Friends, family celebrate Whitney Houston's life – USATODAY.com

Friends, family celebrate Whitney Houston's life – USATODAY.com: Saturday's New Hope Baptist Church funeral service for Whitney Houston was more celebratory than somber, touching on the pop singer's flaws, but relishing her talent, beauty, compassion and love for others.

Sea otters face a growing threat: shark attacks - San Jose Mercury News

Sea otters face a growing threat: shark attacks - San Jose Mercury News: California's sea otters have struggled for years with diseases, parasites and even the occasional collision with boats. But now the fuzzy coastal mascots are increasingly facing another threat: shark attacks.

North Carolina Mother Diane Zambrano Says Her Daughter‘s Homemade School Lunch Wasn’t Healthy Enough | West Hoke Elementary | TheBlaze.com

North Carolina Mother Diane Zambrano Says Her Daughter‘s Homemade School Lunch Wasn’t Healthy Enough | West Hoke Elementary | TheBlaze.com: North Carolina officials have said there was a misunderstanding when a preschooler’s homemade lunch was sent home for not meeting certain nutritional requirements, but now a second mother from the same school has come forward exclusively to The Blaze to say the same thing happened to her daughter.

Iran claims its navy enters Mediterranean as tensions with Israel grow - Telegraph

Iran claims its navy enters Mediterranean as tensions with Israel grow - Telegraph: The strategic navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has passed through the Suez Canal for the second time since the (1979) Islamic Revolution," said navy commander Admiral Habibollah Sayari.

Record 19 reporters, media execs join Team Obama | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner

Record 19 reporters, media execs join Team Obama | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner: That’s the case for a whopping 19 journalists and media executives, including five from the Washington Post and three each from ABC and CNN, who’ve gone into the administration or center-left groups supporting the president.

$4 a gallon gasoline likely to hit L.A. this weekend - latimes.com

$4 a gallon gasoline likely to hit L.A. this weekend - latimes.com: Just in time for Presidents Day: get ready for the long holiday weekend's highest prices ever in Southern California as $4 gasoline is expected to arrive in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and probably Orange County, too.

House Republicans to Obama: Nuke cut plan is ‘dangerous’ | Washington Free Beacon

House Republicans to Obama: Nuke cut plan is ‘dangerous’ | Washington Free Beacon: President Obama’s plan for the Pentagon to cut deployed strategic nuclear warheads by 80 percent is meeting harsh resistance from House Armed Services Committee Republicans on Capitol Hill who called the plan “dangerous.”

Romney's struggles fuel talk of brokered convention | Reuters

Romney's struggles fuel talk of brokered convention | Reuters: Rare in the modern age of U.S. politics, a "brokered convention" could result in Republicans ditching their current crop of candidates and turning to someone else who they feel would have a better chance of defeating Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election.