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Ten GOP Health Ideas for Obama

Wall Street Journal - Newt Gingrich, John C. Goodman - ‎20 minutes ago‎
'If you have a better idea, show it to me." That was President Barack Obama's challenge two weeks ago to House Republicans regarding health-care reform.

White House Launches 'Let's Move' Campaign to Fight Childhood Obesity

ABC News - Sharyn Alfonsi, Christine Brozyna - ‎33 minutes ago‎
At camp last summer, Andrea "Poqui" Begara, 14, weighed in at 180 pounds. She confessed that she often cried herself to sleep and was worn down from the constant teasing at school.

Gibbs vs. Palin: Talk to the hand, redux

USA Today - ‎1 hour ago‎
In all the excitement over President Obama's appearance at the briefing today, we almost forgot another item of interest: Press secretary Robert Gibbs mocking Sarah Palin for writing crib notes on the palm of her hand.

Obama: New Iran Sanctions Being Developed Quickly

Voice of America - Kent Klein - ‎1 hour ago‎
As Iran accelerated its nuclear program on Tuesday, US President Barack Obama announced that major new sanctions on the Iranian government are being developed.

Pugnacious Loser in Ukraine Remains Curiously Silent

New York Times - Clifford J. Levy - ‎2 hours ago‎
KIEV, Ukraine - Prime Minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko, the apparent loser in Sunday's presidential election, remained uncharacteristically out of sight on Tuesday and provided no strong hints about whether she would concede or try to ...

Nigeria's VP takes over from ailing president

AFP - ‎1 hour ago‎
ABUJA - Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan took office as acting head-of-state on Tuesday after parliament voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to hand over until he is well enough to return.

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Murtha's gallbladder procedure rarely deadly

CNN - Elizabeth Landau, Sabriya Rice - ‎1 hour ago‎
(CNN) -- Taking out a patient's gallbladder is routine. At least 500000 such surgeries are done each year in the United States.
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Embattled Gov. Paterson denies rumors he'll resign; says only way he'd leave ...

New York Daily News - Kenneth Lovett - ‎2 hours ago‎
Gov. Paterson holds a press conference Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2009 to tell voters he has no plans to resign. ALBANY - It's the ballot box or a pine box.

Republicans flex new power, block Obama nominee

Reuters - Thomas Ferraro, Vicki Allen - ‎15 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - US Senate Republicans flexed their new political muscle on Tuesday and blocked President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to help referee labor disputes.

CANADA STOCKS-TSX rises on hopes for Greek aid, commodities

Reuters - Jennifer Kwan, Peter Galloway - ‎1 hour ago‎
TORONTO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rallied on Tuesday as commodity prices got a lift from a weak US dollar and investors sought riskier assets on speculation that a rescue plan was in the works for Greece's debt ...

Toyota in new doubts over fault remedies

BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
A US Congressional committee has cast doubts on Toyota's plans to fix its two acceleration problems. In a memo to lawmakers it said there was growing evidence neither Toyota nor federal safety officials had identified all the faults.

Disney quarterly results beat expectations

Reuters - Sue Zeidler, Carol Bishopric - ‎50 minutes ago‎
LOS ANGELES, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) reported stronger-than-expected earnings and revenue on Tuesday, as strength in its cable operations offset flat sales at its parks and studio division.

Google Hoping 'Buzz' Not Another Social Media Fizzle

Wall Street Journal - Scott Morrison - ‎1 hour ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Google Inc. (GOOG) calls its new social media product "Buzz." If the service goes the way of the search giant's earlier forays into social networks, it may fizzle.

Microsoft Fixes 26 Vulnerabilities In Windows, Office

InformationWeek - Thomas Claburn - ‎1 hour ago‎
Microsoft on Tuesday released 13 security bulletins to address 26 vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software. Five of the vulnerabilities are rated "Critical," seven are rated "Important," and one is rated "Moderate.

