2011年2月8日星期二

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U.S. plans to inject $53 billion into passenger rail (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:59 PM PST

Amtrak Acela Train at the Amtrak Celebrates National Train Day 2010 - Philadelphia in 2010 in Pennsylvania. The Obama administration on Tuesday called on Congress to back a six-year, 53-billion-dollar investment in high-speed, intercity rail, saying it was 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

A sign advertises an open house for sale in Alexandria, Virginia April 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - 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

Emergency personnel work the scene of a head-on collision between a school bus, right, and an 18-wheeler in Calhoun County, Miss. Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Authorities say about 60 Choctaw County school students have been injured and at least three adults were killed. (AP Photo/Calhoun County Journal, Joel McNeece) MANDATORY CREDITAP - 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

FILE - This March, 2010 file photo provided by her office shows Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. The Arizona congresswoman was shot in the forehead a month ago and is recovering at a rehabilitation hospital in Houston. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)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

FILE -- In a July 21, 2010 file photo former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at the Federal Court building in Chicago. Attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich have filed a pretrial motion Tuesday Feb. 8, 2011 asking a federal judge to order prosecutors to produce evidence they claim is missing. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green/file)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

Pedestrians walk past a pile of garbage and snow mixed together in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. The mountains of snow may finally be melting away from New York City streets after more than a month of waist-high drifts but now there are new problems: pot holes, garbage piles five feet tall and black mounds of filthy, oozing refuse that no one wants to deal with. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)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

In this undated publicity image released by ABC, Diane Sawyer, right, talks to former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in his first television interview since leaving public service in November 2006. The interview, airing on ABC's 'World News with Diane Sawyer' on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, coincides with the release of Rumsfeld's memoir, 'Known and Unknown.' (AP Photo/ABC, Martin H. Simon)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

This undated photo released on Monday Feb. 7, 2011 by the Cathedral High School in El Paso, Texas, shows Juan Carlos Echeverri, 15, a former student at Cathedral High School. Echeverri and another student from from the same school, both U.S. citizens, along with another Mexican teenager were killed by unknown gunmen on Saturday Feb. 5, 2011 outside of a car dealership across the border in the city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo/Cathedral High School)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

FILE- This undated file photo courtesy of Frances Andrijich shows Susan Maushart, second from left, with her children, from left to right, Anni, Sussy and Bill (with cat Hazel) as they play a board game together at the family home in Perth, Australia, before the family moved to the U.S. Maushart's children frequently use acronyms like 'ILY!' and 'LOL.' Acronyms have been around for years. But when exactly did we start speaking in them? (AP Photo/Frances Andrijich, FILE) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT: FRANCES ANDRIJICHAP - "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

FILE - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is seen in this Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 file photo at the NBC News' 'Education Nation' Summit, in New York. Zuckerberg has obtained a temporary restraining order against a California man accused of stalking him, his girlfriend and his sister. A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge on Feb. 1, 2011 ordered 31-year-old Pradeep Manukonda of Milpitas, Calif., to stay away from Zuckerberg and stop contacting him. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)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

In a Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 photo, state Rep. Julia Hurley gathers her papers on the House floor in Nashville, Tenn. The Lenoir City Republican, in the latest edition of Hooters Magazine, attributes her business and political success to her time working at the restaurant chain known for its waitresses' revealing outfits. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)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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