| Elin Nordegren Says No To Tiger Woods Family Portrait Posted: 23 Feb 2010 08:57 AM PST  The night before Tiger's speech, Elin nixed his family photo idea. Tiger Woods wants his life back. In an effort to keep things on the norm before his high-profile public apology last week, it's being reported that Tiger Woods proposed to Elin that they take a family photo together. Sources say an "angry" Elin responded with a no-way, and a fight between Mr. and Mrs. Woods ensued.
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| Toyota recalls won't 'totally' fix sudden surges (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2010 04:19 PM PST  AP - Massive recalls of popular Toyota cars and trucks still may "not totally" solve frightening problems of sudden, unintended acceleration, the company's American sales chief conceded Tuesday, a day before the Japanese president of the world's largest automaker must confront angry U.S. lawmakers.
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| Jayson Williams Sentenced 5 Years for Fatal Shooting Posted: 23 Feb 2010 11:04 AM PST ![]() A judge sentenced ex-New Jersey Nets baller Jayson Williams to five years in prison for shooting and killing his limo driver, Costas "Gus" Christofi, in 2002. Read More: Foul Play: Star Athletes and Their Legal WoesPublic Figures and Public Apologies
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| Charlie Sheen Enters Rehab Posted: 23 Feb 2010 01:33 PM PST  The "Two and a Half Men" star confirms he has checked into a rehabilitation facility.
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| Report: Obama Didn't Make 'Significant Progress' In Curbing Big-Money Influence Posted: 23 Feb 2010 07:43 AM PST  The Obama administration did not make "significant progress" cleaning up Washington in its first year, according to an independent report to be released Tuesday. Global Integrity found the United States to be the second least corrupt country in the study and complimented the White House for its lobbying and ethics initiatives. But the report notes the administration has not taken bold action on what many watchdog groups believe remains the root of the problem: money in politics. Read more: Obama Lobbyists, Obama K Street, Obama Influence, Barack Obama, Lobbyists, Obama Administ
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| Consumer confidence falls sharply (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2010 08:55 AM PST ![]() A monthly poll showed consumers' confidence took a surprisingly sharp fall in February amid rising job worries. The decline ends three straight months of improvement and raises concerns about the economic recovery.
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| Disgruntled skater's bizarre claim Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:51 PM PST ![]() Evgeni Plushenko apparently can't take the fact he won a silver medal in Vancouver.
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| Jobs bill advances with help from Brown Posted: 23 Feb 2010 03:11 AM PST ![]() Bipartisanship broke out in the Senate on Monday, aided by newly minted Sen. Scott Brown, as senators rewarded the hardball tactics of Democratic leaders and avoided a filibuster by voting to move forward with Democrats' $15 billion bill to spur job creation through highway construction and hiring incentives. After months of legislative gridlock, the vote was fraught with tension as both sides waited to see how it would shake out. But five Republicans broke with their party and joined 55 Democrats and two independents to prevent the threatened filibuster — two more than the 60 votes needed. It
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| Canadians Virtue and Moir break through, win ice dancing gold Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:14 PM PST ![]() Since ice dancing debuted in 1976, a Russian, Soviet or Unified team has won every gold medal, until Monday...
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| Dems, GOP: Summit will not break logjam on health (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2010 04:19 PM PST  AP - Here's one point on which Democrats and Republicans agree on health care: President Barack Obama's much-touted televised summit has virtually no chance of breaking the political logjam. That means Democrats will be forced to find a way to pass an overhaul on their own or face a huge political defeat.
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| How long can the U.S. dollar defy gravity? (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2010 08:51 AM PST ![]() The only time the U.S. dollar ever took a serious shellacking in the marketplace, the wounds were almost entirely self-inflicted.
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| Congress Term Limits: No Magic Fix for Washington's Woes Posted: 23 Feb 2010 09:41 AM PST ![]() One of the most common laments one hears from voters - and there are a lot of them these days - is that members of Congress aren't subject to term limits.
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| Reid: GOP Should 'Stop Crying About Reconciliation' Posted: 23 Feb 2010 12:27 PM PST  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) began to make the case on Tuesday for using a majority-vote process to move the final piece of health care reform through the Senate and he slammed the procedure's GOP critics. Known as budget reconciliation, the maneuver requires 51 votes and can't be filibustered. The GOP has been demanding that Democrats take reconciliation off the table in advance of a bipartisan health care summit on Thursday. "I would recommend they go back and look at history. Since 1981, reconciliation has been used 21 times," Reid told reporters after the weekly lunch with
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| One Man, a School Bus and a Plan to Change How America Eats Posted: 23 Feb 2010 02:09 PM PST ![]() Mark Lilly of Farm to Family brings fresh produce to people all over central Virginia, and in the process aims to transform the American food landscape.
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| 12 Ways To Save American Taxpayers $1 Trillion Posted: 23 Feb 2010 12:27 PM PST  As President Obama tries to get his new bipartisan "deficit commission" off the ground, a public interest group is proposing a series of common-sense measures that would save American taxpayers more than a trillion dollars by closing corporate tax loopholes and eliminating wasteful government contracts. The deficit commission's most ardent supporters see it as a way to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits that go to the neediest. The recommendations from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group instead target the most greedy. "A lot of the heart of this is looking at shifting the burden
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