Monday's Daily Brief

Monday, February 6, 2012 Giants Stun Pats Again in Final Minute, 21-17 WORLD U.S. Closes Embassy In Syria SPORTS WATCH: 2012 Super Bowl Commercials POLITICS Komen Insider Says Anti-Abortion VP Drove Planned Parenthood Cut-Off POLITICS Obama: 'I Deserve A Second Term' CRIME Blast Kills Missing Woman's Husband, 2 Sons (PHOTOS) BLOG POSTS Geoffrey R. Stone: Is Money Speech? If the critics of Citizens United want to be taken seriously, they must move beyond superficial slogans and focus on the real issue at stake: When should the government be allowed to regulate political contributions and expenditures -- even if they are speech? Lee Woodruff: Late Blooming: The Timeline For Second Acts Isn't Finite For any of you who have struggled to realize a dream or long held the notion that there is a finite time line for what you want to accomplish, hang on a tick. I am here to say that anything, really, is possible. Michael Smerconish: What Phil Knight Did NOT Say Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight told a crowd of several thousand at the Bryce Jordan Center in late January that Joe Paterno suffered for his actions. No, sir, it was for his inactions. David J. Skorton: College Affordability: A Defining Issue That Won't Go Away In the wake of President Obama's State of the Union Address last month, many Americans are talking about college affordability. As well they should. The cost of college is a defining issue for our country. Marianne Schnall: Ending Child Marriage: Insights from Desmond Tutu and Mary Robinson Child marriage is one of the most shocking and disturbing practices facing girls around the world today. Every year, ten million girls are forcibly married before the age of eighteen, many as young as twelve or thirteen-years-old.

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