Economic Crisis, Unemployment Take Emotional Toll

During this economic downturn, there have been a staggering number of layoffs, and almost every day brings news of more. While many people are resilient in the face of unemployment, for some it means depression and panic.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 16 Feb 2009 | 5:53 pm

Iraqi election commission acknowledges fraud

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi officials nullified election results in more than 30 polling stations due to fraud in last month's provincial balloting, but the cases were not significant enough to require a new vote in any province, the election chief said Sunday....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:15 a... | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:34 am

Australia mourns for fire victims

Victims of Australia's devastating bush fires have been mourned at services across the country.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:32 am

Madonna Tops 2009 Music Money Makers List with $242,176,466

Regardless of genre, retail sales or radio play, each of the 20 acts on Billboard's Moneymakers list toured in 2008. Madonna tops the list with $242,176,466 in earnings, followed by Bon Jovi, Bruce Springstein, The Police, and Celine Dion. In a year when recorded-music sales declined yet again, many earned more at the box office than ever before.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:20 am

Iraqi Police: Bomb Kills 1, Injures 18 in Baghdad

Iraqi police: Bomb kills 1, injures 18 in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood
Source: ABC News: International | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:15 am

Iraqi police: Bomb kills 1, injures 18 in Baghdad (AP)

AP - An Iraqi police official says a bomb hidden in a garbage pile has killed one person and wounded 18 others in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:15 am

North Korea Offers Possible Olive Branch to US

North Korea says it is ready to improve ties with friendly countries, ahead of Clinton's trip
Source: ABC News: International | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:13 am

North Korea offers possible olive branch to US

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea is ready to improve relations with "friendly" countries, the communist country's No. 2 leader said Sunday ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Asia....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:15 a... | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:12 am

North Korea offers possible olive branch to US (AP)

AP - North Korea is ready to improve relations with "friendly" countries, the communist country's No. 2 leader said Sunday ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Asia.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:12 am

Taliban Free Captive Chinese Engineer in Pakistan

Taliban free captive Chinese engineer in Pakistan as fears rise over abducted American
Source: ABC News: International | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:09 am

Taliban free captive Chinese engineer in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistani Taliban militants have freed a Chinese engineer held captive for nearly six months, officials said Sunday, as fears rose over the safety of an abducted American threatened with imminent death by his kidnappers....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:15 a... | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:09 am

Taliban free captive Chinese engineer in Pakistan (AP)

AP - Pakistani Taliban militants have freed a Chinese engineer held captive for nearly six months, officials said Sunday, as fears rose over the safety of an abducted American threatened with imminent death by his kidnappers.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:09 am

US to include Afghans in review

The Obama administration is to include Afghanistan in a major US policy review of the region, President Hamid Karzai says.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:09 am

Zimbabwean Cabinet Nominee No Longer Faces Treason

Party: Zimbabwe police no longer plan treason charge for senior member of longtime opposition
Source: ABC News: International | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:09 am

Zimbabwean Cabinet nominee no longer faces treason

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Party officials say Zimbabwean police no longer plan treason charges against a longtime opposition politician appointed to the unity government....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:15 a... | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:08 am

Zimbabwean Cabinet nominee no longer faces treason

Party officials say Zimbabwean police no longer plan treason charges against a longtime opposition politician appointed to the unity government. Roy Bennett's Movement for Democratic...
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Geithner earns G7 trust, bank plan still to convince - Reuters

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G7 strives to pair crisis response and free trade

ROME (Reuters) - The G7 industrial powers, fearing a 1930s-style resurgence of protectionism, ended crisis talks in Rome on Saturday with a pledge to do all they could to combat recession without distorting free trade.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Feb 2009 | 11:04 am

India yet to receive formal request from Pakistan to hand over ... - Xinhua

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Venezuelans vote in referendum - Aljazeera.net

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LEAD: Obuchi announces pregnancy, marking 1st pregnancy of Japanese Cabinet member+

MAEBASHI, Japan, Feb. 15 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Yuko Obuchi, minister in charge of tackling declining childbirths, said Sunday she is pregnant with her second child. According
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2009 | 10:59 am

Gordon Brown must go says HBOS whistleblower Paul Moore

Paul Moore the HBOS whistleblower whose revelations forced the resignation of a senior Government adviser has called for the PM to go for his part in creating the financial crisis.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 15 Feb 2009 | 10:57 am

