuts face a tough test now that President Barack Obama and military leaders want to shrink the force, shut down bases and cancel weapons to achieve them…. See the original post here: Defense cuts test lawmakers’ resolve on deficits  Read More →