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• Shows to go on at SeaWorld, king of orca business (AP)
• Infatuated man kills Wash. teacher outside school (AP)
• Bam! Bam! Bam! 3rd blizzard this month smacks East (AP)
• NY Gov. Paterson drops election bid under pressure (AP)
• San Diego students storm offices after noose found (AP)
• Late-night protest at UC Berkeley turns violent (AP)
• Army chief: Soldiers home more between deployments (AP)
• Police: Man in gunbattle preferred death to prison (AP)
• Police: Mistakenly released inmate caught in W.Va. (AP)
• Police: Wis. boy found OK; mom, 2 brothers killed (AP)
• Iceberg breaks in Antarctica not where expected (AP)
• Ex-hospital head pleads not guilty in molest case (AP)
• Bakery voluntarily pulls lemon Girl Scout cookies (AP)
• California puts 11 office buildings up for sale (AP)
• Stroke study finds neck stents safe, effective (AP)
• Red Cross president Gail McGovern has cancer (AP)
• Police, Penn St. target St. Patty's Day lookalike (AP)
• Online debate rages over white group's step win (AP)
• Legal troubles aside, ex-Detroit mayor lives large (AP)
• Mistake kept woman in Louisiana jail for months (AP)

Shows to go on at SeaWorld, king of orca business (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:18 PM PST AP - Shamu is big business at SeaWorld, which owns more killer whales than anyone else in the world and builds the orca image into its multimillion-dollar brand, and the killing of a trainer this week won't change that.

Infatuated man kills Wash. teacher outside school (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:14 PM PST AP - A man apparently infatuated with a special education teacher he knew from college shot and killed her as she walked into her elementary school Friday, shortly before students began arriving.

Bam! Bam! Bam! 3rd blizzard this month smacks East (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:25 PM PST AP - A slow-moving winter storm smacked the Northeast on Friday, unleashing heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds as it knocked out power to more than a million homes and businesses. It turned Maine beachfront streets into rivers and piled on the misery in places hit by three major blizzards in less than a month.

NY Gov. Paterson drops election bid under pressure (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:10 PM PST AP - Less than a week after declaring he would seek a full four-year term, New York Gov. David Paterson abruptly dropped his election bid Friday under pressure from fellow Democrats concerned about his faltering agenda and his handling of a domestic abuse case involving a trusted aide.

San Diego students storm offices after noose found (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 09:21 PM PST AP - Anger boiled over on the University of California San Diego campus Friday, where students took over the chancellor's office for several hours to protest the hanging of a noose in a campus library.

Late-night protest at UC Berkeley turns violent (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:58 PM PST AP - A late-night demonstration over budget cuts turned violent in Berkeley when protesters broke into a campus building, torched trash cans, smashed windows and threw rocks and bottles at police, authorities said Friday.

Army chief: Soldiers home more between deployments (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 07:04 PM PST AP - Soldiers are getting to spend more time at home between combat deployments as the U.S. military draws down in Iraq and the Army grows in size, the service's chief of staff said Friday.

Police: Man in gunbattle preferred death to prison (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST AP - The California man who authorities say killed one law enforcement officer and wounded two others in a gun fight at his mobile home was a paranoid private security guard who kept a gun collection and told his wife he would rather die than go to prison.

Police: Mistakenly released inmate caught in W.Va. (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST AP - A man serving three life terms conned his way out of a Baltimore prison with help from his cellmate, an extraordinary escape that raised questions about Maryland's procedures for releasing inmates.

Police: Wis. boy found OK; mom, 2 brothers killed (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 07:40 PM PST AP - Police said a 6-week-old boy whom they feared was in danger was found abandoned but safe outside a church Friday afternoon after his mother and two young brothers were found dead following a suspicious fire in their home.

Iceberg breaks in Antarctica not where expected (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:14 PM PST AP - With the dramatic crash of an iceberg against a glacier that dislodged a massive new chunk of ice, the mysterious continent of Antarctica once again did the unexpected.

Ex-hospital head pleads not guilty in molest case (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:01 PM PST AP - The former head of one of the nation's biggest state mental hospitals pleaded not guilty Friday to molesting an adopted foster son and was ordered held on $3.5 million bail at the same time that prosecutors detailed abuse allegations involving five other boys, including another foster son.

