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Major attack on Taliban stronghold launched (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:34 AM PST

In this handout photo released by Ministry of Defence via PA, soldiers of the 1st Battalion the Royal Welsh in line make there way onto the helicopters on mass as they prepare for Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. British troops were today engaged in fierce fighting with the Taliban in southern Afghanistan as the military operation got under way. U.S.-led airstrikes began as dawn broke in the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in Helmand Province where up to 1,000 insurgents are believed to be holed up. (AP Photo/Ministry of Defence via PA, SSGt Will Craig)AP - U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers stormed the Taliban-held town of Marjah on Saturday, as a major offensive began to break the extremists' grip over a wide area of their southern heartland and re-establish government control.

Prof. charged in 3 fatal shootings on Ala. campus (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:51 AM PST

Amy Bishop is taken into custody by Huntsville, Ala. police Friday, Feb 12, 2010 in connection with fatal shootings on the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus in the Shelby Center in Huntsville, Ala. (AP Photo/Huntsville Times, Dave Dieter) MAGS OUT, NO SALESAP - Students and staff at the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus gathered to comfort each other after news that authorities had charged a faculty members with gunning down colleagues in a staff meeting.

Probe: Track didn't cause Olympic accident (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:32 AM PST

In this three image combination frame grab taken from video provided by the IOC Media Broadcast, Georgian luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili loses control of sled and crashes during a high-speed training run at the Olympic Sliding Center in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday Feb. 12, 2010. Kumaritashvili later died at a hospital and IOC president Jacques Rogge said the death hours before the opening ceremony 'clearly casts a shadow over these games.' (AP Photo/IOC Media Broadcast)AP - It took only three seconds.

Despite luge death, opening ceremony goes on (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:51 AM PST

Wayne Gretzky lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremonies at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday Feb. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)AP - The show went on — with grief and a closing glitch.

Doubts about adviser snag Americans in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:51 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2010 file photo, Jorge Puello, left, a Dominican legal advisor who was hired by the relatives of the 10 Americans that were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, arrives to the court building in Port-au-Prince. Dominican officials said Friday that Puello has no license to practice law in his native country. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)AP - Preparations for the provisional release of 10 Americans detained in Haiti on child kidnapping charges may be on hold after questions arose about a Dominican man who served as their legal adviser.

Pa. police mum on motive in disabled woman's death (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:52 AM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Westmoreland County Prision, Robert Loren Masters Jr., is shown. Masters and five others were charged Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 with criminal homicide, kidnapping and related charges in the death of 30-year-old Jennifer Daugherty, whose body was found Thursday at Greensburg Salem Middle School, about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/ Westmoreland County Prision)AP - Jennifer Daugherty's mom and stepdad didn't press for details when she mentioned she had made some new friends. The 30-year-old had the mental abilities of an adolescent but wasn't the kind to get in trouble, and she was even thinking about getting her own place soon.

New uncertainty surrounds Sept. 11 trial (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:53 AM PST

This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke billowing from one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger) MANDATORY CREDITAP - The Obama administration appears increasingly unsure what to do with professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed after officials indicated they are reconsidering not just where he should go on trial, but whether he should face civilian or military justice.

White House sends out invites for health summit (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:52 AM PST

President Barack Obama gestures during the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - In a make or break move, President Barack Obama on Friday challenged three dozen Republicans and Democrats to participate in a one-of-a-kind televised summit this month to thrash out a deal on health care.

AP source: Obama to announce nuke plant loan (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:52 AM PST

President Barack Obama listens while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama next week will announce a loan guarantee to build the first nuclear power plant in the United States in almost three decades, an administration official said Friday.

3-legged dog wins 1st place in NYC shelter contest (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:52 AM PST

In this photo released by the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), 'Prince,' a three legged pitbull mix is shown at the ASPCA's talent competition for shelter dogs, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 in New York. Prince, who lost one leg and had a pin inserted in the other after being hit by a car, didn't let his handicap hold him back. Prince claimed first place in the competition by catching three baseballs with his jaws. Prince and the other eight dogs in the competition are available for adoption at the ASPCA in Manhattan. (AP Photo/ASPCA, Robin Fostel) NO SALESAP - A three-legged pitbull mix that played in a game of doggie baseball has won "Best in Show" at a talent competition held by one of New York City's largest animal shelters.

NATO launches major Afghanistan offensive (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

Afghan children look as U.S. Army Specialist Jesus Israel Cisneros from Montrose, California, and Alpha Company, 4th Brigade combat team, 1-508, 82nd Parachute Infantry Regiment holds his gun while on patrol in the town of Shah joy in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan, February 12, 2010. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - U.S.-led NATO troops launched a crucial offensive on Saturday against the Taliban's last big stronghold in Afghanistan's most violent province and were quickly thrown into a firefight with the militants.

Three killed in University of Alabama shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:19 PM PST

Reuters - Three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville were killed on Friday when a biology professor started shooting during a faculty meeting, police and university officials said.

Luge death darkens mood as Winter Games open (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 11:15 PM PST

Reuters - A Georgian luger died in a horrific crash on a training run on Friday, casting a shadow as Vancouver opened the Winter Games with a daredevil snowboarder, an aboriginal welcome, and Wayne Gretzky lighting the cauldron.

White House to post health bill before Feb 25 meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2010 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sebelius said Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, 'it remains difficult to understand' how premium increases of that size can be justified when WellPoint Inc. reported a $4.75 billion profit in the last quarter of 2009. She also noted that the premium increases are 10 times higher than the increase in national health care costs.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)Reuters - The Obama administration on Friday invited 12 Democratic members of Congress and nine Republicans to a February 25 conference on healthcare and said it would post its proposal for a legislative overhaul online before the event.

Clinton back at work on Haiti after heart procedure (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:23 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is flanked by secret service agents as she enters the Columbia Campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital where her husband was hospitalized, in New York, February 11, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was back to work on Haiti relief and doing 'very well" on Friday a day after a successful heart procedure to open a blocked artery to his heart that caused him chest discomfort.

Obama plays bigger role in picking 9/11 trial site (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 01:21 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama is taking a more direct role in the decision where to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, the White House said on Friday.

U.S. reviewing terrorism suspects procedures: paper (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 09:21 PM PST

Reuters - The White House is reviewing a plan that would require the Justice Department and FBI to consult with the intelligence community before deciding whether to inform terrorism suspects arrested in the United States that they have the right to remain silent and to consult with an attorney, according to the Washington Post.

Flying laser zaps missile in first for U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:55 AM PST

Reuters - A high-powered laser aboard a modified Boeing Co 747 jumbo jet shot down an in-flight ballistic missile for the first time, highlighting a new class of ray guns best known from science fiction.

Casualties claimed in Afghan assault: military (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:05 AM PST

Graphic on Helmand province in Afghanistan where NATO and US forces are massing in advance of an assault on a key Taliban stronghold.(AFP / Graphic)AFP - A massive assault force taking on the Taliban in southern Afghanistan claimed its first kills Saturday within hours of launching its biggest operation since US President Barack Obama's troop surge, an Afghan army commander said.

US refuses to cancel Obama's Dalai Lama meeting (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 12:22 AM PST

Exiled spiritual Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, gives a speech in Melbourne. The US has escalated a mounting row on multiple fronts with China, refusing Beijing's demand to cancel President Barack Obama's meeting next week with the Dalai Lama.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - The United States has escalated a mounting row on multiple fronts with China, refusing Beijing's demand to cancel President Barack Obama's meeting next week with the Dalai Lama.
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