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2/1/2010 7:58:45 AM

AP - President Barack Obama unveiled a multitrillion-dollar spending plan Monday, pledging an intensified effort to combat high unemployment and asking Congress to quickly approve new job-creation efforts that would boost the deficit to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion.

2/1/2010 8:07:05 AM

AP - Hopes that America's factories will help drive the economic recovery drew support Monday from news that manufacturing activity grew for a sixth straight month in January, to its strongest point since 2004.

2/1/2010 8:11:10 AM

AP - The U.S. military has resumed urgent medical evacuation flights for Haitian quake victims, an official announced Monday, and life for survivors took a step toward normalcy as many schools reopened for the first time since an earthquake devastated the nation.

2/1/2010 3:45:01 AM

AP - Toyota Motor Corp. is telling dealers that they should get parts to fix sticky gas pedals later this week. But the 4.2 million customers affected by a large recall may have to wait a while for repairs.

2/1/2010 7:55:35 AM

AP - A female suicide bomber mingling among Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad detonated an explosives belt Monday, killing at least 54 people, officials said.

2/1/2010 7:48:40 AM

AP - The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied reports that their leader died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone strike in mid-January, saying they would try to provide proof he is alive in the next few days

2/1/2010 7:51:18 AM

AP - A traffic reporter in a small plane put himself in the thick of a rush-hour tie-up when his aircraft had to make an emergency landing Monday on the New Jersey Turnpike.

2/1/2010 7:06:05 AM

AP - Exxon Mobil Corp. said Monday its annual income of $19.3 billion was the smallest in seven years as higher oil prices squeezed profit margins in its refining business.

2/1/2010 7:44:20 AM

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday projected the budget deficit would peak at a fresh record in 2010 before easing as he pushes for fiscal responsibility while battling double-digit unemployment.

2/1/2010 7:34:31 AM

Reuters - A suicide bomber blew herself up on Monday among Shi'ite pilgrims on the outskirts of Iraq's capital, killing at least 41 people, security officials said, the latest attack in a violent run-up to next month's election.

2/1/2010 5:45:09 AM

Reuters - Britain introduced body scanners at Heathrow airport Monday, a measure rushed in after a failed attempt by a Muslim extremist with explosives strapped to his leg to bomb a U.S.-bound passenger plane from Amsterdam.

2/1/2010 7:41:15 AM

Reuters - An Italian judge said on Monday that Italy's secret services knew about the CIA's kidnapping of a terrorism suspect in Milan seven years ago, despite Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's denial of any Italian involvement.

2/1/2010 7:39:45 AM

AFP - Israel's military has reprimanded two senior officers for the firing of shells, which contained white phosphorous, in a populated area near a UN compound during the Gaza war, the army said on Monday.

2/1/2010 7:56:55 AM

AFP - A female suicide bomber blew herself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims on their way by foot to a shrine city in central Iraq on Monday, killing 41 people including women and children.

2/1/2010 8:16:00 AM

Hopes that America's factories will help drive the economic recovery drew support Monday from news that manufacturing activity grew for a sixth straight month in January, to its strongest point since 2004. Other reports offered a reminder that the recovery lacks strength.

2/1/2010 8:00:00 AM

The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied reports that their leader died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone strike in mid-January, saying they would try to provide proof he is alive in the next few days.

2/1/2010 6:00:00 AM

A single-engine plane reporting on traffic made an emergency landing on the New Jersey Turnpike on Monday, inadvertently becoming the cause of a morning rush-hour jam. No injuries were reported.

2/1/2010 2:27:00 AM

The president's plan will boost spending in the fight against high unemployment, boost taxes on the wealthy and freeze spending for a number of government programs. The deficit for this year would surge to a record-breaking $1.6 trillion, according to a congressional official.

2/1/2010 8:21:16 AM

President Obama announces a budget plan which, despite cuts, sees the US deficit rising to a record $1.56tn this year.

2/1/2010 4:51:01 AM

Israel reveals it has reprimanded two officers over an artillery attack in Gaza in which white phosphorus was used.

2/1/2010 5:38:06 AM

The Burmese army frees a child it had forcibly recruited, after an appeal by his mother for his release on the BBC and Radio Free Asia.

