Obama Accepts Reid’s Apology for Racial Comments (Bloomberg)

Obama Accepts Reid’s Apology for Racial Comments (Bloomberg)
Rice leads Ravens run game to 33-14 win over Pats (AP)
Obama: 'No intention' to send troops to Yemen (AP)
China becomes biggest exporter, edging out Germany (AP)
Michael Steele: Harry Reid Should Resign Over Racial Comments, I Shouldn't
Senators say Iran government may be on the ropes (AP)
UK reporter, US Marine killed in Afghan blast (AP)
Aroldis Chapman to sign with the Reds (Yahoo! Sports)
Pacquiao to face Clottey, not Mayweather
Leno moving out of prime time after Winter Olympics
Wave of political killings hits southern Pakistan (AP)
Egypt tombs suggest pyramids not built by slaves
GOP: Lott-Reid double standard
Jets validate Rex's confidence, beat Bengals 24-14 to move on
Video: J.R. Smith is a little confused (Yahoo! Sports)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:58 AM PST

Bloomberg - Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama accepted Senator Harry Reid's apology for calling him "light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one" in private conversations during the 2008 campaign.

Rice leads Ravens run game to 33-14 win over Pats (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 01:20 PM PST

In a matter of minutes, Tom Brady and his New England Patriots went from being the team of the last decade to looking old, overmatched and, oddly, inept. Fans sat in frozen silence. Barely into their seats, they saw the shocking truth on the scoreboard. Five minutes into the game, New England trailed the Baltimore Ravens 14-0.

Obama: 'No intention' to send troops to Yemen (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:09 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says he has no intention of sending American troops to Yemen or Somalia.

China becomes biggest exporter, edging out Germany (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 11:06 AM PST

Already the biggest auto market and steel maker, China edged past Germany in 2009 to become the top exporter, yet another sign of its rapid rise and the spread of economic power from West to East.

Michael Steele: Harry Reid Should Resign Over Racial Comments, I Shouldn't

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:43 AM PST

Michael Steele called on Sunday for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to step down for racially insensitive comments, even as the RNC Chairman brushed aside talk that he should resign for using an epithet of his own. Appearing on "Fox News Sunday", Steele condemned Reid for calling then-presidential candidate Barack Obama "light-skinned" and "with no Negro dialect" in private conversations during the campaign. The remarks, Steele stressed, were just as contemptuous as those made by former Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), who once praised Strom Thurmond's segregationist president

Senators say Iran government may be on the ropes (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:58 AM PST

AP - Civilian protests in Iran suggest this is the beginning of the end for the government in Tehran, two senators now traveling in the Middle East said Sunday.

UK reporter, US Marine killed in Afghan blast (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:07 AM PST

AP - An explosion outside a village in southern Afghanistan killed a U.S. Marine and a veteran war correspondent who became the first British journalist killed in the conflict, officials said.

Aroldis Chapman to sign with the Reds (Yahoo! Sports)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:13 AM PST

A source close to Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman said the pitcher has agreed to a $30M deal with Cincinnati.

Pacquiao to face Clottey, not Mayweather

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 02:58 PM PST

The Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao super fight won't happen – at least not on March 13.

Leno moving out of prime time after Winter Olympics

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:25 PM PST

NBC said Sunday that it's waiting to hear if Jay Leno and "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien will accept its new late-night TV plans after the network decided to end the Leno prime-time experiment.

Wave of political killings hits southern Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:07 AM PST

AP - Dozens of people have been killed in Pakistan's largest city including four found Sunday — three of them headless — in a wave of targeted attacks among rival political groups that some say is aimed at destabilizing the country's ruling coalition.

Egypt tombs suggest pyramids not built by slaves

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:27 AM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) – New tombs found in Giza support the view that the Great Pyramids were built by free workers and not slaves, as widely believed, Egypt's chief archaeologist said on Sunday.

GOP: Lott-Reid double standard

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 11:06 AM PST

Top Republicans call for Reid to step down.