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Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith are the co-authors of a new book about the U.S. role in the killing of Cuban revolutionary, Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Born in Argentina in 1928, Che rose to international prominence as one of the key leaders of the 1959 Cuban Revolution that overthrew U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. After a period in the new Cuban government leadership, Che aimed to spark revolutionary activity internationally. On October 8, 1967, he was captured by Bolivian troops working with the CIA. He was executed one day later. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. "The line of the [U.S.] government was that the Bolivians did it, we couldn’t do anything about it. That’s not true," Smith said. "This whole operation was organized out of the White House by Walt Whitman Rostow. And the CIA, by this time, had become a paramilitary organization." On Che’s significance, Ratner says Che became "a symbol for revolutionary change... He still remains, of course, that today. If you go to Occupy Wall Street, if you go to Tahrir Square, you will see people who are wearing Che T-shirts, because they understand that their obligation, their necessity, is to take on the 1 percent. And that’s what Che was about. And that’s why I think he remains such a hero for people in the streets today." [includes rush transcript]

There are no commemorations planned in Washington, D.C., but today marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. embargo against Cuba — the longest-running embargo in the world. On February 7, 1962, President John F. Kennedy formally expanded the harsh regime of commercial and financial sanctions against Cuba that have continued to the present day. The embargo has been solidly bipartisan, notably intensifying under the Helms-Burton Act of 1996, which was passed by a Republican-controlled Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. The United States has targeted Cuba in defiance of widespread international condemnation. "That’s been the longest-enduring embargo we have had in the world. And the question is, why is it still there? What good has it done? Of course, it has squeezed the Cuban people," said Michael Ratner, president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights, who has been involved in efforts to challenge the U.S. embargo against Cuba for many years. [includes rush transcript]

Syria is seeing some of the worst violence of the 11-month uprising against Bashar al-Assad amid an ongoing international standoff over how to respond. Assad’s forces have launched what appears to be one of their fiercest assaults on the flashpoint city of Homs to date. Both the United States and Britain have closed their embassies in the Syrian capital of Damascus and withdrawn diplomatic personnel, citing safety fears. As the crisis escalates, Russia and China are facing criticism for blocking a U.N. Security Council resolution backed by the United States and Arab League calling for a political transition in Syria. To discuss the situation in Syria, we’re joined by Patrick Seale, a leading British writer on the Middle East and author of "Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East." "It’s at least a two- or possibly a three-stage crisis. Internally in Syria, the situation is getting worse by the day," Seale says. "At a higher level, there is a struggle between the United States, on the one hand, and its allies, and its opponents like Russia and China... Then there’s a third level, possibly, of Arab Gulf states like Qatar, for example, even Saudi Arabia behind it, who are obsessed and worried by Iran, and they think that Iran might stir up Shia communities in the region." [includes rush transcript]

• Syria: Homs Under Siege as Russian Minister Arrives
• Reversing Stance, Obama Asks Wealthy to Support His Super PAC
• Gingrich Blasts Romney as Voters Head to Polls in Three States
• Catholics Vow to Fight Obama on Birth Control ?In the Streets?
• FAA Spending Bill Enables Police Use of Domestic Surveillance Drones
• Egypt: Talks Canceled as U.S. Threatens to Withhold Aid
• U.S. Orders Sanctions on Iranian Central Bank
• Palestinian Leaders Agree to Form Unity Government
• Investigation: Congress Members Steered $300 Million to Projects Near Their Properties
• 500 Protest NYPD Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Teenager
• Former CIA Director Hayden Slams Obama Drone Program
• Greece: General Strike Launched to Protest Salary Cuts
• Maldives: President Resigns amid Protests, Police Mutiny
• More than 40 States Agree to Foreclosure Deal
• Foreclosure Service Firm Indicted on Forgery Charges
• Court to Rule on California Same-Sex Marriage Ban
• FBI More Closely Monitoring Right-Wing Extremist Groups
• Nine Arrested in Occupy Portland Protest
• Obama Campaign Returns $200,000 Tied to Family of Mexican Fugitive
• Greg Speeter, Founder of National Priorities Project, Dies at 68

