[U.S.] As federal cuts near, White House trades blame with Republicans

As federal cuts near, White House trades blame with Republicans
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/All-condemn-pending-budget-cuts-spread-blame-4303852.php
WASHINGTON - With no progress evident in Washington's latest budget battle, the White House opened a new front Sunday by releasing state-by-state estimates on the effects of about $85 billion in spending reductions.

19 teenagers arrested following disturbance that shut down Chicago shopping ...
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-Injured-Dozens-Arrested-at-Ford-City-Mall-192849581.html
CHICAGO - Nineteen teenagers have been arrested following a disturbance that shut down a Chicago shopping mall and left two people with minor injuries.

2nd blizzard bearing down on Plains region
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DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) - A second major winter storm was bearing down on the central Plains Sunday, forcing cancellations and sending public works crews scrambling for salt and sand supplies less than a week after another system dumped more than a ...

Chinatown firefighters subdue man attacking wife
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283952/Crazed-man-meat-cleaver-hacks-wife-repeatedly-head-firefighters-nearby-firehouse-rush-rescue.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
NEW YORK - Firefighters helped rescue a woman who was being attacked by her husband with a meat cleaver on a street in Chinatown. The attack happened Sunday morning on Canal Street and was witnessed by firefighters who worked across the street ...

Voting Rights Act faces Supreme Court challenge
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/02/voting-rights-act-case-pits-the-rights-of-humans-against-the-sovereignty-of-states/273454/
(CBS News) NEW YORK - When he signed the federal Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson did not rely on understatement to express the significance of the legislation.

Emotional Memorial Held For Couple Allegedly Slain By Dorner
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Retired-Police-Chief-Shares-Memories-with-Large-Audience-at-Memorial-for-Slain-Irvine-Couple--192902021.html
IRVINE (CBSLA.com) - The memorial service at Concordia University in Irvine for Monica Quan and her fiance Keith Lawrence Sunday delivered on the promise of being emotional.

Jack Lew's Golden Parachute
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-24/lew-nomination-for-treasury-chief-to-get-committee-vote-feb-26.html
Americans can sleep soundly knowing that Max Baucus (D., Mont.) isn't in charge of interviewing captured al Qaeda fighters. But the enhanced non-interrogation techniques that the Senate Finance Chairman has been applying to Treasury Secretary nominee ...

YOUNG VOICES: Why we still need Black History Month (and more)
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/headlines/20130224-racial-progress-raises-question-is-black-history-month-still-needed.ece
It's that time of year again. Black History Month -- when schools across America adorn their hallways with African-American icons and Civil Rights champions.