February 2012

Decatur man dies from apparent gunshot wound in Tuscola

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:32pm | The News-Gazette

TUSCOLA — The Douglas County sheriff's office has identified a man who died from an apparent gunshot wound at a rest area in Tuscola on Wednesday.

According to a sheriff's office report, Randell S. Chaney, 53, of Decatur, was pronounced dead at the scene by a representative of the Douglas County coroner's office.

Nobody hurt in mobile home, garage fire in rural St. Joseph

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 9:58pm | Tim Mitchell, staff writer,

ST. JOSEPH — Nobody was hurt in a late afternoon fire that damaged a mobile home and garage in rural St. Joseph.

According to a fire department report, firefighters from the St. Joseph-Stanton Fire Department were called to a fire at a mobile home at 2266 County Road 1200 N at 4:13 p.m. Wednesday.

Obama salutes Iraq war vets at White House dinner

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 7:54pm | The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a formal dinner for the few, President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the many.

The president who opposed the Iraq war from its outset is thanking those who fought its battles by inviting in a small cross section of the million-plus who served there over the past nine years.

Apple market value hits $500 billion

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 7:47pm | The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple's market capitalization topped $500 billion Wednesday, climbing to a mountain peak where few companies have ventured — and none has stayed for long.

On to Super Tuesday: Santorum, Romney battle on

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 7:40pm | The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A victorious Mitt Romney and runner-up Rick Santorum both claimed satisfaction from the close Michigan primary on Wednesday as they swiftly shifted their duel for the Republican presidential nomination to Ohio and the rest of next week's delegate-rich Super Tuesday contests.

Ohio shooting suspect may have used relative's gun

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 7:36pm | The Associated Press

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — The teenager suspected in an Ohio school shooting struggled with a broken family and did poorly in school, then appeared to turn himself around once he was taken in by grandparents and began to attend an alternative school, longtime neighbors and friends said Wednesday

Q&A: Google to dig deeper into users' lives

Wed, 02/29/2012 - 7:09pm | The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you're amazed — and maybe even a little alarmed — about how much Google seems to know about you, brace yourself. Beginning Thursday, Google will operate under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet's most powerful company to dig even deeper into the lives of its more than 1 billion users.