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US military to resume Haiti medical flights (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:21 AM PST

Patients rest on cots at the University of Miami-run field hospital in Haiti's international airport in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. The U.S. military has halted flights carrying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States because of an apparent dispute over where seriously injured patients should be taken for treatment. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - The U.S. military is scheduled to resume airlifts that brought hundreds of Haitian earthquake victims to hospitals in the United States before the flights were suspended last week.

Obama's $3.8 trillion budget heading to Congress (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:39 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama delivers the first State of the Union address of his presidency on Capitol Hill in Washington. To the joint session of Congress Obama said, 'So, as temperatures cool, I want everyone to take another look at the plan we've proposed... if anyone from either party has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors and stop insurance company abuses, let me know... I'm eager to see it.' Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are seen in the background. (AP Photo/Tim Sloan, Pool, File)AP - President Barack Obama's proposed budget predicts the national deficit will crest at a record-breaking almost $1.6 trillion in the current fiscal year, then start to recede in 2011 to just below $1.3 trillion.

Baptists say they were trying to do good in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:40 PM PST

A boy, with a pink tape on his shirt that previously had his name written on it, and who was part of the group of children that U.S. Baptists were trying to take out of Haiti, looks at other kids playing at an orphanage run by Austrian-based SOS Children's Villages in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Ten Americans were detained by Haitian police on Saturday as they tried to bus 33 children across the border into the Dominican Republic, allegedly without proper documents. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - Ten U.S. Baptists arrested trying to take 33 children out of earthquake-shattered Haiti say they were just trying to do the right thing, applying Christian principles to save Haitian children.

Student dreams shattered in Haiti's earthquake (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:20 AM PST

Junior Alexis 8, plays with his toy car made from a juice bottle and caps on the school playground at Saint Louis de Gronzague school on Sunday Jan. 31, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Walter Michot)AP - Before an earthquake destroyed most of their schools, giggling students in starched uniforms and blue hair ribbons lined the streets of Haiti's capital — visions of hope and innocence.

Toyota plans to give details on pedal fix in US (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:15 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo,Toyota models that have been withdrawn for sale, identified by stickers on the windshield or by a single windshield wiper pointing skyward, or both, are seen at a storage lot for Keyes Toyota in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles. Toyota Motor Corp. says it will begin telling millions of customers how it will repair their sticky gas pedal systems next week, and repairs will be finished in less than a month.(AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)AP - Toyota Motor Corp. said it will give details early Monday in the U.S. on how it plans to fix gas pedals in more than 2 million vehicles being recalled there, as the Japanese automaker struggles to reassure anxious owners.

Pakistan probing reported death of Taliban leader (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:17 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2008 file photo, Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is seen in Orakzai tribal region of Pakistan. The Pakistani army says it is investigating reports that Mehsud has died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike.Pakistani army spokesman Gen. Athar Abbas says the army is using its agents in Pakistan's northwest where the death is reported to have occurred to try to confirm or deny the reports. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)AP - The death of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud would inflict major damage against an al-Qaida ally already under pressure from U.S. and Pakistani attacks, but is unlikely to deal a killer blow to an organization blamed for scores of bloody bombings.

Taylor Swift, Beyonce rule the Grammy Awards (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:37 PM PST

Taylor Swift reacts as she accepts the album of the year award at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - It's been a year of "Fearless" and fairytales for Taylor Swift.

Bomb kills US service member in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:47 PM PST

VIDEO: The US and NATO currently deploy 113,000 troops in Afghanistan, with another 40,000 due over the course of the year as part of a renewed strategy that emphasises development and the AP - A bomb killed a U.S. service member Monday in southern Afghanistan, NATO said.

Schaub helps AFC beat NFC 41-34 in Pro Bowl (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 08:33 PM PST

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley (56) and New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis (92) celebrate during the NFL football Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Miami. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - In its new role as a warmup to the Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl became a series of wind sprints.

