Girlfriend's Mom: Why Did He Do This? - ABC News

Oscar Pistorius’ track career was put on hold indefinitely Sunday as his agent canceled all future races so the double-amputee Olympian can focus on defending himself against his murder charge. After visiting Pistorius at the police station he is being held at, agent Peet van Zyl said in a statement...

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'Roid Rage? Steroids reportedly found in Bladerunner's home after galpal ... - Fox News

Illegal steroids and a bloody cricket bat were reportedly found in the South African home where so-called “Bladerunner” Oscar Pistorius allegedly gunned down his model girlfriend. The  paralympic athlete will be tested for the banned drug, possibly in anticipation of a possible defense claim that...

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Chávez Returns to Venezuela After Cancer Surgery in Cuba - New York Times

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez made a surprise return to Venezuela on Monday, 10 weeks after leaving for cancer surgery in Cuba, sparking celebration among his supporters. VTV, the government television station, said that he arrived at 2:30 a.m. He was taken to a military hospital in...

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Obama plays round of golf with Tiger Woods, media air frustration over access - Fox News

President Obama played golf Sunday with Tiger Woods during the president’s long holiday weekend in Florida, amid concerns from the media about a lack of access before, during and after the newsworthy outing.  The foursome at the Floridian National Golf Club, in Palm City, Fla., included U.S. trade...

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Venezuela's Chavez in surprise return from Cuba - Reuters

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez smiles in between his daughters, Rosa Virginia (R) and Maria while recovering from cancer surgery in Havana in this photograph released by the Ministry of Information on February 15, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Ministry of Information/Handout Top Stories – Google N...

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White House: Backup immigration plan being offered only in case Congress fails - Washington Post

WASHINGTON — The White House is downplaying its draft proposal as merely a backup plan if lawmakers don’t come up with an immigration overhaul of their own. It won’t be necessary, Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike are telling the Obama administration. White House chief of staff Denis McDonough...

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Singer Mindy McCready Dies in Suspected Gun Suicide, 37 - Bloomberg

Mindy McCready, a U.S. country singer who hits included “Guys Do It All the Time,” has died in a suspected suicide, police in Arkansas said today. Officers were called to McCready’s Heber Springs house after shots were heard. They found the 37-year-old singer dead on the front porch with an “apparent...

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Mindy McCready is found dead at her Arkansas home - CNN

Singer Mindy McCready performs in 2006 at Lincoln Center in in New York City. Mindy McCready is found dead at her Arkansas home The gunshot wound appears to be self-inflicted, sheriff’s office says She had long struggled with addiction and mental illness McCready burst onto the scene in 1996...

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Troubled singer Mindy McCready dead in apparent suicide - Chicago Tribune

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) – Troubled country music star Mindy McCready, whose platinum singing career was shadowed by substance abuse and suicide attempts, was found dead on Sunday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, an Arkansas sheriff said. She was 37. McCready’s body was found on...

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Thousands march in DC to protest Keystone pipeline - CBS News

Thousands of environmental activists marched in Washington Sunday to protest plans for the Keystone XL pipeline. Organizers of “Forward on Climate,” who planned the event, told Reuters about 35,000 people from 30 states protested in the cold weather in what they said was the biggest climate rally in...

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White House insists it didn't leak immigration plan - Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — The White House scrambled Sunday to keep congressional negotiations over immigration reform on track, reassuring senators it did not leak details of a draft bill being written by the administration. White House aides were caught by surprise when details from a draft of an administration...

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singer Mindy McCready dead at 37 - Fox News

Mindy McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, has died. She was 37. Waren Olmstead, the coroner in Cleburne County, Ark., said in a statement McCready died Sunday apparently of a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound. An autopsy is pending. Just...

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LA protesters join campaign against Keystone oil pipeline - Los Angeles Times

Hundreds of protesters marched on Los Angeles City Hall on Sunday as part of a nationwide demonstration designed to pressure President Obama into rejecting a Canadian pipeline that would bring oil into the United States. The local demonstration — led by environmentalist and actor Ed Begley Jr., Rep....

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Climate change rally brings thousands to protest in Washington - Los Angeles Times

Climate activists descended on Washington, D.C., on Sunday in what organizers boasted was the largest climate-change rally in American history, claiming more than 35,000 attendees. The Forward on Climate rally, as it was billed by environmental groups Sierra Club and 350.org, called for President Obama...

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Pope asks enthusiastic Vatican crowd to pray for him as well as successor - NBCNews.com (blog)

Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters Faithful shout slogans as Pope Benedict XVI leads the Sunday Angelus in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Feb. 17. Pope Benedict, speaking before a larger than usual crowd at his penultimate Sunday address, asked the faithful to pray for him and for the next pope. ...

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Pope calls on faithful to 'renew themselves' at Angelus prayers - The Australian

A pigeon flies next to Pope Benedict XVI as he waves to the faithful during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s square, at the Vatican. Source: AP Nuns show a banner reading in Spanish: “Thank You so much Holy Father, we love you so much”...

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Republicans rip Obama immigration plan; Rubio calls it 'dead on arrival' - Fox News

Senate Republicans are pushing back on a proposed White House plan on immigration reform that allows illegal immigrants to become legal permanent residents within eight years, saying Congress will never pass such a proposal. Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday the plan is untenable and so...

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Karachi :Shutter-down, wheel-jam strike called today - The News International

KARACHI: The Shia Ulema Council (SUC) has called a strike today (Monday) to express solidarity with Quetta’s bereaved Hazara families, which lost 80 of their loved ones in one of the biggest bombings in the history of Pakistan, Geo News reported.   Several political, religious, social, transporters,...

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President Obama enjoys guys' weekend, golfs with Tiger Woods - Washington Post (blog)

This post has been updated. PALM CITY, Fla. – President Obama on Sunday displayed the freedom that comes with not having another election ahead of him, golfing with Tiger Woods in an enclave of privilege here along Florida’s blustery Atlantic coast. Since his reelection in November, Obama has been...

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GOP: Leaked WH immigration plan "counterproductive" - CBS News

The seemingly endless budget fight is sucking much of the air out of Washington, but another big initiative – immigration reform – is slowly taking shape. A draft of a comprehensive White House immigration proposal was obtained yesterday by USA Today, and one key Republican senator immediately deemed...

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McCain Confident Hagel Will Be Confirmed - Wall Street Journal (blog)

By Kristina Peterson Former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, nominated as defense secretary, will be confirmed by the Senate later this month, one of his most outspoken critics predicted Sunday. Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.), who helped lead GOP efforts to temporarily block Mr. Hagel’s confirmation last...

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White House pushes back on GOP criticism of draft immigration bill - Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — The White House pushed back Sunday against Republican criticisms that its draft immigration bill was flawed and counterproductive to congressional efforts aimed at overhauling the nation’s immigration system. Denis McDonough, the White House chief of staff, said the Obama administration...

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White House Immigration Plan Leaked - Wall Street Journal

By LAURA MECKLER Associated Press President Barack Obama speaking about immigration overhaul at a Las Vegas high school last month. WASHINGTON—New details of a White House immigration plan have been released, upsetting Senate Republicans working on a bipartisan bill and threatening to complicate...

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