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| UAW and Ford reach deal over retiree health care (Reuters)
February 23, 2009 at 10:27 am
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| | Reuters - Ford Motor Co has reached a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers union on changes to retiree health care, becoming the first Detroit automaker to secure union concessions on the key issue. |
| Regulators pledge to shore up financial system (AP)
February 23, 2009 at 10:22 am
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| | AP - Federal regulators said Monday they will launch a revamped program to shore up the nation's troubled banks that includes the option of increasing government ownership in financial institutions. |
| U.S. may boost stake in Citigroup: source (Reuters)
February 23, 2009 at 10:16 am
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|  Reuters - Citigroup Inc is in talks to give the U.S. government a larger stake, a person familiar with the matter said, providing Washington with a far greater say in the affairs of the ailing banking giant.
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| Wis. Msgr. Dolan welcomed as next NY archbishop (AP)
February 23, 2009 at 10:08 am
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|  AP - Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, a defender of Roman Catholic orthodoxy who led an elite seminary for U.S. priests and became known for his energy, wit and warmth, was named archbishop of New York on Monday.
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| Obama to convene fiscal summit at White House (AP)
February 23, 2009 at 10:06 am
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|  AP - President Barack Obama is bringing together dozens of advisers and adversaries to discuss how to curb a burgeoning federal deficit laden with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid obligations.
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| Israeli leader fires lead negotiator on Gaza truce (AP)
February 23, 2009 at 9:50 am
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|  AP - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert fired his lead Gaza negotiator for publicly criticizing the Israeli leader's handling of the truce talks, a move that threatens to set back the already troubled contacts.
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| Guantanamo detainee back in Britain (AFP)
February 23, 2009 at 9:22 am
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|  AFP - Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian-born former British resident, returned to Britain after being released from Guantanamo Bay on Monday, alleging he had been "tortured in medieval ways".
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| Pope names Dolan archbishop of New York (Reuters)
February 23, 2009 at 7:45 am
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| | Reuters - Pope Benedict named the 59-year-old archbishop of Milwaukee as the next archbishop of New York, the highest profile post in the U.S. Catholic Church, the Vatican said on Monday. |
| Israel replaces envoy to Egypt talks, Hamas irate (Reuters)
February 23, 2009 at 7:32 am
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| | Reuters - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will replace Israel's lead envoy to Egyptian-brokered truce talks with Hamas after he publicly criticized the government's negotiating strategy, officials said on Monday. |
| US Airways won't charge for sodas after all (AP)
February 23, 2009 at 7:23 am
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|  AP - In the ultra-competitive airline industry, it's tough being out there alone as the only large network carrier to charge some passengers for soda, juice and coffee, especially in the middle of a deep economic recession that is sharply reducing demand for air travel.
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| Forecasters: Economy worse in '09, better in '10 (AP)
February 23, 2009 at 7:19 am
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|  AP - Brace yourself: The recession is projected to worsen this year. The country stands to lose a sizable chunk of economic activity in 2009 as consumers at home and abroad retrench in the face of persistent economic troubles. And the U.S. unemployment rate — now at 7.6 percent, the highest in more than 16 years — is expected hit a peak of 9 percent this year.
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| Bryant, Lakers outlast spirited Wolves 111-108 (AP)
February 23, 2009 at 7:15 am
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|  AP - Kobe Bryant scored 28 points to move past Elgin Baylor into 20th place on the NBA's career scoring list and the Los Angeles Lakers outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 111-108 victory Sunday night.
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| Treasury considers GM and Chrysler funding options (Reuters)
February 23, 2009 at 2:56 am
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| | Reuters - Outside advisers to the Treasury are lining up contingency financing options for General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC as part of a review of restructuring options for the auto makers, a Treasury official said on Monday. |
| Obama seeks new momentum in pivotal week (Reuters)
February 23, 2009 at 1:08 am
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| | Reuters - Just a month into his presidency, Barack Obama has had to deal with everything from Cabinet missteps that have strained his "no-drama Obama" image to an economic crisis that seems to worsen by the day. |
| SEC missed numerous red flags surrounding Stanford (AP)
February 22, 2009 at 7:41 pm
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|  AP - For years, there were red flags — so many they could have massed into a crimson blanket. As with the Bernard Madoff case, the scandal surrounding billionaire R. Allen Stanford now seems clear and obvious in hindsight.
