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 USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories 8 Feb 2010 at 5:54pm With more snow on the way, Mid-Atlantic states may have just a day or two to dig out from a historic blizzard before another ...
Cops using YouTube to find criminals 8 Feb 2010 at 8:01pm YouTube has no way of knowing how often police tap into its videos to make arrests, company spokesman Scott Rubin said, but police ...
As attitudes shift, marijuana classes roll 8 Feb 2010 at 7:46pm In California alone, the medical-marijuana business could be worth as much as $2 billion, says Dale Gieringer, state coordinator ...
Trial to begin in killing of Iowa football coach 8 Feb 2010 at 8:04pm An Iowa man charged with the murder of an iconic high school football coach is expected to head to trial today, nearly eight ...
Spinoff lets investors buy a stake in N.Y. Knicks, Rangers 8 Feb 2010 at 6:11pm Investors will get a chance to bet directly on the fortunes of the New York Knicks and Rangers and their home arena, Madison ...
U.S. colleges court Hispanic families using espanol 8 Feb 2010 at 6:15pm For some Hispanic students, navigating the college application process can be a double-whammy: Balancing high school coursework ...
Muslims seek probe of mayor's 'Christian community' remarks 8 Feb 2010 at 4:46pm A Muslim group filed a federal civil rights complaint Friday after a Southern California mayor remarked that he was "growing ...
Officers to retrieve Edwards sex tape 8 Feb 2010 at 12:46pm A judge wants security officers to accompany a former John Edwards aide as he goes to retrieve a sex tape of his former boss.
Conn. power plant blast kills 5 8 Feb 2010 at 2:47pm A section of an under-construction power plant that exploded was too unstable to search Monday, and left questions about whether ...
Monday's forecast: Winter storm for central USA 8 Feb 2010 at 10:02am A strong winter storm is expected to continue tracking east through the central USA on Monday.
 FOXNews.com 8 Feb 2010 at 7:18am ACLU staff attorney Elizabeth Gill say the man's teaching methods violate California laws protecting gays from discrimination and prohibiting religious indoctrination at public schools. Criminal Probe Launched in Deadly Conn. Plant Blast 8 Feb 2010 at 5:48am The powerful explosion blew apart large swaths of the nearly completed 620-megawatt Kleen Energy plant as workers for the construction company O&G Industries Inc. were purging a gas line Sunday mor... Authorities Investigate Possible Airport Security Breach 8 Feb 2010 at 3:50am Authorities were investigating whether a passenger was properly screened at Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus, Mich., on Monday morning, according to local TV station 4 News. Woman Chasing Dog Falls to Death Off California Cliff 8 Feb 2010 at 6:09am The chief of the Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department says witnesses on Sunday saw the woman disappear over the cliff while running after her dog. Courts Weigh Criminal Restitution in Child Porn Cases 8 Feb 2010 at 1:24am A woman who was sexually abused by her uncle as a child is now taking aim at anyone who would view those images and asking for restitution in hundreds of criminal cases around the country. 2 Killed in California Crash of Experimental Plane 8 Feb 2010 at 5:35am The Yak-52 originally was designed in the former Soviet Union as an acrobatic training aircraft. METRO Bus, Train Collide in Houston; Injuries Reported 8 Feb 2010 at 5:31am A METRO bus and train collided in downtown Houston Monday afternoon, MyFoxHouston.com reported. Off-Duty Houston Officer Shot by Suspected Burglar 8 Feb 2010 at 5:24am Houston police spokesman Victor Senties says the officer was in critical but stable condition Monday after surgery for a gunshot wound to the chest. Lawyer: Drew Peterson's 4th Wife Mulled Extorting Him 8 Feb 2010 at 5:10am An attorney testified that the fourth wife of former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson talked about extorting money from her husband just days before she vanished in 2007. Man Shoots Woman in Fla. Parking Lot Near University 8 Feb 2010 at 6:14am Officials say that witnesses told them a man used a gun to shoot a woman in the parking lot and then shot himself in the head.  CNN.com - U.S. 8 Feb 2010 at 7:55pm "Electronic cigarettes" that vaporize nicotine juice to inhale instead of smoke from burning tobacco do not deliver as promised, according to research at Virginia Commonwealth University. Snow-weary region to get hit again 8 Feb 2010 at 6:41pm A second round of snow is heading toward Washington, D.C., and surrounding cities, where residents are still digging out after a record-setting blizzard. Rep. John Murtha dies after intestines hit during surgery 8 Feb 2010 at 8:21pm Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a longtime fixture on the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending, has died following complications from gallbladder surgery, according to his office. H... Toyota recalls may not solve problem, experts say 8 Feb 2010 at 7:43pm In his hectic, noisy laboratory at the University of Maryland, Michael Pecht is wary when it comes to assessing whether Toyota's suggested repair of sticky gas pedals will have any real impact. Doctor charged in Jackson's death 8 Feb 2010 at 8:48pm Criminal charges relating to Michael Jackson's death last summer will be filed Monday, Los Angeles prosecutors said. Elizabeth Smart kidnapper pleads guilty to trying to