Overview: 2012/02/24 Headlines: Manning Defers Plea on WikiLeaks Charges; Syria: 13 Shot Dead in Hama; Annan Named Special Envoy; Syrian Opposition Meet with International Diplomats in Tunis; Wounded British Journalist Pleads for Help in Syria; Obama Sends Apology as Koran Protests Continue in Afghanistan; Obama Touts Energy Policy amid Concern over Speculators' Role in Gas Prices; Maryland Senate Votes to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage; Report: 25% More U.S. Children Now Living in Poor Areas; U.S. Joins Talks on North Korea Disarmament; Venezuelan President Chávez to Return to Cuba for Surgery; Salvadoran General Cleared for Deportation over 1980 Murders of U.S. Nuns; Lebanese Citizen Jailed in Iraq to Face U.S. Military Commission; Pentagon Lawyer Defends Killing of U.S. Citizens Abroad; 7 Marines Die in Arizona Helicopter Collision; Chicago Workers Occupy Window Factory, Site of 2008 Action; Occupy Philadelphia Protesters Acquitted of Sit-in Charges; Report: NYPD Employed Snooping Tactics for Criminal Organizations in Muslim Spying; Apple Faces New Protests for Working Conditions;$