LEAD: Magnitude 6 quake jolts northeastern Japan, no tsunami alert issued+

TOKYO, Feb. 15 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING OTHER AREAS IMPACTED IN LAST GRAF) An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude 6.0 shook northeastern Japan on Sunday evening but no tsunami
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Japanese firms played key role in Pakistan's nuclear program+

(Kyodo) _ Japanese companies played a key role in supplying equipment used for Pakistan's nuclear development, investigations by Kyodo News in Islamabad and Tokyo have revealed in recent...
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Zimbabwean politician Morgan Tsvangirai (centre) with Roy Bennett (left), who faces a legal battle with authorities

Frile photo shows Zimbabwean Movement for Democratic Change President Morgan Tsvangirai (centre) with Roy Bennett (left). The treason charges against Zimbabwe ministerial nominee Bennett have been dropped...
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Zimbabwe treason case 'dropped', terrorism raised

The treason charges against Zimbabwe ministerial nominee Roy Bennett have been dropped but replaced with attempt to commit terrorism, banditry and sabotage, his lawyer said on Sunday. ...
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Zimbabwe treason case 'dropped', terrorism raised (AFP)

AFP - The treason charges against Zimbabwe ministerial nominee Roy Bennett have been dropped but replaced with attempt to commit terrorism, banditry and sabotage, his lawyer said on Sunday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 10:43 am

Venezuelans vote on term limits

Venezuelans begin voting on whether to allow President Hugo Chavez and other officials to seek as many terms as they wish.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2009 | 10:36 am

LEAD: U.S. military ship has minor collision with small boat in Yokosuka+

YOKOHAMA, Feb. 15 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING 2ND GRAF WITH CONFIRMATION THAT US SHIP WAS LASSEN) A U.S. military ship had a minor collision with a small pleasure boat Sunday in the...
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Zimbabwe 'treason case dropped'

Zimbabwe authorities drop a treason charge against politician Roy Bennett, replacing it with lesser charges, his party says.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2009 | 10:32 am

N. Korean capital gears up for leader's birthday+

(Kyodo) _ Pyongyang geared up Sunday for North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's birthday, holding commemorative events and adding finishing touches to decorations, some of which included...
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Afghanistan

Three suspected Taliban militants are seen standing in front of their ammunitions, which was seized with them by the Afghan security forces, in the city of Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday,...
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Obuchi announces pregnancy, marking 1st pregnancy of Japanese Cabinet member+

MAEBASHI, Japan, Feb. 15 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: TO BE LED) Yuko Obuchi, minister in charge of tackling declining childbirths, said Sunday she is pregnant with her second child. According...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2009 | 10:23 am

Gov't, ruling bloc eye additional large stimulus steps+

(Kyodo) _ The government and the ruling parties will draw up additional large-scale economic measures that could require up to 20 trillion yen in fiscal spending to help lift the Japanese
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2009 | 10:11 am

Afghanistan joins US 'war on terror' review (AFP)

AFP - Afghanistan will join a major US review of the "war on terror", President Hamid Karzai announced Sunday amid tensions between the allies about the fight against growing Taliban-led unrest.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 10:10 am

Estimates of abandoned mines in 13 states

Estimate by the Government Accountability Office of the number of abandoned hardrock mines and hazards by state:
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2009 | 10:10 am

39 Year Old Man Charged With Arson Over Aussie Bushfires

Victorian Police have arrested and charged a man over the bush fires which started on Saturday February 7, 2009 near Churchill in Gippsland. The man has been charged with arson causing death, intentionally lighting a bush fire and possession of child pornography.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Feb 2009 | 10:10 am

Stimulus bill expected to restart mine cleanup

When the Beal Mountain mine opened in 1988 near Butte, Mont., its owner promoted open-pit cyanide leaching for extracting gold from ore as modern and environmentally friendly.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2009 | 10:01 am

Hong Kong PCCW

PCCW shareholders shout slogans during a protest at PCCW's headquarter in Hong Kong Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 as they're unhappy with a controversial deal by the controlling shareholders to take the company...
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Idea to stiffen rules on de-icing planes has met with little ... - International Herald Tribune

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Magnitude 6 quake jolts northeastern Japan, no tsunami alert issued+

(Kyodo) _ An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude 6 shook Aomori and Iwate prefectures in northeastern Japan on Sunday evening but no tsunami alert has been issued. The Japan
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2009 | 9:50 am

Robinson wins; LeBron to dunk next year - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com

