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Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) --Rep. John Murtha, the tall,gruff-mannered former Marinewho became the de facto voiceof veterans on Capitol Hilland later an outspoken andinfluential critic of the IraqWar, died Monday. He was 77.The Pennsylvania Democrat hadbeen suffering fromcomplications from g ...

Obama's health care summit: Just for show?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Couldthis turn into something morethan political theater?President Barack Obama'stelevised dialogue withRepublican lawmakers on healthcare, promised for later thismonth, has the makings of anentertaining exchange. But thedifferences between the basicDemocratic and GO ...

Government shut down as DC, region dig out of snow
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federalworkers and school childrengot a day off Monday as theMid-Atlantic region dug outfrom as much as 3 feet of snowthat made travel nearlyimpossible and knocked outpower to tens of thousands ofpeople.... ...

Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity
VIENNA (AP) -- Iranpressed ahead Monday withplans that will increase itsability to make nuclearweapons as it formallyinformed the U.N. nuclearagency of its intention toenrich uranium to higherlevels.... ...

World's tallest tower closed a month after opening
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The world's tallestskyscraper has unexpectedlyclosed to the public a monthafter its lavish opening,disappointing tourists headedfor the observation deck andcasting doubt over plans towelcome its first permanentoccupants in the comingweeks.... ...

Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty
LOS ANGELES (AP) --Michael Jackson's doctor hasbeen taken into custody and isbeing held on $75,000 bailafter pleading not guilty tocausing the pop star'sdeath.... ...

Criminal probe is launched in Conn. plant blast
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) --Authorities looking for thecause of an explosion thatkilled five people at a powerplant under constructionlaunched a criminalinvestigation Monday, sayingthey could not rule outcriminal negligence as thecause.... ...

5 killed in Conn. power plant blast are identified
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) --Authorities have released thenames of the five men killedin an explosion at a powerplant that was underconstruction in a Connecticuttown.... ...

Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers
A woman's chance of having achild with autism increasesubstantially as she ages, butthe risk may be less for olderdads than previouslysuggested, a new studyanalyzing more than 5 millionbirths found.... ...

Police: Man tries to buy crack with credit card
FLINT, Mich. (AP) --Authorities said a man accusedof stealing a car thenreporting it stolen remains incustody after telling policehe was robbed at gunpointwhile trying to buy crackcocaine with a credit card.The Flint Journal said the manreported Thursday night that a2003 Chevy Malibu h ...

Jackson doctor denies manslaughter
Michael Jackson's doctor,Conrad Murray, denies a chargeof involuntary manslaughterover the singer's death. ...

Sri Lanka arrests election loser
The defeated candidate in SriLanka's presidential election,General Sarath Fonseka, isarrested for "militaryoffences". ...

Fresh Iran sanctions 'only path'
The US says new sanctionsagainst Iran are the "onlypath" after Tehran said it wasstepping up uraniumenrichment. ...

Yanukovych 'to win Ukraine poll'
Ukraine's pro-Moscow ViktorYanukovych will winpresidential elections,officials say, but PM YuliaTymoshenko is defiant. ...

ICC rejects Darfur rebel charges
War crimes charges against aDarfur rebel leader aredropped by InternationalCriminal Court judges. ...

Pitt and Jolie sue Sunday paper
Hollywood couple AngelinaJolie and Brad Pitt sue theNews Of The World newspaperover allegations about theirrelationship. ...

Avalanche kills troops in Kashmir
India says at least 17soldiers have been killedafter an avalanche struck ahigh-altitude militarytraining camp in Kashmir. ...

German pensioners in kidnap trial
Four pensioners appear in aGerman court charged withkidnapping a financial adviserthey blamed for badinvestments. ...

Giant deep sea fish filmed
Scientists film the giantserpent-like oarfish in itsnatural deep sea habitat inthe Gulf of Mexico for thefirst time. ...

Sword lord - swallower sets world record with 18 blades
An Australian performanceartist sets a world record byswallowing 18 swords at thesame time. ...

APB Delayed
EA's Financial reporting addsto our understanding of therelease dates for a few oftheir upcoming titles, and itannounces All Points Bulletin(APB) is expected in fiscal Q22011 (July 1, 2010-Septe... ...

EA Financials
EA announces their thirdquarter fiscal year 2010results. Word is: "GAAP netrevenue for the quarter, whichincludes the impact ofdeferred net revenueadjustments, was $1.243billion...During the... ...

Magicka Details, Interview, Trailer
Paradox Interactive announcesnew details about Magicka,outlining features in theupcoming action/adventurebased on Norse mythology.There's also a new gameplaytrailer with a humorous takeon the... ...

Myst Online: Uru Live Lives
Myst Online: Uru Live livesagain, offering fans anothercrack at the online Myst game,which is now open-source andfree to play (they've dubbedthe revival "MO:ULagain"). UruLive has been... ...

Empire Total War DLC Released, Total War Sale
Steam News announces therelease of the promised EliteUnits of the East DLC forEmpire: Total War, CreativeAssembly's real-time strategygame. They also announce thiskicks off a week-long saleon... ...

