2. A vice president at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity is leaving. In a letter, Karen Handel says she supported the move by the charity to cut off its funding for Planned Parenthood, a move that was reversed last week after a firestorm of criticism. 

 

 

 

3. Russia's foreign minister is urging Syria's president to move ahead with reforms as a way to resolve the bloody 11-month uprising. Sergei Lavrov met with President Bashar Assad in Damascus. He says Assad indicated that he's ready for dialogues with his opponents. 

 

 

 

4. And the New York Giants celebrated their Super Bowl win with a ticker-tape parade. The parade set off from the southern tip of Manhattan and moved slowly north to City Hall.