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Man angry at IRS crashes plane into building (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 10:55 PM PST

A firefighter walks on the floor above as wreckage from an small aircraft is shown on the lower level in a damaged building, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in Austin, Texas. Authorities said that Joseph Stack flew his small plane into the building that housed several employees of the Internal Revenue Service. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a suicide attack on the agency Thursday by crashing his small plane into an office building containing nearly 200 IRS employees, setting off a raging fire that sent workers running for their lives.

Lawyer: Prof. accused in slayings likely insane (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:55 PM 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 - The lawyer for an Alabama college professor accused of killing three colleagues during a faculty meeting said Thursday he believes the teacher is insane, and that she says she can't remember the shootings.

8 missionaries freed in Haiti, return to US (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:14 PM PST

Silas Thompson, 19, of Twin Falls, Idaho, is surrounded by reporters as he prepares to leave Miami International Airport Hotel in Miami, Thursday, Feb 18, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)AP - American missionaries accused of child trafficking in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake returned home Thursday and urged the safe release of the two women left behind in a Port-au-Prince jail.

Fed probe urged on cancer chemical in Marine water (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:34 PM PST

AP - A North Carolina congressman said Thursday that he wants an investigation into reports that levels of a cancer-causing chemical in tap water at a Marine Corps base were downplayed and then omitted from official documents.

Army probes allegations of poison at SC base (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:30 PM PST

AP - The Army has been investigating allegations that soldiers' food at its largest basic training base in South Carolina was being poisoned, but no credible information to support the allegations has been found, an Army spokesman said Thursday.

Okla. City bombing conspirator on a hunger strike (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:03 PM PST

AP - Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols says he's going on a hunger strike because he claims prison officials don't provide him a fiber-rich diet.

Police capture escaped zebra in downtown Atlanta (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:10 PM PST

Workers try to contain a zebra that broke loose from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in downtown Atlanta. The animal made its way through downtown to the interstate highway that cuts through the center of the city. Police cruisers blocked off all southbound lanes and were able to herd the zebra over to the right shoulder and off an entrance ramp, said Georgia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Monica Luck. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ben Gray)AP - An Atlanta highway turned into a circus Thursday afternoon when an escaped zebra galloped along a busy section of interstate with police in hot pursuit.

Flight diverts to Salt Lake after threatening note (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:31 PM PST

A United Airlines 757 sits on the tarmac at the Salt Lake International Airport as officials search the aircraft after the plane was diverted during a flight from Denver to San Francisco on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Steve Griffin)AP - A United Airlines jetliner that made an emergency landing Thursday after a threatening note was found in the galley resumed its flight after seven hours on the ground.

Oldest Canadian vet of WWI dies at 109 (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:47 PM PST

AP - The oldest Canadian veteran of World War I has died at the age of 109.

Suit: Pa. school used webcams to spy on students (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:55 PM PST

Harriton High School is shown in Bryn Mawr, Pa., Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. A family alleges in a federal lawsuit that the suburban Philadelphia school district used school-issued laptop webcams to spy on students at home, potentially catching them and their families in compromising situations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - A suburban Philadelphia school district used the webcams in school-issued laptops to spy on students at home, potentially catching them and their families in compromising situations, a family claims in a federal lawsuit.

Ex-NYC police boss gets 4 years in prison (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:50 PM PST

FILE - In this June 4, 2009 file photo, former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik stands outside the Federal Court in Washington. Kerik, who pleaded guilty in November 2009 to eight felonies, including lying to the White House while being considered for chief of Homeland Security, was sentenced to four years in federal prison Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)AP - Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who was hailed as a hero after the Sept. 11 terror attacks and nearly became chief of Homeland Security, was sentenced Thursday to four years in federal prison.

Boyfriend charged with punching Sharpton daughter (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2007 file photo, Dominique Sharpton, daughter of the the Rev. Al Sharpton, participates in a march in support of the 'Jena Six' in Jena, La. Sharpton's boyfriend, Latrell Peeks, was charged Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 with punching her in the face and shoving her out of a car, but a defense lawyer said he hurled nothing more than words at her. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - The boyfriend of one of the Rev. Al Sharpton's daughters was charged Thursday with punching her in the face and shoving her out of a car, but a defense lawyer said the boyfriend hurled nothing more than words at her.

4 accused of nabbing Texas man later found slain (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 03:13 PM PST

AP - Authorities filed aggravated kidnapping charges against four men in the abduction of a Texas man who was later found slain in a Mexican street with his arms chopped off.