Bakery voluntarily pulls lemon Girl Scout cookies (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:46 PM PST AP - They promise to entice the senses with a "hint of cinnamon-ginger spice" and a "refreshingly zesty lemon creme filling," but some batches of Lemon Chalet Creme Girl Scout cookies didn't quite turn out that way.

California puts 11 office buildings up for sale (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:46 PM PST AP - California has put the "for sale" sign on 11 state office buildings, including the San Francisco Civic Center and the Ronald Reagan State Building in Los Angeles, as a way to raise cash to shrink the budget deficit.

Stroke study finds neck stents safe, effective (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:01 AM PST AP - People at risk of a stroke because of narrowed neck arteries can be safely treated with a less drastic option than the surgery done now, the largest study ever done on these treatments concludes.

Red Cross president Gail McGovern has cancer (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:24 PM PST AP - Gail McGovern, the president and CEO of the American Red Cross, has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer but expects to make a full recovery, she said Friday.

Police, Penn St. target St. Patty's Day lookalike (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:40 PM PST AP - Bars served green beer. Stores sold green shirts and party hats. Revelers took to the streets at dawn.

Online debate rages over white group's step win (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:22 PM PST AP - Visit any of the nation's more than 100 historically black colleges or universities and you'll see clusters of men and women engaged in the rhythmic clapping and foot stomping routines known in black Greek circles as "stepping."

Legal troubles aside, ex-Detroit mayor lives large (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 11:22 AM PST AP - If ever a public figure should be down for the count, it is Kwame Kilpatrick.

Mistake kept woman in Louisiana jail for months (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:25 PM PST AP - A homeless, mentally ill woman has been released from a Louisiana jail after a clerical mistake kept her there for six months.

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• Teacher shot, killed in Tacoma; suspect slain - Seattle Post Intelligencer
• Hiring Illegal Immigrants May Lead to Jail in Utah - ABC News
• Thai court takes half of Thaksin's fortune - BBC News
• Democrat Joins Republican Calls for Rangel to Resign Powerful Chairmanship - FOXNews
• BBC editor witnesses Taliban Kabul attack - BBC News
• Obama rounds out deficit panel with Honeywell chief - Reuters
• Flight Attendants' Fight Cancels Trip - ABC News

Teacher shot, killed in Tacoma; suspect slain - Seattle Post Intelligencer Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:25 AM PST KOMO News Teacher shot, killed in Tacoma; suspect slain Seattle Post Intelligencer TACOMA, Wash. -- A female teacher was shot and killed at Birney Elementary school Friday morning, and the suspected gunman was killed by police. Witnesses said the shooting happened during a confrontation in the school parking lot at 1202 S. 76th ... Teacher Shot and Killed at Tacoma, Wash., SchoolABC News Wash. teacher killed outside school before classesHouston Chronicle Woman fatally shot outside Tacoma school; gunman also deadSeattle Times McClatchy Washington Bureau -KTVB -Baltimore Sun all 447 news articles »

Hiring Illegal Immigrants May Lead to Jail in Utah - ABC News Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:10 AM PST Washington Post Hiring Illegal Immigrants May Lead to Jail in Utah ABC News AP Employers in Utah could be among the first in the country to face criminal charges for failing to verify their workers' immigration status under a bill advancing in the Utah Legislature. Several states require businesses ... DHS E-Verify Program FlawedInformationWeek Illegal Workers Slip by SystemWall Street Journal Nation's illegal population drops by 1 million, Florida's by 120000MiamiHerald.com Philadelphia Inquirer -FOXNews -San Bernardino Sun all 331 news articles »

Thai court takes half of Thaksin's fortune - BBC News Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:09 AM PST The Guardian Thai court takes half of Thaksin's fortune BBC News The Supreme Court in Thailand has ruled that more than half of the former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's frozen assets of $2.3bn could be taken away from him by the government. Thai judges said Mr Thaksin "abused his power" while in office. ... Thaksin Shinawatra stripped of half his fortune for abuse of powerThe Guardian Thai court orders assets seized from ex-PM ThaksinHouston Chronicle Thai Court Rules Against Thaksin on AssetsVoice of America TIME -Aljazeera.net -BusinessWeek all 966 news articles »

