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Snow piles up, paralyzing nation's capital (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:47 AM PST

The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is seen in front of the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, as snow falls in Washington. Life in the nation's capital ground to a halt Friday as steady snow fell, the beginning of a storm that forecasters said could be the biggest in modern history. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A blizzard battered the Mid-Atlantic region on Saturday, quickly dumping large amounts of snow on that piled up on roadways and toppled trees onto apartment buildings and cars.

European crisis highlights fragile global recovery (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:41 AM PST

Canadian Inuit dogs pull a sled using traditional harnesses Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 in Iqaluit, Canada. Iqaluit, population 7,000, may seem an unlikely venue for a G-7 bull session about the global economy, but the host nation chose it in part to underscore a message about sovereignty over its part of the Arctic. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)AP - A crisis in Europe over unsustainable government debts that sparked renewed global market turmoil leapt to the top of the agenda Saturday for global financial leaders meeting half a world away in the Canadian Arctic.

Japanese media criticize Toyota chief for response (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:44 AM PST

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda reacts during a news conference at a Toyota office in Nagoya, central Japan, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Toyoda apologized for the automaker's global recalls and promised to beef up quality control by setting up a special committee he would head himself. Toyoda said the automaker was still deciding what to do to fix braking problems with the popular Prius gas-electric hybrid. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Japanese media sharply criticized Toyota's president Saturday as offering a delayed and unconvincing explanation for the massive car recall that has sullied the world's biggest automaker and Japanese corporate icon.

Alito objected to Obama's history claim (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:43 AM PST

FILE - In this April 9, 2008 file photo Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. speaks at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio. Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words 'not true' during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century of law. The president touched off a controversy when he broke with tradition — and decorum, his critics said — by criticizing the court's recent campaign finance decision in his speech with six justices in attendance and bound by their own tradition of not reacting to what is said. (AP Photo/Jason Miller, File)AP - Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words "not true" during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century of law.

Palin e-mails suggest husband's role in governing (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:44 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Feb. 14, 2009, Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets her husband Todd at the finish line of the 2009 Tesoro Iron Dog on the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska. E-mails obtained by The Associated Press suggest Todd Palin was intimately involved in decisions related to state government when his wife was governor of Alaska. The e-mails show Todd Palin was included in messages on a wide range of government and political issues. (AP Photo/Sam Harrel, File)AP - E-mails shed new light on Todd Palin's role while his wife was Alaska's governor, showing that the one-time oil field worker's advice was sought on board appointments and suggesting he was close to matters related to state government, his wife's image and politics.

US missionary freed by NKorea is on his way home (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:44 AM PST

American missionary Robert Park is seen inside a vehicle after arriving at the Beijing Capital Airport, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Looking pale and drawn, an American missionary was on his way home Saturday after being freed by North Korea, which detained him for illegally crossing its border from China on Christmas Day.

Afghan police patrol kills 7 civilians (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:45 AM PST

Afghan police keep watch at the site of a suicide car bombing which killed three Afghans on Thursday, in Kandahar February 5, 2010. A suicide car bomber attempting to strike foreign troops in southern Afghanistan blew up his vehicle near a hotel on Thursday, killing three Afghan civilians and wounding 17, police said. REUTERS/Naadem (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)AP - Afghan border police mistook a group of villagers gathering wood near the Pakistan border as insurgents and opened fire, killing seven civilians, a police official said Saturday.

Obama admits health care overhaul may die on Hill (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:45 AM PST

President Barack Obama shakes hands during his visit to Oasis Mechanical Contractors, in Lanham, Md., Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, after meeting with small business leaders. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - No, maybe he can't. President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents had failed to fix the nation's health care system, now concedes the effort may die in Congress.

Police: Sheen vehicle stolen, crashed in ravine (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:45 AM PST

Actor Charlie Sheen's Mercedes is towed out of a ravine after it was found overturned hundreds of feet down a cliff near his home early Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)AP - A Mercedes that Charlie Sheen reported stolen from his Sherman Oaks home was found overturned hundreds of feet down a nearby cliff early Friday, but there's no evidence anyone was in the car when it went into the ravine, police said.

Goodell hopes union is wrong about lockout chances (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:47 AM PST

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question during a news conference Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The New Orleans Saints will play the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV Sunday, Feb. 7, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - The only thing certain about pro football for the rest of this year is that either the Colts or Saints will win Sunday's Super Bowl.

Powerful snowstorm hits East Coast (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 01:32 PM PST

Reuters - A powerful storm slammed the U.S. mid-Atlantic on Friday, threatening record snowfall in a region heavily dependent on home heating oil and natural gas supplies.

North Korea releases U.S. activist (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

U.S. religious activist Robert Park gestures in this undated video grab released by North Korea's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang February 5, 2010. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. North Korea said on Friday it will release Park, arrested in December for illegally entering the country in a journey to raise awareness about Pyongyang's human rights abuses. REUTERS/KCNAReuters - A U.S. missionary was on his way home on Saturday after he was freed by North Korea, which had detained him on Christmas day for illegally crossing the border.

Iran says starts production of two new missiles (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:29 AM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and commanders from the Basij Militia in a file photo. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Iran officially started production of two new missiles on Saturday, state radio said.

Illinois Democrats no cure for what ails Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST

Democratic candidate Alexi Giannoulias in a photo courtesy of his campaign. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Still reeling from the loss of the late Edward Kennedy's Senate seat to Republicans in Massachusetts, Barack Obama's Democrats now face the prospect of losing the president's old Senate seat in Illinois.

Jobless rate hits 5-month low but payrolls fall (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 05:03 PM PST

A person enters at a jobs center in San Francisco, California February 4, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - The U.S. unemployment rate surprisingly fell to a five-month low of 9.7 percent in January and factory payrolls grew for the first time since 2007, hinting at a labor market recovery even though the economy lost 20,000 jobs.

G7 meets in Arctic with euro debt woes top of agenda (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 05:22 PM PST

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney (top) takes a ride on a dog sled before the start of the G7 finance ministers' meeting in Iqaluit, Nunavut, February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Chris WattieReuters - Europe's deepening debt crisis leapt to the top of the agenda of a meeting of G7 rich country finance leaders in the Canadian Arctic on Friday amid fears that Greece's fiscal sickness was spreading.

Bill Clinton urges solution to Haiti 'kidnap' case (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:49 PM PST

Reuters - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton urged the U.S. and Haitian governments on Friday to resolve the case of 10 American missionaries accused of trying to take children illegally out of quake-hit Haiti.

Bill Clinton apologizes for slow Haiti aid effort (AFP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 07:11 PM PST

Image released by the UN shows special envoy, former US president Bill Clinton in Port-au-Prince. Clinton pledged to try to get aid flowing as he was met by angry Haitians protesting the slow arrival of help since last month's quake.(AFP/UN/MINUSTAH/Sophia Paris)AFP - Former US president Bill Clinton pledged to try to get aid flowing as he was met by angry Haitians protesting the slow arrival of help since last month's quake.

US missionary in China after NKorea release (AFP)

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 09:47 PM PST

This photo released by N.Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on February 5, shows US detainee Robert Park during an interview by KCNA in Pyongyang. Park arrived in Beijing on Saturday after being freed by N.Korea, where he had been held since December 25, according to Yonhap news agency.(AFP/KCNA/File)AFP - A US missionary released by North Korea after entering the communist country on Christmas Day to protest against human rights abuses arrived in China Saturday en route to his homeland, the US embassy said.
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