Reuters: The S&P posted its biggest daily percentage decline in 2012 Friday after an about face on the Greek debt deal. The Dow was down 89.23 points, the S&P down 9.31 points, the Nasdaq down 23.35 points at 4:45pm ET
The President said January's jobs gains are sign of economic recovery and warned Congress not to mess it up. He urged Congress to pass the payroll tax cut and ui extension without drama or delay
The House overwhelmingly passed new curbs on insider trading by lawmakers and other government officials despite complaints from Democrats and some Republicans that key anti corruption provisions were dropped
NYMEX Crude Future at $97.93/bbl at 09:54
Current national average is $3.497/gal regular unleaded
Yahoo board shakeup 4 directors leave
From US boarding school to Al Qaeda operative
UCSF Researchers: Sugar should be regulated as a toxin
Bus driver whisks children off bus before it bursts in flames
Eurozone officials want Greece to do more
Greeks strike against IMF/EU austerity before crucial vote
The number of filings for new ui benefits fell again last week
CNN: Who is Anonymous? Everyone and no one
Russians stage rival protests over Putin's 12 year rule
Crowds cheer Aung Suu Kyi on the campaign trail
At least 137 people killed by government forces in Syria
Iran turns to barter for food as sanctions cripple imports
Blasts hit government buildings in Aleppo Syria
US embassy in Syria closed diplomats evacuated
Israeli President Shimon Peres sends peace message to Iranians
2 Tibetans killed by security forces in Sichuan province
The UN urged that the Holocaust is never repeated
BBC: Modernization threatens Tibet's culture
BBC: The day the world lit up, July 16, 1945. Trinity.
Widespread use of forced labour in Myanmar
Unlocking Archimedes' text
9th cir. reconsiders Hawaiians only school case
Threat to Peru's Nazca lines
Rabbit Kekai keeps surfing at 84
Ex-rebel becomes Burundi's President
BBC: Trouble for Tuvalu
The most distant cosmic blast detected so far
China villagers complain about pollution
Oldest Buffalo Soldier to be buried at Arlington
Mrs. O'Neal helps the Gurkhas
French jihadists die for al Qaeda
Man eating lions increase
Long live Juan Valdez!
Bosnians have Bruce Lee in common
The misery of child labour in India
The horrifying practice of human sacrifice
Austria celebrates Mozart's birthday
MIT chemist struggles for clean renewable energy
Germany honours Einstein's genius launching the World Year of Physics
BBC: Japanese researchers catch an adult giant squid on camera
MSNBC: Designers conceptualize the pollution free ship
Reconciliation service for lynchings, slavery
Slavery continues in Niger
Science to ride gravity waves
First Sioux to get the Medal of Honor
Woman pardoned 60 yrs after her execution
Mano's territory
The brutality of modern slavery
China peasants attacked in land dispute
Senior China official: pollution threatens economic performance
Amazon destruction worse than feared
Genghis Khan's management
Frugal teacher donates $2.1million
Somali peace activist killed
Ruthless terror cell in Somalia
Gene switch for cancer can be turned off in mice
Congressman says heroin finances bin Laden
US military winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan
CSM:
Who's joining jihad and why.
Also: How militant Islamists see the world
BBC Viewpoint: The unforgettable legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
International recognition of the rights of indigenous people has yet to be realized
Debate in AU on culling sharks
Former Bolivian President charged
Technology to aid the poor
The Universe is "too queer" to understand
Gamma ray burst suspected in Ordovician extinction
Boost to CO2 mass extinction theory
On the trail of a stolen child in China
Bhopal activist dies
HRW accuses the US of more Afghan jail deaths
HRW accuses China of repressing Muslim Uighurs
Grim account of Argentine deaths
Japan's whaling fleet sets off on a 'scientific' expedition
UN report: Sudan and gov't militias abuse civilians in Darfur
Africa to tackle key problems
Marek Edelman dies at 90
Vaclav Havel dies at 75
Dr Michael DeBakey dies at 99
Dith Pran dies at 65
Gordon Hirabayashi dies at age 93
Dennis Ritchie father of C dies
Helen Suzman dies at 91
Rep. Tom Lantos dies at 80
Wally Schirra dies at 84
Rosa Parks dies at 92
Simon Wiesenthal dies at 96
CJ Rehnquist dies at 80