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Friday Jan 27, 2012

• In Florida debate, Romney slams Gingrich for toxic rhetoric

• Egyptians argue over fate of charred Mubarak party building

• 4th-quarter growth rate disappoints, but sentiment picks up
• Federal agency sounds alarm on American Airlines' pensions
• Occupy protest seizes UC Davis building, blocks bank

• Texas' wind power boom could head for bust if Congress doesn't extend tax credit
• Universal health care proposal stalls in California Senate
• Rep. Barney Frank to marry partner in same-sex ceremony

• Paterno remembered as 'more than a football coach'
• Kansas police oppose proposal allowing guns in public buildings
• Bill Gates pledges $750 million for global AIDS fund

• Costa Concordia's captain lost precious time, official says
• Fidel Castro writes again after long break
• Egypt bars U.S. workers from travel, escalating crackdown

• 2 students charged in plot to blow up high school in Roy, Utah
• Man who tied dumbbell to dog in Manatee River gets jail time
• Alaska man directed pit bull to attack girlfriend, police say

• 4th-quarter growth rate disappoints, but sentiment picks up
• Federal agency sounds alarm on American Airlines' pensions
• Florida Senate panel says no junk food on food stamps

• Bering Sea ice threatens crab fishery
• New estimates of Atlantic, Gulf fishing will help determine limits
• Environmental groups ask Kentucky lawmakers to consider coal's health impact

• Commentary: The movie of Joe Paterno's life
• Commentary: The drug war next door shouldn't be ignored
• Commentary: 'Birthers' nonsense sets Georgia up for ridicule — again