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• U.S. plans to inject $53 billion into passenger rail (Reuters)
• New military strategy looks beyond Afghan war (Reuters)
• Blast rocks Enterprise natgas plant in Texas (Reuters)
• Is John Ensign a Political Zombie And He Just Doesn't Know It? (Time.com)
• Sarah Palin's Trademark Application Rejected For Missing Signature (Time.com)
• U.S. to raise cost of govt backed mortgages: sources (Reuters)
• Police: 3 die in truck collision with school buses (AP)
• AP NewsBreak: DOJ denies border shootout claim (AP)
• Doctor: Goal for Giffords to see husband's launch (AP)
• Blagojevich claims call 'missing' from evidence (AP)
• As Eastern snow melts, it's leaving an ugly mess (AP)
• Rumsfeld reveals prewar Iraq strike plan (AP)
• SC woman accused of leaving newborn in toilet (AP)
• US teens killed in shootout at Juarez car dealer (AP)
• Quadriplegic man sues Disney over 'Small World' (AP)
• OMG, when did we start talking like txt msgs? (AP)
• Pregnant Colo. Woman mistakenly gets abortion drug (AP)
• Court tells man to stay away from Facebook founder (AP)
• Salvation Army sells wedding ring left by couple (AP)
• Tenn. GOP lawmaker credits Hooters for success (AP)

U.S. plans to inject $53 billion into passenger rail (Reuters) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:59 PM PST Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced an ambitious $53 billion U.S. program to build new high-speed rail networks and make existing ones faster over the next six years.

New military strategy looks beyond Afghan war (Reuters) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:25 PM PST Reuters - The military on Tuesday issued its first new statement of strategy in seven years, moving beyond a focus on the war in Afghanistan to address the rise of China and other strategic challenges.

Blast rocks Enterprise natgas plant in Texas (Reuters) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:16 PM PST Reuters - One worker was unaccounted for after explosions rocked a natural gas liquids storage complex on Tuesday in Mont Belvieu, Texas, according to the plant's owner, which also said the main facilities were not damaged.

Is John Ensign a Political Zombie And He Just Doesn't Know It? (Time.com) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST Time.com - Ensign enters the campaign the most imperiled incumbent in the Senate -- an irony given that Senate Majority Leader and fellow Nevadan Harry Reid enjoyed that uncomfortable hot seat the last time around.

Sarah Palin's Trademark Application Rejected For Missing Signature (Time.com) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:25 PM PST Time.com - Unfortunately, Palin's applications were immediately rejected by the Patent and Trademark Office because they lacked official signatures.

U.S. to raise cost of govt backed mortgages: sources (Reuters) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:58 PM PST Reuters - The Obama administration will propose raising the cost of loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration as part of a plan to reduce government support of the mortgage market to below 50 percent, said sources familiar with the plan.

Police: 3 die in truck collision with school buses (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:27 PM PST AP - At least a dozen high school students were taken to hospitals and three adults were killed when a tractor-trailer sideswiped a school bus and collided head-on with a second school bus Tuesday on a highway bridge in northern Mississippi, authorities said.

AP NewsBreak: DOJ denies border shootout claim (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:58 PM PST AP - The U.S. Justice Department denied a claim made to lawmakers that two guns sold in purchases sanctioned by federal firearms agents were later used in a shootout that left a Border Patrol agent dead near the Arizona-Mexico border.

Doctor: Goal for Giffords to see husband's launch (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:31 PM PST AP - The doctor for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Tuesday he hopes the wounded congresswoman can make enough progress to attend her husband's space launch in two months, describing it as a goal to work toward as many in Arizona paused to mark one month since she was shot at a political event.

Blagojevich claims call 'missing' from evidence (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:09 PM PST AP - Rod Blagojevich's name resurfaced in the Chicago mayoral race Tuesday when his attorneys named leading candidate and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in a motion claiming key evidence is missing in the impeached Illinois governor's upcoming retrial on corruption charges.

As Eastern snow melts, it's leaving an ugly mess (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:00 PM PST AP - The mountains of snow that have covered the Northeastern landscape for the past month and a half are finally melting, revealing oozing lumps of garbage, gaping potholes, bicycles, rat-infested sofas, discarded Christmas trees — even bodies.

Rumsfeld reveals prewar Iraq strike plan (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 05:58 PM PST AP - Former Pentagon chief Donald H. Rumsfeld reveals in his new book that he urged a U.S. military strike on a suspected chemical weapons site in northern Iraq in 2003, and that he wanted the attack timed to coincide with Colin Powell's address to the U.N. Security Council making the case for war.

SC woman accused of leaving newborn in toilet (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:02 PM PST AP - A young, married mother faces charges Tuesday of giving birth in a toilet at a South Carolina sports and concert arena and leaving the choking newborn boy to die.

US teens killed in shootout at Juarez car dealer (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:15 PM PST AP - Three teens, at least two of them American, died in a hail of weekend gunfire apparently meant for someone else while browsing used cars in Ciudad Juarez, a relative of one of the teens said Tuesday.

Quadriplegic man sues Disney over 'Small World' (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:44 PM PST AP - A quadriplegic man is suing Disneyland in federal court, alleging the theme park left him on the "It's A Small World" ride for 40 minutes after it had stalled while staff evacuated other passengers.

OMG, when did we start talking like txt msgs? (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:41 PM PST AP - "ILY!" Susan Maushart's 16-year-old daughter often calls out over her shoulder as she leaves the house. Sure, actual words would be better. But Mom knows not to complain.

Pregnant Colo. Woman mistakenly gets abortion drug (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:32 PM PST AP - A Colorado woman who is six weeks pregnant says a pharmacist at a grocery store mistakenly gave her an abortion drug instead of an antibiotic and now she fears the error will cause her to miscarry.

Court tells man to stay away from Facebook founder (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 02:11 PM PST AP - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has obtained a temporary restraining order against a California man accused of stalking him, his girlfriend and his sister.

Salvation Army sells wedding ring left by couple (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 05:54 PM PST AP - A couple's unusual move to donate the bride's wedding ring — believed to be worth several thousand dollars — during the Salvation Army's annual kettle drive will help food banks and other programs after it is auctioned off.

Tenn. GOP lawmaker credits Hooters for success (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:54 PM PST AP - A freshman Tennessee legislator credits her success in politics and business to the time she spent working at a restaurant chain known for buxom waitresses in tank tops and short shorts.

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