Kamis, 11 Februari 2010

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Former President Clinton undergoes heart procedure (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 09:06 PM PST

In this Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 photo, former President Bill Clinton attends the SOS Saving Ourselves Help for Haiti concert in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Donald Traill)AP - Former President Bill Clinton, who had quadruple bypass surgery more than five years ago, was hospitalized Thursday to have a clogged heart artery opened after suffering discomfort in his chest.

Kennedy won't run for re-election in RI (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 10:18 PM PST

FILE - This Sept. 8, 2009, file photo shows Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., speaking in Exeter, R.I. On Feb. 11, 2010, it was announced that Kennedy will not seek reelection. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)AP - Rep. Patrick Kennedy has decided not to seek re-election after eight terms in Congress, saying his life is "taking a new direction" just months after the death of his father and mentor, Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Spacewalking astronauts add space to station (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 10:33 PM PST

This image made from video available by NASA on Thursday Feb. 11, 2010, shows visiting shuttle crewmen Robert Behnken working outside the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - The International Space Station has a new room and observation deck.

Official: Nuclear problems were administrative (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:51 PM PST

This Feb. 11, 2010 image shows a warning sign at the edge of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)AP - The Air Force on Thursday blamed administrative problems for the decision to remove an Air Force squadron overseeing an underground nuclear weapons cache, detailing another instance of questionable oversight even after the military took steps to correct similar issues.

Frisbee inventor dies at 90 (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 06:15 PM PST

This undated image provided by Wormhole Publishers shows Fred Morrison, left and Phil Kennedy. Morrison, the man credited with inventing the Frisbee, died Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. He was 90. Morrison co-wrote a book with Frisbee enthusiast and historian Phil Kennedy in 2001. Kennedy released a brief biography about Morrison on Thursday, wishing his late friend 'smoooooth flights.' (AP Photo/Wormhole Publishers) NO SALESAP - Walter Fredrick Morrison, the man credited with inventing the Frisbee, has died. He was 90.

WellPoint insurance hike becomes target for Obama (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 08:30 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2010 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sebelius said Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, 'it remains difficult to understand' how premium increases of that size can be justified when WellPoint Inc. reported a $4.75 billion profit in the last quarter of 2009. She also noted that the premium increases are 10 times higher than the increase in national health care costs.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)AP - Health insurer WellPoint blames the Great Recession and rising medical costs for its planned 39 percent rate increase for some California customers. To President Barack Obama, however, it's Exhibit A in his campaign to revive the health care overhaul.

Stolen plane, chalk-drawn feet: Teen burglar back? (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 09:41 PM PST

In this photo provided by the Islands' Sounder newspaper, chalk drawings of bare feet are shown Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, on the floor of the Homegrown Market on Orcas Island, Wash., after the store was broken into overnight. The burglary, and the fact that a stolen airplane was found at the Orcas Island airport are leading to speculation that Colton Harris-Moore, known as Washington state's infamous teenage 'barefoot bandit,' may be back in action. (AP Photo/Courtesy Islands' Sounder, Meredith Griffith)AP - A stolen airplane found in the San Juan Islands and chalk-outline feet drawn all over a burgled grocery store suggest that Washington's infamous teenage "barefoot burglar" is back at it. Authorities across western Washington state have been hoping to catch alleged bandit Colton Harris-Moore since the lanky 18-year-old escaped from a halfway house in April 2008.

Kerrigan: Family will help brother 'fight' ruling (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:38 PM PST

FILE - This Feb. 10, 1994 file photo shows Daniel and Brenda Kerrigan, parents of 1994 Olympics silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan, outside their home in Stoneham, Mass. Daniel Kerrigan was found dead Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 in his home and authorities charged his son, Mark Kerrigan, 45, with assault and battery. A Massachusetts medical examiner said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, that the elder Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after suffering a neck injury so severe it damaged his voice box. His death has been ruled a homicide. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)AP - Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan said Thursday that she and her family plan to help her brother fight a state medical examiner's finding that her father's death last month, following a fight, was a homicide.

Man named person of interest in Fla. girl's death (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 06:53 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Clay County Sheriff Office, Jarred Harrell is shown. Authorities have arrested Harrell, whom they are calling a person of interest in the kidnapping and killing of a northeast Florida girl whose body was found in a landfill after she vanished on her way home from school. (AP Photo/Clay County Sheriff Office)AP - Authorities have arrested a man they are calling a person of interest in the kidnapping and killing of a northeast Florida girl whose body was found in a landfill after she vanished on her way home from school.

