Schwarzenegger endorses John McCain
(AP)
AP - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Sen. John McCain in the Republican presidential race on Thursday, praising him as an "extraordinary leader" who can reach across the political aisle to get things done.
Obama raises $32 million in January
(AP)
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $32 million in the single month of January, a whopping figure that has permitted the campaign to boost staff and extend advertising to states beyond the sweeping Feb. 5 contests, aides said Thursday.
Consumer spending slowed in December
(AP)
AP - Consumers increased their spending at the weakest pace in six months while applications for unemployment benefits soared last week, two more signs the economy is weakening.
Spears taken from her home in ambulance
(AP)
AP - Britney Spears was taken from her home by ambulance early Thursday and escorted to the hospital by more than a dozen police officers in cars, on motorcycles and in helicopters.
Air your security gripes on TSA blog
(AP)
AP - Frustrated by long airport-security lines? Certain those screeners aren't paying attention? Wondering why your grandma always gets frisked? The federal government wants to hear ? or at least read ? your gripes at the "Evolution of Security" blog the Transportation Security Administration introduced Wednesday. And it promises those complaints and suggestions won't vanish into thin air.
Poll: Big expectations for new president
(AP)
AP - Americans have a decidedly dour view of how things are going in the country and an outsized view of what one person ? the president ? can do about it.
Compound cuts cerebral palsy in preemies
(AP)
AP - Doctors can cut the risk of cerebral palsy in half for very premature babies by giving their mothers magnesium sulfate just before they give birth, new research shows.
Celeb news show won't run Ledger video
(AP)
AP - "Entertainment Tonight" says it won't air a video it has acquired that shows the late Heath Ledger at a Hollywood party where drugs were apparently being taken.
Tiger Wood takes lead in Dubai Classic
(AP)
AP - Tiger Woods picked up right where he left off last week ? at the top of the leaderboard.
Senate is set to vote on economy package
(AP)
AP - The Senate is set to begin voting on dueling economic aid proposals, as senators rush to add jobless benefits and tax rebates for high earners, the elderly, and disabled veterans to a House-passed package.
Obama faces Super Tuesday challenge with Hispanics
(Reuters)
Reuters - The perception that Hispanics won't
vote for Barack Obama because he is black is a myth, and Obama
trails Hillary Clinton among Latinos because she has long
courted their vote and he was late to reach out, experts say.
MBIA posts $3.5 billion loss
(Reuters)
Reuters - MBIA Inc, a bond insurer struggling to
keep the top credit ratings necessary to win new business,
posted a record quarterly loss after writing down $3.5 billion
and said it was looking at ways to raise equity to shore up
capital.
Killing of Kenyan MP overshadows mediation efforts
(Reuters)
Reuters - A police officer in Kenya shot
dead an opposition legislator on Thursday, the second killed in
a week, triggering fatal protests and interrupting talks to try
to end more than a month of violence.
Paulson says Senate stimulus plan too complex
(Reuters)
Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
said on Thursday he was concerned that the $157 billion
stimulus package passed by the Senate Finance Committee was too
complex and he prefers the simpler House of Representatives
version.
Jobless claims surge, spending softens
(Reuters)
Reuters - The number of workers filing new
claims for jobless aid surged last week to the highest since
October 2005, and consumer spending softened at the end of last
year, according to reports on Thursday that heightened worries
about a possible recession.
Top Qaeda Afghanistan operative Libi killed: Web
(Reuters)
Reuters - A leading al Qaeda member in Afghanistan,
Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed, a Web site often used by
the group and other Islamists said on Thursday.
Tempers flare amid China holiday rail havoc
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tens of thousands of Chinese
massed impatiently near a railway station in Guangzhou on
Thursday, desperate to get on trains home for a major holiday
after days of delay caused by snow.
U.S. and EU bolster dubious democracies: rights group
(Reuters)
Reuters - The United States and European
Union are undermining human rights worldwide by letting states
with dubious elections like Pakistan and Kenya pose as real
democracies, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
Kenya crisis talks suspended after opposition MP shot dead
(AFP)
AFP - Kofi Annan suspended Thursday crisis talks aimed at ending Kenya's political crisis after an opposition lawmaker was shot dead by a policeman, triggering further clashes which killed at least two.
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