Democrat Joins Republican Calls for Rangel to Resign Powerful Chairmanship - FOXNews Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:34 AM PST New York Daily News Democrat Joins Republican Calls for Rangel to Resign Powerful Chairmanship FOXNews Republicans are renewing pressure on beleaguered Rep. Charlie Rangel, DN.Y., to step down as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee following Thursday night's disclosure that the ethics committee publicly rebuked the New York Democrat for ... Democrat calls for Rangel to yield tax-writing jobWashington Post Pelosi Won't Say If Rangel Should Give Up CommitteeBusinessWeek Panel Admonishes Rangel for Taking Trips as GiftsNew York Times Atlantic Online (blog) -CNN -Politico all 722 news articles »

BBC editor witnesses Taliban Kabul attack - BBC News Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:11 AM PST The Hindu BBC editor witnesses Taliban Kabul attack BBC News BBC Pashto Kabul bureau editor Dawood Azami found himself caught up amid explosions and gunfire which rocked the centre of the city leaving at least 17 people dead. Here he describes his experiences. A huge explosion woke me up just before sunrise. ... Suicide bombers target Kabul hotels killing seventeenTelegraph.co.uk Militants Strike Central Kabul, Attack HotelsWall Street Journal Early Morning Explosions Kill 17 in Afghan CapitalVoice of America The Hindu -BusinessWeek -New York Times all 1,433 news articles »

Obama rounds out deficit panel with Honeywell chief - Reuters Posted: 26 Feb 2010 07:44 AM PST Forbes (blog) Obama rounds out deficit panel with Honeywell chief Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama filled out his commission to tackle the US deficit on Friday, appointing the head of Honeywell International and a former Federal Reserve vice president to the bipartisan panel. Obama, who established the ... Obama Makes Picks for Debt CommissionWall Street Journal Cote, Rivlin, Stern, Fudge Named to Deficit Commission by ObamaBusinessWeek Obama Makes His Final Picks for Fiscal CommissionCQPolitics.com AHN | All Headline News -ABC News (blog) -New York Times (blog) all 240 news articles »

Flight Attendants' Fight Cancels Trip - ABC News Posted: 26 Feb 2010 09:52 AM PST CBS News Flight Attendants' Fight Cancels Trip ABC News Flights are routinely canceled because of weather delays or mechanical problems, but passengers trying to fly from Rochester, NY, to Atlanta Thursday found their trip canceled for another reason: the flight attendants reportedly got ... Flight canceled after flight attendant argumentWashington Post Flight canceled after dispute between flight attendantsAtlanta Journal Constitution Flight Canceled After 2 Flight Attendants Get Into FistfightFOXNews USA Today -Rochester Democrat and Chronicle -MyFox Atlanta all 207 news articles »

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• APNewsBreak: VA to reopen Gulf War vets' files (AP)
• Bottom line on health care summit: Dems push ahead (AP)
• Kim Yu-na wins gold with record score (AP)
• Winter-weary Northeast deals with snow, rain, wind (AP)
• Suicide bombers strike in heart of Kabul; 17 dead (AP)
• Strong growth in Q4 likely to slow throughout 2010 (AP)
• Ethics panel: NY congressman broke travel rules (AP)
• NY gov hurt by scandal, no support but plows ahead (AP)
• Killed trainer's childhood much like SeaWorld show (AP)
• Old story is similar to Ala. prof's Mass. shooting (AP)
• Obama, Democrats ponder next healthcare moves (Reuters)
• Toyoda meets with LaHood, thanks workers at plant (Reuters)
• Obama aides push back on venue for terrorism trials (Reuters)
• Taliban attacks in central Kabul kill 14 (Reuters)
• Clinton says deficit now a security issue (Reuters)
• Slain Hamas man used many passports: confidant (Reuters)
• Giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctic glacier (Reuters)
• Pentagon urges Congress to wait on gays in military (Reuters)
• Taliban suicide attack kills 17 in Afghan capital (AFP)
• Obama health summit heals few divides (AFP)

APNewsBreak: VA to reopen Gulf War vets' files (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:56 AM PST AP - The Veterans Affairs Department will re-examine the disability claims of what could be thousands of Gulf War veterans suffering from ailments they blame on their war service, the first step toward potentially compensating them nearly two decades after the war ended.

Bottom line on health care summit: Dems push ahead (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:49 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama strongly signaled that Democrats will move forward on a health care overhaul with or without Republicans, preparing his party for a fight whose political outcome will rest with voters in November.