Hawaii may add gambling to its natural beauty (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 11:44 AM PST

FILE - This May 15, 2009, file photo shows Waikiki in Honolulu. 168 Republican National Committee delegates are scheduled to arrive Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at Waikiki, one of Hawaii's most prominent beachfront resorts, for a RNC winter meeting. For years the RNC sidestepped requests by its Hawaii members to bring its winter meeting to a warm climate. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)AP - Hawaii has always been known for its sun, sand and surf. It may soon add another attraction: slots.

Relics from RI club fire near end of useful life (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:36 PM PST

FILE - In this May 19, 2003, file photo Rhode Island Superior Court Administrator Joe Conley looks off as he stands in front of the charred remains of the reassembled stage and drummer's alcove of The Station nightclub, inside a Cranston, R.I. warehouse used to house evidence retrieved from the nightclub fire. The Feb. 20, 2003 fire killed 100 people. As legal cases near conclusion in 2010, the warehouse is expected to be vacated once the victims and families receive their share of settlement money. (AP Photo/Mary Murphy, Pool, File)AP - Inside a warehouse lie macabre relics of one of the nation's deadliest nightclub fires, including bar stools where patrons drank and the stage where rock bands jammed before the 2003 blaze killed 100 people.

Marine census grows near completion (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:57 PM PST

AP - From pole to pole, surface to frigid depths, researchers have discovered thousands of new ocean creatures in a decade-long effort now nearing completion, and there may still be several times more strange creatures to be found, leaders of the Census of Marine Life reported Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Designer of famous Arecibo telescope dies at 92 (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:53 PM PST

FILE - This May 31, 2007 file photo shows the world's largest radio telescope -- the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Engineer and astronomer Bill Gordon, who designed the observatory in the 1950s while serving on the engineering faculty of Cornell University, has died of natural causes at his home in Ithaca, N.Y. He was 92. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)AP - Astronomer and engineer Bill Gordon, who designed the photogenic radio telescope in Puerto Rico that spotted the first planets beyond our solar system and lakes on one of Saturn's moons, has died in New York state. He was 92.

History is no guarantee of conviction in NYPD case (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:45 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2008 file photo Michael Mineo, who says he was sodomized on Oct. 15, 2008 with a baton by a police officer in a Brooklyn subway station, speaks to the media outside Brooklyn state supreme court in New York. Jurors on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 continue deliberating the claims made by Mineo against the three Brooklyn officers implicated in the case. Experts and a prosecutor from a similar case say confusing medical evidence and the traditional difficulty of convicting police officers could lead to acquittal. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)AP - From the beginning, a drug suspect's accusation that an NYPD officer sodomized him with a baton recalled the notorious police abuse case of Abner Louima.

AP IMPACT: Haiti flight logs detail early chaos (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:32 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, planes participating in the disaster relief are shown on the tarmac of Port-au-Prince International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In the first chaotic days after Haiti's earthquake, some vital aid was forced to wait because the U.S. military took relief flights at the Port-au-Prince airport on a first-come, first-served basis, according to landing logs. (AP Photo/Phil Coale, file)AP - Washcloths arrived before water, and senators before surgeons. In the first chaotic days after Haiti's earthquake, some vital aid was forced to wait because the U.S. military took relief flights at the Port-au-Prince airport on a first-come, first-served basis, according to landing logs.
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Texas Train Derails, Residents Evacuated Over Chemical Leak Concerns - FOXNews

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:05 AM PST


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Texas Train Derails, Residents Evacuated Over Chemical Leak Concerns
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SANTA FE, Texas — A derailment in southeast Texas prompted the evacuation of some residents of Santa Fe over concerns of a possible chemical leak. Police say several cars derailed before dawn Thursday. No injuries were immediately reported. ...
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UN climate chief Yvo de Boer to quit in July - Washington Post

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:43 AM PST


CBC.ca
UN climate chief Yvo de Boer to quit in July
Washington Post
Yvo de Boer, the United Nation's top climate official, announced Thursday that he would step down from his post in July to work in the private sector on environmental sustainability. De Boer has overseen international climate talks ...
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Why does the West love the Dalai Lama? - BBC News

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:54 AM PST


The Guardian
Why does the West love the Dalai Lama?
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A US president is again choosing to meet the Dalai Lama despite Chinese opposition. But why is this Tibetan spiritual and political leader such a popular figure in the West? To the Chinese government and to many of its people he is an ...
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Haiti's quake survivors don't wait for gov't plan - The Associated Press

