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- Some House foes eye switch to 'yes' on health care
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 AP - Nine House Democrats indicated in an Associated Press survey Monday they have not ruled out switching their "no" votes to "yes" on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, brightening the party's hopes in the face of unyielding Republican opposition.
- 2,000 transportation workers idled over impasse
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 AP - Jobless benefits suddenly ended for some laid-off workers, Medicare payments to doctors were delayed and 2,000 federal transportation workers were sent home Monday in a spending dispute tinged with election-year politics.
- Parents say doctors hastened death for dying kids
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AP - It's a situation too agonizing to contemplate — a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents' request. - AP sources: Senate working on Wall Street regs
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 AP - Senate negotiators are reviewing details of a deal on Wall Street regulations that would create a new entity to oversee consumer financial products ranging from credit cards to mortgages.
- Candidates make last sweep before Texas primary
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 AP - With the clock ticking in a rough Republican primary, Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison swept through the urban areas of Texas on Monday seeking votes in their gubernatorial showdown.
- AP IMPACT: Drug gangs taking over US public lands
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 AP - Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them.
- SeaWorld workers describe speed of fatal attack
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 AP - A killer whale that dragged a trainer to her death eluded SeaWorld workers who furiously unfurled nets while it swam pool-to-pool during the attack last week, according to witness statements released Monday.
- Drug tests pending in Marie Osmond son's LA death
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 AP - Toxicology tests will determine whether drugs or alcohol played a role in the death of Marie Osmond's 18-year-old son, who police said jumped to his death from a downtown apartment building, a coroner's official said Monday.
- Cops: Man shoots up room, puts clock in microwave
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AP - Authorities said an overnight hotel guest who claimed a divine calling has been jailed after shooting up his room and placing an alarm clock in the microwave. Police say the 53-year-old Dearborn Heights man surrendered about 8:30 a.m. Sunday at the Albion Inn, about 85 miles west of Detroit. He was being held in the Calhoun County Jail pending arraignment and mental evaluation. - APNewsBreak: Many maple bats get banned in minors
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 AP - Many maple bats will be banned in the minor leagues this season, part of Major League Baseball's push to stop shattered shards of wood from flying dangerously through the air.
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- Innovations grow at Greener Gadgets confab
New York conference aimed at sharing ideas for environmentally friendly gadgets proves fertile ground for green innovation. - The worst is behind us: PS3 console errors fixed
Reports are still scattered, but after testing our own PS3, it appears the global 8001050F error that left most non-Slim PS3 consoles essentially unplayable seems to be fixed. - Microsoft warns of zero-day hole for older Windows
One workaround for hole that could be exploited by attackers taking control of Windows running IE is to avoid pressing the F1 key when prompted by a Web site. - Key Intel executive suffers stroke
Sean Maloney, one of the chipmaker's highest-ranking executives, suffers a stroke and will take a leave of absence. - Heartless Web scam leaves brides at the altar
A bridal show scheduled this week in Boston turns out to be a mean-spirited Web scam. The fraudsters may have made off with more than $100,000. - Seesmic updates Blackberry, Windows Twitter apps
A minor update to Seesmic's Twitter app for BlackBerry adds support for multiple accounts, Ping.fm, and a new photo service. - Four men charged in computerized online ticket scam
Group is accused of operating a network of computers that bought up the best seats at events and re-sold them, allegedly making more than $25 million in profits. - Open-source evolution hits overdrive
Open source hasn't been kind to its proprietary forbears, but it's also not doing any favors to its kin, driving the pace of innovation up and some open-source competitors out. - When good game consoles go bad
Sony's PS3 clock bug brings to mind other big annoyances console users run into. And until Sony says what really caused the problem, can we assume it's DRM? - Apple MobileMe exec chosen as Thumbplay CTO
Pablo Calamera is joining the cloud-based music service as its chief technology officer, a newly created position. - ... more feeds
- Scientific News ( 73 feeds / 4 sources ) - Latest news and features on science issues that matter including earth, environment, and space
- Spirit's Journey to the Center of Mars
NASA's venerable Mars rover Spirit is starting a second career as an explorer of the Martian core--but first it must survive the deadly Martian winter. - Cool Movie: SDO Destroys a Sundog
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory amazed onlookers last week when it flew past a sundog and destroyed it. Must-see videos of the event captured shock waves from the rocket billowing through the sundog, eliciting cries of delight and amazement from the crowd below. - 3D Sun for the iPhone
Imagine holding the entire sun in the palm of your hand. Now you can. A new iPhone app developed by NASA-supported programmers delivers a live global view of the sun directly to your cell phone. - Are TGFs Hazardous to Air Travelers?
Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) surge through thunderstorms at about the same altitude where commercial airliners fly. Do these blasts of gamma-radiation pose a hazard to air travelers? - Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), slated for liftoff on Feb. 9th, will make IMAX-quality movies of solar explosions, peer beneath the stellar surface to see the sun's inner dynamo, and--researchers hope--unravel the mysteries of solar variability. - Chile-Earthquake Tsunamis Smaller Than Expectedâ
- Tsunami Hits Hawaii With Three-foot Waves
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- Chile Earthquake Pictures: Quake Spurs Tsunami Threat
- Tsunami Warning for Hawaii After Huge Chile Earthquake
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- Sport News ( 100 feeds / 5 sources ) - The best sports coverage from around the world, covering: Football, Cricket, Golf, Rugby, WWE, Boxing, Tennis and much more
- Knee keeps Deng out of lineup - USA Today
- After Canada's stirring gold, NHL returns to stage - The Associated Press
- Jets to Cut Jones, Latest Unemployed Running Back - New York Times
- Oilers-Predators Preview - SportingNews.com
- Bears waive T Orlando Pace after one season - USA Today
- Medals for Ads During NBC's Winter Olympics Coverage - New York Times
- APNewsBreak: Many maple bats get banned in minors - The Associated Press
- Rodriguez to Meet With Investigators - New York Times
- Mountain West reprimands New Mexico coach Steve Alford after incident with BYU ... - USA Today
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- EU calls on Athens to control debt
Brussels urges Greece to take additional austerity measures, as eurozone political leaders stepped up warnings of regulatory action against financial speculators - Central banks? steps back to normality
The Federal Reserve, the International Monetary Fund and the UK Treasury lay out plans for their respective exits from loose monetary, fiscal and financial policies - Kohn to step down from Fed in June
Vice-chairman and member of the Federal Reserve board was one of the key architects of the US central bank?s response to the financial crisis - Argentina signs new decree to tap reserves
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez scrapped a decree to tap $6.6 bn in foreign reserves to pay debt, replacing it with a new order to tap about $4 billion to pay private creditors - Israel presses China over Iran sanctions
A group of senior Israeli officials met Chinese officials in Beijing in a visit that underlines the complex balancing act China faces over how to deal with Iran - US offers to mediate in Falkland oil dispute
Though Washington says it will remain neutral in the dispute between the UK and Argentina, Hillary Clinton says America stands ready to be of assistance - Rapid global trade recovery continues
Global trade in goods has continued to bounce back rapidly from its huge fall a year ago, with an authoritative index recording the fastest monthly increase in December in its 19-year history - Chile scrambles to send aid to quake victims
The government scrambles to deliver aid to regions devastated by Saturday?s earthquake after 10,000 troops imposed an overnight curfew to halt looting - Obama?s fiscal stimulus will be felt, says Summers
The impact of Barack Obama?s roughly $800bn fiscal stimulus has been underestimated and will increasingly be felt over the coming months, says the head of the White House National Economic Council - China looks to Arctic shipping route
Beijing begins paying attention to the strategic implications of the melting of Arctic ice and could seek a more active role in the region, a research group says - ... more feeds
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- Chile troops tackle quake looters
The Chilean military is attempting to restore order in the country's second city, Concepcion, amid looting after Saturday's devastating earthquake. - How the tsunami affected the Pacific
The Pacific-wide alert for a tsunami in the wake of the Chile quake has been lifted. - Deadly storms hit Europe
France has declared a national disaster after violent storms battered parts of the country leaving death and destruction in their wake. - Karadzic genocide trial resumes
The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has described the Serb cause in the Bosnian war as "just and holy". - Veterans revisit nuclear test site
Veterans of French nuclear tests in Algeria are demanding action to decontaminate the site and compensate victims. - Building a 'Palestinian settlement'
The biggest construction project in modern Palestinian history is under way in the hills of Rawabi, north of Ramallah on the West Bank. - Flame goes out on Vancouver Games
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver come to an end with a lavish closing ceremony at BC Place. (UK users only) - BBC Sport looks back at Vancouver
The BBC Sport team in Vancouver look back at the highs and lows of the last two weeks at the Winter Olympic Games. (UK users only) - Extended highlights - England 16-20 Ireland
Two tries from Ireland wing Tommy Bowe ends England's Grand Slam hopes at Twickenham with a 20-16 win for Ireland. - The latest sport action on iPlayer
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- Chile: Prepared for the Quake, But Not the Tsunami
A significant number of the dead in Chile were victims not of pancaked buildings but of quake-caused waves that punished the country's coast  - Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Homeschoolers
Why this family got political asylum  - Can Workfare Help Resurrect Quake-Ravaged Haiti?
The UNDP's cash-for-work program has its critics but it circumvents a corrupt bureaucracy and gets the poor working to improve their own communities  - Consumer Spending Is Back: Good News or Bad?
Without some kind of government intervention -- more incentives to save, some real financial reform that cuts back aggressive lending practices -- it is unlikely that we will dramatically shift to a nation of savers.  - Military Suicides: Why Are They Going Up?
I hope our effort in Afghanistan succeeds -- but not if it crushes our Army.  - Senator Joe Lieberman Helps Obama but Still Fights Dems
Working with the White House but still at odds with Democrats, Lieberman tries to overcome the past  - Peanut Allergy in Kids: British Study on Early Food Exposure
The conventional treatment for allergies to foods like peanuts, eggs, milk or shellfish has been no treatment. But recent studies suggest a new approach  - Silicon Valley Bets on Clean Tech, New Energy Solutions
big companies are starting to help scale up Silicon Valley initiatives  - Jenny McCarthy and Autism-Vaccine Debate Divides Parents
Parents of autistic children call her an inspiration, but doctors say she's a menace to public health. How a former Playmate and television loudmouth became one of the most feared mothers in America  - 'Shutter Island' Beats 'Cop Out' at Weekend Box Office
At the weekend box office, Martin Scorsese's you-dunit 'Shutter Island' claimed $22.2 million, easily besting the Bruce Willis-Tracy Morgan police-buddy comedy 'Cop Out'  - ... more feeds
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