Kim Yu-na wins gold with record score (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:55 AM PST AP - All that pressure, all those expectations. Kim Yu-na could feel the weight on her dainty shoulders.

Winter-weary Northeast deals with snow, rain, wind (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:53 AM PST AP - A winter storm plodded up the Atlantic coast on Friday, delivering a powerful dose of wet snow, heavy rain with flooding potential and damaging winds near 50 mph in the Northeast as utility companies prepped for possible widespread outages due to toppled trees and near-blizzard conditions.

Suicide bombers strike in heart of Kabul; 17 dead (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:01 AM PST AP - Suicide bombers attacked in the heart of Kabul on Friday, triggering a series of explosions and gunbattles that killed at least 17 people in an area of residential hotels rented by Indian embassy workers and other foreigners, police and witnesses said.

Strong growth in Q4 likely to slow throughout 2010 (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:56 AM PST AP - Don't count on the economic growth spurt at the end of 2009 to carry into this year.

Ethics panel: NY congressman broke travel rules (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:52 AM PST AP - Facing potential midterm election losses and a stuck-in-the-mud legislative program, Democrats can now add to their worries the ethics problems of chief House tax writer Rep. Charles Rangel.

NY gov hurt by scandal, no support but plows ahead (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:48 AM PST AP - Democratic Gov. David Paterson, bedeviled by a domestic-violence scandal involving a top aide and lacking support in his own party, has found himself severely weakened as he tries to save the state from insolvency and run for a full term in the fall.

Killed trainer's childhood much like SeaWorld show (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:41 AM PST AP - SeaWorld's signature show — about a child who grows up to swim with the mighty orcas — was in many ways the story of the trainer drowned this week by one of the park's killer whales.

Old story is similar to Ala. prof's Mass. shooting (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:51 AM PST AP - Investigators have discovered that a newspaper on the floor of Alabama university professor Amy Bishop's home when she killed her brother more than 20 years ago described an incident strikingly similar to what she did that day, raising questions about her claim it was an accident.

Obama, Democrats ponder next healthcare moves (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 11:21 PM PST Reuters - After a seven-hour healthcare summit that did little to change Republican hearts and minds, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats face a challenge on Friday in deciding their next moves to reform the costly U.S. system.

Toyoda meets with LaHood, thanks workers at plant (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 07:25 PM PST Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda had a "cordial and open" meeting on Thursday with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood before thanking workers in Kentucky for supporting him during his appearance before Congress.

Obama aides push back on venue for terrorism trials (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:37 PM PST Reuters - The Obama administration bluntly urged the Congress on Thursday to steer clear of directing where terrorism suspects should be prosecuted, pushing back against efforts to require military rather than civilian trials.

Taliban attacks in central Kabul kill 14 (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 11:14 PM PST Reuters - At least 14 people were killed and 32 wounded in Taliban attacks in Kabul on Friday, officials said, the latest audacious assault in the Afghan capital despite a renewed push against the insurgents.

Clinton says deficit now a security issue (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 12:24 PM PST Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said "outrageous" advice from former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan helped create record U.S. budget deficits that put national security at risk.

Slain Hamas man used many passports: confidant (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:44 AM PST Reuters - Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the Hamas commander assassinated in Dubai, used the same tradecraft -- fraudulent passports and disguises -- as his killers during secret missions to procure arms for the group, a confidant said on Thursday.

Giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctic glacier (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 10:38 PM PST Reuters - An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken off from a glacier in Antarctica after being rammed by another giant iceberg, scientists said on Friday, in an event that could affect ocean circulation patterns.

Pentagon urges Congress to wait on gays in military (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 12:53 PM PST Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates and military leaders want Congress to hold off on lifting restrictions on homosexuals in the armed forces until a yearlong review is completed, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Taliban suicide attack kills 17 in Afghan capital (AFP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 11:53 PM PST AFP - Suicide bombers targeted private guesthouses in the centre of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing 17 people including foreigners in the deadliest attack on Kabul in a year.

Obama health summit heals few divides (AFP) Posted: 25 Feb 2010 11:19 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama's high-stakes health summit failed to break an impasse over his historic reform drive, prompting him to warn he would press on with or without Republican help.

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