NYPD built secret files on NJ, Long Island mosques (AP)
AP – Americans living and working in New Jersey’s largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department’s effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray. The operation in Newark was so secretive even the city’s mayor says he was kept in the dark.
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NYPD built secret files on NJ, Long Island mosques
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Divers in Italy report finding 4 more ship bodies (AP)
AP – Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship found four more bodies Wednesday, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said.
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Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans (AP)
AP – A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows.
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Storm dumps snow on South, heads out to sea (AP)
AP – A winter storm that dumped several inches of snow across parts of the South, causing power outages, slippery roads and numerous accidents during the Presidents Day holiday weekend, moved out to sea Monday.
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Decision day for second Greek bailout despite financing gaps (Reuters)
Reuters – Euro zone finance ministers are expected to approve a second bailout for Greece on Monday to try to draw a line under months of uncertainty that has shaken the currency bloc, although work remains to be done to make the numbers add up.
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3 skiers killed in Wash. avalanche; 4th survived (AP)
AP – Well-equipped and familiar with the terrain, about a dozen expert skiers were making their way through a foot-and-a half of fresh snow when an avalanche hit them in an out-of-bounds area near a popular Washington ski resort.
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China rebukes Iran for France, UK oil ban (Reuters)
Reuters – China rebuked Iran on Monday for stopping oil sales to British and French companies at the weekend, calling for renewed efforts at dialogue over an escalating stand-off over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program.
Deadly Honduran fire could occur across region (AP)
AP – The world’s worst prison fire in a century happened in a lockup like many in Honduras: a decrepit, suffocating place of overcrowded, dark cellblocks where many inmates were accused only of petty crimes.
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Santorum surges but scrutiny intensifies (AP)
AP – Rick Santorum stole a key endorsement from chief rival Mitt Romney on Friday as polls in Ohio and elsewhere suggest the former Pennsylvania senator has seized the momentum in the rollercoaster Republican presidential contest.
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‘The Help’ cleans up at 43rd NAACP Image Awards (AP)
AP – “The Help” collected three prizes at the NAACP Image Awards, including top actress honors for Viola Davis, the supporting actress prize for Octavia Spencer and outstanding motion picture.
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