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:40 AM PST


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Haiti's quake survivors don't wait for gov't plan
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti's government and aid groups have been wrangling for five weeks over a plan for housing earthquake survivors, but the people haven't waited. Rows of makeshift tents sprouted in open fields around the wrecked capital, ...
My Haiti notebooks are full of people talking about what they have lostTimes Online
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Bomb kills 29 in Pakistan as US envoy visits - The Associated Press

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:50 AM PST


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Bomb kills 29 in Pakistan as US envoy visits
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb blast at a mosque in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt killed 29 people including some militants Thursday, underscoring the relentless security threat here even as Pakistani-US cooperation against extremism appears on the ...
Pakistan market bomb kills 12AFP
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Suicide bomb killing 12 rattles Anbar ahead of Iraq elections - Christian Science Monitor

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:19 AM PST


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Suicide bomb killing 12 rattles Anbar ahead of Iraq elections
Christian Science Monitor
The suicide bombing that killed 12 Thursday in the capital of Iraq's Anbar province was intended to discourage Iraqis from voting in the March elections. By Ben Hancock Correspondent / February 18, 2010 • A daily summary of global reports on security ...
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Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in US (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:05 AM PST

From right: Paul Thompson, 43, of Twin Falls, Idaho, Steve McMullin, 56, of Twin Falls, Idaho and Drew Culberth, 34, of Topeka, Kansas, Carla Thompson, 53, and Corinna Lankford, of Meridian, Idaho, left arrive at the Miami International Airport Hotel in Miami, Thursday, Feb 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - Eight American missionaries freed by a Haitian judge landed in Miami early Thursday, nearly three weeks after the group was charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of the quake-stricken country.

STIMULUS WATCH: Unemployment eclipses fiscal jolt (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:26 AM PST

Graphic shows status of stimulus spendingAP - The jobless got a hand. Taxpayers got tax breaks. And a sinking economy stabilized.

Afghan: 2 Taliban shadow governors arrested (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:00 AM PST

AP - Two Taliban shadow governors from northern Afghanistan have been arrested by Pakistani authorities, an Afghan official told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Toyota investigates Corolla steering problems (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, salesman Andre Kamali walks next to a Corolla at a Toyota dealership in Palo Alto, Calif. Toyota is considering a recall of its hot-selling Corolla subcompact after complaints about power steering problems — another blow to the world's largest automaker already reeling from a string of recalls for safety troubles. A Toyota executive did not disclose model years or regions that could be affected and said there have been fewer than 100 complaints (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - First it was gas pedals, then brakes. Now Toyota and the government are looking into complaints that the popular Corolla is difficult to steer straight, raising a new safety concern ahead of next week's congressional hearing about the automakers recalls.

Dalai Lama-Obama meeting will be about style (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:11 AM PST

AP - The Dalai Lama's meeting with President Barack Obama will be more about style than substance.

Haiti's quake survivors don't wait for gov't plan (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:03 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2010 file photo, a man stands amongst makeshift tents at a camp set up for earthquake survivors left homeless in Port-au-Prince, one month after a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Haiti. Homeless earthquake survivors are pleading for tents but the international community and Haitian officials are telling the refugees to make due with plastic sheeting until fixed shelters can be built in time for the spring storms. For weeks now officials, aid workers and Haiti's government have debated where and how they — and 1.2 million other made homeless by the Jan. 12 disaster — should live. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)AP - Haiti's government and aid groups have been wrangling for five weeks over a plan for housing earthquake survivors, but the people haven't waited.

'American Idol' reveals top 24 semifinalists (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:24 PM PST

In this undated publicity image released by Fox, 'American Idol' judges, from left, Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson are shown. (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker)AP - It's good news for Tim Urban and 23 other singers on "American Idol."

Cavaliers get Jamison from Wizards (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:06 AM PST

In this Oct. 13, 2009, photo, Washington Wizards' Antawn Jamison takes a shot against the Detroit Pistons in a preseason NBA basketball game in Grand Rapids, Mich. The Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Jamison from the Wizards in a three-team trade that sent Drew Gooden to the Los Angeles Clippers. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)AP - LeBron James has a new All-Star sidekick.

As Harry Reid maps comeback, casinos a factor (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:49 AM PST

FILE - In this May 27, 2009, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks in front of solar panels at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. Reid's poll numbers make him look like an easy mark, but casino owners who have a history of disregarding party and going with the winner in Nevada politics are putting their money on him winning re-election. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's poll numbers make him look like an easy mark, but casino owners who have a history of disregarding party and going with the winner in Nevada politics are putting their money on him winning re-election.

