| Obama Proposes College-Aid Changes |
| Obama, seeking to control college costs, proposed tying federal student aid to universities' tuition rates and the value they provide graduates.
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| Army's Top General Backs Troop Rollback |
| The Army's top general defended Obama administration plans for a 14% reduction in troops, signaling support for the cuts from the military's top officers as a fight brews with congressional critics.
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| Union Membership Little Changed |
| The percentage of Americans who belong to a union stayed nearly flat last year following sharper declines in recent years, a bright spot for labor unions as states push to limit collective-bargaining rights.
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| Prisons Strain Under Aging Inmates |
| The fastest-growing population in federal and state prisons are those 55 and older, a trend that is forcing cash-strapped local governments to wrestle with the growing cost of caring for the aging inmates.
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| Panetta Outlines Pentagon Cutbacks |
| Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the defense budget would enable the U.S. to simultaneously fight a land war with North Korea and prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, despite cuts.
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| Both Sides in Labor Fight Point to Oklahoma |
| As Indiana moves closer to adopting a right-to-work law, both sides in the debate are zeroing in on the experience of Oklahoma, the last state to ease union-dues requirements under a similar law.
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| Gingrich Leading as Fight Intensifies |
| Gingrich is outpacing Romney among GOP voters, but he also is showing evidence of vulnerabilities that could hurt him in a general election, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
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| Obama Brings Message to Michigan |
| The president visited Michigan on the last stop on a five-state tour that White House officials said was government business but that also resembled a campaign trip.
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| Gingrich, Romney Take Off Gloves in Debate |
| Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich sought both to settle old scores and unfurl new attacks Thursday night in the final high-stakes debate before Florida's pivotal primary.
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| Gingrich Blends Potential With Peril |
| Newt Gingrich's impulsiveness and self-confidence, on vivid display in the GOP primary, led both to triumph and downfall when he was in Congress.
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| | Group blames crooked guard for Somalia kidnapping |
| A crooked Somali cop may have made the kidnapping of two foreign aid workers in October possible, the safety adviser for their employer told CNN.
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| Final Florida push follows testy debate |
| GOP presidential front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich barnstormed across Florida on Friday, trying to rally supporters and break away in the polls four days before what is shaking up to be a pivotal primary in that state.
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| Opinion: Romney delivers at debate |
| Todd Graham says Mitt Romney beat Newt Gingrich with stronger arguments and better delivery
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| VP Marco Rubio? The man in demand |
| Will he or won't he? And would it matter?
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| Car bomb kills dozens in Baghdad |
| A suicide car bomber targeted a Shiite funeral procession in the Iraqi capital Friday, killing 31 people and wounding 60 others, two police officials said.
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| 135 reported killed in Syria in 2 days |
| Deaths mounted in Syria on Friday as world powers plan crucial talks about the conflict there.
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| Italy ship survivors to get compensation |
| Passengers on the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship are expected to receive a compensation lump sum of 11,000 euros ($14,400) each, the Italian Association of Tour Operators said in a statement Friday.
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| Conn. killer gets death sentence |
| Joshua Komisarjevsky, 31, will be given a lethal injection for his role in a 2007 home invasion that killed a woman and her two daughters.
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| Texts to tipster foil school bomb plot |
| Police arrested two Utah high school students and accused them of planning to explode bombs during a school assembly then make their getaway in a plane, authorities said.
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| | Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fitch downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain on Friday, indicating there was a 1-in-2 chance of further cuts in the next two years.
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| U.S. growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of weaker growth in early 2012.
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| Syria violence kills 37, U.N. Security Council to meet |
| AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces killed 37 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents said, as people in Homs mourned 14 members of a family they said were slain by militiamen in one of the worst sectarian attacks in a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
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| Romney puts Gingrich on defensive in Florida debate |
| JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney took the fight to chief rival Newt Gingrich on Thursday in his most aggressive debate performance yet, five days ahead of Florida's primary vote.
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| In Facebook IPO, bankers seek prestige over fees |
| (Reuters) - Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business.
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| Exclusive: Greek PM Papademos expects debt swap deal in days |
| ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece expects to conclude difficult debt talks with private creditors within days and negotiations with the EU and the IMF on a new bailout deal by the middle of next week, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told Reuters on Friday.
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| Apple not turning "blind eye" to supply chain problems: CEO |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has never turned "a blind eye" to the problems in its supply chain and any suggestion it does not care about the plight of workers is "patently false," Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in an email to employees.
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| Obama seeks to rally Democrats to election-year fight |
| CAMBRIDGE, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to push back hard against Republicans who try to obstruct his election-year proposals on taxes and jobs, as he sought to rally congressional Democrats and move past a period of strained relations.
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| Ford hit by commodity costs, international woes |
| (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co reported a lower-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Friday as commodity costs shot up and results from operations outside North America fell short of expectations.
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