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• Palin tells 'tea party': It's revolution time (AP)
• La. lt. gov. replaces Nagin as New Orleans mayor (AP)
• Shuttle aims for pre-dawn launch as clouds move in (AP)
• Toyota to announce Prius action plan soon (AP)
• Mid-Atlantic plows, digs out of epic blizzard (AP)
• Haitian lawyer for jailed US missionaries fired (AP)
• Mudslides sweep away cars, assault homes near LA (AP)
• Missionary who was held in N. Korea arrives in US (AP)
• Obama seeks to rally glum Dems amid GOP challenges (AP)
• Harvick repeats as Budweiser Shootout winner (AP)
• G7 reassures on Greece, talks tough on banks (Reuters)
• Toyota to recall Prius for brake glitch: dealer (Reuters)
• Tea Party welcomes conservative darling Palin (Reuters)
• Blizzard paralyzes mid-Atlantic; two killed (Reuters)
• G7 wants banks to pay for rescue, details pending (Reuters)
• Iraq group says it has kidnapped U.S. contractor (Reuters)
• Mudslide kills 11 people in rain-sodden Mexico (Reuters)
• U.S., Germany say Iran not ready for nuclear deal (Reuters)
• Ahmadinejad orders uranium enrichment in fresh challenge (AFP)
• Digging out begins after 'Snowmageddon' in US (AFP)

Palin tells 'tea party': It's revolution time (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 11:17 PM PST AP - Sarah Palin declared "America is ready for another revolution" and repeatedly assailed President Barack Obama on Saturday before adoring "tea party" activists. They make up a seemingly natural constituency should she run for president.

La. lt. gov. replaces Nagin as New Orleans mayor (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 11:27 PM PST AP - Frustrated by term-limited Mayor Ray Nagin's leadership of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, voters elected Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu to succeed him Saturday, turning to a political scion to speed up the city's recovery.

Shuttle aims for pre-dawn launch as clouds move in (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 11:09 PM PST AP - As threatening clouds moved in, astronauts boarded space shuttle Endeavour for an early morning launch in darkness Sunday with the last major pieces of the International Space Station.

Toyota to announce Prius action plan soon (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 11:05 PM PST AP - Toyota said Sunday it will soon announce a plan for dealing with braking problems in its Prius hybrid amid reports that the world's largest automaker plans to issue a recall for the latest model of the vehicle in Japan.

Mid-Atlantic plows, digs out of epic blizzard (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:48 AM PST AP - The whiteout at the White House. Snowmageddon. Snowpocalypse.

Haitian lawyer for jailed US missionaries fired (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 11:27 PM PST AP - The Haitian lawyer for 10 U.S. Baptists charged with child kidnapping tried to bribe the missionaries' way out of jail and has been fired, the attorney who hired him said Saturday night.

Mudslides sweep away cars, assault homes near LA (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 11:01 PM PST AP - Thunderous mudslides damaged dozens of homes, swept away cars and pushed furniture into the streets of the foothills north of Los Angeles on Saturday as intense winter rain poured down mountains denuded by a summer wildfire.

Missionary who was held in N. Korea arrives in US (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:24 AM PST AP - An American missionary who strode illegally into North Korea on Christmas Day and was detained by the communist regime for 43 days was welcomed back to the United States Saturday evening in an emotional reunion with family members at Los Angeles International Airport.

Obama seeks to rally glum Dems amid GOP challenges (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 11:28 PM PST AP - Just a year after celebrating Barack Obama's inauguration, despondent Democrats on Saturday heard from their party leader who urged optimism in the face of Republicans' strong challenge to their congressional dominance.

Harvick repeats as Budweiser Shootout winner (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 11:28 PM PST AP - Kevin Harvick started Speedweeks in bed, started the Budweiser Shootout in a backup car and started the final few laps out of the lead.

G7 reassures on Greece, talks tough on banks (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 08:45 PM PST Reuters - Reassurances about debt-strapped Greece and agreement that banks should pay for future rescue funds capped an international meeting in Canada's Arctic, as European policymakers sought to convince jittery markets that they have things under control.

Toyota to recall Prius for brake glitch: dealer (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 08:29 PM PST Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp, which has recalled more than 8 million vehicles around the world for problems with unintended acceleration, has decided to recall its new Prius hybrid in Japan to fix a braking software glitch, a dealer said Sunday.

Tea Party welcomes conservative darling Palin (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 08:46 PM PST Reuters - Sarah Palin tried to rally conservatives on Saturday night at a national convention of the "Tea Party" movement, taking aim at President Barack Obama on everything from big government to teleprompters.

Blizzard paralyzes mid-Atlantic; two killed (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 08:44 PM PST Reuters - A blizzard dumped two feet of snow across much of the U.S. mid-Atlantic on Saturday, paralyzing travel, leaving tens of thousands without power and creating a winter wonderland in a region not used to big snows.

G7 wants banks to pay for rescue, details pending (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 04:54 PM PST Reuters - The idea of a global tax on banks to recapture bailout costs gained ground on Saturday, boosted by the Obama administration's latest proposals, but there was no agreement on a specific design.

Iraq group says it has kidnapped U.S. contractor (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:14 PM PST Reuters - An Iraqi militant group said on Saturday it kidnapped a U.S. civilian contractor last month and was negotiating the release of the body of another.

Mudslide kills 11 people in rain-sodden Mexico (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:03 PM PST Reuters - A mudslide in central Mexico has killed at least 11 people after days of heavy rain that had already caused flooding and fatalities elsewhere in the country.

U.S., Germany say Iran not ready for nuclear deal (Reuters) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:37 PM PST Reuters - The United States and Germany said on Saturday they saw no sign Tehran would make concessions on its nuclear programme, despite upbeat comments from Iran's foreign minister over prospects for a deal.

Ahmadinejad orders uranium enrichment in fresh challenge (AFP) Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:38 AM PST AFP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered Iran's atomic chief on Sunday to enrich uranium to 20 percent, in a fresh challenge to Western powers bidding to rein in Tehran's galloping nuclear drive.

Digging out begins after 'Snowmageddon' in US (AFP) Posted: 06 Feb 2010 10:45 PM PST AFP - Residents of the US East Coast began digging out from under a thick blanket of snow Sunday after a record-breaking blizzard paralyzed Washington and the region, snapping power to 350,000 residents and killing two people.

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