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Pebble Beach report: Chappell sinks eight birdies to make big move - San Jose Mercury News

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Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Feb 2009 | 9:40 am

'The Silent Assassin' the weapon the Taliban fear's the most

It is the British-made L115A3 Long Range Rifle which, in recent weeks, has killed scores of enemy fighters in Afghanistan.In a new initiative on the front line, the Army is using sniper platoons to target the Taliban and 'The Long', as the snipers call it, can take out insurgents from a mile away.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Feb 2009 | 9:10 am

Afghanistan to join in U.S. policy review

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says President Barack Obama has accepted his proposal for Afghanistan to take part in a strategic U.S. review of the Afghan war.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Feb 2009 | 9:09 am

Obama to sign stimulus bill Tuesday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will sign the $787 billion economic stimulus bill on Tuesday in Denver, a White House official said on Saturday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Feb 2009 | 9:07 am

California lawmakers vote on $41 billion budget plan - Reuters

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GM, UAW talks break off; Chrysler talks stall

DETROIT (Reuters) - Talks between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp central to a turnaround plan for the struggling automaker have broken down over the issue of retiree healthcare costs, a person briefed on the talks said on Saturday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Feb 2009 | 9:06 am

Obama to sign stimulus bill Tuesday (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama will sign the $787 billion economic stimulus bill on Tuesday in Denver, a White House official said on Saturday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

First 3D Image of Exploding Star

The remains of an exploding star have been reconstructed in a 3D image for the first time, say scientists.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

Afghanistan to take part in US strategic review

KABUL (AP) -- The Afghan government will take part in a U.S. strategic review of the war in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said Sunday in a sign of increased cooperation at a time of strained relations....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:15 a... | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:53 am

Afghanistan to take part in US strategic review (AP)

AP - The Afghan government will take part in a U.S. strategic review of the war in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said Sunday in a sign of increased cooperation at a time of strained relations.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:53 am

A Palestinian boy sifts through the mess in his house following an alleged Israeli army raid

A Palestinian boy sifts through the mess in his house following an alleged Israeli army raid in which his brother was arrested in the West Bank village of Salem, east of Nablus City. Israeli Premier Ehud...
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Palestinians walk through the rubble of a destroyed workshop following an Israeli air strike on Jabalia refugee camp

Palestinians walk through the rubble of a destroyed workshop following an Israeli air strike on Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert has been consulting domestic...
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A Palestinian boy carries an old door amid the rubble of a destroyed workshop following an Israeli air strike

A Palestinian boy carries an old door amid the rubble of a destroyed workshop following an Israeli air strike on Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert has been consulting...
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An Israeli woman walks past a poster of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit

An Israeli woman walks past a poster of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert has been consulting domestic political leaders on Egyptian-brokered talks for a truce in Gaza, a day...
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Could New Artificial DNA Point to Alien Life?

A strange, new genetic code a lot like that found in all terrestrial life is sitting in a beaker full of oily water in a laboratory in Florida, a scientist said today, calling it the first example of an artificial chemical system that is capable of Darwinian evolution.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:50 am

China editorial slams 'Buy American' provision

Measures in a $789 billion U.S. stimulus package that favor American goods are a "poison" that will hurt efforts solve the financial crisis, an editorial by China's official news agency said.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:44 am

U.S. Deported American Citizens With Illegal Parents

“If they took their children back,” he said of the deportees, “then technically we deported an American citizen. No matter which side of the immigration issue you fall on, there’s something wrong with the notion of kicking American citizens out of their own country,” said Rep. José E. Serrano, Democrat of New York, who requested the report.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:40 am

California lawmakers vote on $41 billion budget plan

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California lawmakers began voting late Saturday on plans to raise taxes and cut spending to close a $42 billion budget deficit the state's government faces over the next 17 months.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:38 am

California lawmakers vote on $41 billion budget plan (Reuters)

Reuters - California lawmakers began voting late Saturday on plans to raise taxes and cut spending to close a $42 billion budget deficit the state's government faces over the next 17 months.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:38 am

Afghanistan to join in regional U.S. policy review

KABUL (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has welcomed a request from Afghanistan to take part in an inter-agency review of U.S. policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Afghan president and the U.S. regional envoy said on Sunday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:32 am

Surfer mauled in first shark attack off Bondi Beach for 80yr

A surfer's arm was shredded by a shark off Australia's Bondi Beach - the first attack at the popular tourist spot for 80 years.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:30 am

