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Premiums jump 14 percent on Medicare private plans (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:58 AM PST

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder discuss the importance of preventing health care fraud at the first National Summit on Health Care Fraud, January 28, 2010 in Bethesda, Maryland. The summit was jointly sponsored by The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Justice. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Images for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)AP - Millions of seniors who signed up for popular private health plans through Medicare are facing sharp premium increases this year — another sign that spiraling costs are a problem even for those with solid insurance.

Toyota's president to testify before Congress (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:01 AM PST

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks to journalists in Nagoya, central Japan, Friday morning, Feb. 19, 2010. Toyoda said he would testify at a U.S. congressional hearing next week about the automaker's massive recalls in the United States. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Nozomu Endo)AP - Toyota's president Akio Toyoda, under fire for his handling of sweeping recalls, will testify before a congressional hearing next week, appealing to U.S. lawmakers and aggrieved customers for understanding while the company fixes its safety problems.

Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:10 AM PST

A firefighter walks on the floor above as wreckage from an small aircraft is shown on the lower level in a damaged building, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in Austin, Texas. Authorities said that Joseph Stack flew his small plane into the building that housed several employees of the Internal Revenue Service. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a suicide attack on the agency Thursday by crashing his small plane into an office building containing nearly 200 IRS employees, setting off a raging fire that sent workers running for their lives.

Lawyer: Prof. accused in slayings likely insane (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:07 AM PST

This police booking photograph released by the Huntsville (Ala.) Police Dept., on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, shows college professor Amy Bishop, charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. (AP Photo/Huntsville Police Dept.)AP - An Alabama college professor accused of killing three colleagues during a faculty meeting is likely insane, and she can't remember the shootings, her attorney said.

US Marines airdropped into Taliban-held territory (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:43 AM PST

U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment read and pack their gear under red light head lamps at a forward operating campsite in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. From right to left are Staff Sgt. Matthew Campbell, Staff Sgt. Eric Brown, and an unidentified Marine. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Elite Marine recon teams were dropped behind Taliban lines by helicopter Friday as the U.S.-led force stepped up operations to break resistance in the besieged insurgent stronghold of Marjah.

Crist, McCain challengers woo conservatives (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:10 AM PST

Former Florida House Speaker and Florida Republican Senate candidate, Marco Rubio addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Marco Rubio and J.D. Hayworth have different styles and different backgrounds and they're from opposite sides of the country. But both are hoping to win Senate seats by tapping into the energy of conservatives to defeat big-name, establishment-backed Republicans.

China protests Obama meeting with Dalai Lama (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:45 AM PST

Taiwan newspapers headline the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington DC, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Obama personally welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House Thursday and lauded his goals for the Tibetan people, but he kept their get-together off-camera and low-key in an attempt to avoid inflaming tensions with China. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - China on Friday protested President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying Washington had interfered in Chinese domestic affairs and demanding that the U.S. take steps to improve ties.

Officials: US strike kill Taliban leader's brother (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:02 AM PST

A woman walks past Pakistani paramilitary soldiers in Karachi. A bomb attack and a US missile strike killed 20 people in northwest Pakistan Thursday as Islamabad raised fresh concerns about knock-on instability from a major US-led offensive in Afghanistan.(AFP/Asif Hassan)AP - The brother of senior Afghan Taliban commander Siraj Haqqani has been killed in a U.S. missile strike in northwestern Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said Friday.

Woods starts comeback with a speech (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:12 AM PST

Tiger Woods practices golf outside his home Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in Windermere, Fla. Woods plans to make a statement late Friday morning in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Sam Greenwood, Pool)AP - Out of sight for almost three months, Tiger Woods will be back for a day.

8 missionaries freed in Haiti, return to US (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:16 AM PST

Silas Thompson, 19, of Twin Falls, Idaho, is surrounded by reporters as he prepares to leave Miami International Airport Hotel in Miami, Thursday, Feb 18, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)AP - American missionaries accused of child trafficking in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake returned home Thursday and urged the safe release of the two women left behind in a Port-au-Prince jail.

