• Space shuttle Endeavour pulls in at space station

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour has arrived at the International Space Station.

     
  • Click for Full Story Snow shuts down federal government, life goes on

    WASHINGTON (AP) — If snow keeps 230,000 government employees home for the better part of a week, will anyone notice?

     
  • Click for Full Story NY governor says he'll step aside only 'in a box'

    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. David Paterson, defying calls from even fellow Democrats to drop out of the race for a full term, said Tuesday that he would leave only if the voters turned him out through the ballot box, or he's carried out "in a box."

     
  • Anthem asked to justify rate hike in California

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — In his push to move stalled health care reform, President Barack Obama is appealing to American pocketbooks by calling one health insurer's major rate hike in California a harbinger of rising premiums.

     
  • Click for Full Story LA-area foothills under mudslide threat

    LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — A new winter storm washed over the wildfire-scarred foothills north of Los Angeles Tuesday, leaving some residents to flee their homes in baggage-laden cars while others used shovels and buckets to try to hold back the muddy deluge.

     
  • Click for Full Story Teen arrested in killing of LA anti-gang counselor

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Ronald "Loony" Barron urged a young graffiti tagger to put away his paint cans, he was doing what he viewed as his mission — steering kids away from crime — but he paid for it with his life.

     
  • Click for Full Story Target pulls Valentine's toys over lead concerns

    OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Target Corp. said Tuesday it was pulling its Valentine's Day "Message Bears" from store shelves after California's attorney general raised concerns that the toys have illegal levels of lead.

     
  • Click for Full Story Kerrigan family disputes autopsy report on father

    BOSTON (AP) — The family of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan insisted Tuesday that they do "not blame anyone" for her father's death and criticized a medical examiner's finding that Daniel Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son.

     
  • Click for Full Story NY Senate votes to expel convicted lawmaker

    ALBANY, N.Y (AP) — The New York Senate voted Tuesday night to expel a senator convicted of a misdemeanor charge of assaulting his girlfriend, a resolution the lawmaker assailed as an injustice to the people who elected him.

     
  • ATF blames Texas church fires on serial arsonist

    TYLER, Texas (AP) — A spate of recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in eastern Texas were intentionally set, likely by the same person or group, federal authorities said Tuesday.

     
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