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Obama’s remarks on signing the stimulus plan
President Obama signed the $787 economic stimulus bill Tuesday in Denver, Colorado.
Venezuelans to vote on term limits for elected officials
Venezuelans will decide Sunday whether to change the constitution to allow President Hugo Chavez and other elected officials to run for office indefinitely. The National Assembly approved the referendum last month. Venezuelans narrowly rejected a similar measure in December 2007.
‘Fireproof’ is still generating heat
You don’t find many churches making theatrical films. You especially don’t find many churches making films starring Kirk Cameron about a firefighter in a crumbling marriage addicted to online porn. But that’s the case for Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia.
Plane crashes into suburban Buffalo home; 50 killed
A Continental Airlines plane crashed into a home near Buffalo, New York, late Thursday, killing all 49 passengers and crew members and a person in the home, authorities said. Four people were injured at the crash site, including a mother and daughter inside the house that was hit.
Could South Africa be the worst team to host the World Cup?
It is an unwritten rule of all World Cups: if the host nation fails on the pitch, interest in the competition dies off the pitch. As the 500 day countdown to the 2010 World Cup begins, most commentators have focused on South Africa’s preparedness, with the country’s vast unfinished stadiums causing concern in some quarters. But far more worrying for the country’s fans is the state of the national football team
Darwin still making waves 200 years later
Before there was an extensive fossil record, DNA sequencing or even a basic understanding of genetics, there was Charles Darwin.
U.N. envoy ‘motivates Somali warlords’
A controversial comment by the top U.N. envoy to Somalia "motivates" those who have carried out recent fatal attacks against journalists in the war-torn country, the head of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) said Wednesday
Deadly tornadoes rip through parts of Oklahoma
The severe storms that uprooted trees, demolished homes and killed at least eight people in central Oklahoma on Tuesday are expected to weaken Wednesday, authorities said. A tornado watch that was in effect early Wednesday for central Oklahoma was lifted, the National Weather Service said. That was good news for people in the city of Lone Grove, who were dealing with extensive damage from the deadly storms that hit the area.
Army official: Suicides in January ‘terrifying’
One week after the U.S.