We turn now to the case of the West Memphis Three, the young men in West Memphis, Arkansas, who were imprisoned for the 1993 slayings of three eight-year-old boys after an investigation largely fueled by unsubstantiated rumors of a Satanic ritual. The new documentary, "West of Memphis," was co-produced by none other than one of the convicted youths at the heart of the story, Damien Echols. Echols and his two co-defendants were released last August after spending nearly two decades in prison, all the while proclaiming their innocence. Recent DNA tests did not link the men to the scene and showed the presence of others who have never been identified. The film alleges Terry Hobbs, stepfather of one of the victims, may have been responsible for the murders. And the new documentary suggests the three young boys were never mutilated, but preyed on post-mortem by snapping turtles commonly found in the Arkansas-Tennessee border town. Democracy Now! recently spoke with Echols in a rare extended interview at the Sundance Film Festival. "I didn’t have any faith in the justice system, because I had seen how corrupt it was, all the way to the core, from the inside. And that completely took away any faith I had in the system whatsoever," Echols said. ?What I did have faith in was all the people that came to our aid, you know, the supporters and the investigators and everybody that rallied around us. That’s what I had faith in, and that’s why I believed I would eventually get out." We also spoke to Echols’s wife, Lorri Davis, and the film’s director, Amy Berg. [includes rush transcript]

The CIA’s drone campaign targeting suspected militants in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to rescue victims or were attending funerals. So concludes a new report by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism. It found that since President Obama took office three years ago, as many as 535 civilians have been killed, including more than 60 children. The investigation also revealed that at least 50 civilians were killed in follow-up strikes when they had gone to help victims. More than 20 civilians have also been attacked in deliberate strikes on funerals and mourners. We speak to Chris Woods, award-winning reporter with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. "We noted that there were repeated reports at the time, contemporaneous reports in publications like New York Times, news agencies like Reuters, by CNN, that there were these strikes on rescuers, that there were reports that there had been an initial strike and then, some minutes later, as people had come forward to help and pull out the dead and injured, that drones had returned to the scene and had attacked rescuers," Woods says. "We’ve been able to name just over 50 civilians that we understand have been killed in those attacks. In total, we think that more than 75 civilians have been killed, specifically in these attacks on rescuers and on mourners, on funeral-goers." [includes rush transcript]

• Violence Continues in Syria After U.N. Resolution Fails
• Komen Reverses Decision on Planned Parenthood Funding
• Romney Wins Nevada; Low Voter Turnout Reported
• Koch Brothers Pledge $60 Million to Defeat Obama
• Bradley Manning to Face Full Court-Martial
• Army Whistleblower Questions U.S. Success in Afghanistan
• Obama: U.S. and Israel in "Lockstep" on Iran
• Protests Against Iran War Held in 80 Cities
• 11 Occupy D.C. Protesters Arrested, Encampments Evicted
• Yemeni Activist Arrested for Attempting to Throw Shoe at President Saleh in New York
• Indigenous Groups in Panama Block Pan-American Highway
• U.S. to Expand Use of Special Forces in #Afghanistan; 2011 Marked Deadliest Year for Civilians
• Jobless Rate Falls to 8.3 percent; 243,000 Jobs Added
• New York AG Sues Big Banks over Mortgage Database
• Egypt to Try 19 Americans in Foreign Funding Case
• 120,000 Russians Protest Against Putin
• Cold Spell Linked to Climate Change Kills Over 300 in Europe
• Three More Tibetans Self-Immolate in China in Support of Tibet Liberation
• Iraqi-American Dr. Rafil Dhafir Re-sentenced to 22 Years in Prison

