January 2010
Police: Bank rob suspect was on 'Deadliest Catch' →
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man who appeared in the Discovery Channel show “Deadliest Catch” is wanted for three bank robberies in Oregon and has been arrested in Illinois….
Van Morrison: Birth report 'utter fiction' →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reclusive Irish singer Van Morrison said Thursday that a computer hacker planted a false report on his Web site claiming he had fathered a fourth child at the age of 64 with a new…
After 2-plus decades, Navy destroyer breaks record →
BATH, Maine (AP) — Cruising through the darkness in rough seas, the USS Ross encountered a rogue wave that smashed into the destroyer’s bow, sending a shudder along the entire ship that knocked…
Report to Obama shows intelligence lapses persist →
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. security chiefs briefed President Barack Obama on Thursday about missteps in the lead-up to the attempted Detroit jetliner bombing as lawmakers joined the White House in racing…
Mo. trucker's wife charged in killing of Ohio man →
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A woman accused of helping her husband and stepson torture and kill a 20-year-old Ohio man was charged Thursday with first-degree murder, and prosecutors said she admitted telling…
Washington Times slashes staff; sports section out →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Times slashed its staff by more than 40 percent and will eliminate its sports section and most local coverage in 2010, shifting its focus to politics, business and…
Colorado's minimum wage becomes 1st in US to drop →
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s minimum wage will drop slightly in the new year - the first decrease in any state’s minimum wage since the federal minimum was adopted in 1938….
Judge tosses Blackwater case in Baghdad shooting →
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in…
Rush Limbaugh felt pains similar to heart attack →
HONOLULU (AP) — Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh remained hospitalized in Hawaii Thursday after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack, according to the guest host on his…
Happy campers arrive early for 2010 Rose Parade →
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Dean Hanson was a happy camper after the annual scramble for curbside seats for the Tournament of Roses Parade….
Revelers' cheers mark new decade in Times Square →
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of revelers in chilly weather in Times Square cheered when an 11,875-pound crystal ball covered with more than 32,000 bulbs dropped at midnight, ushering in the…
Fox grants 'brief extension' in cable dispute →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox television’s threatened blackout was avoided just before a midnight deadline when the network struck a deal with Time Warner Cable to briefly extend their contract as…
Iowa St holds off Minnesota 14-13 in Insight Bowl →
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Iowa State made its two-win 2008 season seem like a long time ago….
Happy campers arrive early for 2010 Rose Parade →
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Dean Hanson was a happy camper after the annual scramble for curbside seats for the Tournament of Roses Parade….
Rush Limbaugh felt pains similar to heart attack →
HONOLULU (AP) — Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh remained hospitalized in Hawaii Thursday after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack, according to the guest host on his…
Judge tosses Blackwater case in Baghdad shooting →
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in…
Report to Obama shows intelligence lapses persist →
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. security chiefs briefed President Barack Obama on Thursday about missteps in the lead-up to the attempted Detroit jetliner bombing as lawmakers joined the White House in racing…
Arabic study may have been cover for bomb suspect →
SAN’A, Yemen (AP) — The Nigerian suspected of trying to bring down a U.S. airliner with explosives might have used Arabic studies as a pretext for entering Yemen before disappearing for months,…
Revelers' cheers mark new decade in Times Square →
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of revelers in chilly weather in Times Square cheered when an 11,875-pound crystal ball covered with more than 32,000 bulbs dropped at midnight, ushering in the…
Fox grants 'brief extension' in cable dispute →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Fox television network allowed its broadcast signal to be carried by Time Warner Cable after a brief extension past a midnight deadline was granted as talks over fees…
Former Gitmo detainees help al-Qaida grow in Yemen →
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — As a prisoner at Guantanamo, Said Ali al-Shihri said he wanted freedom so he could go home to Saudi Arabia and work at his family’s furniture store….
AP sources: Suicide bomber invited on Afghan base →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S….
Wells Fargo executives denied cash bonuses in 2009 →
BOSTON (AP) — Wells Fargo & Co.’s four top executives won’t get cash bonuses for 2009, but are receiving performance-based stock awards currently worth a combined $25 million that are designed to…
Colorado's minimum wage becomes 1st in US to drop →
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s minimum wage will drop slightly in the new year - the first decrease in any state’s minimum wage since the federal minimum was adopted in 1938….