Schwarzenegger, lawmakers clash over lt. governor (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 06:50 PM PST

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger responds to a question while talking with reporters outside his Capitol office in Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Schwarzenegger said it was important to put politics aside to create jobs, solve the budget crisis and called for the confirmation of his nominee for lieutenant governor, state Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - The California Assembly on Thursday rejected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's pick for lieutenant governor, setting up a potential legal showdown after the governor said he would attempt to seat his nominee despite the vote.

IRS, states crack down on independent worker abuse (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:07 PM PST

In this photo taken Dec. 2, 2009, Celso Mena, who was injured while working on a construction job, weeps while talking about the accident, the support of family and friends and his faith in God, at his home in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, The Associated Press has learned. The practice costs governments billions in lost revenue and can leave workers high and dry when they are hurt at work or are left jobless.

Haitian judge poised to release US missionaries (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 03:34 PM PST

Corinna Lankford, right, of Meridian, Idaho, one of the 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, reacts to a reporter's question while being taking back to jail with the other members of her group after a hearing at the court building in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - The 10 U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping for trying to take a busload of children out of Haiti should be released from jail while an investigation continues, a Haitian judge said Thursday, giving the Americans their best news since their arrests nearly two weeks ago.

Dugard diary shows conflicted emotion on captivity (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 03:15 PM PST

FILE - This Sept. 14, 2009 photo shows Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, during a bail hearing at the El Dorado County Superior Court in Placerville, Calif. Defense lawyers for the Northern California couple charged with abducting and raping Jaycee Dugard are trying to portray the suspects as parental figures in a close, caring family, filing motions on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 seeking in-jail visits for the couple. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)AP - Jaycee Dugard, the Northern California woman who was kidnapped as a child and held prisoner for 18 years, kept a diary in which she wrote of longing for freedom and feeling both emotionally trapped and protective of the man charged with raping her, court documents filed Thursday show.

Atlanta's 'yellow' train line changed after outcry (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:48 PM PST

AP - The "yellow" train line in Atlanta is now going to be called the "gold" line after members of the local Asian community complained that it was racially insensitive.

Haitian children begin enrolling in US schools (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 10:19 AM PST

In a Thursday Feb. 4, 2010 photo, Madjany Mouscardy, 11, right, goes over a math lesson with an unidentified classmate at Silver Shores Elementary School in Mirimar, Fla. Mouscardy is one of hundreds of Haitian citizens who survived the earthquake and are now enrolled in South Florida public schools. (AP Photo/Hans Deryk)AP - Some of the children arrived with no school records at all, some with only the clothes on their backs. A few still bear scrapes and bruises. All carry terrible memories.

Feds pass on surest solution to Asian carp advance (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 03:34 PM PST

Two Asian carp are displayed Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment hearing on preventing the induction of the carp, a aquatic invasive species into the Great Lakes. The Asian carp, which can grow up to 100 pounds, were caught in Havana, Ill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The surest way to keep rampaging Asian carp from gaining a foothold in the Great Lakes is to sever the link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River basin, created by engineers in Chicago more than a century ago.

Florists fret storm will wilt Valentine's sales (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 03:38 PM PST

Phil Caruso of Caruso Florist, puts flowers in the snow outside the shop in Washington, on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. The shop rented four wheel drive vehicles in order to pick up employees and make deliveries in the wake of back to back snow storms. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Snow-clogged streets and closed office buildings are posing twin logistical challenges for Mid-Atlantic florists as Valentine's Day approaches, and some worry it won't be a rosy holiday unless sales bloom when the shoveling ends.

Ex-employees sue Blackwater, allege overbilling (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:57 PM PST

File photo shows a sign marking the entrance to Blackwater's training facility in Mount Carroll, Illinois. The Iraqi interior minister said he had ordered 250 ex-employees of American security firm Blackwater, whose guards were charged with killing unarmed civilians in Baghdad, to leave the country.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AP - Two former Blackwater Worldwide employees say the security company repeatedly billed the U.S. government for excessive or inappropriate expenses, including a prostitute for workers in Afghanistan and strippers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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