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Ricki Ghani, left, and Eric Brannon clear snow from sidewalks around Festival AP

Round 2: Snow slams Mid-Atlantic, points north

AP – 44 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Plows that have been rolling around the clock for days in the nation's capital, Philadelphia and Baltimore won't be heading for the garage any time soon as a second major storm in a week moved into the snowbound region Wednesday. Full Story »

  • Iran says nuclear fuel deal "still on the table"

    Reuters – 2 hrs 15 mins ago  

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran believes a nuclear fuel exchange with the West is still possible, state television said on Wednesday, a day after the Islamic Republic's expansion of uranium enrichment drew a U.S. warning of more sanctions soon. Full Story »

  • Inside Toyota's epic breakdown

    Reuters – Tue Feb 9, 4:28 pm ET  

    TOYOTA CITY, Japan/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on taxpayer-funded life support. Full Story »

  • Google Gmail tweak challenges Facebook, Twitter

    Reuters – Tue Feb 9, 9:05 pm ET  
    A model demonstrates a Nexus One smartphone, the first mobile... Reuters

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc is tapping its huge network of Gmail users and Web surfers to create a Buzz that it hopes will help it catch up with online social networking leaders Facebook and Twitter. Full Story »

  • Ukraine's Tymoshenko girds to contest election result

    Reuters – Tue Feb 9, 2:26 pm ET  

    KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko launched action on Tuesday to call rival Viktor Yanukovich's election into question, ignoring international endorsement of the poll and threatening a lengthy legal battle. Full Story »

  • Taiwan drops request for U.S. military subs: source

    Reuters – Tue Feb 9, 4:25 pm ET  

    TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what could be a new rift in tense Sino-U.S. ties. Full Story »

  • Afghan avalanche toll hits 160: official

    AFP – 26 mins ago  
    Afghan travellers enter the Salang Tunnel, some 160km north of... AFP/File

    KABUL (AFP) - A total of 160 bodies have been recovered from an area hit by avalanches in a treacherous mountain pass in northern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said Wednesday. Full Story »

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NY governor says he'll step aside only 'in a box'

AP – Tue Feb 9, 11:12 pm ET

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." Full Story »

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At least 157 people have been killed in a series of avalanches that blocked a mountain pass north of Kabul, trapping hundreds more in their snowbound vehicles, Afghan officials said Wednesday. Full Story »

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Discovery Channel: 'Deadliest Catch' captain dies

AP – Wed Feb 10, 1:50 am ET

Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the television show "Deadliest Catch", has died, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night. He was 53. Full Story »