| Iran to build enrichment sites inside mountains (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 02:07 AM PST  AP - Iran said Monday it plans to build two new uranium enrichment facilities deep inside mountains to protect them from attack, a new challenge to Western powers trying to curb Tehran's nuclear program for fear it is aimed at making weapons.
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| Documents: Toyota boasted saving $100M on recall (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:11 AM PST ![]() Claims by Toyota in internal documents that it saved money by obtaining a limited recall from regulators in 2007 create an even bigger challenge for the automaker's president when he testifies before U.S. lawmakers this week over quality and safety lapses.
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| Shiite family of 8 killed in Iraq, some beheaded Posted: 22 Feb 2010 11:35 AM PST ![]() Eight members of one Shiite family were killed south of Baghdad on Monday in the worst incident of a bloody day across Iraq that ...
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| Obama tops Bush at ducking reporters Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:31 AM PST ![]() President Obama, who pledged to establish the most open and transparent administration in history, on Monday surpasses his predecessor's record for avoiding a full-fledged question-and-answer session with White House reporters in a formal press conference. President George W. Bush's longest stretch between prime-time, nationally televised press conferences was 214 days, from April 4 to Nov. 4, 2004. Mr. Obama tops that record on Monday, going 215 days - stretching back to July 22, according to records kept by CBS Radio's veteran reporter Mark Knoller. The president has seemingly shunned formal
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| Golden couple: figure skater Evan Lysacek and gymnast Nastia Liukin Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:14 AM PST ![]() The Olympics' hottest couple is not one of the figure skating or ice dancing pairs. No, it's newly...
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| Canadian curling fans leave Danish player in tears Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:14 AM PST ![]() A Danish curler was brought to tears after a boisterous Canadian crowd intentionally distracted her during...
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| Archaeologist sees proof for Bible in ancient wall (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 05:12 AM PST  AP - An Israeli archaeologist said Monday that ancient fortifications recently excavated in Jerusalem date back 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon and support the biblical narrative about the era.
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| Scott Brown Breaks With GOP To Support Jobs Bill Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:23 PM PST  WASHINGTON — The Senate's newest member broke ranks Monday with fellow Republicans to support a Democratic jobs bill in an important procedural vote. The vote of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown, along with three other Republicans, gave Democrats two more than the 60 votes they needed to end debate and vote on passage of the bill. Brown called the bill "a small step, but it's still a step...It's not a perfect bill. I would have liked broader and deeper tax cuts, but I was comfortable with that first vote." Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine,) and George Voinovich (R-
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| Energy Boomtowns are Magnets for Sex Offenders Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:07 AM PST ![]() graphic via nbc33tv.com Communities economically dependent on the oil and gas industries are havens for sex offenders, according to a new study published in the journal Conservation Biology. The study used data from nine county attorney's offices to determine how many registered sex offenders moved into communities in and around the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) in Wyoming. Several towns in this area are dependent on the oil and gas industries, while others rely on agriculture and tourism to maintain their economies. Researchers found that over a nine-year period, the number of sex of
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| Marijuana Use by Seniors Goes Up as Boomers Age Posted: 22 Feb 2010 01:10 PM PST  Yahoo: In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.
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| Americans second, fourth in ice dancing entering final night Posted: 21 Feb 2010 09:02 PM PST ![]() Russia's Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin altered their controversial "aboriginal" costumes, but teams from Canada and the USA made the changes that counted Sunday when they surged to the top of the standings in Olympic ice dancing.
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| Over 50 Turkish commanders held over coup plot (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 08:07 AM PST  AP - Once they were untouchable. Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman times. For decades, Turkey's senior officers, self-appointed guardians of the country's secular tradition, called the shots.
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| To some, suicide attack on IRS made pilot a hero (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 06:23 AM PST  AP - Flames were still shooting from the building when the suicide pilot who crashed his plane into the IRS office in Austin was being hailed in some corners as a hero who struck a courageous blow against the tyranny of the U.S. tax code.
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| Alameda judge says he'll issue furlough judgments soon Posted: 22 Feb 2010 12:55 PM PST ![]() The Alameda Superior Court judge who ruled against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in three union-backed furlough lawsuits said this morning that he will issue final decisions in those cases within one week. Judge Frank Roesch made that commitment in his Oakland court room to attorneys representing Schwarzenegger, SEIU Local 1000, the Union of American Physicians and Dentists and California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment. The group convened to debate how to apply the judge's December decisions that some aspects of Schwarzenegger's furlough order viola
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| China taps more Saudi crude than US Posted: 21 Feb 2010 02:17 PM PST ![]() Saudi Arabia's oil exports to the US last year sank below 1m barrels a day for the first time in two decades just as China's purchases climbed above that level, highlighting a shift in the geopolitics of oil from west to east
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