Gov's Handling of Sandusky Case Under Investigation

The newly-elected attorney general of Pennsylvania is going after the state's governor, Tom Corbett, who was attorney general when child sex allegations against Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky were first brought forward.Kathleen Kane, a Democrat who was sworn in as attorney general on Jan. 15, said that she will name a special prosecutor in the coming days to investigate Corbett's...

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Reality check needed on immigration?

STORY HIGHLIGHTSHoward Kurtz: The mainstream media are rooting for immigration policy changesKurtz: Is enthusiasm causing the media to overestimate the prospects for reform? He says the Republican House has been a graveyard for numerous Obama reformsKurtz: Illegal immigration still arouses visceral opposition among some Americans Editor's note: Howard Kurtz is the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources"...

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Indonesia's January inflation rises to 4.57%

JAKARTA: Indonesian inflation hit a four-year high on a monthly basis in January as food prices soared following severe flooding across the country, an official said on Friday.The monsoonal downpour pushed inflation to 1.03 per cent last month from 0.54 per cent in December, while it also accelerated to 4.57 per cent year on year, from 4.3 per cent, Central Statistics Bureau chief Suryamin...

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At least 25 killed in Mexico office blast, dozens injured

STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: 25 people were killed and more than 100 are injured, interior minister saysThe explosion collapsed two floors of an office building, paramedics sayRescuers have pulled a survivor from the rubble, Mexico's president saysCrews are searching for people trapped in the buildingLea este artículo en español/Read this article in SpanishMexico City (CNN) -- An explosion rocked the offices...

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Former New York Mayor Ed Koch dead at 88

NEW YORKEd Koch, the ebullient former congressman and three-term Democratic mayor of New York City credited with correcting the city's sinking finances in the 1980s, has died at the age of 88. His spokesman, George Arzt, says Koch died Friday morning of congestive heart failure. Koch was born in the Bronx in 1924, and his family moved to Newark, N.J., before settling in Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn,...

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Columbia Shuttle Crew Remembered 10 Years Later

Iain Clark is a teenager now. He was eight years old when his mother, Dr Laurel Clark, and six other astronauts died when the space shuttle Columbia fell apart in the skies over Texas 10 years ago today.Iain's father, Dr. Jonathon Clark, told ABC News recently that he and Iain will never really recover."There will always be a sense of loss and pain and hurt," said Clark. "I've...

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BlackBerry must remember strengths

STORY HIGHLIGHTSBlackBerry sales have slumped in the U.S. but is still strong in emerging marketsNew models launched should remember why they are popular in developing worldIn places like Brazil and South Africa, the 10 is the update to their current phonein Sub-Saharan Africa there is expected to be 175 million new customers in the next 3 yearsWatch Jim Clancy on CNN International's "The Brief" at...

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi picks up decade-old rights award

GWANGJU, South Korea: Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally collected a human rights award in South Korea on Thursday, nearly a decade after it was conferred.The democracy icon had been awarded the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights back in 2004, but was still under house arrest at the time and unable to receive it.The prize is named for the southern South Korean city where...

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Standoff drags into 3rd day as man holds child in bunker

STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe sheriff says investigators do not believe the boy has been harmedA gunman is holding the 6-year-old hostage in an underground bunker Authorities get coloring books, crayons and medicine to the captive boyAuthorities canceled a news conference late Wednesday nightMidland City, Alabama (CNN) -- Somewhere underneath this red Alabama dirt is a 6-year-old boy.A kindergartener, snatched...

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Standoff with Ala. school bus shooting suspect in third day

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. The man suspected of shooting a school bus driver to death and taking a five-year-old boy hostage Tuesday moved to a rural Alabama neighborhood on a rutted red clay road more than a year ago. It didn't take long before he had developed a frightening reputation as a volatile man with anti-government views who threatened his neighbors at gunpoint and was viciously violent to wandering...

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