A new investigation by Colorlines Magazine has revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement continued to detain and deport individuals rounded up by the East Haven, Connecticut police, even after the Department of Justice launched its investigation into racial profiling. Four East Haven police officers have been arrested for targeting Latino immigrants with false arrests, false reports and harassment, prompting the East Haven police chief to resign. We’re joined by Seth Freed Wessler, a senior research associate at the Applied Research Center and an investigative reporter for Colorlines.com. "East Haven, Connecticut has a long history of profiling people of color," Freed Wessler says. "Folks of color in the greater New Haven area know not to drive through East Haven, Connecticut: you’re going to get pulled over if you’re black or Latino." [Includes rush transcript]

Occupy protesters in Indianapolis are gearing up to use the media spotlight on Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI to rally for union rights outside the statehouse. Earlier this week, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed a so-called "right to work" measure into law that critics say will result in lower wages and diminished collective bargaining rights. Indiana workers have received the backing of the National Football League Players Association, which has called "right to work" "a political ploy designed to destroy basic workers? rights." We’re joined from Indiana by Tithi Bhattacharya, an associate professor of South Asian History at Purdue University and a protester who is taking part in Occupy the Super Bowl. "It is absolutely shameful that the legislature passed a law that condemns unions and is now using the city to showcase Indianapolis while ordinary people in Indiana are completely opposed to this law," Bhattacharya says. [Includes rush transcript]

New revelations have emerged about the New York City Police Department’s secret program to spy on Muslim communities. The Associated Press has just uncovered a confidential NYPD plan from 2006 to engage in targeted surveillance of Shiite mosques following increased tensions between the U.S. and Iran, the latest revelation on its secret intelligence operations focused on Muslim neighborhoods. On Thursday, a coalition of Muslim and civil rights organizations reiterated their call for the immediate resignation of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. We’re joined by reporter Matt Apuzzo, who has helped break the NYPD spying story for the Associated Press, and Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid, spiritual leader at the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood and president of the Islamic Leadership Council of New York. [includes rush transcript]

• Komen Officials Resign over Planned Parenthood Controversy
• Syria: U.N. Drops Call for Assad Resignation
• Egypt: 4 Killed as Thousands Protest Soccer Deaths
• Israel: Iranian Missiles Could Reach United States
• Khmer Rouge Commander Gets Life Term
• Trump Backs Romney Ahead of Nevada Caucus
• SEC Issued Scores of Waivers to Wall Street Firms in Fraud Cases
• Holder Takes Heat from Congress for "Fast and Furious" Weapons Sting
• Yemeni Activists Protest Saleh's NYC Visit
• Sierra Club Took $26 Million from Gas Industry
• Report: U.S. More Than Doubles Names on No-Fly List
• NATO Chief Contradicts Panetta on Afghan Timetable

The nation’s leading breast cancer charity is under intense scrutiny for its decision to cut off funding for breast cancer screening programs run by Planned Parenthood. Susan G. Komen for the Cure has confirmed it is withdrawing support for 19 of Planned Parenthood’s 83 affiliates, citing a new policy barring funding for any groups under investigation by local, state or federal authorities. Planned Parenthood’s finances are currently the subject of a probe led by anti-abortion Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns of Florida. "If you look at all the government reports which have already been done on Planned Parenthood, they’re completely cleared of any of the charges that Cliff Stearns claims he’s looking for. So this is a witch hunt," says Jodi Jacobson, the editor-in-chief of RH Reality Check, who recently wrote the article, "The Cancerous Politics and Ideology of the Susan G. Komen Foundation." We also speak with Patrick Hurd, the CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia and a recipient of a 2010 grant from Komen, and his wife, Betsi Hurd, who has participated in several Komen fundraising events and is currently battling breast cancer. "This isn’t about fundraising," says Patrick Hurd. "This is about making sure that we provide access to women, that we continue to provide education to women, that we continue to serve the women in the communities where Planned Parenthoods are located." [includes rush transcript]