Obama says stimulus bill saved troubled economy (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:25 PM PST

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks on the economy on the one year anniversary of the signing of the Recovery Act, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in the South Court Auditorium in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. Biden's forehead bears Ash Wednesday ashes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama hailed Wednesday's one-year-old economic stimulus law as an accomplishment that staved off another Great Depression and kept up to 2 million people on the job.

On anniversary, Obama defends economic stimulus (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:37 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks about the economy on the one year anniversary of the signing of the Recovery Act at the White House in Washington February 17, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama vigorously defended his $787 billion stimulus on Wednesday, insisting it rescued Americans from the worst of the economic calamity and ripping Republican critics who called it a waste.

Toyota image seen at further risk in Corolla probe (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:48 AM PST

Toyota's safety crisis deepened as the embattled Japanese giant said it was considering a recall of its Corolla, the world's best-selling car, because of possible steering problems.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)Reuters - A second recall of Toyota Motor Corp's flagship Corolla model in the United States, this time potentially to address complaints about the steering, would cost very little on paper but risks further damaging its brand.

Freed American missionaries fly out of Haiti (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 07:43 PM PST

Missionaries (L-R) Corinna Lankford, Carla Thompson, Drew Culberth, Steve McMullen and Paul Thompson get into an elevator together after arriving at Miami International Airport from Port-au-Prince, Haiti on February 17, 2010 in Miami, Florida. The American missionaries had been charged with child kidnapping and a judge allowed the release of eight of the 10 arrested(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)Reuters - Eight American missionaries flew out of Haiti on Wednesday after a judge ordered them freed, but two of their colleagues remained in detention for further questioning on charges of kidnapping children.

Tiger Woods to apologize, discuss future on Friday (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 05:28 PM PST

Tiger Woods watches play as he stands on the sixth hole during his foursome match at the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Harding Park golf course in San Francisco, California, in this October 8, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Shaun Best/FilesReuters - Tiger Woods, the superstar golfer who took an indefinite break from the game in December after admitting marital infidelity, will make a public statement on Friday about his playing future.

Mossad chief won't quit over Dubai hit: source (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 09:44 PM PST

Reuters - Mossad chief Meir Dagan sees no reason to resign over a scandal-fraught assassination in Dubai, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to ask him to, a confidant of the Israeli spymaster said on Thursday.

Obama to meet Dalai Lama despite Chinese warning (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:08 PM PST

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (right) is seen in Washington, DC on Febraury 17. The 74-year-old monk, who has lived in exile in India since 1959, is set to meet with US President Barack Obama in the US capital.(AFP/Jim Watson)Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will host the Dalai Lama at the White House on Thursday despite China's warning that the meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader could further damage strained ties.

At least 10 killed in bomb blast in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:15 AM PST

U.S. special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke (L) meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 18, 2010. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - At least 10 people were killed on Thursday in a bomb blast in a village market in Pakistan's Khyber region on the Afghan border, intelligence officials said.

Fireworks in homeland ahead of Dalai Lama's Obama meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:43 PM PST

The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets members of the Tibetan community as he arrives at a hotel in Washington February 17, 2010. U.S. President Barack Obama plans to meet the Dalai Lama on February 18, a move that has been denounced by China. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - Tibetans living near the birthplace of the Dalai Lama in northwest China welcomed Thursday's scheduled meeting between their exiled spiritual leader and Barack Obama with a defiant show of fireworks.

Britain seeks answers from Israel in Hamas killing row (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:53 PM PST

An image grab taken from hotel surveillance camera footage, released by Dubai Police, allegedly shows two murder suspects dressed as tourists in tennis outfits, following Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabhuh (out of camera range). Britain's prime minister pledged a full investigation into how faked British passports were linked to the killing of a top Hamas man in Dubai.(AFP/Dubai Police)AFP - Britain demands answers Thursday from Israel's envoy over fake British passports used by alleged killers of a Hamas chief, amid speculation the Jewish state's Mossad spies were behind the Dubai murder.

Defying China, Obama to hear Dalai Lama (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:06 PM PST

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (right) is seen in Washington, DC on Febraury 17. The 74-year-old monk, who has lived in exile in India since 1959, is set to meet with US President Barack Obama in the US capital.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - Defying anger from China, US President Barack Obama on Thursday meets Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who plans to seek his assistance in finding a solution in his homeland.
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