RealNetworks, Viacom to spin off Rhapsody

CNET - Greg Sandoval - ‎2 hours ago‎
RealNetworks and Viacom plan to spin off the Rhapsody subscription music service, the companies announced Tuesday. Rhapsody, which has struggled for years to grow its subscriber base, was operated by a joint venture formed by Real and ...

Lil Wayne Shot Nine Music Videos Last Weekend

MTV.com - Shaheem Reid - ‎1 hour ago‎
Preparing for Wayne's (delayed) stint in jail, MC shot footage for songs from Tha Carter IV, Rebirth and Young Money LPs. By Shaheem Reid Video director David Rousseau said he and the Cash Money team might need to check the Guinness Book of World ...

Michael Jackson Was Very Thin, Sickly Before Death, Autopsy Finds

MTV.com - ‎42 minutes ago‎
At the time of his death, Jackson was suffering from multiple ailments and using half a dozen medications. By MTV News staff Following the filing Monday of an involuntary-manslaughter charge against Conrad Murray in connection with the death of Michael ...

Do-It-Yourself Super Ads

New York Times - Stuart Elliott - ‎Feb 8, 2010‎
That seems to be the message in the aftermath of the crowded, frenetic advertising bowl that took place inside Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday.

Police find lack of evidence in girlfriend's claim against Ram Steven Jackson

The Canadian Press - ‎20 minutes ago‎
LAS VEGAS - St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson won't face criminal charges over allegations that he beat a girlfriend who was nine months pregnant with the couple's child at his Las Vegas home last year, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Vancouver Games story lines

Yahoo! Sports - Dan Wetzel - ‎57 minutes ago‎
If you think the start of the Winter Olympics snuck up on you - they light the torch Friday evening - then imagine how the people of Vancouver feel.

For Saints fans who couldn't make game, Big Easy was the place to be

SI.com - ‎5 hours ago‎

US seeks new safeguards for medical imaging tests

Reuters - Susan Heavey, Maureen Bavdek - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US health officials want manufacturers of CT machines and certain other medical imaging devices to incorporate new safeguards to help reduce patient exposure to radiation.

Health Buzz: Autism Risk Rises With Maternal Age

U.S. News & World Report - Megan Johnson - ‎5 hours ago‎
A new study suggests that older women are at greater risk of having a child with autism, HealthDay reports. When compared to women giving birth in their mid to late 20s, moms who had babies at age 40 or older had a 50 percent greater ...

Third-hand smoke a danger to babies, toddlers

msnbc.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Add a new health threat to smoking: In addition to the harm caused by actually smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke, so-called third-hand smoke may also pose a threat, particularly to babies and toddlers.

World War II-era navigation system shut down

CNN Political Ticker - Mike M. Ahlers - ‎Feb 8, 2010‎
Coast Guard Loran Station Attu in Alaska is one of five that will remain open until June. In a series of small ceremonies, the US Coast Guard on Monday shut down Loran-C, a navigation and timing system that has guided mariners ...

The New Math on Campus

New York Times - Alex Williams - ‎Feb 5, 2010‎
Daniel Cope at “country night” at the Deep End, a bar in Chapel Hill, NC, with, from left, Katie Gane, Bekah Justus, Tucker Petty, Annie Cherry, Taylor Walters and Kelly Lynch.

Blame the childish, ignorant American public—not politicians—for our political ...

Slate - Jacob Weisberg - ‎Feb 6, 2010‎
In trying to explain why our political paralysis seems to have gotten so much worse over the past year, analysts have rounded up a plausible collection of reasons including: President ...

For Japan's cellphone novelists, proof of success is in the print

Los Angeles Times - Yuriko Nagano - ‎22 hours ago‎
One teenager who wrote a three-volume novel on her phone has gone on to sell more than 110000 paperback copies, grossing more than $611000 in sales.

Why are liberals so condescending?

Washington Post - Gerard Alexander - ‎Feb 5, 2010‎
Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that their adversaries are idiots.
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