Last week, President Obama called the United States "the Saudi Arabia of natural gas" in a speech about boosting domestic energy production. That concerns Wyoming farmer John Fenton, who already has more than two dozen gas wells on his property. The Environmental Protection Agency ruled in December that water contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming, was a result natural gas extraction and the controversial technique known as fracking. "Things changed pretty rapidly," Fenton says, after fracking took place on his land near Pavillion, and he now has to ship in water for drinking. "It didn’t take long to notice significant impacts to the water, the change to smell like diesel fuel. Methane was bubbling in the water. We had neighbors that actually had livestock die from drinking the water. And we also saw really huge impacts to our way of life. The farm fields are full of wellheads now that we have to work around. We have people coming and going off our property 24 hours a day. And we’ve seen over a 50 percent devaluation in the value of our land." We also speak with filmmaker Josh Fox, who was arrested for attempting to record a congressional hearing over the EPA report on Pavillion. Fox is producing a sequel to his award-winning film, "Gasland," about the impact of fracking across the United States. [includes rush transcript]

The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox was handcuffed and arrested Wednesday as he attempted to film a congressional hearing on the controversial natural gas drilling technique known as fracking, which the Environmental Protection Agency recently reported caused water contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming. Fox directed the award-winning film, "Gasland," which documents the impact of fracking on communities across the United States, and is now working on a sequel. Fox says he was arrested after Republicans refused to allow him to film because he did not have the proper credentials. "We wanted to report on what happened [at the hearing]. I was not interested in disrupting that hearing. It was not a protest action," says Fox. "I was simply trying to do my job as a journalist and go in there and show to the American people what was transpiring in that hearing, so that down the line, as we know there will be a lot of challenges mounted to that [Pavillion, Wyoming] EPA report?and frankly, to the people in Pavillion, who have been sticking up for themselves and demanding an investigation into the groundwater contamination?and to make sure that people could view that in a larger forum than usually happens." [includes rush transcript]

• Panetta: U.S. to End Afghan Combat Operations in 2013
• Romney: "I'm Not Concerned About the Very Poor"
• Thousands Protest as Indiana Enacts Anti-Union "Right to Work" Law
• Washington State Senate OKs Same-Sex Marriage
• Dozens Killed in Syria Clashes; Russia Stalls U.N. Measure
• Julian Assange in Final Day of Extradition Hearing
• U.S. Lifts Military Aid Ban to Uzbekistan
• ACLU Sues Admin for Drone Strike Records
• NRC: Nuclear Reactors in Central and Eastern U.S. Face Earthquake Threats
• Trump to Endorse Gingrich Ahead of Nevada Vote
• Arizona State Senators Introduce Anti-Union Bills
• American Airlines to Lay Off 13,000 Workers
• At Least 74 Killed at Egyptian Soccer Match
• Occupy Wall Street Protester Gets Twitter Subpoena

A Haitian judge announced Monday former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier will face trial for corruption, but will not face any charges for the murders, disappearances, torture and other human rights abuses committed during his 15-year rule because the statute of limitations has expired. "Unless this ruling is overturned on appeal, it’s just going to be another confirmation to people in Haiti that the justice system is always on the side of the rich and the powerful and doesn’t serve even to punish the worst atrocities," says Reed Brody of Human Rights Watch. "For Jean-Claude Duvalier to come back to Haiti and not be prosecuted is a slap in the face to the thousands of people who were killed and tortured under his rule." [includes rush transcript]

Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón is known for ordering the arrest of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and seeking to indict members of the George W. Bush administration for their role in torturing prisoners. Now Garzón is facing trial himself, in Madrid, after right-wing groups objected to his investigation of atrocities committed by supporters of the dictator Francisco Franco. Garzón has used the doctrine of universal jurisdiction to investigate war crimes and torture across national lines. "The irony here, of course, is that he is being prosecuted in Spain for trying to apply the very principles that he so successfully promoted internationally," says Reed Brody of Human Rights Watch, who has been in the courtroom observing Garzón’s trial. [includes rush transcript]