abduct cousin 8 Feb 2010 at 4:44pm A woman convicted in the 2002 kidnapping of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty in the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin a month later, court officials said Monday. March hearing set in Fort Hood massacre 8 Feb 2010 at 2:29pm A hearing in November's 13 deaths at the Fort Hood, Texas, military base is tentatively scheduled to begin March 1, the Army said Monday. Investigators barred from site of deadly plant explosion 8 Feb 2010 at 5:18pm State and federal investigators were expected to launch an investigation Monday at a Connecticut power plant where an explosion killed at least five people and injured more than two dozen, authorit... Endeavour lifts off on two-week mission 8 Feb 2010 at 6:28pm Mission managers loaded the crew into the space shuttle Endeavour early Monday for a second attempt in as many days at getting into orbit. Budget hearings mix policy with presentation 8 Feb 2010 at 9:30am When President Obama presented his budget for the upcoming fiscal year, he demanded that lawmakers forgo "the same old grandstanding when the cameras are on and the same irresponsible budget polici...  Reuters: U.S. 8 Feb 2010 at 8:11pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal government agencies in the capital region will remain closed for a second day on Tuesday as residents brace for another blizzard while trying to clean up from a weeke... U.S. missionary in Haiti says trusts God to free her 8 Feb 2010 at 6:42pm PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she truste... Toyota sued in California over Prius brakes 8 Feb 2010 at 6:42pm LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp faced its first U.S. class-action lawsuit stemming from complaints of faulty braking of its top-selling Prius hybrid model, which the automaker is to recall. Workers accounted for at Connecticut blast 8 Feb 2010 at 3:35pm BOSTON (Reuters) - All workers at the Connecticut power plant construction site rocked by a massive explosion on Sunday have been accounted for, leaving the death toll at five, the town's mayor sai... Jackson doctor pleads not guilty in singer's death 8 Feb 2010 at 8:23pm LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The doctor hired to care for Michael Jackson was charged on Monday with killing the pop star after a lengthy investigation that found a lethal cocktail of drugs in the singe... For New Orleans, victory is about more than football 8 Feb 2010 at 5:21pm NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - To many residents of this storm-battered city, the New Orleans Saints carried more than a trophy when they came home on Monday after winning the first Super Bowl in their 42... Ex-Boeing engineer gets 15 years in spy case 8 Feb 2010 at 6:52pm LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An ex-Boeing Co engineer, found guilty last year of passing space shuttle secrets to China in America's first conviction under a 1996 espionage law, was sentenced on Monday ... U.S. Asian carp remedies unsatisfactory-governors 8 Feb 2010 at 7:10pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Obama administration is proposing a partial closing of locks to the Great Lakes as part of a $78 million plan to keep invasive Asian carp from moving into the lakes from riv... Study shows why it is so scary to lose money 8 Feb 2010 at 4:38pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why -- the brain's fear center controls the response to a gamble. Record 106.5 million Americans watch Super Bowl 8 Feb 2010 at 3:13pm LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A record 106.5 million Americans watched the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts in Sunday's Super Bowl game, setting a new high for any U.S. television broadcast... AP Top U.S. News At 10 p.m. EST Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty8 Feb 2010 at 9:57pm LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star at a brief hearing that had all the trappings of another sensatio... Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77 8 Feb 2010 at 9:05pm HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the I... Criminal probe is launched in Conn. plant blast 8 Feb 2010 at 9:22pm MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Authorities launched a criminal investigation Monday into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction, saying they couldn't r... Man arrested after Detroit airport security breach 8 Feb 2010 at 6:15pm ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) -- A portion of a terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was evacuated Monday after a man without a boarding pass walked through a passenger screening checkpoint and refus... Seats at a premium on planes, trains out of DC 8 Feb 2010 at 9:29pm WASHINGTON (AP) -- A $20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the "snow rate" of $100 in the nation's capital, and those travelers who could get to the airport or train station still had to h... AP Interview: NY's Paterson lashes back at rumors 8 Feb 2010 at 9:14pm ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. David Paterson on Monday lashed back at what he called a "callous and sleazy" assault on his character in statehouse rumors and media reports that include acc... Buffalo man accused of imprisoning 13-year-old 8 Feb 2010 at 5:33pm BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- A 26-year-old Buffalo man remained jailed Monday on charges of holding a 13-year-old runaway in his house for six months, having sex with her more than 100 times and makin... Lawyer: Wife mulled extorting Ill. murder suspect 8 Feb 2010 at 9:06pm JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- Days before a former suburban Chicago police officer's fourth wife vanished in 2007, she told a divorce attorney that her husband thought she suspected he had killed his pr... Attorney: Brooke Sheen wants case dismissed 8 Feb 2010 at 7:32pm ASPEN, Colo. (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 dom... NYC man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's cat 8 Feb 2010 at 8:02pm NEW YORK (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 author...  