U.S. to help plan U.N. racism conference

The Obama administration said late Saturday it would participate in planning for a U.N. conference on racism despite concerns the meeting will be used by Arab nations and others to criticize Israel.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:25 am

Origin of claws seen in 390-million-year-old fossil

A missing link in the evolution of the front claw of living scorpions and horseshoe crabs was identified with the discovery of a 390 million-year-old fossil by researchers at Yale and the University of Bonn, Germany.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:20 am

A crash-and-burn course on the census - San Francisco Chronicle

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Apple sued for iPhone screen tech

Apple has been served a lawsuit for allegedly infringing on patents with the iPhone's graphics technology. Also, the company has started delivering unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro systems to early buyers.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:10 am

GM, Chrysler Need to Think Change -- Big Change - Washington Post

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Afghanistan to join in regional U.S. policy review (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama has welcomed a request from Afghanistan to take part in an inter-agency review of U.S. policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Afghan president and the U.S. regional envoy said on Sunday.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:09 am

North Korea offers possible olive branch to United States

North Korea is ready to improve relations with countries that "treat us friendly," the communist country's No. 2 leader said ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:08 am

Anne Frank guardian reaches 100

The last surviving member of the small group who helped hide the Dutch Jewish girl Anne Frank from the Nazis turns 100.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2009 | 8:07 am

Barbie turns heads on New York's catwalk at 50 - Reuters

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North Korea offers possible olive branch to US

North Korea is ready to improve relations with "friendly" countries, the communist country's No. 2 leader said Sunday ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Asia.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2009 | 7:47 am

Taliban free captive Chinese engineer in Pakistan

Pakistani Taliban militants have freed a Chinese engineer held captive for nearly six months, officials said Sunday, as fears ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 7:34 am

Pakistan Chinese Captive

In this photo released by China's official Xinhua news agency, Chinese engineer Long Xiaowei, who was released Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, calls back to China through a cell phone, at the Chinese...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2009 | 7:30 am

CORRECTION South Korea North Korea US

South Korean tourists look at a North Korean village, Kaepoong, through telescopes at an observation post in Ganghwa, located inside of the civilian passage restriction line that separates the two Koreas...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2009 | 7:28 am

South Korea North Korea US

South Korean tourists look at a North Korean village, Kaepoong, through telescopes at an observation post in Ganghwa, located inside of the civilian passage restriction line that separates the two Koreas...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2009 | 7:26 am

13-year-old's baby girl subject of paternity wrangle - reports

LONDON - He's 13. He scarcely looks 10. And according to a British tabloid, he's a father. Baby-faced and only 4 feet (1.22 metres) tall, the boy, Alfie Patten, was just 12 when he impregnated Chantelle Steadman, now 15, The Sun...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Feb 2009 | 7:00 am

Jason Varitek puts Red Sox in pinch

FORT MYERS - Any dissection and analysis of Jason Varitek's value to the Red Sox requires a three-tiered approach. At the top of the list, of course, is Varitek's...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:57 am

Afghanistan to take part in U.S. strategic review

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says President Obama has accepted his proposal for Afghanistan to take part in a strategic U.S. ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:57 am

Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart wreck in practice

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Defending race champion Ryan Newman and teammate Tony Stewart wrecked during the final Daytona 500 practice yesterday, tearing up Stewart-Haas Racing's...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:57 am

Referendum Defeat Could Derail Chavez's Revolution

President Hugo Chavez says victory in referendum that would abolish presidential term limits is key to his transformation of Venezuela into a socialist state.

Source: FOXNews.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:55 am

With no car in field, Petty in pits

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - There won't be a Petty in the Daytona 500 for the first time in more than 40 years. Kyle Petty, the son of seven-time Daytona 500 winner Richard...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:52 am

NASCAR pundits see Carl Edwards in driver's seat

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - In any other year, Carl Edwards probably would have been a NASCAR champion. He won nine Sprint Cup races, including three of the final four in the...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:50 am

Angela Stanford storms past Michelle Wie for win

Angela Stanford spoiled Michelle Wie's bid for a victory in her first start as an LPGA Tour member, overcoming a 3-stroke deficit to win the season-opening SBS Open by...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:47 am

Cristobal Cruz topples Cyril Thomas to retain IBF crown

Cristobal Cruz retained the IBF featherweight title, earning a close unanimous decision over Cyril Thomas last night in Saint-Quentin, France. The 31-year-old Mexican...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:44 am

