Archive for February, 2010

Clinton heading to Latin America after quake (AP)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, before the House State and Foreign Operations subcommittee hearing on the State Department's fiscal  2010 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s weeklong, five-nation tour of Latin America is certain to focus on the earthquake in Chile, even as she tries to build support for fresh penalties against Iran.


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Clinton heading to Latin America after Chile quake (AP)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, before the House State and Foreign Operations subcommittee hearing on the State Department's fiscal  2010 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s weeklong, five-nation tour of Latin America is certain to focus on the earthquake in Chile, even as she tries to build support for fresh penalties against Iran.


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Scientists defend warning after tsunami nonevent (AP)

Seawater moves upward (from left to right) in the mouth of the Kamo River that flows into the Pacific Ocean at Kamogawa in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, on Sunday Feb. 28, 2010. The tsunami from Chile's deadly earthquake hit Japan's main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert. Hawaii and other Pacific islands were also spared.  (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP – The warning was ominous, its predictions dire: Oceanographers issued a bulletin telling Hawaii and other Pacific islands that a killer wave was heading their way with terrifying force and that “urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property.”


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Crosby’s goal wins gold, Canada beats US 3-2 in OT (AP)

USA's Jamie Langenbrunner (15) rides on Canada's Brent Seabrook's (7) back as goalie Roberto Luongo (1) makes a save in the second period of the men's gold medal ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP – This was the best possible way to end the Olympics for Canada.


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Sidney Crosby beats Ryan Miller in overtime as Canada grabs Olympic hockey gold over Team USA

Sidney Crosby scored 7:40 into overtime and Canada beat the United States 3-2 on Sunday to earn its second men’s hockey gold medal in the last three Olympics.

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Marines, Afghan troops to stay months in Marjah (AP)

U.S. Marines 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment look out at at a rain storm from a room in an Afghan compound where they stayed for the night in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP – More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO offensive against a resurgent Taliban will stay several months to ensure insurgents don’t return, Marine commanders said Sunday.


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Don’t believe white lies, says Al Gore, record-breaking snow is due to global warming

If the never-ending string of snowstorms has you believing global warming is a hoax, Al Gore says think again.

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