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2 Western journalists killed as Syria shells Homs (AP) In Miami, the Heat await a look at Linsanity (AP)
AP - A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday as Syrian forces intensely shelled the opposition stronghold of Homs.

New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin (17) puts up a shot as New Jersey Nets' Deron Williams looks on during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at Madison Square Garden in New York.  (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)AP - The hottest team versus the hottest story.


Argentine train slams into station, killing 49 (AP) Tom Brady's personal quarterback coach dies (AP)
AP - A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters as passenger cars crumpled behind the engine. It was Argentina's worst train accident in decades.AP - Tom Martinez, the longtime personal coach to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, has died at 67.
Obama seeks corporate tax rate cut, loophole limit (AP) Kansas State upsets No. 3 Missouri 78-68 (AP)

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, talks about the importance of the payroll-tax cut and jobless-benefits extension compromise that bi-partisan House and Senate conferees reached last week, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed a lower corporate tax rate and an end to dozens of loopholes he said helps companies move jobs and profits overseas. "It's not right and it needs to change," he said.


Missouri's Phil Pressey, top, loses the ball out of bounds next to Kansas State's Rodney McGruder during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in Columbia, Mo. Kansas State upset Missouri, 78-68. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)AP - Forget any talk of Kansas State as a team teetering on the NCAA Tournament bubble. After yet another convincing win over a Top 20 team, the Wildcats' bubble has burst — and coach Frank Martin couldn't be happier.


7 killed as Afghan Quran protests turn violent (AP) Quinn says he's sorry for Tebow comments (AP)

Foreign troops from the International Security Assistant Forces (ISAF) attend a Mardi Gras festival at a NATO base in Kabul February 21, 2012. There were feathered masks, glitter, cakes and -- guns: America's most raucous holiday was feted by NATO troops and their colleagues in Kabul late on Tuesday in their heavily barricaded headquarters. Picture taken February 21, 2012. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY MILITARY)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after clashes in several cities between Afghan security forces and protesters furious over the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. military base left seven people dead.


AP - Brady Quinn is apologizing to Tim Tebow for unflattering comments Quinn made about the Denver Broncos' starting quarterback in a GQ article.
Rising sales point to better year for housing (AP) Jurors weigh murder case of ex-Va. lacrosse player (AP)

A labourer selects wooden planks as he works at a residential construction site in Hefei, Anhui province February 18, 2012. China's home prices fell in January from December, marking the fourth monthly fall in a row and showing that the policy-driven property market downturn is deepening, which will add to worries about a hard landing in the world's second-largest economy. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS REAL ESTATE CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT)AP - The housing market is flashing signs of health ahead of the spring-buying season.


FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2012 file photo, George Huguely V, right, is escorted by a sheriff's deputy as he arrives for his trial at the Charlottesville Circuit courthouse  in Charlottesville, Va. Jurors are set to begin deliberations Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 in the trial of Huguely, the former University of Virginia lacrosse player who is charged with slaying his ex-girlfriend in a drunken rage. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)AP - Jurors in the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player began deliberating Wednesday whether he battered his ex-girlfriend to death in a drunken, jealous rage or if his intent to talk with her spiraled out of control, leaving her bleeding and dying in her bedroom.