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| 'Slumdog' evening? Oscar fave enters home stretch (AP)
February 22, 2009 at 7:18 pm
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|  AP - The young stars of "Slumdog Millionaire" were greeted with cheers and blew kisses in return as they walked the red carpet into Sunday's Academy Awards, where the rags-to-riches story was a surefire favorite.
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| Official: Investigator to lead stimulus oversight (AP)
February 22, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama plans to announce Monday a former Secret Service agent who helped expose lobbyists' corruption at the Interior Department as his pick to oversee the $787 billion economic stimulus plan.
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| Warden: Jail can't accommodate slaying suspect, 11 (AP)
February 22, 2009 at 6:04 pm
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|  AP - A jail warden said Sunday he will ask a judge to move an 11-year-old boy accused of killing his father's pregnant girlfriend from an adult lockup to a juvenile detention center because the jail cannot accommodate the boy.
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| Rondo, Allen lead Celtics past Suns 128-108 (AP)
February 22, 2009 at 5:58 pm
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|  AP - Rajon Rondo scored a career-high 32 points to go with 10 assists on his 23rd birthday and the Boston Celtics didn't need Kevin Garnett to beat the Phoenix Suns 128-108 on Sunday.
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| AP IMPACT: Army charity hoards millions (AP)
February 22, 2009 at 5:35 pm
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|  AP - As soldiers stream home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investigation shows.
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| Unrest in Caribbean has roots in slavery past (AP)
February 22, 2009 at 4:30 pm
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|  AP - Protests that have nearly shut down the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique are not just about demands for lower prices and higher wages: For demonstrators they are no less than a battle against the vestiges of slavery.
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| Republican governors split over Obama stimulus (Reuters)
February 22, 2009 at 1:07 pm
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|  Reuters - U.S. Republicans governors were split on Sunday over whether to accept all of the money their states stand to receive from a $787 billion economic stimulus plan which President Barack Obama signed last week.
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| Feds question Burris in Blagojevich case: paper (Reuters)
February 22, 2009 at 11:48 am
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|  Reuters - Federal authorities have interviewed U.S. Senator Roland Burris in a probe into whether former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tried to sell the Senate seat Burris now occupies, the Chicago Tribune, reported on Sunday.
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| Official: Obama plans to slash deficit in half (AP)
February 22, 2009 at 3:20 am
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| | AP - Having committed hundreds of billions of taxpayers' dollars to revive the economy, President Barack Obama has another plan: to cut the federal deficit in half by the end of his first term. |
| "The Wrestler" wins big at Spirit Awards (Reuters)
February 22, 2009 at 2:09 am
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|  Reuters - "The Wrestler" pummeled its opponents at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, winning three awards, including best feature at the independent film world's equivalent of the Oscars.
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| Clinton ends China visit with church, Web chat (Reuters)
February 22, 2009 at 1:42 am
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|  Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended her visit to China on Sunday by attending services at a state-sanctioned church, having a conversation with women's rights activists and doing a brief Web chat.
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| Oscar is in the house: Trophies come to the Kodak (AP)
February 22, 2009 at 12:53 am
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|  AP - A group of security workers stand at attention as two black SUVs, each driven by armed guards, pull up to the artists' entrance to the Kodak Theatre. Inside are the Academy Awards' most famous guests.
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| Source: Feds interviewed Burris about Blagojevich (AP)
February 22, 2009 at 12:52 am
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|  AP - Federal authorities interviewed U.S. Sen. Roland Burris on Saturday as they continued their corruption investigation of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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| Arrest warrant prepared in Chandra Levy case (AP)
February 22, 2009 at 12:48 am
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|  AP - Investigators in the 2001 slaying of Chandra Levy have prepared an arrest warrant for a Salvadoran immigrant convicted of similar attacks in the park where the former intern disappeared, a person close to the investigation said Saturday.
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| Stanford surrenders passport, Antigua units seized (Reuters)
February 22, 2009 at 12:43 am
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|  Reuters - Regulators seized Texas billionaire Allen Stanford's banks and companies in Antigua and Barbuda, the Caribbean state at the center of fraud charges against him, as the financier surrendered his passport to U.S. authorities.
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