As Mitt Romney surges in his bid for the Republican nomination, we take an in-depth look at his career and political record with reporter David Bernstein of the Boston Phoenix, who has covered Romney for many years. Bernstein details Romney’s shifting stances over the years on a number of key political issues to appease Republican voters in his bid for the party’s nomination. "The basic [Obamacare] system is entirely taken from what he did" with healthcare reform as Massachusetts governor, says Bernstein. Regarding Romney?s Mormon faith, Bernstein says, "Last time, in the 2008 election, he really was trying to win over ... Christian conservatives, down in the South and in Iowa. And he tried to talk to them about his Mormonism and tried to convince them that it wasn’t that different from their religion. It really didn’t take." [includes rush transcript]

Mitt Romney beat Newt Gingrich by 14 percent last night in the Florida primary, but he has yet to win a majority of votes in any state contest so far, and Gingrich has vowed to continue his fight. The Florida vote was the first contest of the year where only registered Republicans could participate, with independents and crossover Democrats restricted from casting ballots in the primary. "The Florida primary is a very big one for Mitt Romney," says David Bernstein, political writer for the Boston Phoenix who has covered Romney for years. "They knew that he was not likely to win a lot of states in the South, some of the conservative Midwest, so Florida was really the one place where they thought they had to win. And with Florida, they feel like the rest of the states really add up in their favor from this point." [includes rush transcript]

• Romney Wins Florida GOP Primary
• Obama Visits U.S. Automakers in D.C., Praises Industry Rebound
• U.S. Intelligence Chief: Iranian Leaders More Willing to Attack United States
• NATO Report: Prisoners Say Pakistan Aiding Taliban
• Russia Challenges Syria Measure at U.N. Security Council
• Egypt: Dozens Wounded in Pro-Democracy March
• Bahraini Protesters on Hunger Strike are Tear-Gassed in Prison Cells
• WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Battles Extradition in U.K. Court
• Breast Cancer Charity Faces Backlash After Defunding Planned Parenthood
• 12 Charged in Occupy Oakland Protests
• Judge Rejects Attempt to Block Camping Ban on Occupy D.C.
• Santorum Claims Conservative Mantle Ahead of Nevada Vote
• NATO Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
• Syria: 6 Killed in Fighting Near Lebanese Border
• U.S. Intel: Assad Regime Won?t Outlast Protests
• Oakland Protesters Face Mistreatment, Beatings
• Riot Police Clear Occupy Miami Encampment

This weekend the top documentary prize at the Sundance Film Festival went to "The House I Live In," which questions why the United States has spent more than $1 trillion on drug arrests in the past 40 years, and yet drugs are cheaper, purer and more available today than ever. The film examines the economic, as well as the moral and practical, failures of the so-called "war on drugs" and calls on the United States to approach drug abuse not as a "war," but as a matter of public health. We need "a very changed dialogue in this country that understands drugs as a public health concern and not a criminal justice concern," says the film’s director, Eugene Jarecki. "That means the system has to say, 'We were wrong.'" We also speak with Nannie Jeter, who helped raise Jarecki as her own son succumbed to drug addiction and is highlighted in the film. We air clips from the film, featuring Michelle Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow"; Canadian physician and bestselling author, Gabor Maté; and David Simon, creator of "The Wire." [includes rush transcript]

As Freddie Mac comes under scrutiny for betting billions on investments that profit if homeowners they issued loans to are locked into high-interest mortgages, we speak with Arturo de los Santos, a U.S. Marine veteran who was evicted last year in Riverside, California, after Freddie Mac and JPMorgan Chase foreclosed on his house last June. "We were trying to get the bank’s attention to review our case again. We couldn’t believe that after they had evicted us, they modified our loan," de los Santos says. "I called, and I told them, 'I thought we were doing the loan modification.' And they go, 'Well, we have a loan modification department and a foreclosure department, and the foreclosure department decided to sell the house.' So they sold the house." De los Santos and his family reoccupied their home in December with help from the Occupy movement, but face eviction again this week. [includes rush transcript]

