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AFP – Troubled Swiss bank UBS said Tuesday that it had returned a 1.20 billion Swiss franc profit (1.12 billion dollars, 821 million euros) in the final quarter of 2009, shrugging off more than a year of quarterly losses.
 The Hindu |
Iran Starts Making 20 Pct Atom Fuel – State Tv
New York Times By REUTERS TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran started making higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday, state television reported, a defiant move that may increase pressure for new international sanctions on the major oil producer. "Today we started to make 20 percent … Endgame for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran?Telegraph.co.uk Historic anniversary brings Iran questions to the foreWall Street Journal 'Iran can definitely enrich uranium to 20%'Press TV Atlanta Journal Constitution -Aljazeera.net -Jerusalem Post all 2,261 news articles » |
 The Guardian |
Congressman: Murtha's intestine damaged in surgery
Washington Post AP WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania congressman and longtime friend of the late Rep. John Murtha says the congressman's large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery and the complications led him to be hospitalized. … Defense Stalwart Murtha Dies at 77Wall Street Journal Rep. Murtha Dead at 77FOXNews John Murtha, US defense appropriations chair, diesReuters BusinessWeek -Seattle Post Intelligencer -Pittsburgh Post Gazette all 1,178 news articles » |
 The Guardian |
Afghan assault on Taliban to test US strategy
AFP KABUL — A planned assault on a major Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan is the first real test of a new US-led counter-insurgency strategy to re-establish government control and end the war. Operation Mushtarak is an experiment in combining the … A double target: Taliban and opiumMiamiHerald.com In southern Afghanistan, even the small gains get noticedWashington Post British soldier deaths push Afghanistan toll ahead of FalklandsTimes Online Xinhua -Boston Globe -BBC News all 1,008 news articles » |
HealthDay – MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — People who down two or more soft
drinks a week may have double the risk of developing deadly pancreatic
cancer, compared to non-soda drinkers, new research suggests.
 Reuters |
Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty
Washington Post AP LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star at a brief hearing that had all the trappings of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama. … Jackson's physician charged with involuntary manslaughterLos Angeles Times Jackson's Doctor Pleads Not Guilty to Involuntary ManslaughterBusinessWeek Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty to manslaughterBoston Globe MTV.com -Radar Online -NY Breaking News.com all 2,378 news articles » |
 New York Daily News |
In Super Bowl ads, laughs beat out sex
MiamiHerald.com Janet Jackson take note: Sex and the Super Bowl don't mix. At least, they didn't this year, according to a TiVo study of the most-replayed commercials in Sunday's game. None of the cheesecake-flavored ads (notably two GoDaddy … Do-It-Yourself Super AdsNew York Times Doritos' 'House Rules' ad is tops with usersmsnbc.com Super Bowl commercials spot-onThe Gamecock Hollywood Reporter -BusinessWeek -Reuters all 1,258 news articles » |
 E! Online (blog) |
Jay Leno talks about the David Letterman – Oprah ad: 'I want to thank Dave. I …
Entertainment Weekly Tonight, Jay Leno couldn't wait to talk about the commercial he made for The Late Show with David Letterman on his next-to-last Jay Leno Show on NBC. “I'll tell you the whole story right after 'Headlines'!” he yelled as he went to his … Jay Leno, David Letterman team up for Super Bowl spotThe Money Times The Late Night Wars Extend Into The Super BowlMTV.com Leno on His 'Old Friend' LettermanNew York Times (blog) NBC Washington -Access Hollywood -FOXNews all 591 news articles » |
Reuters – Playwright Neil LaBute loves to push audiences’ buttons, never shying away from explosive themes, particularly in exploring male-female relationships. In the scribe’s best works, such as the film “In the Company of Men” and the play “Fat Pig,” this approach has paid off with profound yet disturbing insights into gender politics.
AP – A star for former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Reuters – Reincarnation, once largely the province of Hindus and Shirley MacLaine, collides with the world of crime procedurals in “Past Life,” which premieres on Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST/PST.
Reuters – ABC affiliates are boiling mad that corporate sibling ESPN is being handed live sports events that they initially were supposed to carry.
Reuters – Tyler Perry has found himself in a bit of copyright trouble lately for allegedly incorporating portions of copyrighted gospel music in his many successful shows.
Reuters – “Avatar” might have tied “The Hurt Locker” for most Oscar nominations last week (with nine apiece), but the sci-fi epic is winning in at least one category: The film once again was the most-pirated movie on the Internet last week, thanks to a DVD screener that leaked onto file-sharing networks.
Reuters – When it came to peddling political access for exorbitant fees, Jack Abramoff was the probably the most powerful lobbyist in Washington over a decade beginning in the mid-90s. Or the most ostentatiously reckless, considering that he’s currently serving out a five-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2006 to fraud and conspiracy to bribe government officials.
Reuters – Peter Bogdanovich will direct and co-write and direct an adaptation of Kurt Andersen’s 1999 novel “Turn of the Century.”
AP – A star for former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
AFP – Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from her critics, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech.
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.
AP – Nebraska’s Democratic senator says he will join Republicans in opposing a union lawyer’s nomination to serve on the National Labor Relations Board.
AP – Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama’s invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation.
Politico – Alabama Republican had placed procedural roadblock on more than 70 executive nominees.
Politico – GOP says they’re open to compromise — as long as Obama tears up the bills. Dems say, not a chance.
AP – Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday following complications from gallbladder surgery. He was 77.
AP – Democrats in Illinois are getting a political do-over: the chance to pick a new lieutenant governor nominee themselves now that the primary winner dropped out of the race because of revelations about his checkered past.
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