On the BioShock 2 Decoy Plasmid
The Cult of Rapture has arundown on the Decoy Plasmidin BioShock 2, the underwatershooter sequel that's due tosurface in stores tomorrow.The article explains theDecoy's basic function aswell... ...

Over 8 Million Free Realms Registrants
Sony Online Entertainmentannounces theirsubscription-freeMMORPG Free Realms now boastsover eight million registeredusers, saying the game "hassteadily increased its playerbase by continuing to... ...

LEGO Star Wars III The Clone Wars Announced
LucasArts and TT Gamesannounce LEGO Star Wars IIIThe Clone Wars, the nextinstallment in thisaction-packed series that usesthe Force as well as virtualLEGO bricks to recreate theStar Wars... ...

Dudebro II Announced
This press release announcesDudebro My Sh*t Is F*ckedUp So I Got to Shoot/Slice YouII: Its Straight-Up DawgTime, a top-down shooterslated for release thissummer. The game is indevelopment... ...

Square Enix Profits Up
MCV has Square Enix's latestfinancial reporting, sayingyear-on-year profits for thenine months ending December31, 2009 were up 68%. TheJapanese developer/publisheralso plans to realign their... ...

Planned Parenthood Pushes Intensive Sex Ed for Kids
A new report by theInternational PlannedParenthood Federation isadvocating that children asyoung as 10 be given extensivesex education, including anawareness of sex's pleasures. ...

Gov't-Run Climate Care?
Obama administration proposesnew Climate Service to examineand report on globalwarming
• YOU DECIDE:Can New Agency DeliverReliable Data?
•Africa-Gate? U.N. Fears ofFood ShortagesQuestioned
•Embattled Climate ChiefPublishes RacyNovel
• Dutch AllegeNew M ...

Remembering Rep. John Murtha
Pennsylvania Dem and firstVietnam war vet elected toCongress dies of gall bladdersurgery complications at77
• FOX FORUM: InMemory of Murtha ...

Aid Groups Launch Haiti Mass Vaccination Campaign
Aid groups say they arelaunching an emergencyvaccination campaign for140,000 people in Haiti toprotect them against measlesand other diseases. ...

Toyota Prius Recall Reportedly Coming on Tuesday
Japanese news agency says270,000 hybrids to head forthe shop ...

Iran to U.N.: We Will Increase Uranium Enrichment
Iran moves closer to beingable to produce nuclearwarheads Monday with formalnotification that it willenrich uranium to higherlevels, even while insistingthat the move was meant onlyto provide fuel for itsresearch reactor. ...

Body Found in Airplane Gear at Tokyo Airport
Japanese authorities saidMonday they are trying toidentify a body found insideone of the landing gearcompartments on a DeltaAirlines plane flight thatarrived in Tokyo from NewYork. ...

Soldier Charged With Assaulting Daughter, 4, Over ABCs
A U.S. soldier has beenaccused of holding his4-year-old daughter's headunderwater because she wouldnot recite her ABCs. ...

Chinese Spy Gets More Than 15 Years in Prison
A Chinese-born engineerconvicted of espionage andother federal charges has beensentenced to more than 15years in prison. ...

Authorities: All Accounted For in Deadly CT Plant Explosion
The deputy fire marshal of thetown where a power plantexplosion killed five peoplesaid no one is believed buriedin the rubble. ...

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Thne Drinks are On Me
Buffalo News | Submitted by:scarred 4 lifep>"A 39-year-oldman known to her broke intoher home early Saturdaymorning and poured a bottle ofrum on her. The suspect thenallegedly took off his clothesand climbed into the bed. Thewoman ...

Rude Shovelman Refuses To Dig Titties
News On 6 | Submitted by:johnnybp>"The man walked intob>Night Trips/b> at about10:25 p.m. brandishing a largeshovel. Police at the scenesaid the man started swingingthe shovel at people in theclub until he was stopped byclub secu ...

Power Station Explosion Rattles Nutmeggers
HartfordCourant | Submitted by: ddu feel th@ goylp>"Homeownersas far away as Mystic said the11 a.m. explosion at the KleenEnergy Systems power plant onRiver Road created a shockwave ...

Attack! Of The Synthetic Immortal Parasites
The Raw Story |Submitted by:ferretp>"i>BioDesign/i>eliminates the randomness ofnatural evolutionaryadvancement primarily byadvanced genetic engineeringand molecular biologytechnologies to produce theintended biological ef ...

Burqa-Boys Hit Post Office
AustralianBroadcasting | Submittedby: BushJawp>"Twoburqa-wearing robbers haveheld up a French post officeusing a handgun concealedbeneath an Islamic-style fullveil. Officials said postaloffice staff let the ...

Only One Knob Here For Twisting
Buffalo News | Submittedby: generalp>A 26-year-oldBuffalo man is accused ofkeeping a runaway 13-year-oldgirl locked in his home fornearly six months and havingsex with her more than 100times... b>The apartment hadno doorknob ...

