Britain discloses secret data on terror prisoner
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
LONDON (AP) -- Britain''s government on Wednesday disclosed once-secret information on the treatment of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who says he was tortured in U.S. custody, losing an extended court battle to keep the material classified....
Honda adds 437,000 cars to global air bag recall
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
TOKYO (AP) -- Honda Motor Co. is adding 437,000 vehicles to its 15-month-old global recall for faulty air bags in the latest quality problem to hit a Japanese automaker....
Round 2: Snow slams Mid-Atlantic, points north
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Plows that have been rolling around the clock for days in the nation''s capital, Philadelphia and Baltimore won''t be heading for the garage any time soon as a second major storm in a week moved into the snowbound region Wednesday....
New report: Consumers spent modestly in January
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans backed off from holiday spending in January, but retail sales rose for a third month in a row compared with a year earlier, largely because of gas price hikes, according to figures released Wednesday by a key data service....
Doctor says vendor may have been in rubble 27 days
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The tale seems dubious: that a rice vendor survived 27 days trapped under the rubble of a flea market following Haiti''s devastating earthquake....
Space shuttle Endeavour pulls in at space station
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Shuttle Endeavour arrived to a warm welcome 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....
AP sources: FAA eyes hefty fines for American
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Aviation Administration is close to wrapping up a two-year investigation of safety violations at American Airlines that could result in one of the largest fines in the agency''s history, according to government and industry officials familiar with the investigation....
Obama, Palin trade telling jibes over crib sheets
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The jokes about Barack Obama''s close relationship with his teleprompter have been constant since he became president....