As homeowners across the nation struggle to keep up with mortgage payments?and in the worse cases face foreclosure?a new investigation reveals that taxpayer-owned mortgage giant, Freddie Mac, made multi-billion-dollar investments that profited if borrowers stayed stuck in high-interest mortgages. Freddie Mac began increasing these investments dramatically in late 2010, at the same time it was making it harder for homeowners to get out of such mortgages. Several U.S. lawmakers and prominent economists are now calling for Congress and the White House to end this financial conflict of interest. This comes just one week after President Obama promised "no more red tape" for homeowners looking to refinance. We speak with Jesse Eisinger, a Pulitzer Prize-winning senior reporter at ProPublica, who co-authored the investigative report with NPR news. [includes rush transcript]

• Syria: Russia Opposes U.N. Resolution Against Assad
• Report: 13,000 Pro-Romney Ads Aired in Florida, 200 for Gingrich
• Gingrich: We Need a Government that Respects "Our Religion"
• Obama Defends Drone Strikes, Denies Civilian Toll
• Suspected U.S. Drone Kills 13 in Yemen
• Haiti's "Baby Doc" Will Stand Trial for Corruption, Not for Murders
• Despite Eviction Order, Occupy D.C. Protesters Remain in Parks
• Belgian Workers Hold General Strike to Protest E.U. Meeting
• Drought in Mexico Leaves Two Million Without Water
• East Haven's Top Cop Announces Retirement After Racial Bias Arrests
• Tennessee Lawmaker Threatens to ?Stomp? Transgender People
• Romney Expected to Win Florida Primary
• U.S. Military Equipment Sale to Bahrain Faces Congressional Opposition
• 25 European Nations Agree to Stricter Budget Rules
• Senegal's Youssou N'Dour Accuses President Wade of Staging "Coup"
• Brazil: Chevron Faces $11 Billion Lawsuit for Oil Spill
• Republicans Tout Bill to Override Obama on Keystone Pipeline
• Water Tankers Called to Drought-Stricken Texas Town

Street battles are raging at the gates of the Syrian capital of Damascus, and activists say at least 62 people were killed nationwide on Sunday. This comes as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the Syrian leadership, particularly President Bashar al-Assad, to end the violence against the demonstrators immediately, and plans to take up a draft resolution this week calling on him to step down and transfer power. "They are just watching the bloodshed in Syria and keep talking and talking without doing anything," says Razan Zaitouneh, a lawyer and human rights activist, who joins us from Damascus. We also speak with Karam Nachar, a U.S.-based cyber-activist who is working with Syrian protesters via social media platforms. [includes rush transcript]

The National Park Service says it will begin enforcing a ban today on Occupy protesters camping overnight in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, two parks near the White House where they have been living since October. Members of the Occupy encampment say they will resist eviction. "We are going to do our best to make sure that they’re protected from what is effectively a criminalization of poverty and a criminalization of homelessness. By choosing to evict the people who have no place else to sleep, they’re effectively criminalizing those among us who are disenfranchised," says Justin Jacoby Smith, a member of the Occupy D.C. media team, who joins us live from McPherson Square. [includes rush transcript]

Police have arrested more than 400 Occupy Oakland protesters, as well as a number of journalists, in one of the largest mass arrests since the nationwide Occupy protests began last year. When protesters attempted to convert a vacant building into a community center on Saturday, witnesses say police used tear gas, bean bag projectiles and flash grenades. Several hours later, police said some of the protesters broke into City Hall. However, demonstrators claim they found the door to City Hall already ajar. We play a video report from Oakland filed by John Hamilton of KPFA. We get a response from Occupy Oakland member, Maria Lewis, to Oakland City Council Member Ignacio De La Fuente’s accusation that the Occupy movement is engaging in "domestic terrorism." "They are more interested in protecting abandoned private property than they are the people. And the idea that opening up a social center is terrorism is very telling of the narrative of the police state," Lewis says. [includes rush transcript]

