Feb 082010

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Rep. John Murtha dies after suffering complications from gallbladder surgery

Murtha voted in 2002 to authorize President George W. Bush to use military force in Iraq, but Murtha’s growing frustration over the administration’s handling of the war prompted him in November 2005 to call for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops. "The war in Iraq is not going as advertised. It …

New York Daily News · February 08, 2010, 12:47 PM (PST)

Michael Jackson’s Doctor, Conrad Murray, Charged in Singer’s Death

Los Angeles prosecutors today charged Michael Jackson’s physician Dr. Conrad Murray with involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer’s death. Authorities step up investigation by raiding Dr. Conrad Murray’s office. After an eight-month-long investigation, prosecutors charged the Houston-based …

ABC News · February 08, 2010, 12:19 PM (PST)

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ClickOnDetroit.com

For one night at the Super Bowl, Brees, not Manning, is the best of his generation

The game. The season. The bond. Between city and team. Who dat? The Super Bowl champions. Backed by a transcendent civic pride, borne out of the disaster of Hurricane Katrina, they outplayed the favored Colts and intercepted the most accomplished quarterback in the game in the final minutes to waltz …

Washington Post · February 08, 2010, 11:07 AM (PST)

Super Bowl beats MAS*H record for viewers

NEW YORK – The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of ??ÃM*A*S*H??Ä to become the most-watched program in television history. The Nielsen Co. estimated today that 106.5 million people watched the New Orleans Saints upset the Indianapolis Colts. That …

Detroit Free Press · February 08, 2010, 1:02 PM (PST)

???Unanswered questions’ in deadly Conn. blast

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Mayor Sebastian Giuliano said Monday officials have accounted for everyone assigned to work at an under-construction power plant that exploded. Still, a destroyed section of the plant was too unstable to search, officials said. Sunday morning’s blast at the Kleen Energy Systems …

MSNBC · February 08, 2010, 11:50 AM (PST)

Reports: Toyota to Recall 300,000 Priuses

Toyota is already trying to solve a gas pedal problem in millions of cars, but soon the Japanese automaker will address a new issue, bad brakes on thousands of Prius hybrids. Manuel Gallegus reports. Akio Toyoda, the chief of troubled automaker Toyota, offered an apology to customers as the number …

CBS News · February 08, 2010, 11:22 AM (PST)

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Idaho Statesman

Boeing’s Delayed 747-8 Takes Off on First Test Flight (Correct)

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Boeing Co.’s 747-8, the biggest jumbo jet it’s ever built, flew for the first time today, joining the composite-plastic 787 Dreamliner in delayed flight-test programs the company aims to complete this year. The 747-8’s first takeoff comes just a day short of the 41st …

BusinessWeek · February 08, 2010, 12:47 PM (PST)

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WXYZ

Top Canadian defense official charged with murder

TORONTO – The commander of a major military base in Canada has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women and in the sexual assaults of two other women. Ontario Provincial Police Det. Insp. Chris Nicholas said Monday that Col. Russell Williams, 46, was arrested Sunday in Ottawa …

The Ledger · February 08, 2010, 12:40 PM (PST)

GOP cool to Obama call for two-party health talks

Obama says he’s not giving up on health reform Where is "tea party" heading? Leaves are unclear Obama: ‘Take our time’ on finalizing health care Value draws Americans to assisted living in Mexico WASHINGTON – Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama’s invitation to …

WFAA · February 08, 2010, 11:43 AM (PST)

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Seattle Post Intelligencer

NASA fuels space shuttle 2nd time, weather iffy

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Despite more clouds on the horizon, NASA fueled Endeavour for the second straight night Sunday in hopes of sending the shuttle on the last big space station construction mission. The launch team began pumping millions of gallons of fuel into Endeavour just as the Super Bowl …

Ogden Standard-Examiner · February 08, 2010, 11:57 AM (PST)

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