Obama: GOP and Dems together can spur job growth
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Appealing for bipartisanship in a town where it''s lacking, President Barack Obama sat down with Democrats and Republicans Tuesday to spur cooperation on job creation, deficit reduction and health care overhaul. He promised to do his part - but warned he would take Republicans to task if they don''t do the same....
ATF blames Texas church fires on serial arsonist
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
TYLER, Texas (AP) -- Recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in eastern Texas were likely set by one person or group of people, federal authorities said Tuesday....
Job openings plunged by one-quarter last year
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Finding a job got much tougher last year, as the number of available openings fell by nearly one quarter....
UN slams Haitian hospitals for charging patients
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to any Haitian hospitals that it finds are charging patients....
Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Snow blew across the Midwest Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second straight day and utility workers struggled to restore power knocked out by a weekend blizzard....
US Army closes in on targeted southern Afghan town
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
NEAR LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan....
Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world''s largest automaker....
Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level on Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the U.S. and its allies who fear the process could eventually be used to give the Islamic republic nuclear weapons....
