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Police capture escapee who stalked Madonna

By GREG RISLING - Updated: 12:55 pm

An inmate convicted of stalking Madonna and threatening to slash her throat was captured Friday, a week after police said the "highly psychotic" man walked away from a mental hospital.

Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy

By BEN FELLER - Updated: 7:31 pm

Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead.

Video Report

NH 14-year-old shoots self in face in cafeteria

By GARRETT BRNGER - Updated: 5:03 pm

A 14-year-old shot himself in the face in a New Hampshire elementary school cafeteria filled with dozens of students eating lunch, officials said Friday.

Police capture escapee who stalked Madonna

By GREG RISLING - Updated: 12:55 pm

An inmate convicted of stalking Madonna and threatening to slash her throat was captured Friday, a week after police said the "highly psychotic" man walked away from a mental hospital.

Trade deficit widens to $48.8 billion in December

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Updated: 8:22 am

Monthly U.S. exports to Europe grew in December, a hopeful sign after a steep decline the previous month. But, some economists remain concerned that the region's debt crisis will still weigh on the U.S. economy this year.

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Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, joined by his wife Callista, arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
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Detroit Pistons' Jason Maxiell (54) blocks a shot by New Jersey Nets' Kris Humphries (43) during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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Detroit Pistons' Jonas Jerebko, left, takes a shot under the basket as New Jersey Nets' Jordan Farmar looks on in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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In this undated image released by Beyonce.com, Beyonce Knowles holds her daughter Blue Ivy in a recent family photo. Photos of the 1-month-old were posted by her parents on Tumblr blog page http://helloblueivycarter.tumblr.com. A hand-written note accompanying the photos reads, "We welcome you to share our joy." (AP Photo/Ed Burke for Beyonce.com) MANDATORY CREDIT
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In this undated image released by Beyonce.com, rapper Jay-Z holds his daughter with singer-wife Beyonce Knowles, Blue Ivy in a recent family photo. Photos of the 1-month-old were posted by her parents on Tumblr blog page http://helloblueivycarter.tumblr.com. A hand-written note accompanying the photos reads, "We welcome you to share our joy." (AP Photo/Ed Burke for Beyonce.com) MANDATORY CREDIT

National News

Woman pleads guilty in NY newborn kidnap case

By DAVID B. CARUSO - Updated: 7:28 pm

A woman who snatched a newborn baby from a New York City hospital in 1987, then raised the child as her own for more than two decades, pleaded guilty to a kidnapping charge Friday as the girl's true mother wept in the courtroom.