February 22, 2012: Morning
- FDA addresses cancer drug shortages: temporarily allows import, approves new supplier.
- Journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Rémi Ochlik killed during rocket attack in Syria.
- On paper, Santorum is a GOP dream, and a draw for many swing voters, but look closer and he doesn't add up.
- Ignoring his unelectable qualities, conservatives are enjoying Santorum's willingness to say anything.
- Meet a third-party candidate: former Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode of the Constitution Party.
- Mourning MSNBC's first Pat Buchanan-less election.
- Putin: The probability of a global war between nuclear powers is not high, because that would mean the end of civilization.
- U.S. Army creates Pinterest to reach out to women.
- Web companies need to provide "reputation insurance" in case of online disasters.
- The U.S. shouldn't be shocked when recipients of its pro-democracy efforts bite back—they have different political battles to win.
- National survey suggests Libyans prefer "strong leadership" to democracy.
- On the metaphysics of the international dateline, and how Samoa lost a day forever.