Small plane is crashed into tax offices in Texas (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:42 PM PST

The scene after a small aircraft crashed into a building in Austin, Texas, February 18, 2010. REUTERS/Ben SklarReuters - An apparently disgruntled man crashed a small plane into a federal building housing U.S. tax offices in Austin, Texas on Thursday in what local officials said was likely a deliberate attack.

Toyota head prepares for Congress grilling on recalls (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 11:53 PM PST

Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda attends a news conference in Tokyo, February 17, 2010. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - The head of Toyota Motor Corp bowed to pressure to testify before U.S. lawmakers and explain the company's safety crisis, becoming the highest profile Japanese executive to face such a grilling from Congress.

NY Democrats seek to avoid Massachusetts debacle (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 10:03 PM PST

Reuters - In a year in which Republicans look likely to make sweeping gains in congressional and governors' elections, New York Democrats are more concerned with fighting each other.

IAEA fears Iran working now on nuclear warhead (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:55 PM PST

Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it feared Iran may be working now to develop a nuclear-armed missile, as Washington warned Tehran of "consequences" for ignoring international demands to stop its atomic program.

China says Obama hurt ties by meeting Dalai Lama (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 11:52 PM PST

The Dalai Lama speaks after meeting with President Obama at the White House, February 18, 2010. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters - China accused President Barack Obama of damaging ties by meeting the Dalai Lama and said it was up to Washington to repair relations between the two global powers, while stopping short of threats of retaliation.

Haiti shelter emergency as rain turns camps to mud (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 03:50 PM PST

After being cracked open eggs move down the line to be processed for shipping to Haiti from Saranac, Mich., Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. Michigan egg farmers are donating $275,000 worth of eggs to help feed earthquake victims. (AP Photo/Adam Bird)Reuters - Providing shelter for hundreds of thousands of homeless earthquake victims in Haiti jumped to the top of the country's relief priorities on Thursday after heavy rain turned makeshift survivors' camps into muddy quagmires.

Niger president seized in military coup (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:43 PM PST

Niger's President Mamadou Tandja attends the plenary session of the Africa-South America Summit in Margarita Island September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia RawlinsReuters - Mutinous troops led by an army colonel captured Niger's President Mamadou Tandja after a gun battle on Thursday, and said they were suspending the constitution and dissolving all political institutions.

Obama names deficit panel, gives it broad leeway (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 03:38 PM PST

President Barack Obama signs an executive order creating a National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, February 18, 2010. Alongside Obama is (L-R) Vice President Joe Biden, commission vice chair Erskine Bowles and commission Vice President Alan Simpson. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama named a bipartisan panel on Thursday to tackle exploding U.S. budget deficits and promised it broad leeway to recommend ways to put the country on a path to fiscal responsibility.

China: Obama-Dalai talks 'harm' ties with US (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:44 AM PST

The Dalai Lama speaks to the media outside the White House after his meeting with US President Barack Obama in Washington, DC. Obama has offered support for Tibet's spiritual leader and his Himalayan homeland, defying Chinese anger by meeting the exiled monk.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - China on Friday bitterly condemned US President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it had "seriously harmed" relations and summoning the American ambassador in Beijing to protest.

Niger military sack govt after toppling president (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:33 AM PST

People pass a bomb-hit wall close to the presidential palace after explosions and long bursts of gunfire across the capital city of Niger, Niamey. Soldiers in the country Niger have mounted a coup d'etat and seized President Mamadou Tandja amid gunbattles that killed at least three troops in the impoverished but uranium-rich nation.(AFP/Boureima Hama)AFP - Niger's new military junta announced Friday it had dissolved the government after a coup that toppled President Mamadou Tandja in the impoverished but uranium-rich west African country.
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