GOP wary of pitfalls in Obama's health care summit
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama''s call for a bipartisan confab on health care, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap to portray their ideas as flimsy....
SI swimsuit edition puts Roddick's wife on cover
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year....
House committee postpones Toyota hearing
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A congressional hearing into Toyota''s massive recalls has been postponed because of a snowstorm expected to hit the capital beginning Tuesday....
FDA aims to rein in radiation-based medical scans
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will work with doctors and manufacturers to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from medical scans, a problem that has been growing for decades....
Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second day and utility workers struggled to restore power knocked out by a weekend blizzard....
US Army closes in on south 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....