MiamiHerald.com: Nation 8 Feb 2010 at 1:00am Planes were grounded, trains stood still and Greyhound buses weren't rolling in the Mid-Atlantic on Sunday, leaving stranded travelers wondering when they'd be able to escape the icy, gray mess cre... NYC mayor wants federal promise to fund 9/11 trial 8 Feb 2010 at 3:41pm New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he is skeptical that the federal government would cover the cost of trying Sept. 11 suspects in Manhattan, a day after President Barack Obama said he had ... Obama adviser slams critics of anti-terror effort 7 Feb 2010 at 11:32am President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Sunday that lawmakers and others are using national security to score political points and defended the handling of the suspect in the att... Obama gov't asks court to dismiss Uighur case 5 Feb 2010 at 7:42pm The Obama administration is suggesting the Supreme Court dismiss a case that tests whether a federal judge can order Guantánamo Bay detainees released in the United States. In rebuke to China, Swiss take 2 from Guantánamo 3 Feb 2010 at 6:57pm The Swiss government rebuffed Chinese protests Wednesday and agreed to give sanctuary to two brothers of the Muslim Uighur minority who had been cleared for release from Guantánamo, but fear... Latvia to resettle detainee 2 Feb 2010 at 10:27am Latvia's government says it will accept one inmate from the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, a citizen of a fellow former member of the Soviet Union. GOP's Graham: No funds for civilian terror trials 1 Feb 2010 at 9:21pm Sen. Lindsey Graham plans to introduce a bipartisan bill Tuesday to block funding for civilian trials of five alleged plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks who are now being held at the U.S. mili... Obama follows State of the Union with YouTube 1 Feb 2010 at 3:02pm President Barack Obama spent about 40 minutes answering video and written questions from YouTube users on topics that included the questions surrounding Guantánamo. Axelrod: No decision yet on terror trial site 31 Jan 2010 at 10:02am A top presidential adviser says the Obama administration hasn't decided where it will try professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four fellow accused terrorists. Obama seeks $200M to help cities host 9/11 trials 30 Jan 2010 at 5:10pm The Obama administration is proposing a $200 million fund to help pay for security costs in cities hosting the trials of accused terrorists such as Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed. RSS feed - channel BNewsUS  Criminal probe is launched in Conn. plant blast 8 Feb 2010 at 9:22pm Authorities launched a criminal investigation Monday into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction, saying they couldn't rule out... Jackson doctor pleads not guilty to manslaughter 8 Feb 2010 at 8:14pm LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's doctor on Monday pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the sudden death of the pop star last year from a lethal cocktail of drugs. NYC man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend's cat 8 Feb 2010 at 8:02pm 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... Attorney: Brooke Sheen wants case dismissed 8 Feb 2010 at 7:32pm 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...  Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty 8 Feb 2010 at 7:30pm The doctor who prosecutors say caused Michael Jackson's death has been released from jail after posting $75,000 in bail, only a few hours after surrendering to authorities on a...  Seats at premium on planes, trains out of DC 8 Feb 2010 at 7:24pm A $20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the "snow rate" of $100 in the nation's capital, and those travelers who could get to the airport or train station still had to haggle or wait...  AP Interview: NY's Paterson lashes back at rumors 8 Feb 2010 at 7:15pm New York Gov. David Paterson on Monday lashed back at what he called a "callous and sleazy" assault on his character in statehouse rumors and media reports that include accusations about... U.S. Asian carp remedies unsatisfactory-governors 8 Feb 2010 at 7:10pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Obama administration is proposing a partial closing of locks to the Great Lakes as part of a $78 million plan to keep invasive Asian carp from moving into the lakes... Toyota sued in California over Prius brakes 8 Feb 2010 at 6:42pm LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp faced its first U.S. class-action lawsuit stemming from complaints of faulty braking of its top-selling Prius hybrid model, which the automaker is...  Saints raise their city's spirits, maybe for good 8 Feb 2010 at 6:20pm 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,... |