On the heels of a new military survey that the number of reported violent sex crimes jumped 30 percent in 2011, with active-duty female soldiers ages 18 to 21 accounting for more than half of the of the victims, we speak with Trina McDonald and Kori Cioca, two subjects of "The Invisible War,? a new documentary that examines the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the U.S. military, which won the Audience Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. "Not only was I astounded by the numbers, but when I started talking to the women and men who had experienced this, I was just so devastated by their stories," says the film’s Academy Award-nominated director, Kirby Dick. "These are women and men who are very idealistic. They joined the military because they wanted to serve their country. They were incredible soldiers. And then, when they were assaulted, they had the courage to come forward, even though many people advised them not to," Dick says. [includes rush transcript]

• 400 Occupy Oakland Protesters Arrested
• National Park Service Threatens to Evict Occupy D.C. Protesters
• Romney Attacks Gingrich over House Ethics Record
• Gingrich Backer Sheldon Adelson Under Federal Investigation
• Secretary: Ron Paul Personally Proofed Controversial Newsletters
• Report: Freddie Mac Bet Against American Homeowners
• U.S. Lobbyists from Mubarak Era End Contract with Military Government
• Iraq Outraged over Expanded Use of U.S. Drones
• Filipino Activists Protest Expanded U.S. Military Presence
• Five Papuan Independence Activists Face Treason Charges
• Mumia Abu-Jamal Moved from Solitary to General Population
• Newt Gingrich Positions Himself as a Reagan-Style Conservative
• France to Impose Financial Transaction Tax
• Egyptian Generals Visit U.S. amid Dispute over U.S.-Backed NGOs
• Yemeni President Saleh Arrives in New York
• Panetta Confirms Pakistani Doctor Aided CIA
• Cadmium Spill in Chinese River Causes Environmental Catastrophe

Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have been trying to court Florida’s Latino voters ahead of next week’s primary. Romney has launched Spanish-language ads highlighting Gingrich’s remarks in a 2007 speech in which he suggested Spanish was a "language of the ghetto." Meanwhile, Gingrich has released an ad accusing Romney of being the most anti-immigrant candidate in the Republican field. We’re joined by Marcos Restrepo, a reporter with the Florida Independent. "The rhetoric that’s been coming out about immigrants only worried about immigration, that it’s the only issue that really hits home with Latinos and Latino voters, that’s not true," Restrepo says. "I live here in South Florida, and we’re having a hard time with issues like jobs, unemployment, education and housing." Restrepo says the candidates should also address the DREAM Act and the free trade agreements with Central and South American nations. [includes rush transcript]

Many analysts say Newt Gingrich’s recent rise in the Republican contest would have been impossible without the backing of one man: multi-billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. Adelson and his wife have donated $10 million to the pro-Gingrich super PAC, Winning Our Future, which has run a series of ads attacking Gingrich’s opponent Mitt Romney. Gingrich has openly admitted Adelson’s support came down to a single issue: Israel. Gingrich has adopted the most extremist anti-Palestinian stance of the Republican presidential field, calling the Palestinians themselves an "invented" people. We speak with Gal Beckerman of the Jewish Daily Forward and Linda Sarsour of the Arab American Association of New York. [includes rush transcript]

Representatives from the New York City Muslim community, together with local ethnic and interfaith groups, gathered at City Hall Thursday calling for the resignation of New York City Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly and police spokesperson Paul Browne after it was revealed an anti-Muslim film, "The Third Jihad," was screened to nearly 1,500 officers during training. After initial denials, the NYPD admitted the officers were shown the film in training and that Kelly gave the filmmakers a 90-minute interview. Kelly has now apologized. The controversy comes at a time when relations between the police and the Muslim community are already strained due to recent revelations that the police department has operated a secret surveillance program targeting Muslim neighborhoods. We speak with Arab-American activist Linda Sarsour, who was honored last month at the White House as a "Champion of Change." [includes rush transcript]

