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A United Nations plan to stop the fighting in Syria fell apart today. The Syrian government had agreed to withdraw its troops from rebel-held areas Tuesday. Both sides had agreed to a ceasefire to begin Thursday. Now the Syrian government is demanding a written guarantee from the rebels that they observe truce. The rebels say they will abide by the plan but won't put put it in writing, because they don't recognize the Syrian regime. Meanwhile, NPR's Grant Clark reports the bloodshed continues.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says troops have run into attack on an area just outside the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour. They said explosions were heard and dozens of military vehicles involved in the assault. Syrian forces also reportedly shelled a rebel-held neighborhood in the flashpoint central city of Homs today. Opposition activists say more than 120 people were killed in violent across Syria yesterday, almost half of them died in a Syrian army raid on the central village of al-Latamneh. Grant Clark, NPR News, Beirut.

The US and Afghanistan signed an agreement  today to change the way night raids are conducted. Operations in which US and Afghan troops barge into Afghan Homs at night looking for insurgents. No Afghan officials will have to approve the raids, Afghan troops will take the lead in carrying them out, it will take control of any prisoners. US forces will still be involved in advisory capacity. Afghan President Harmid Karzai has complained the raids caused civilian casualties.

Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma arrested two suspects today in a series of shooting that left three people dead and two people injured last week. But NPR's Alison Keyes reports they aren't yet talking about a motive in the case.

All of the victims were African-American. Police identified the suspects as 19-year-old Jake England and 32-year-old Alvin Watts. One city counselor and other community leaders characterized the shootings early Friday as rationally motivated. Police said they had no evidence of that. But on a Facebook page, allegedly belonging to England, there is a posting using racial slurs against the black man accused of killing England's father two years ago. Tulsa Police spokesman Jason Willingham says he can't discuss motive.

I can't confirm that is his page, but only say those were all aspects of the investigation.

Willingham says police will present evidence to federal prosecutors, who will decide whether to pursuit hate crime charges against the men. Alison Keyes, NPR News.

CBS News reports Mike Wallace's died last night. The veteran newsman was there at the beginning for a 60 Minutes as one of the original host of the news magazine. His colleague, Morley Safer says it's hard to believe, but when Wallace ** was born in 1918 there weren't even many radios in most American homes. Wallace retired in 2006, he told reporters at that time, he wanted to be remembered as tough but fair. Mike Wallace was 93.

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About 400,000 AT&T landline employees are working without a contract as off midnight last night. ** officials say they will keep working while contract talks with the company continue. The main outstanding issues appeared to be job security and how much workers should pay for healthcare premiums and co-pays.

Maryland's High Court of Appeals is deciding whether to grant a divorce to a same sex couple, while same-sex marriage isn't legal in Maryland. From member station WYPR, Mary Rose Madden reports.

Jessica Port and Virginia Anne Cowan have been trying to get divorced for two of the fours they have been married. The couple was living in Maryland when they began their proceedings. In 2010, the judge denied their request, saying that it was contrary to the public policy of Maryland. Shannon Minter is the Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, he says other couples have had success getting divorce in their home states, even if same sex marriage is not legal in that state. Trial Court judges are quietly granting their divorce. But,

There are some cases where Trial Court judges will not do it and then couple in that really stuck. And those cases are starting to go up on appeal. So I think we are going to see a lot more of this issue in the coming years. For NPR News, I'm Mary Rose Madden, in Baltimore.

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is acknowledging that Mitt Romney will most likely be the GOP nominee. But he said he is still not dropping out of the race. Gingrich told Fox News Sunday he has been realistic and saying Romney will be their choice. He also said he will do all he can to help Romney win. Gingrich said he is glad he run for president, but he said the turnout turned to be harder than he thought.

I'm Rona Raum, NPR News, in Washington.