UConn stays centered on Hasheem Thabeet

Hasheem Thabeet had career-highs of 25 points and 20 rebounds and just missed his second triple-double in two weeks with nine blocks, helping No. 1 UConn win its 13th straight...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:43 am

Krypto-Nate Robinson slams Superman Dwight Howard

PHOENIX - Call him Krypto-Nate. Nate Robinson tugged on Superman's cape - and won. The diminutive New York Knicks guard beat defending champion Dwight Howard...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:39 am

Mike Green Caps his record goal run

Mike Green set an NHL record for defensemen by a scoring a goal in his eighth consecutive game and the Washington Capitals beat the Lightning, 5-1, last night in Tampa Bay,...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:37 am

Northeastern slips up

The University of Massachusetts coaching staff would be wise to reserve for future use the exact spot where the team bus parked outside Matthews Arena last night. UMass...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:36 am

No. 19 Gonzaga edges San Francisco

Austin Daye made five free throws in the final 27.8 seconds and finished with 17 points in No. 19 Gonzaga's 11th victory in 12 games, 78-73 over undermanned San Francisco on Saturday night.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:35 am

Taleban release Chinese engineer

Taleban militants in north-western Pakistan release a Chinese engineer held hostage for more than five months.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:28 am

No. 6 Stanford upends No. 3 Cal, 58-41

Jayne Appel scored 22 points and had 14 rebounds, Jillian Harmon added 18 points and No. 6 Stanford overcame its lowest scoring half of the season to beat No. 3 California 58-41 on Saturday night.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:13 am

Flames out-duel Coyotes

Matthew Lombardi scores twice to help Calgary outscore Phoenix 7-5

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:03 am

Paul Holmes: Ashes to ashes

I came back to Auckland on Thursday, to a city sweating through the oppressive, unmoving heat. In the early evening, the skies broke and rain poured down through the night. Auckland. I love it! It has been a week of fire, of course,...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Feb 2009 | 6:00 am

Church services mourn Australian fire victims

Australians mourned the victims of deadly wildfires at church services across the country Sunday as news emerged of a class action lawsuit against a power company over the cause of one of the blazes.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:50 am

Flames beat Coyotes 7-5

Matthew Lombardi scored two goals to help the Calgary Flames outscore the Phoenix Coyotes 7-5 on Saturday night.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:43 am

U.S. to help plan UN racism conference

The Obama administration said late Saturday it would participate in planning for a U.N. conference on racism despite concerns ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:27 am

Plane fell flat on Buffalo house: investigators

Recovery of bodies expected to take several days

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:23 am

Church services mourn Australian wildfire victims

WHITTLESEA, Australia (AP) -- Australians mourned the victims of deadly wildfires at church services across the country Sunday as news emerged of a class action lawsuit against a power company over the cause of one of the blazes....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:15 a... | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:16 am

Church services mourn Australian wildfire victims (AP)

AP - Australians mourned the victims of deadly wildfires at church services across the country Sunday as news emerged of a class action lawsuit against a power company over the cause of one of the blazes.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:16 am

White leads San Diego State over Wyoming

Billy White scored a career-high 24 points as he set a school shooting record to lead San Diego State to a 71-60 win over Wyoming on Saturday night.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:13 am

G7 ministers offer few fresh solutions for economic downturn

Carney, Flaherty expect a rough 2009 as the global economy continues to deteriorate

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:10 am

Key facts about Venezuela term limits referendum

Key facts about the Venezuelan referendum Sunday:
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:03 am

Popular Ala. official gets 2nd chance after stroke

Lucy Baxley just wanted to straighten her wind-blown hair. Squirming in her wheelchair outside a hotel ballroom, she reached into her purse, handing her husband a small mirror to hold while she brushed with her right hand.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:01 am

Can Chavez run again? Venezuelans decide in vote

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelans were deciding President Hugo Chavez's future on Sunday in a referendum that could end term limits, a prospect Chavez says is key to his socialist project but that critics warn would distort democracy....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:15 a... | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:01 am

In Obama's West Wing, proximity equals power

Some of the most coveted office space on the planet doesn't necessarily come with a picture window, a decent TV or even much ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 5:00 am

Six Colorado salmonella cases traced to Texas plant

Six salmonella cases in Colorado have been linked to tainted products from a shuttered Texas plant owned by the peanut processing ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 4:59 am