2/1/2010 7:33:17 AM

A South African MP says polygamous President Zuma should seek sex therapy after fathering a child out of wedlock.

1/31/2010 10:59:15 PM

Time is running out to sign players with the transfer window slamming shut at 1700 GMT for English clubs.

2/1/2010 5:09:36 AM

US seeks to reassure Gulf allies with missile 'shield'

2/1/2010 5:08:56 AM

Anxiety in Jaffna after Sri Lanka leader re-elected

2/1/2010 7:49:09 AM

President Obama is set to abandon the US space agency's "Moon rockets" according to reports.

1/31/2010 9:03:55 PM

Pop star Beyonce wins six prestigious Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, closely followed by country singer Taylor Swift.

2/1/2010 6:29:03 AM

A man has been arrested on suspicion of killing nine people after he allegedly stabbed his boss, stole a bus then crashed it.

2/1/2010 5:23:13 AM

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon begins a fresh round of talks aimed at reuniting Cyprus, saying a solution is within reach.

2/1/2010 6:24:27 AM

Georgia accuses Russia of forcing a French satellite operator to drop its new news channel - a claim denied by the French.

1/31/2010 6:53:51 AM

Yemen rejects a truce offer by northern rebels, insisting they must agree to halt attacks on Saudi Arabia, officials say.

2/1/2010 7:51:04 AM

England's university budgets are being cut by Â£449m next year - raising fears that thousands will miss out on places.

2/1/2010 7:57:44 AM

Pope Benedict XVI confirms his plan to visit Britain later this year, what will be the first papal visit since 1982.

2/1/2010 6:57:18 AM

Police refer part of their inquiry into the death of two children found in the boot of a car to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

2/1/2010 7:02:18 AM

Snowy weather is forecast to return to the northern Plains on Monday, while the West Coast could get hit with another Pacific ...

2/1/2010 6:37:17 AM

A former aide to two-time presidential candidate John Edwards said he's received and rejected offers of "gigantic amounts of ...

2/1/2010 7:30:22 AM

A female suicide bomber walking among Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad detonated an explosives belt onbelt on Monday, killing at least 46 ...

2/1/2010 8:01:59 AM

President Obama sent Congress on Monday a record $3.8 trillion budget for 2011 that would boost war spending, trim domestic spending ...

2/1/2010 6:33:17 AM

American church members say they were saving orphans. Haitian officials allege an adoption scheme.

2/1/2010 5:10:52 AM

As the Obama administration considers looking for other locations outside Manhattan to try accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh ...

2/1/2010 2:12:00 AM

iption>Haitians waiting in lines under a new U.N. voucher system for food both praised and criticized the method, which is supposed ...

2/1/2010 7:19:48 AM

Flights transporting critically injured Haitians to the United States are set to resume Monday morning, according to a spokeswoman for a University of Miami team of volunteers in Port-au-Prince.

2/1/2010 6:30:11 AM

Ten Americans face child trafficking charges after they tried to bus 33 children across the Haitian-Dominican Republic border without proper paperwork, authorities said.

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2/1/2010 5:12:30 AM

At least 20 people were killed and 38 others wounded Monday in a suicide bombing that targeted Shiite pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.

2/1/2010 4:12:20 AM

A U.S. missile defense test failed Sunday when a long-range missile missed its target because of radar problems.

2/1/2010 5:49:47 AM

Sen. Bill Nelson President Obama on Monday unveils his annual budget for fiscal year 2011. Obama reportedly wants to abandon the Constellation program that President Bush launched in 2004, according to The Dallas (Texas) Morning News. The newspaper reports that such a move would effectively end human spaceflight efforts and make it impossible to return to the moon in the next 10 years, although it would extend the mission of the international space station to 2020. There are also reportedly incentives for private companies to provide rides for astronauts.

1/31/2010 9:02:41 PM

The Pentagon will no longer shape the U.S. military to fight two major conventional wars at once, according to a draft of a strategic outlook to be announced Monday.

2/1/2010 8:00:36 AM

Arson is suspected in a fire that broke out in a Brooklyn neighborhood early Saturday, killing five people, authorities said.

2/1/2010 12:09:25 AM

Much of Oklahoma remained under a freezing fog advisory until noon Monday as the death toll from a powerful, multistate storm climbed to seven.

2/1/2010 6:34:17 AM

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