Obama meets with GOP, says can spur job growth
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Appealing for bipartisanship in a town where it''s hard to find, 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) -- A spate of recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in eastern Texas were intentionally set, likely by the same person or group, federal authorities said Tuesday....
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....
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....
Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday and headed for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices have been closed since last week and utility workers struggled to restore power already knocked out by a weekend blizzard....
Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level on Tuesday, an acceleration of its nuclear program that was followed by a U.S. threat of a 'significant regime of sanctions.'...
Kerrigan's family criticizes autopsy report on dad
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
BOSTON (AP) -- The family of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan has criticized an autopsy report about her father''s death and insists it was not a homicide....
White House mocks Sarah Palin from podium
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even the White House''s top spokesman is getting in on the act of mocking former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for looking to talking points written on her palm during a speech to 'tea party' activists....
