| Domestic |
| Fires strike 2 more east Texas churches |
AP - A sheriff's dispatcher says fires have struck two more rural east Texas churches, just hours after investigators announced that a blaze last week marked the eighth arson against a house of worship in the state this year.
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| NYC man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's cat |
AP - A graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend's cats pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated animal cruelty, ending an eerie case in which authorities said the unsuspecting woman kept replacing her dying pets.
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| Attorney: Brooke Sheen wants case dismissed |
AP - Charlie Sheen and his wife were reunited Monday after a judge modified a restraining order and allowed them them to work out their differences following a Christmas Day domestic violence dispute in which the actor allegedly pinned his spouse on a bed with a knife to her throat.
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| Retired NC fire department worker wins $47 million |
AP - Retired Asheville Fire Department employee Frank Griffin is $47 million richer, but he has few grand plans for the money. He mainly wants to spend more time with his wife.
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| Saints raise their city's spirits, maybe for good |
AP - People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday's Times-Picayune, which hollered "AMEN!" from its front page. The Saints' Super Bowl victory was a prayer answered in this struggling city, and New Orleans itself seemed different for it.
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| Criminal probe is launched in Conn. plant blast |
AP - Authorities looking for the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction launched a criminal investigation Monday, saying they could not rule out criminal negligence as the cause.
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| No cause yet for RI house fire that killed 5 |
AP - The Rhode Island Fire Marshal says officials have pinpointed the origins of a house fire that killed five people, including a 7-month-old baby, but still haven't figured out the cause.
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| Politics |
| U.S. Representative Murtha, Supporter of Troops, Dies at Age 77 |
Bloomberg - Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Representative John Murtha, a staunch
supporter of the U.S. military who became an outspoken opponent
of the Iraq war, died at age 77 yesterday, ending a 36-year
career in Congress.
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| Congressman: Murtha's intestine damaged in surgery |
AP - A Pennsylvania congressman and longtime friend of the late Rep. John Murtha says the congressman's large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery and the complications led him to be hospitalized.
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| Gates wants Iran sanctions in 'weeks, not months' |
AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to see the United Nations slap sanctions on Iran in "weeks, not months."
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| Spreading the GOP Wealth With an Eye on 2012 |
CQPolitics.com - It's never too early to line up support for a presidential run, so it's not surprising that several possible 2012 Republican contenders are using their political action committees to dole out large amounts of cash to an array of GOP members and candidates this cycle.
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| Alabama senator releases holds on Obama nominees |
AP - Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama has released the "holds" he had placed on every one of President Barack Obama's nominees, his office said Monday.
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| No high hopes for health care summit |
Politico - GOP says they're open to compromise — as long as Obama tears up the bills. Dems say, not a chance.
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| Shelby lifts hold on nominees |
Politico - Alabama Republican had placed procedural roadblock on more than 70 executive nominees.
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| Technology |
| Toyota to recall over 50,000 Prius in Europe |
AP - Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it is recalling some 50,000 Prius cars in Europe to modify the software for the anti-lock brake system, part of a wider global recall and the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.
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| Gamer to pay Nintendo $1.3 mln for illegal upload |
AFP - An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo 1.3 million US dollars for illegally uploading a game to the Internet six days before its global release, the firm said Tuesday.
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| LG, Samsung Go Social With Latest Handsets |
PC World - South Korea's two biggest cell phone makers previewed on Tuesday handsets they plan to unveil at next week's Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona.
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| Apple iPad Price Cut: Blunder or Brilliance? |
PC World - If Apple is really considering price cuts on its just-introduced iPad, the best advice is to make them before launch, not after.
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| Windows 7 Just Being Honest About Battery Life |
PC World - Last week I wrote about reports that some Windows 7 users are experiencing anomalies with battery life, or at least how Windows 7 reports remaining battery life. The issue seemed worthy of exploring, but not big enough to cause any significant damage to Microsoft's flagship desktop operating system.
