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Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports
(AP)
 AP - The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it.
Soldier tells how he threw back Taliban grenade
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A soldier serving with the British Army in Afghanistan has told of the moment he threw back a Taliban hand grenade, telling himself: "I've really only got one chance to do this."
Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
(AP)
 AP - A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company inspectors converged on the car to determine whether a stuck gas pedal was to blame.
U.S. Sitting on Mother Lode of Rare Tech-Crucial Minerals
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - China supplies most of the rare earth minerals found in technologies
such as hybrid cars, wind turbines, computer hard drives and cell
phones, but the U.S. has its own largely untapped reserves that could
safeguard future tech innovation.
Pa. woman charged with recruiting jihadists online
(AP)
AP - A suburban Philadelphia woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been charged with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill someone, prosecutors said Tuesday.
New Massa allegations complicate former congressman's conservative appeal
(The Newsroom)
 The Newsroom - This time last week, Eric Massa was another low-profile House Democrat. Now his media profile has exploded—with the Washington Post reporting today that House investigators are looking into allegations that the New York Democrat groped some male aides in his office. (Update: Massa claims on "The Glenn Beck Show" that latest charges arise from an incident where he tickled a staffer "until he could no longer breathe" at a birthday celebration, and says that he behaved wrongly. "I own this misbehavior. . . .," he told Beck. "It doesn't make any difference what my intentions were. It's how it's perceived." At the end of a digressive interview, Beck turned to the camera and said "America, I've got to be straight with you. I think this is the first time I've wasted an hour of your time," because the Massa exchanges didn't yield significant new revelations.)
New book: Defector tells of shopping in Europe for North Korea dictators
(The Christian Science Monitor)
 The Christian Science Monitor - Firsthand exposés about the personal lives of North Koreaâs leaders can put the lives of their authors at risk, even if they are far away.The latest tell-all, published in Austria by two journalists to whom former Army Col. Kim Jong-ryul told his story, is a case in point.
Democratic senator opposes fast-track health bill
(AP)
 AP - A moderate Democrat insisted Tuesday she remained opposed to pushing a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote, despite saying she wanted to see what was in the legislation.
Pa. coal town above mine fire claims massive fraud
(AP)
 AP - Centralians have long believed the government's demolition of their beloved town in the 1980s was part of a plot to swipe the mineral rights to anthracite coal worth hundreds of millions of dollars — and not, as state and federal officials said, the solution to an out-of-control underground mine fire that menaced the town with toxic gases.
Roberts: Scene at State of Union `very troubling'
(AP)
 AP - U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Obama's State of the Union address was "very troubling" and the annual speech has "degenerated to a political pep rally."
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