Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity (AP)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, uses a device as he visits an exhibition of Iran's laser science, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Ahmadinejad ordered his country's atomic agency on Sunday to begin the production of higher enriched uranium, a move that's likely to deepen international skepticism about the country's real intentions on the crucial issue of enriched uranium. (AP Photo/ISNA,Hamid Foroutan)AP – Iran pressed ahead Monday with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels.


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Obama’s rating plunges underwater for first time in new poll as just 44% give him their approval

President Obama’s job approval rating has taken another dive, putting him underwater for the first time in the latest Marist poll.

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Obama’s health care summit: Just for show? (AP)

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb.  6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Could this turn into something more than political theater? President Barack Obama’s televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark — and the two sides have increasingly hardened their positions in this election year.


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Remains of Washougal man found amid Haiti quake ruins

Miami River Shippers Stiffed in Haiti Relief
Shippers unable to unload supplies in Haiti’s northern ports haven’t given up yet

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Doctors, Nurses From Northwest Return From Haiti
SEATAC, Wash. — About 15 physicians, surgeons and nurses from the Northwest Physicians Network returned to Sea-Tac airport Saturday. They spent about a week in Haiti treating disease and injuries.

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US military vows to stay in Haiti as long as needed
The US military Saturday vowed to stay in Haiti as long as needed, as aid organizations struggle to help the Caribbean nation devastated by a huge quake.

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Kids help Haiti and wear pajamas
Third-grader Cameron Fordham usually wears a uniform to school. But last Wednesday she came to Village Elementary wearing a comfortable pair of pink pajamas covered with cats.

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Remains of Washougal man found amid Haiti quake ruins
WASHOUGAL, Wash. –  The remains of a Washougal man killed in the Haitian earthquake have been found. A message on the Facebook page for Jeanne Ratterman confirmed her husband Walt’s remains were identified Monday. He was last seen at the Hotel Montana, where he was staying while working on renewable energy projects for rural Haitian hospitals when the earthquake hit. “Dear friends and family …

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Rep. John Murtha

U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.

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Government shut down as DC, region dig out of snow (AP)

Snow is piled high in front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, after last week's snow storm, one of the worst snow storms in history in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – Federal workers and school children got a day off Monday as the Mid-Atlantic region dug out from as much as 3 feet of snow that made travel nearly impossible and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people.


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Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s doctor, charged with manslaughter in King of Pop’s death

Michael Jackson’s personal Dr. Feelgood was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer’s death.

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