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| Rumor: Core i7 Coming Soon to MacBook Pro? |
PC World - Rumors are hinting that an upgrade to Apple's MacBook Pro notebook line could be coming in the near future. The rumor comes courtesy of French site Nowhere Else, which claims that Apple will reveal updated Macbook Pro's featuring Intel's newest Core i7 chips. '
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| EA in the red for 12th quarter in a row |
AFP - US videogame giant Electronic Arts was unable to fight its way out of the red over the Christmas holidays, and has posted a net loss for the 12th consecutive quarter.
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| International |
| Asian shares mixed; euro wins respite |
Reuters - Asian shares broadly rose on Tuesday, led by Taiwan and South Korea, and the euro staged a small rebound from its recent drubbing, but Japan and Australia fell as investor sentiment remained weak on euro zone fiscal concerns.
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| New EU Commission team to get green light, finally |
AFP - EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso's new team is set to get the green light from the European parliament Tuesday, ending a three-month limbo period during the bloc's worst ever economic crisis.
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| Estonia's eurozone moves raise concern in Latvia |
AFP - As Estonia edges closer to adopting the euro, the prospect is causing jitters in neighbouring Latvia as it tries to climb out of a deep economic crisis and risks fragmenting the Baltic trio on the eastern edge of the European Union.
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| Debt crisis for Europe to deal with: Canada FM |
AFP - G7 finance ministers and central bankers will discuss a looming European debt crisis at talks here, but it is for the EU to address it, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday.
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| Wall Street cuts losses, closes up with techs, materials |
Reuters - Stocks erased a midday drop to end slightly higher on Friday, closing out a volatile week punctuated by mixed signals from the labor market data and growing anxiety over fiscal problems in Europe.
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| Techs lead Nasdaq up as Wall Street pares losses |
Reuters - The Nasdaq turned positive, while the S&P and the Dow sharply pared losses in late afternoon trading on Friday, led by gains in technology and materials stocks.
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| Policymakers try to calm markets amid euro sell-off |
Reuters - European policymakers scrambled on Friday to reassure markets on the stability of their 16-nation currency bloc as investors shed euro assets for a second day on fears about debt-laden member states like Greece and Portugal.
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| Real Estate |
| 2 Bronx Communities Are Accused of Preventing Blacks From Buying Homes |
A lawsuit says that ?test couples,? one black and one white, were treated much differently when they asked about purchasing homes in the area.
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| New York Plans to Topple Public Housing Towers |
For the first time in its 75-year history, the New York City Housing Authority wants to knock down an entire high-rise complex.
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| Riverton Houses in Harlem to Be Sold in Foreclosure |
The owner of the complex failed to meet his projections and defaulted on the mortgage.
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| Big Deal: The Unedited Version |
Of the dozen or so listings at Morgan Court, one stands out for being dressed up enough to be featured in Architectural Digest. Perhaps because it was, in 2004.
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| Big Deal: But Does It Have a Garage? |
Jimmie Johnson, who won his fourth consecutive Nascar Sprint Cup Series championship last year, has just sold his 3,200-square-foot loft in Chelsea for $4 million.
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| Mortgages: Loans for Green Homes |
Fannie Mae said that by this summer it would unveil incentives for those who use part of their mortgages for energy-related improvements.
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| In the Region | Long Island: New Uses for Military ?Treasures? |
AvalonBay Communities, the developer, is taking over Mitchel Field in East Garden City from the Navy.
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| Science |
| Toyota announces mass hybrid vehicle recall |
AFP - Toyota said Tuesday it would recall more than 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, plunging deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States piled up.
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| Activists ambush Japanese whalers in Antarctic seas |
AFP - Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.
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| Toyota recalls Prius, other hybrids over brake woes |
Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp is recalling nearly half a million of its flagship Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems, a third major recall since September and a further blow to the reputation of the world's largest automaker.
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| ACLU accuses Calif. instructor of religion lessons |
AP - An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday.
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| Toyota sued in California by U.S. shareholders |
Reuters - Toyota faced its first U.S. class-action lawsuits stemming from complaints of faulty brakes in its top-selling Prius hybrid car and from investors claiming they were misled about problems with unintended acceleration in a wide range of models.
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| Smartphone keys get quantum trick |
A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.
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| Stem Cell Research Makes Another Advance |
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they've
developed a new and easier way to create what's known as pluripotent stem
cells -- cells that can develop into one of many cell types for use in
regenerative medicine.
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