Australian Wildfire Victims Mourned at Church

Australians mourn fire victims at services across the country, as legal suit emerges
Source: ABC News: International | 15 Feb 2009 | 4:55 am

NIU shooting victims mourn lives lost

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn joined hundreds of mourners gathered at Northern Illinois University on Saturday to mark the day one year ago when a gunman fatally shot five students.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Feb 2009 | 4:53 am

U.S., Canada share views on climate change, Prentice says

Environment Minister suggests North American environmental accord is possible, though a long way off

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 15 Feb 2009 | 4:41 am

Chinese Captive Freed In Pakistan

An official says a Chinese engineer held captive by militants for six months in Pakistan has been set free and is safe.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 15 Feb 2009 | 4:30 am

Wie falters, just misses out on first LPGA win

Angela Stanford spoiled Michelle Wie’s bid for a victory in her first start as an LPGA Tour member, overcoming a three-stroke deficit to win the season-opening SBS Open by three shots.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Feb 2009 | 4:24 am

Upsets reign on all-star Saturday

Dwight Howard fails to repeat as the slam dunk champion; Jason Kapono can't three-peat as three-point champ

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 15 Feb 2009 | 4:19 am

Little Man Nate wins slam dunk contest

Diminutive New York Knicks guard Nate Robinson beat defending champion Dwight Howard of Orlando in an electrifying slam dunk contest on Saturday night.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Feb 2009 | 4:14 am

Burris says Blagojevich's brother sought donation

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Roland Burris, named to fill the Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama, has disclosed he was asked for campaign contributions on behalf of the ousted Illinois governor who eventually appointed him.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Feb 2009 | 3:59 am

Calif. union OKs deal that would halve furloughs

California's largest state employee union reached a tentative agreement Saturday with the Schwarzenegger administration on a ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 3:58 am

Liberals must embrace the West, Ignatieff says

‘This is where the action is,' Liberal Leader tells Saskatchewan audience. ‘And, if this is where the action is economically, then we have to be there, too'

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 15 Feb 2009 | 3:51 am

Galeras volcano erupts in southwestern Colombia

A volcano in southwestern Colombia erupted on Saturday, blanketing the nearby provincial capital of Pasto in ash and prompting ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 3:49 am

Soldier who committed suicide in N.S. had twice served in Iraq

22-year-old killed himself after threatening his mother outside her Nova Scotia home

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 15 Feb 2009 | 3:45 am

Blake's quick goals sink Penguins

Jason Blake scores goals 19 seconds apart as Toronto comes from behind to rout Pittsburgh 6-2

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 15 Feb 2009 | 3:45 am

Burris confirms request for Blagojevich donation

Raising fresh questions about his appointment to Congress, Sen. Roland Burris admitted in a document released Saturday that former ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 3:42 am

Mexicans set kissing record on Valentine's Day

Mexico City puckered up to set a new record Saturday as nearly 40,000 people locked lips in the city center for the world's largest group kiss.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Feb 2009 | 3:27 am

U.S. officers are focus of Iraq graft inquiry

U.S. officials looking into irregularities in the early portion of the $125 billion U.S.-led effort to rebuild Iraq have expanded the inquiry to include senior U.S. military officers, The New York Times reported.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Feb 2009 | 3:15 am

Australian wildfire victims mourned at church

Australians mourned the victims of deadly wildfires at Sunday church services across the country, as news emerged of a class ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 15 Feb 2009 | 2:58 am

NYT: Like Gingrich, a voice for GOP resistance

As Republicans confronted President Barack Obama in another budget battle last week, their leadership included another new face: Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Feb 2009 | 2:57 am

U.S. officers probed on Iraq rebuilding: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. officials looking into irregularities in the early portion of the $125 billion U.S.-led effort to rebuild Iraq have expanded the inquiry to include senior U.S. military officers who oversaw the program, The New York Times reported on its website.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 15 Feb 2009 | 2:29 am

Good news on the ocean front for a change

Some Pacific island countries are successfully protecting their reefs, haddock and scallops are recovering in New England waters, and a few types of whales are even making a comeback.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 15 Feb 2009 | 2:20 am

Global warming 'underestimated'

The severity of global warming over the next century will be worse than forecast, a leading climate scientist warns.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2009 | 2:11 am

Pakistan 'in fight for survival'

Pakistan's president says his country is fighting for its survival against the Taleban, whose influence, he says, has spread.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2009 | 2:10 am