2 Koreas talk days after exchanging gunfire at sea (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:54 PM PST

Kim Young-tak, head of a South Korean delegation, center, answers reporters' questions before leaving for North Korea's border city of Kaesong at the customs, immigration and quarantine, or CIQ office, near the border village of Panmunjom, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. A group of South Korean officials traveled Monday into North Korea for talks on a joint industrial complex despite renewed tension following the North's artillery firing toward their disputed sea border. (AP Photo/ Choi Woo-jung, Yonhap)AP - Officials from the two Koreas met Monday in North Korea to discuss their joint industrial complex just days after a gunfire exchange at sea emphasized the fragility of the peace between them.

Obama seeks to tame runaway U.S. deficits (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while delivering a speech on healthcare to a joint session of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vice President Joe Biden applauds behind the president. Democrats say they never saw it coming, but the breakdown of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was abetted by their own mistakes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Reuters - President Barack Obama will seek on Monday to strike a balance between taming skyrocketing U.S. budget deficits and giving the economy a boost to ease the pain of double-digit unemployment.

U.S. to resume Haiti medevac flights (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:56 PM PST

A young looter is seen arrested at the back of a police truck in the commercial area of Port-au-Prince January 30, 2010. H REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - The U.S. government said on Sunday it would resume military evacuation flights to the United States for badly injured Haitian earthquake victims after a four-day suspension over cost and treatment questions.

Toyota to announce pedal fix plan in U.S. on Monday (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:27 PM PST

Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp will announce on Monday details of its plan to fix accelerator pedals that have led to the recall of 2.4 million cars in the United States as it scrambles to put its worst public relations crisis behind it.

China fumes at latest U.S. arms sales to Taiwan (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:50 PM PST

A child runs past a torpedo on display outside the Taiwan Armed Forces Museum in Taipei January 30, 2010. REUTERS/Pichi ChuangReuters - Chinese state media blasted the United States on Monday for a planned $6.4 billion arms package for Taiwan, while a U.S. official said Washington was committed to helping the island defend itself.

States to government: hands off education (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:02 AM PST

Reuters - As the U.S. government discusses reauthorizing a sweeping education law and prepares to distribute billions of stimulus dollars for school reform, state legislatures are sending it a strong message: hands off.

Karzai urges Taliban talks before U.S. pullout (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:01 AM PST

REFILE - CORRECTING DATE Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul January 31, 2010. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - Taliban fighters should drop their demand that U.S. and NATO forces withdraw from Afghanistan before peace talks can be held, President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday, saying talks would make it easier for troops to leave.

U.S. expanding missile defenses in Gulf (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 04:22 PM PST

A U.S Army officer stands on a launcher for a Patriot missile interceptor during a joint Israeli-U.S. air-defence exercise dubbed 'Juniper Cobra', in Tel Aviv October 27, 2009. REUTERS/Ziv Koren/PoolReuters - The United States has expanded land- and sea-based missile defense systems in and around the Gulf to counter what it sees as Iran's growing missile threat, U.S. officials said.

Israel "responsible" on Iran, Obama adviser says (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:49 AM PST

Reuters - Israel and the United States are closely conferring about the Iranian nuclear program, U.S. National Security Adviser Jim Jones said in an interview published Sunday, calling Israel's conduct "responsible."

US to resume airlifts of Haiti quake victims (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 08:12 PM PST

Haitians are given aid at a distribution point in Port-au-Prince on January 31, 2010. The 7.0-magnitude quake on January 12 killed around 170,000 people, wounded around 200,000 and left more than one million homeless and short of food, water and medical attention.(AFP/Thony Belizaire)AFP - The United States said it will resume airlifting critically injured earthquake victims from Haiti after a row over who would pay for their care halted flights.

US, Pakistani officials believe Mehsud is dead: report (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:56 PM PST

File photo shows Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud in the Mamouzai area of Orakzai Agency. Pakistani and US officials are increasingly convinced that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Mehsud, who was behind the suicide attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan in December, had died from wounds sustained in a drone strike, The New York Times reported.(AFP/File/A Majeed)AFP - Pakistani and US officials are increasingly convinced that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, who was behind the suicide attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan in December, had died from wounds sustained in a drone strike, The New York Times reported.
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