Despite all the nice talk, partisanship reigns
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He''s scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months....
Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers'' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can....
Relatives in eastern Cuba say woman has turned 125
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
HAVANA (AP) -- Relatives in eastern Cuba claim to have held a 125th birthday party for a woman named Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez, but it is not clear if she is really that old....
Kerrigan family disputes autopsy report on father
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
BOSTON (AP) -- The family of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan insisted Tuesday that they do 'not blame anyone' for her father''s death and criticized a medical examiner''s finding that Daniel Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son....
Murtha's death sets stage for marquee House race
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Democrats have long dominated the late Rep. John Murtha''s district in western Pennsylvania, but Republicans have made inroads in recent years that could help them win back the seat - and some longtime Murtha supporters say they''re open to voting for a GOP candidate....
US poised to seize Afghan town as Taliban dig in
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone....
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.'...
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 could remain closed at least through Wednesday....