‘The Milk of Sorrow' wins at Berlin festival

Top prize goes to film that addresses fears of women abused in Peru

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 15 Feb 2009 | 1:44 am

M.I.A. announces birth of baby boy

Singer started going into labour hours after performance at Grammys

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 15 Feb 2009 | 1:44 am

Pollution link to asthma in womb

Children exposed to high levels of traffic pollution in the womb could be at risk of developing asthma, research suggests.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2009 | 12:04 am

Under pressure

Poland's Catholic Church blighted by consumerist society
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am

Tackling the Australian bushfires

James Coote is a changed man. With his mates in Victoria's Country Fire Authority, the former Aucklander fought the big fire on Saturday and survived. The next day he was out again, this time to one of the most devastated areas,...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am

Sri Lanka - the war the world forgot

All but hidden from view of the outside world, a bitter and savage war being waged in the north of Sri Lanka is creating a humanitarian crisis in which hundreds of thousands of civilians are at risk. In what may be the final chapters...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2009 | 11:30 pm

Drug firm to cut prices to 50 poorest nations - report

NEW YORK - Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it will cut drug prices to the 50 poorest countries in the world and use 20 per cent of its profits from those countries to build health clinics and other infrastructure, according to...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2009 | 11:26 pm

Ice slows search at site of deadly plane crash

BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - Investigators were hampered by ice on Saturday as they searched for bodies and clues in the wreckage of a commuter plane that slammed into a house in western New York state, killing 50 people.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:57 pm

White House Tries To Sell Bank Bailout

The Obama administration is trying to put a public face on the credit crunch in order to build support for a potentially costly bank rescue. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner stresses that the government isn't trying to help banks for their own sake — but to get credit flowing to businesses and families.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:19 pm

Gaza truce deal stalls over Israeli hostage

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prospects for a stable truce in Gaza ran into trouble on Saturday when Israel insisted on the release of a kidnapped soldier and Hamas accused the Jewish state of deliberately wrecking negotiations.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 14 Feb 2009 | 10:08 pm

Global warming seen worse than predicted

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The climate is heating up far faster than scientists had predicted, spurred by sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions from developing countries like China and India, a top climate scientist said on Saturday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 14 Feb 2009 | 9:46 pm

G-7 Ministers Endorse U.S. Stimulus Plan

President Obama's new Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner made his first appearance on the world stage Saturday at the meeting of G-7 finance ministers in Rome. Geithner urged the seven major industrialized countries to take bold measures to pull the global economy out of recession, support financial institutions and improve financial regulation.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Feb 2009 | 9:00 pm

Italy Murder Trial: Knox Had A Scratch

An American student accused in the stabbing death of her British roommate had a scratch on her neck hours after the killing, a witness testified at the murder trial in Italy.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 14 Feb 2009 | 8:43 pm

Delays at London City Airport wheel collapse

LONDON - Flights have resumed but delays are plaguing London City Airport, a day after 71 people escaped serious injury when their plane's front wheel gear collapsed upon landing. About 65 flights were scheduled to leave the airport...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2009 | 8:37 pm

Murder trial in Italy: US student had a scratch

PERUGIA, Italy (AP) -- An American student accused in the stabbing death of her British roommate had a scratch on her neck hours after the killing, a witness testified Saturday at the murder trial in Italy....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:15 a... | 14 Feb 2009 | 8:25 pm

Saudi King Shakes up Religious Establishment

Saudi king shakes up conservative religious establishment, fires hard-liners
Source: ABC News: International | 14 Feb 2009 | 8:19 pm

Saudi king shakes up religious establishment

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- The Saudi king on Saturday dismissed the chief of the religious police and a cleric who condoned killing the owners of TV networks that broadcast "immoral" content, signaling an effort to weaken the country's hard-line Sunni establishment....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:15 a... | 14 Feb 2009 | 8:18 pm

Tragedy of the 9/11 widow

Even as Beverly Eckert boarded Flight 3407 from Newark to Buffalo, she knew she still had not shed the burden that came with the death of her husband on September 1,1 2001. The weekend was to be one more spent honouring his memory;...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2009 | 7:20 pm

Bushfire survivors allowed back to town where 100 died

It was the journey home that they fervently desired, yet dreaded. Exactly a week after the Victorian bushfires obliterated the picturesque village of Marysville, survivors were allowed back to view the destruction yesterday - and...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2009 | 7:00 pm

