LA-area foothills under mudslide threat
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) -- Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and left Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm arrived....

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....

Prosecutors: Andrews' stalker had other victims
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shot nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole videotaped 16 other women and ran background checks on 30 people, including female sports reporters and TV personalities, according to court documents....

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.'...

Haiti parents testify they gave kids to Americans
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tuesday that they freely handed over their kids, the Americans'' lawyer said....

NY governor says he'll step aside only 'in a box'
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. David Paterson, defying calls from even fellow Democrats to drop out of the race for a full term, said Tuesday that he would leave only if the voters turned him out through the ballot box, or 'in a box.'...

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 were remaining closed at least through Wednesday....

Obama to take health bill that's not all he wants
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Signaling he''d meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he''s willing to sign a bill even if it doesn''t deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure....