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Accused Alabama prof shot, killed brother in 1986 (AP)

Posted: 14 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 - More than 23 years before a college professor was accused of shooting six of her colleagues, her teenage brother died from the blast of a shotgun she held in the kitchen of her family's home in Massachusetts.

Gunfire as some Taliban fight Marines in Marjah (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:42 AM PST

In this photo released by Britain's Ministry of Defense, members of the F Company (Fire Support) 1 Royal Welsh take position during operation 'Moshtarak' Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, near Marjah, in Afghanistan's Helmand province. British troops are among the thousands of NATO and Afghan soldiers who stormed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah by air and ground Saturday. (AP Photo/Ministry of Defense, Cpl. Joe Blogs)AP - Squads of Marines and Afghan soldiers occupied a majority of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Sunday, but gunfire continued as pockets of militants dug in and fought, military officials said.

Bomb kills 9 in India, threatening Pakistan talks (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:16 PM PST

Relatives of wounded civilian wails in a hospital in Pune, India, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. A powerful explosion rocked the bakery in the western Indian city of Pune on Saturday, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens others, an official said. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - A bomb in a crowded bakery popular with foreigners killed nine people and wounded 57 in western India, prompting a call by Hindu nationalists Sunday to cancel peace talks with India's rival Pakistan.

Pakistan court order raises new instability fears (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:47 AM PST

A Pakistani police officer stands guard at the site of Thursday's suicide bombing outside a police complex in Bannu, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. Two suicide bombers struck outside a police complex in northwestern Pakistani, killing 15 people and underscoring the relentless militant threat despite army operations and U.S. missile strikes against al-Qaida and the Taliban. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)AP - A decision by Pakistan's Supreme Court to strike down a presidential order appointing two top judges triggered warnings Sunday of a new conflict between the judiciary and the government that could lead to broader political instability.

Spacewalking astronauts turn plumbers, hook hoses (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:33 AM PST

In this image provided by NASA the Tranquility module is transferred late Thursday evening Feb. 11, 2010 from its stowage position in space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay in the grasp of the station's Canadarm2 to position it on the port side of the Unity node of the International Space Station. Tranquility was locked in place with 16 remotely-controlled bolts. Earth's horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - The International Space Station's newest room came alive with power Sunday after spacewalking astronauts managed to hook up plumbing despite an ammonia leak.

Detained Americans seek distance from adviser (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:35 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 - Relatives of a group of jailed U.S. missionaries thought a man who volunteered legal assistance — but who may be wanted for human trafficking in El Salvador — was a good Samaritan, a family member said.

Huge rally in Beirut marks Hariri's 2005 killing (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:00 AM PST

AP - Thousands of flag waving Lebanese gathered in Beirut's main square Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Spanish government struggles with crisis message (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:42 AM PST

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is seen during a plenary session at the Spanish Senate in Madrid, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. This was Zapatero's first appearance in the Senate after Spain's recession-plagued economy contracted 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter, the sixth straight quarter of GDP contraction and refuted government assertions that the country might climb out of technical recession at the end of 2009, as other major European economies have. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)AP - Could Spain be the next Greece? The government bristles at the very thought, and points out its debt burden isn't nearly as heavy.

Walls of water overwhelm N. Calif. surfing contest (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:57 PM PST

Darryl 'Flea: Virostko loses on a giant wave during the first heat of the Mavericks surf contest on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, in Half Moon Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - Despite big wave warnings, two walls of water caught dozens of spectators off-guard and knocked them to a rocky beach as they watched a Northern California surfing contest Saturday, leaving some with broken bones but sparing them from being pulled into the ocean.

Embracing history: Man sets hugs record in Vegas (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 01:01 AM PST

AP - A 51-year-old Ohio man has embraced the Valentine's Day spirit faster than anyone before, giving 7,777 hugs in 24 hours for a new world record.

Afghan flag-raising in NATO offensive draws gunfire (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:04 PM PST

A U.S. Marine from Bravo Company of 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, gestures during a gun battle in the town of Marjah, in Nad Ali district of Helmand province, February 13, 2010. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicReuters - NATO and Afghan troops may have advanced in an offensive against the Taliban, but a small flag-raising ceremony at one of their compounds on Sunday drew gunfire, suggesting the militant group remains defiant.

India says few clues to bomb, denies intelligence failure (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 08:39 PM PST

A view of a damaged bakery shop after a blast in Pune February 13, 2010. REUTERS/Rituparna BhowmikReuters - The Indian government said on Sunday it had little idea who was behind a bomb in a tourist eatery in western India that killed nine people, an attack that some experts said could be the work of home-grown militants.

U.S. Treasury: economy to keep growing in 2010 (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:28 AM PST

Reuters - The United States economy is expected to continue growing this year, although global recovery remains fragile, Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin said on Sunday.

Clinton seeks more Arab pressure on Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 07:59 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen at the Ecole Militaire in Paris in this January 29, 2010 file photo. Clinton will seek to enlist more Arab diplomatic pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions during a visit to the Gulf this week, U.S. officials said on Saturday. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/FilesReuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will seek to enlist more Arab diplomatic pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions during a visit to the Gulf this week, U.S. officials said Saturday.

No gold in them thar hills for Canada...again (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:27 PM PST

Reuters - Canada, a country now entirely gripped by Winter Olympics fever, watched helpless on Saturday as an ice-cool American snuck in to snatch gold from mogul favorite Jennifer Heil and prevent a 34-year national sporting jinx being broken.

Chinese embassy gives info on lawyer says rights group (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

Reuters - The Chinese embassy in Washington has said the country's best known activist lawyer, missing for a year after being taken from his home, is working in the western city of Urumqi, a U.S.-based rights group said late on Saturday.

String of Iraq bomb attacks target poll candidates (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 01:11 PM PST

Demonstrators take part in a rally demanding that Iraqi Sunni lawmakers Saleh al-Mutlaq and Dhafer al-Ani be allowed to run in the March 7 parliamentarian election, in Baghdad, February 13, 2010. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - A string of bombings targeted groups taking part in Iraq's March election late on Saturday, wounding seven people, an Interior Ministry official said.

Obama keeps focus on deficit cuts in radio address (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 03:19 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday touted the importance of long-term deficit reduction, saying the United States must go through its budget line by line and figure out ways to save money.

Mines, snipers slow progress in Afghan offensive (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:44 PM PST

A US Marine with 1/3 Marine Charlie Company cheers up his comrades as his platoon gears up for a mission in the northeast of Marjah. IEDs, or improvised explosive devises -- crude, cheap and easily made bombs that are planted on roadsides and often detonated remotely -- are the main killer of foreign and Afghan forces fighting the Taliban.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - Mines and militant sniper fire slowed progress in a massive US-led assault on a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, commanders said on Sunday after hailing early successes.

India bomb blast clouds renewal of Pakistan talks (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:28 AM PST

Indian forensic experts search for evidence at the scene of blast in Pune on February 14, 2010. A bomb ripped through a restaurant popular with tourists in the western Indian city of Pune late Saturday, killing nine people and casting a shadow over the resumption of Indo-Pakistan peace talks.(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - A deadly bomb blast in western India threw a cloud Sunday over the scheduled resumption of India-Pakistan peace talks that were suspended in the wake of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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