Urban Comforts Slashed; Tax The Churches?
DenverPost | Submitted by:arduousp>"More than a third ofthe streetlights in ColoradoSprings will go dark Monday...Water cutbacks mean most parkswill be dead, brown turf byJuly; the flower andfertilizer budget is zero...One woman recalle ...

Poochbutts Freeze After Tasting Basilisk
Florida Today |Submitted by: Mendo Greenp>"ABroward veterinary neurologistfirst sounded alarm, Dr.Roberts said several dogs camein with b>paralyzedhindquarters,/b> an ...

Lahore Lawyers Close Ranks
Asia News |Submitted by: CommunistMother[censored]erp>"Themurder of young domesticworker, raped and murdered byher employer, is marred bydelays and red tape. The ...

My Freedom For A Pie
Stuff NZ | Submitted by: PRayp>"An Auckland pie-loverhas been arrested afterallegedly stabbing his stepsonin the neck... When policeordered him to drop his hands,the man refused to drop hispie... Wh ...

Watching History Unfold
Guests look on from theterrace of Operations SupportBuilding II as space shuttleEndeavour launches on theshuttle program's last plannednight launch. Endeavourlaunched from Kennedy SpaceCenter's Launch Pad 39A tobegin the STS-130 missionearly Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.Mission STS-130 will delive ...

Criminal Probe Is Launched In Conn. Plant Blast
Authorities looking for thecause of an explosion thatkilled five people at aMiddletown power plant underconstruction launched acriminal investigation, sayingthey could not rule outcriminal negligence as thecause. The powerful explosionblew apart large swaths of thenearly completed 620-mega ...

Expectations Low For Obama's Health Care Summit
Critics call the president'splan to hold a summit betweenDemocrats and Republicans onFeb. 25 a purely politicalgambit designed to give theappearance of momentum for thehealth bill. Even supportersof the summit see room forcommon ground with Republicanson only a few narrow issues. ...

Boeing Engineer Gets 15 Years In Economic Espionage
A Chinese-born engineerconvicted in the UnitedStates' first economicespionage trial was sentencedto more than 15 years inprison for stealing sensitiveinformation on the U.S. spaceprogram with the intent ofpassing it to China. ...

Seeking A Kinder, Gentler Image For Israel
The U.N.'s Goldstone Reportaccused both Israel and Hamasof war crimes during lastwinter's conflict in the GazaStrip. Now, some say Israelneeds to launch an offensiveof a different kind: a publicrelations drive todisassociate itself from wordslike "occupation" or"conflict." ...

Congressman John Murtha Dies
Democratic Congressman JohnMurtha of Pennsylvania hasdied. He was 77. He had beensuffering complications fromgallbladder surgery. Theretired Marine Corps officerwas an outspoken critic of thewar in Iraq. ...

Obama Seeks Bipartisan Health Care Summit
President Obama told CBS onSunday that he wants to host abipartisan summit meeting onhealth care later this month.But Republicans, who have onemore Senator on their side,thanks to last month's specialelection in Massachusetts,have little incentive tocooperate. ...

Iran Takes Next Step In Uranium Enrichment
Iran said Monday it will beginenriching uranium to a highergrade than it has in the past.The U.S. and its partners saythey are left with few optionsthan to try to tighten thefinancial screws over Iran'ssuspected nuclear weaponsambitions. ...

Enthusiasm For Winter Games Falling In Vancouver
Even as crowds gather inBritish Columbia to watch thetorch on its way to Vancouver,the city's residents aredivided over the Olympics. Thecost to taxpayers and theincreased security presence inthe city have some questioningwhether playing host is worththe hassle. ...

Critics Worry About Shanghai Expo's Legacy
China's largest city ispreparing to host the 2010World Expo, a world's fairexpected to draw 70 millionvisitors. But critics sayconstruction of the expositionand the face-lift toneighborhoods is bringingenvironmental concerns andaltering the character of thecity. Some voices of dissentare ...

House Democrats Lose Leading Voice On Defense
Rep. John Murtha, a powerfulPennsylvania Democrat, diesat 77 after complications fromgall bladder surgery. ...

Paperwork Hinders Airlifts of Ill Haitian Children
Doctors and aid workers arewrestling with the burden ofproving that they are notillegally transportingchildren, whose risk of dyingis rising while the paperworkawaits.br clear="both"style="clear: both;"/>brclear="both" style="clear:both;"/>br clear="both"style="clear: both;"/>brclear="both" style="clear:both;"/> ...

John P. Murtha, Congressman, Dies at 77
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For Obama, Nuance on Race That Invites Questions
A quiet observation of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.’sbirthday last month wastypical of the president,whose low-key stance on raceis frustrating some blackleaders.br clear="both"style="clear: both;"/>brclear="both" style="clear:both;"/>brclear="both" style="clear:both;"/>img alt=""style="border: 0;" border=" ...

News Analysis: For Human Spaceflight, Can Measured Beat Bold?
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After the Parade, Saints Face Many Decisions
The Super Bowl champion Saintshave 29 free agents — 11 ofthem unrestricted — headinginto next season.brclear="both" style="clear:both;"/>br clear="both"style="clear: both;"/>img alt=""style="border: 0;" borde ...

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