Space shuttle Endeavour pulls in at space station
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station early Wednesday, delivering a new room and observation deck that will come close to completing construction 200 miles above Earth....
Fans delighted by DeGeneres' 'Idol' debut
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ellen DeGeneres hit the right notes with 'American Idol' viewers....
Obama would OK health bill minus items he pursued
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Signaling he''d meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he''s willing to sign a bill even if it doesn''t deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure....
Haiti parents testify they gave kids to Americans
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tuesday that they freely handed over their kids, the Americans'' lawyer said....
LA-area foothills under mudslide threat
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) -- A new winter storm washed over the wildfire-scarred foothills north of Los Angeles Tuesday, leaving some residents to flee their homes in baggage-laden cars while others used shovels and buckets to try to hold back the muddy deluge....
NY governor says he'll step aside only 'in a box'
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. David Paterson, defying calls from even fellow Democrats to drop out of the race for a full term, said Tuesday that he would leave only if the voters turned him out through the ballot box, or he''s carried out 'in a box.'...
Snow shuts down federal government, life goes on
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If snow keeps 230,000 government employees home for the better part of a week, will anyone notice? With at least another foot of snow headed for Washington, Philadelphia and New York, we''re about to find out. The federal government in the nation''s capital has largely been shut down since Friday afternoon, when a storm began dumping up to 3 feet of snow in some parts of the region. Offices were remaining closed at least through Wednesday....
Iran boosts nuclear enrichment, drawing warnings
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a 'significant regime of sanctions.'...
