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| House OKs $410B spending, reverses Bush policies (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 10:07 pm
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|  AP - The Democratic-controlled House pushed through a $410 billion measure Wednesday that boosted domestic programs, bristled with earmarks and chipped away at policies left behind by the Bush administration.
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| Scores survive Turkish airliner crash in Amsterdam (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:41 pm
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|  AP - A Turkish Airlines jetliner plummeted out of the mist and plowed into a muddy field Wednesday near Amsterdam's main airport, but nearly everyone on board — 125 people — survived. The nine dead included both pilots.
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| Nick Mitchell has 'American Idol' judges laughing (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:41 pm
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|  AP - "American Idol" hopeful Nick Mitchell isn't winning over the judges with his singing, but his over-the-top style clearly qualifies as comedy. Mitchell left the judges laughing and nearly speechless Wednesday after he wailed a show-stopper from the musical "Dreamgirls." He came on as the flamboyant alter ego he has christened Norman Gentle.
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| Some US forces will face combat after Iraq pullout (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:39 pm
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|  AP - Some of the U.S. forces likely to remain in Iraq after President Barack Obama fulfills his pledge to withdraw combat troops would still have a combat role fighting suspected terrorists, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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| Obama seeks $634B over 10 years for health care (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:34 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama is asking Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy and cut Medicare costs to provide health care for the uninsured while making the just-enacted $400 tax cut for most workers permanent. In his first budget blueprint, Obama proposes setting aside $634 billion over the next decade to expand government subsidized health coverage — a little more than half the money needed to ensure that every American gets medical care.
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| Obama: Financial sector needs stronger regulations (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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|  AP - After devoting money and time in search of a rescue for the ailing banking sector, President Barack Obama on Wednesday demanded tough new regulations to keep financial institutions in check and avoid future Wall Street meltdowns.
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| Republicans, Democrats criticize Jindal's speech (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:14 pm
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|  AP - Insane. Childish. Disaster. And those were some of the kinder comments from political pundits about Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and his response to President Barack Obama's speech to Congress on Tuesday night. Jindal, 37, a Rhodes scholar and son of Indian immigrants, is considered a rising star in Republican ranks and a likely 2012 presidential candidate.
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| Body rots in hearse, Ala. funeral director charged (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:13 pm
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|  AP - A funeral director accused of leaving a woman's body to decay in a parked hearse after her relatives failed to pay the bill was arrested on a felony charge of abusing a corpse, police said Wednesday.
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| Store to balsamic vinegar thief: 'We will get you' (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:09 pm
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| | AP - A sign hangs amid the bottles of vinegar at Newport Avenue Market. It's simple, to the point: "Thanks to the Balsamic Vinegar Thief this area is now under surveillance. We will get you." The last sentence, it should be noted, is underlined. For about a year, a thief pinched bottle after bottle of balsamic vinegar from the store — and not the low-end stuff. |
| Tiger Woods impressive in return at Match Play (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:09 pm
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|  AP - Eight months later, Tiger Woods looked as though he had never been away. Woods made a triumphant return to golf Wednesday in the Accenture Match Play Championship with a start that showed golf what it had been missing in the 253 days since he limped his way to an epic U.S. Open title.
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| Turkish jet crash kills nine in Amsterdam (AFP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:09 pm
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|  AFP - A Turkish Airways jet crashed into a muddy field as it came in to land at Amsterdam airport killing at least nine people but officials said it was a "miracle" there were not more victims.
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| Obama budget has $634 billion health fund (Reuters)
February 25, 2009 at 8:23 pm
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama's budget outline for the 2010 fiscal year includes a 10-year, $634-billion reserve fund to help pay for his proposed healthcare reforms, a White House official said on Wednesday. |
| Money managers accused of $550 million fraud (Reuters)
February 25, 2009 at 7:41 pm
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| | Reuters - Two money managers who oversaw investments for Carnegie Mellon University and other institutions were arrested on Wednesday on charges of running an estimated $550 million, decade-long swindle, the latest in a wave of big financial fraud cases. |
| 50 feared dead in Bangladesh mutiny: minister (AFP)
February 25, 2009 at 7:22 pm
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|  AFP - Fifty Bangladeshi army officers are feared dead after thousands of border guards staged a mutiny over pay, sparking fierce gun battles and spreading panic through the capital, a minister said Thursday.
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| Obama chooses Locke to run Commerce Department (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 1:54 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama introduced former Washington Gov. Gary Locke as his nominee for Commerce secretary Wednesday, trying a third time to fill a key Cabinet post for a country in recession.
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| Tiger returns to competition with no guarantees (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 1:36 pm
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|  AP - Tiger Woods walked onto the practice range Wednesday to the sound of applause, stone-faced as ever as he prepared to strike his first competitive shot in 253 days at the Accenture Match Play Championship.
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| 9 dead in Turkish plane crash in Amsterdam (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 1:34 pm
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|  AP - A Turkish Airlines plane carrying 135 people slammed into a muddy field while attempting to land at Amsterdam's main airport in misty weather Wednesday. Nine people were killed and more than 50 were injured, many seriously, officials said.
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| Obama taps former governor Locke as commerce chief (Reuters)
February 25, 2009 at 12:47 pm
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated former Washington state Governor Gary Locke to be U.S. commerce secretary, turning to a West Coast politician with a history of working with China after his two previous nominees backed out. |
| January existing home sales fall by 5.3 percent (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 12:46 pm
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|  AP - Sales of existing homes unexpectedly plunged in January to the lowest level in nearly 12 years as pessimism about the economy grew and buyers waited for President Barack Obama's plan to help revive the U.S. housing market.
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| Existing U.S. home sales, prices drop in January (Reuters)
February 25, 2009 at 12:34 pm
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|  Reuters - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes plunged in January, reversing the previous month's surprise jump, and prices spiraled down to a six-year low as the deep recession and rising joblessness took its toll.
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| Polar regions found warming fast, raising sea levels (Reuters)
February 25, 2009 at 12:17 pm
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| | Reuters - The Arctic and Antarctic regions are warming faster than previously thought, raising world sea levels and making drastic global climate change more likely than ever, international scientists said on Wednesday. |
| Obama: Financial sector needs stronger regulations (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass strong financial sector regulation and oversight to prevent future crises and restore "accountability, transparency and trust in our financial markets."
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| Iran says nuclear plant could start in months (AFP)
February 25, 2009 at 11:21 am
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|  AFP - Iran began testing its first nuclear power plant on Wednesday in the face of international concern over its atomic drive and said the long-delayed project could go on line within months.
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| Study: Antarctic glaciers slipping swiftly seaward (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 8:42 am
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|  AP - Antarctic glaciers are melting faster across a much wider area than previously thought, scientists said Wednesday — a development that could lead to an unprecedented rise in sea levels.
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