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 AP - The Republican presidential contenders are making a pitch to voters that sounds a lot like a children's game: Follow the leader. |
| Leadership scramble: GOP rivals vie for title (AP) |
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 AP - Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on one idea: that he is best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Even some of his supporters seem to be struggling to buy the former House speaker's claim, an indication that chief rival Mitt Romney's efforts to undercut him may be working. |
| Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability (AP) |
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 AP - Public university presidents facing ever-increasing state budget cuts are raising concerns about President Barack Obama's plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition prices or face losing federal dollars. |
| College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan (AP) |
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 AP - Economist Nouriel Roubini, nicknamed "Dr. Doom"for his gloomy predictions in the run-up to the financial meltdown four years ago, says the fallout from that crisis could last the rest of this decade. |
| AP Interview: Roubini warns of tough times ahead (AP) |
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 AP - An Afghan lawmaker has sharply criticized France's plans to hand over security in her troubled province to Afghan troops within a few months, saying that her country's forces are unprepared to handle the job and more violence would result. |
| Afghan lawmaker blasts early French withdrawal (AP) |
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