Cash crisis forces California to free 55,000 prisoners

LOS ANGELES - There's not been a greater escape since Steve McQueen jumped aboard his motorcycle. The state of California has been ordered to release more than 55,000 prison inmates to ease pressure on its ailing penal system. Federal...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2009 | 7:00 pm

Australian bushfires: inside the mind of an arsonist

Why would anyone set fire to his own neighbourhood and then sit and watch the blaze?
Source: Telegraph Major News | 14 Feb 2009 | 4:46 pm

Black Boxes Note Ice Buildup In NY Crash

NPR's Margot Adler reports the latest on the Thursday-night crash of a commuter jet into a house near Buffalo, New York. All 49 people on the plane were killed, along with one person in the house.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Feb 2009 | 4:23 pm

Former Gitmo guard recalls abuse, climate of fear

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Army Pvt. Brandon Neely was scared when he took Guantanamo's first shackled detainees off a bus. Told to expect vicious terrorists, he grabbed a trembling, elderly detainee and ground his face into the cement - the first of a range of humiliations he says he participated in and witnessed as the prison was opening for business....
Source: AP Top International News At 6:15 a... | 14 Feb 2009 | 4:15 pm

Cops Question 3 Men Arrested in Counter-Terror Probe

Police in northwestern England are questioning three men arrested in a counter-terrorist operation.

Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Feb 2009 | 4:01 pm

Editorial: Aussie spirits keep on shining

Words cannot begin to encompass the scale of the tragedy that enveloped Victoria this week. As bushfires ravaged settlements to the north and east of Melbourne, their flames licking almost to the New South Wales border, the losses...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2009 | 4:00 pm

Mexico City Aims to Break World Kissing Record

Some people might want to celebrate Valentine's Day with a kiss for the record books.

Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Feb 2009 | 3:53 pm

Devastation Follows Austrailian Fires

The death count is expected to surpass 200 in the aftermath of the most devastating wildfires in Australia's history. More than 1,800 homes have been destroyed, and now a man has been charged with arson in one fire that killed 21 people.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Feb 2009 | 3:01 pm

An English Milkman And A Russian Journalist

NPR's Scott Simon takes a look at two recent stories — a milkman convicted of selling marijuana with his milk in England, and the shooting death of a young journalist in Moscow.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Feb 2009 | 2:59 pm

The Politics Of Passage

A third of Americans think the country's already in a depression, making for a political crisis as well as an economic one. How are the administration, Democrats and Republicans handling it? What's the lesson from this week — that bipartisanship doesn't work?

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Feb 2009 | 2:46 pm

Markets Shudder; Congress Places Economic Bets

It was quite a week in economic news. The market tanked when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner showed up but didn't have a lot of details. Both House and Senate passed the stimulus bill, but Obama's hopes of a bipartisanship effort never came to pass.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Feb 2009 | 2:26 pm

What's Left Of The Stimulus Bill: Will It Work?

The stimulus bill is on track, but with a package smaller than President Obama had proposed, and with a different mix of tax cuts and spending than he had wanted, the president may fall short of his goal of creating or saving 4 million jobs.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Feb 2009 | 2:21 pm

Khmer Rouge Trials to Begin 30 Years After Genocide

The trials will be a watershed for Cambodians, most of whom had lost hope that the men and women who destroyed their lives would ever be brought to justice

Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Feb 2009 | 2:12 pm

U.S. Drone Allegedly Kills 27 In Pakistan

A suspected U.S. missile strike by a drone aircraft flattened a militant hide-out in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing 27 local and foreign insurgents, intelligence officials said.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 14 Feb 2009 | 2:00 pm

Assessing The Threat Assessment

This week, the nation's intelligence agencies produced their annual report on all the things that the United States should be worried about. It's called the "threat assessment," and it covers hot spots, despots, terrorists, troublemakers, and worrisome developments that could affect U.S. national security.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 14 Feb 2009 | 1:43 pm

Witness: Sex-Slay Suspect Knox Had Scratch on Her Neck

An American student accused in the stabbing death of her British roommate had a scratch on her neck hours after the killing, a witness testified Saturday at the murder trial in Italy.

Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Feb 2009 | 11:41 am

Hillary Hits the Road

Hillary Clinton has faded into the background in recent weeks as the economy has sucked up all the oxygen in Washington and the media. But that's all about to change as Clinton prepares to embark Sunday on her first major trip abroad: a tour of Japan,...
Source: The Daily Beast - Big Fat Story List | 14 Feb 2009 | 11:04 am