Treasury winds down bank bailouts with $29M outlay →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Thursday it has pumped $29.3 million into 10 banks, which will be the last to receive investments as part of the taxpayer-funded program to shore up…
Washington Times slashes staff; sports section out →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Times slashed its staff by more than 40 percent and will eliminate its sports section and most local coverage in 2010, shifting its focus to politics, business and…
Customers back ammonia-treated beef after report →
Restaurant chains and beef processors defended their products’ safety Thursday after a report that an ammonia treatment thought to kill harmful germs in meat isn’t as effective as the industry and…
AT&T is latest to end Tiger Woods sponsorship →
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods, joining Accenture in dropping support for the world’s top golfer, who’s taking a break from the sport to focus on his…
Few called market turn, fewer predict it will last →
NEW YORK (AP) — Few analysts forecast this year’s remarkable stock market rebound as major indexes were plunging to 12-year lows last March. Now, with most experts predicting the pace of stocks’…
Fox grants 'brief extension' in cable dispute →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Fox television network allowed its broadcast signal to be carried by Time Warner Cable after a brief extension past a midnight deadline was granted as talks over fees…
Once-presidential phrase casualty of word war →
DETROIT (AP) — In its annual effort to protect the Queen’s English, a Michigan university is insisting that “shovel ready” be buried, “tweet” be tossed and all “czars” be banished….
Disney completes $4.24 billion purchase of Marvel →
NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. completed its $4.24 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment Inc. on Thursday, bringing Spider-Man, Iron Man and 5,000 other characters under the same roof as…
Prosecutors ask judge not to dismiss Sheen order →
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Colorado prosecutors don’t want a judge to lift a restraining order against actor Charlie Sheen, who is accused of threatening his wife with a knife….
Obama family goes to the movies to see 'Avatar' →
KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama’s family is spending part of the last day of 2009 watching the futuristic adventure film “Avatar.”…
Celebrities are frequent targets of extortion →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There was no shortage of celebrity secrets for sale in 2009, with John Travolta, David Letterman, Cindy Crawford and others claiming they were victims of extortion….
Happy campers arrive early for 2010 Rose Parade →
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Dean Hanson was a happy camper after the annual scramble for curbside seats for the Tournament of Roses Parade….
AT&T is latest to end Tiger Woods sponsorship →
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods, joining Accenture in dropping support for the world’s top golfer, who’s taking a break from the sport to focus on his…
Rush Limbaugh felt pains similar to heart attack →
HONOLULU (AP) — Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh remained hospitalized in Hawaii Thursday after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack, according to the guest host on his…
Van Morrison: Birth report 'utter fiction' →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reclusive Irish singer Van Morrison said Thursday that a computer hacker planted a false report on his Web site claiming he had fathered a fourth child at the age of 64 with a new…
Police: Bank rob suspect was on 'Deadliest Catch' →
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man who appeared in the Discovery Channel show “Deadliest Catch” is wanted for three bank robberies in Oregon and has been arrested in Illinois….
After 2-plus decades, Navy destroyer breaks record →
BATH, Maine (AP) — Cruising through the darkness in rough seas, the USS Ross encountered a rogue wave that smashed into the destroyer’s bow, sending a shudder along the entire ship that knocked…
Colorado's minimum wage becomes 1st in US to drop →
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s minimum wage will drop slightly in the new year - the first decrease in any state’s minimum wage since the federal minimum was adopted in 1938….
Montana 3rd state to allow doctor-assisted suicide →
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court said Thursday that nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, making Montana the third state that will allow the…
Crowds gather in NYC's Times Square to mark 2010 →
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of revelers gathered in chilly weather Thursday in Times Square to usher in the new decade and say goodbye to 10 years marred by war, recession, terrorism and…
Report to Obama shows intelligence lapses persist →
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. security chiefs briefed President Barack Obama on Thursday about missteps in the lead-up to the attempted Detroit jetliner bombing as lawmakers joined the White House in racing…
Mo. trucker's wife charged in killing of Ohio man →
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A woman accused of helping her husband and stepson torture and kill a 20-year-old Ohio man was charged Thursday with first-degree murder, and prosecutors said she admitted telling…
Washington Times slashes staff; sports section out →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Times slashed its staff by more than 40 percent and will eliminate its sports section and most local coverage in 2010, shifting its focus to politics, business and…
Happy campers arrive early for 2010 Rose Parade →
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Dean Hanson was a happy camper after the annual scramble for curbside seats for the Tournament of Roses Parade….
Rush Limbaugh felt pains similar to heart attack →
HONOLULU (AP) — Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh remained hospitalized in Hawaii Thursday after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack, according to the guest host on his…
Judge tosses Blackwater case in Baghdad shooting →
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in…