New York Daily News columnist and Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez reports the Treasury Department has approved payouts exceeding $5 million for 49 executives at firms that most benefited from the Wall Street bailout. The executives’ pay came despite the $500,000 salary cap established under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). [includes rush transcript]

• GOP Candidates Spar over Immigration, Wall Street in Florida Debate
• Obama Touts Domestic Drilling in Vegas Speech: U.S. is the "Saudi Arabia" of Natural Gas
• Pentagon Boosts Overall Spending Despite Short-Term Cuts
• Iraq: 32 Killed in Baghdad Bombing
• Iraq Mulls Legal Action over Haditha Massacre
• U.S. Threatens to Stop Egyptian Military Aid over Stranded Americans
• Syria: 30 Killed in "Terrifying Massacre"
• Former Guatemalan Dictator Faces Trial
• WSF Meets on "Capitalist Crisis, Social and Environmental Justice"
• Rejecting GOP, Senate Hikes Debt Limit
• Walker Aides Face New Charges
• FBI Seeks App to Monitor Social Media; Twitter Can Block Tweets by Country

Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords resigned her seat this week, roughly a year after she was shot through the head during a meeting with constituents outside a Tucson supermarket. The attack left six people dead and 12 others injured. As Giffords steps down, we look at the iconic semi-automatic Glock pistol used in her attack and a number of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history. Gun-control advocates have had little success calling for restrictions on Glocks or the large-capacity ammunition magazines they can accommodate. We speak with Paul Barrett, who wrote the landmark book about the infamous weapon, "Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun." [includes rush transcript]

The last of the U.S. marines charged in the 2005 Haditha massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians, Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, received no jail time after he pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty and avoiding charges of involuntary manslaughter. Under his sentencing, Wuterich now faces a maximum penalty of a demotion to the rank of private. The victims, including women and children, were killed when the marines burst into their homes and shot them dead in their nightclothes. Wuterich allegedly led the Haditha massacre and was the last defendant to face charges. Six other marines have had their charges dropped or dismissed, while another soldier was acquitted. "[Iraqi] outrage is perfectly understandable," says Tim McGirk, the Time magazine reporter who broke the story on the Haditha massacre. "Here is a case where so many Iraqis were killed, women and children, old men, and yet, what’s happened? Most of the charges have been dismissed, and Wuterich was basically given a slap on the wrist." [includes rush transcript]

• Obama Pushes Millionaire Tax in Iowa; Romney Slams SOTU Address
• Romney and Gingrich Seek Florida Latino Vote
• Fed Preserves Low Interest Rate, Predicts Slow Recovery
• Geithner: No 2nd Term as Treasury Secretary
• U.S. Could Expand Military Presence in the Philippines
• Record Turnout Estimated at Egyptian Revolution Rallies
• U.N.: Interim Libyan Gov't Torturing Prisoners
• Occupy Protesters Rally at Davos World Economic Forum
• People's Movements Converge for World Social Forum in Brazil
• Indiana Lawmakers Pass Anti-Union Bill
• Whistleblower: BP Sought to Alter Cleanup Data
• Publisher Resigns After Suggesting Obama Assassination
• NYPD Commissioner Apologizes for Role in Anti-Muslim Documentary
• Giffords Exits Congress with Farewell Address

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Aberdeen, NJ 07747 - $439,900 PermaLink

Aberdeen, NJ 07747 - $589,900 PermaLink

540 S Atlantic Ave, Aberdeen, NJ - Sold for $0 on Jan 1, 0001 PermaLink

172 MILTON PL, Aberdeen, NJ 07747 - $499,000 PermaLink

Aberdeen, NJ 07735 - $519,999 PermaLink

105 ELM PL, Aberdeen, NJ 07735 - $349,900 PermaLink

50 STEMLER DR, Aberdeen, NJ 07721 - $360,000 PermaLink

76 MYSTIC CT, Aberdeen, NJ 07721 - $350,000 PermaLink

512 Laurie Ln, Matawan, NJ - Sold for $0 on Jan 1, 0001 PermaLink