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• Dalai Lama doesn't fault Obama for low-key meeting (AP)
• Vegas hotel unveils Elvis extravaganza (AP)
• Feds outline plan to nurse Great Lakes to health (AP)
• NAACP elects Brock, 44, as youngest board chairman (AP)
• Calif.'s Negrohead Mountain renamed for pioneer (AP)
• Top U.S. commander sees progress in 2 campaigns (AP)
• Research finds brain link for words, music ability (AP)
• FBI investigating cruise ship death (AP)
• Ala. shooting suspect brilliant, but social misfit (AP)
• Judge sets stage for trials over 9/11 illnesses (AP)
• Beleaguered NY Gov. Paterson launches election bid (AP)

Dalai Lama doesn't fault Obama for low-key meeting (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 08:32 PM PST AP - Just days after meeting with President Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama said Saturday that he was not offended by the low-key reception he received and understands that the president must be practical despite his stated commitment to championing human rights worldwide.

Vegas hotel unveils Elvis extravaganza (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 10:30 PM PST AP - Three decades after Elvis Presley took his last bow on the Las Vegas Strip, where he once reigned as king, the magicians of Cirque du Soleil have tried to summon back the power of this supreme entertainer in a show titled, "Viva Elvis."

Feds outline plan to nurse Great Lakes to health (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 10:13 PM PST AP - The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species.

NAACP elects Brock, 44, as youngest board chairman (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 01:35 PM PST AP - The NAACP elected a health care executive as its youngest board chairman Saturday, continuing a youth movement for the nation's oldest civil rights organization.

Calif.'s Negrohead Mountain renamed for pioneer (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:28 PM PST AP - A peak previously known as Negrohead Mountain in Southern California's Santa Monica range was officially renamed Saturday in honor of a black pioneer who settled the area in the 19th Century.

Top U.S. commander sees progress in 2 campaigns (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 10:58 AM PST AP - The U.S. commander overseeing troops in Iraq and Afghanistan said Saturday that the military is on pace in its plans to shift away from a combat mission in Iraq, but he warned that casualties will worsen in Afghanistan.

Research finds brain link for words, music ability (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 01:35 PM PST AP - Words and music, such natural partners that it seems obvious they go together. Now science is confirming that those abilities are linked in the brain, a finding that might even lead to better stroke treatments.

FBI investigating cruise ship death (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 08:39 PM PST AP - The FBI is investigating the death of a 32-year-old woman found in her room on a cruise ship.

Ala. shooting suspect brilliant, but social misfit (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:32 PM PST AP - Amy Bishop's intelligence was never debatable. Even as a child, she didn't hesitate to tell people when they were wrong. As she grew older, earned a Harvard Ph.D and claimed a genius IQ of 180, her brilliance could come with a bluntness, condescension and volatile self-righteousness.

Judge sets stage for trials over 9/11 illnesses (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 03:04 AM PST AP - A federal judge has picked 12 ground zero responders whose cases will be the first to go to trial over illnesses caused by ash and dust from the World Trade Center following the terrorist attack.

Beleaguered NY Gov. Paterson launches election bid (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 01:04 PM PST AP - David Paterson launched his campaign for a full four-year term as governor Saturday with a combative campaign speech that mocked recent reports about his job performance and personal life.

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