Saturday, March 3, 2012

United Airlines' computer switchover situation deteriorating - chicagotribune.com

United Airlines' computer switchover situation deteriorating - chicagotribune.com: "United Airlines' conversion to a new computer reservation system started to experience hiccups throughout the day Saturday, as the Continental Airlines name faded into history."

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Hundreds mourn slain Ohio student - CNN.com

Hundreds mourn slain Ohio student - CNN.com: "A funeral service took place Saturday for 16-year-old Daniel Parmertor, one of three students killed in an Ohio high school shooting."

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Syria hands over remains of 2 slain foreign journalists to embassies ahead of repatriation - The Washington Post

Syria hands over remains of 2 slain foreign journalists to embassies ahead of repatriation - The Washington Post: "The bodies of two foreign journalists who were killed in shelling while trapped inside a besieged district in the central Syrian city of Homs have left Syria late Saturday on board a French plane to Paris, the Polish Foreign Ministry said."

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Obama calls Sandra Fluke, Georgetown law student assailed by Rush Limbaugh - Election 2012 - The Washington Post

Obama calls Sandra Fluke, Georgetown law student assailed by Rush Limbaugh - Election 2012 - The Washington Post: "Wading further into an escalating contraception battle that has put Republicans on the defensive, President Obama on Friday called Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who this week was derided as a “slut” and a “prostitute” by conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh for her defense of rules mandating that employer-provided insurance plans cover the cost of birth control."

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Daylight: New film blasts Obama's Israel record | The Cable

Daylight: New film blasts Obama's Israel record | The Cable: "One day before the AIPAC conference kicks off in Washington, an anti-Obama pro-Israel group is widening its criticism of President Barack Obama's record on Israel -- while the White House defends its treatment of the relationship."

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News from The Associated Press

News from The Associated Press: "WEST LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) -- Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung into buildings and communications crippled after dozens of tornadoes chainsawed through a region of millions, leveling small towns along the way."

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