Rabu, 24 Februari 2010

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Toyota CEO apologizes for recall, accidents (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:05 AM PST

James E. Lentz, president and chief operating officer, Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on Toyota. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Japanese formality meets freewheeling Washington as the mysterious scion of the Toyota empire apologizes before a House committee investigating deadly flaws that sparked the recall of 8.5 million cars.

Facing pressure, Bernanke to address lawmakers (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:24 AM PST

Financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke is expected to shed light this week on the central bank's sudden decision to hike an emergency bank-lending rate, triggering speculation on monetary tightening.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)AP - Ben Bernanke goes to Capitol Hill on Wednesday carrying the weight of high expectations.

2 teens injured in Colorado middle school shooting (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:58 AM PST

Steve Potter, 58, a Jefferson County bus driver, helped hold a shooting suspect down after he was apprehended outside Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. A teacher tackled a man armed with a high-powered rifle after two teenage students were shot outside the school, authorities said. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)AP - A teacher tackled a man armed with a high-powered rifle just after two teenage students were shot Tuesday at a suburban Denver middle school that's just miles from Columbine High School, the site of one of the nation's deadliest school shootings, authorities said.

Senate to vote on modest jobs bill, passage likely (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:30 AM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., gestures as he takes a call in his office prior to the jobs bill cloture vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. A bipartisan jobs bill cleared a GOP filibuster with critical momentum provided by the Senate's newest Republican, Scott Brown of Massachusetts.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Companies that hire the unemployed would claim new tax breaks under a jobs-promoting bill that's expected to pass the Senate on Wednesday.

6 Haitian orphans to resume trip to US homes (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:34 AM PST

American missionaries arrested on child kidnapping charges, Laura Silsby, 40, right, and Charisa Coulter, 24, both of Meridian, Idaho, walk towards the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Six U.S.-bound orphans seized by Haitian officials as they prepared to board a flight to Miami were to resume their journey to American homes on Wednesday after being handed over to the U.S. Embassy.

Afghan: US bomb squad on the frontlines (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:35 AM PST

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Rickert, from San Antonio, Texas, member of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, checks for concealed bombs in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Staff. Sgt. Joshua Rickert hasn't just seen "The Hurt Locker," the award-winning film about an American bomb disposal squad in Iraq. He's living it — in Afghanistan.

Taliban kill 2 alleged US spies in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:38 AM PST

A Pakistani soldier scans the site of a bomb blast in Adezai village, some 40 kms from Peshawar, on February 23. Four young brothers were killed Wednesday when Taliban militants fired a rocket into a residential area of Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar, police said.(AFP/Tariq Mahmood)AP - The bullet-riddled bodies of two alleged U.S. spies were found Wednesday in a Taliban stronghold in northwest Pakistan, the latest victims of an intelligence war that a top American general indicated is tilting in Washington and Islamabad's favor.

Lone GOP health care backer's campaign cash dips (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:02 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2008, file photo, then-Rep.-elect Ahn 'Jospeh' Cao, R-La., poses for a photograph in New Orleans. The lone Republican lawmaker to support Democratic health care legislation has seen his fundraising drop by nearly 40 percent since his vote, and he is quickly burning through a dwindling bank account after resorting to a costly national fundraising operation. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - The lone Republican lawmaker to support Democratic health care legislation has seen his fundraising drop by nearly 40 percent since his vote, and he is quickly burning through a dwindling bank account after resorting to a costly national fundraising operation.

Sheen takes break from 'Two and a Half Men' (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:41 AM PST

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2009 file photo shows Charlie Sheen in Los Angeles. . (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP - CBS is temporarily halting production of television's top-rated comedy, "Two and a Half Men," following news from Charlie Sheen's publicist that the actor is in rehab and is taking a break from the show.

Kobe scores 32 in return as Lakers beat Grizzlies (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:52 AM PST

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, right, tries to find an open man under pressure by Memphis Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo, left, in the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 in Memphis, Tenn. The Lakers beat the Grizzlies 99-98. (AP Photo/Jim Weber)AP - Hitting a game-winning shot never gets old for Kobe Bryant.

Toyota chief faces grilling by U.S. congress (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 11:21 PM PST

Toyota Motor Corp's logo is seen on its dealership in Tokyo February 24, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp's president braced for tough questions from a U.S. congressional panel on Wednesday after the Japanese automaker conceded it had let safety standards slip and could still not explain most incidents of unintended acceleration. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp's president braced for tough questions from a U.S. congressional panel on Wednesday after the Japanese automaker conceded it had let safety standards slip and could still not explain most incidents of unintended acceleration.

Hyundai halts U.S. sales of 2011 Sonata; shares drop (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 07:57 PM PST

The Hyundai Sonata is displayed at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles December 2, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonReuters - South Korea's Hyundai Motor has stopped U.S. sales of its 2011 Sonata sedan due to door lock issues, sending its shares down more than 4 percent on concerns it could become snared in a damaging recall crisis like Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp.

Yahoo partners with Twitter to boost social features (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 07:57 PM PST

A Twitter page is displayed on a laptop computer in Los Angeles October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - Yahoo Inc plans to integrate Twitter into its collection of websites, as the company seeks to enhance the appeal of its online properties with popular social networking features.

Pandemic has not yet peaked, WHO experts advise (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 05:32 PM PST

Recruits of the paramilitary police receive injections of the H1N1 vaccine at a military base in Taiyuan, Shanxi province February 2, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The pandemic of H1N1 swine flu has not yet peaked, a committee of experts advised the World Health Organization on Tuesday.

European shares up a tad, buck global equities (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:02 AM PST

The share price indicator for Macquarie Group is seen in red on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) board in central Sydney February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - European stocks eked out small gains on Wednesday against a background of investor caution globally following a dip in U.S. consumer sentiment.

CIA briefed 68 lawmakers on interrogation program (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 08:48 PM PST

The Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The CIA for the first time has revealed details about an ultra-secret Cold War-era project to raise a sunken Soviet submarine from the depths of the Pacific Ocean in 1974..(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)Reuters - CIA officials briefed at least 68 U.S. lawmakers between 2001 and 2007 on enhanced interrogation methods like simulated drowning that were being considered or used against captured al Qaeda members, according to declassified documents released on Tuesday.

Pentagon OKs lifting ban on women in submarines (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 04:24 PM PST

Reuters - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it is moving ahead with plans to end the U.S. military's ban on allowing women to serve in submarines.

Toyota chiefs blame fast rise, admit recall limits (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 11:23 PM PST

James Lentz, president of Toyota Motor Sales in the US, testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill on February 23 in Washington, DC. The top US executive has admitted that global vehicle recalls had AFP - Angry US lawmakers will grill Toyota's president Akio Toyoda on Wednesday, after the Japanese firm admitted a spate of global vehicle recalls had "not totally" fixed dangerous safety flaws.

Fighting in Afghan assault slows, residents flee (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:09 AM PST

A US Marine gestures as he shows the way out to an Afghan family fleeing their compound in Trikh Nawar on the north-eastern outskirts of Marjah on February 23, 2010. Taliban resistance to a major US-led assault in southern Afghanistan has slowed, the military said Wednesday, as civilians stream out of the area in search of food and supplies.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - Taliban resistance to a major US-led assault in southern Afghanistan has slowed, the military said Wednesday, as civilians stream out of the area in search of food and supplies.
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