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Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity
(AP)
 AP - Iran pressed ahead Monday with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels.
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:05:39 GMT
| Still no word from Toyota on Prius recall
(AP)
 AP - Toyota is close to recalling as many as 300,000 of its popular Prius hybrids over brake problems, according to Japanese media — a decision that would further embarrass a trusted brand suddenly beset by safety problems.
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:26:34 GMT
| Top Canadian military official charged with murder
(AP)
 AP - The commander of Canada's largest Air Force base, who once flew dignitaries around the country, has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:47:28 GMT
| Haitians confront new threat: deadly spring rains
(AP)
 AP - Survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake have had one saving grace: There's been no significant rain since the disaster. But that won't last.
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:22:17 GMT
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Brees, Payton bask in glory of title (AP)
Wearing Mardi Gras beads and clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his right hand. "You can't get enough of this," the Saints' head coach said at a news conference at the Fort Lauderdale convention center Monday morning.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:46:18 PST
| Patrick to make NASCAR debut at Daytona (AP)
Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:14 PST
| Super Bowl most-watched program ever (AP)
The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the Nielsen Co. said Monday. Compelling story lines involving the city of New Orleans and its ongoing recovery from Hurricane Katrina and the attempt at a second Super Bowl...
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:31:13 PST
| Browns release troubled WR Stallworth (AP)
Donte' Stallworth will get the chance to resurrect his NFL career, but it won't happen in Cleveland. The Browns released the troubled wide receiver on Monday, wasting little time after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that Stallworth would be reinstated following the Super Bowl. Stallworth was suspended for the 2009 season by Goodell after he pleaded guilty to killing a pedestrian...
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:16:14 PST
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Dow closes below 10,000 for first time in 3 months
(AP)
 AP - The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:01:27 GMT
| AstraZeneca gets OK for expanded Crestor use
(AP)
AP - Federal regulators have granted AstraZeneca approval to market its cholesterol pill Crestor as a preventive measure against heart attack and stroke in patients with healthy cholesterol levels.
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:02:16 GMT
| Obama's health care summit: Just for show?
(AP)
 AP - Could this turn into something more than political theater? President Barack Obama's televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark — and the two sides have increasingly hardened their positions in this election year.
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:05:52 GMT
| Still no word from Toyota on Prius recall
(AP)
AP - Toyota is close to recalling as many as 300,000 of its popular Prius hybrids over brake problems, according to Japanese media — a decision that would further embarrass a trusted brand suddenly beset by safety problems.
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:26:34 GMT
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World's tallest tower closed a month after opening
(AP)
 AP - The world's tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants in the coming weeks.
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:06:10 GMT
| Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
(AP)
 AP - Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering from complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., with his family at his bedside, the hospital said.
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:05:47 GMT
| Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity
(AP)
AP - Iran pressed ahead Monday with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels.
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:05:39 GMT
| Weather closes government offices a second day
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Federal government agencies in the capital region will remain closed for a second day on Tuesday as residents brace for another blizzard while trying to clean up from a weekend storm that paralyzed the area with two feet of snow.
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:11:36 GMT
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