NATION AND WORLD
Chris Matthews on Obama: 'Forgot he was black' 
NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC's Chris Matthews says President Barack Obama has done so much to heal racial divisions that he "forgot he was black" while watching his State of the Union address.
By Associated Press , January 28, 2010
PETA proposes robotic groundhog for Pa. festival
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — An animal rights group wants organizers of Pennsylvania's Groundhog Day festival to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robotic stand-in.
By Associated Press , January 27, 2010
School pulls dictionaries over sex term
MENIFEE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California school district has pulled dictionaries from classrooms because a parent complained when a child came across the term "oral sex."
By Associated Press , January 26, 2010
Toddlers and TV: Some disagree with claims tots shouldn’t tune in
FARGO - Though America’s pediatricians advise no television time for children under age 2, toddlers are tuning in.
By Sherri Richards, INFORUM , January 26, 2010
Johnny Depp death announcement is Internet hoax
LOS ANGELES — A publicist says Johnny Depp is still very much alive after being the subject of an online hoax.
By Associated Press , January 26, 2010
Facebook game lets users play farmer
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Even while calling Chicago home, Laura Hawkins Grimes is a country bumpkin. Her scenic rural spread has three dairy farms, two ponds and a log cabin, all skirted by a white picket fence as scarecrows stand sentry over her blackberries.
By Associated Press , January 25, 2010
Police say mom forced son to kill hamster
WARM SRPINGS, Ga. (AP) — Police have arrested a Georgia woman who they say forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for earning a bad grade.
By Associated Press , January 22, 2010
Pelosi: House lacks votes to OK Senate health reform bill
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she lacks the votes to push the Senate's sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama's signature issue.
By Alan Fram, Associated Press , January 21, 2010
Haiti's mass graves swell; doctors fear more death
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Workers are carving out mass graves on a hillside north of Haiti's capital, using earth-movers to bury 10,000 earthquake victims in a single day while relief workers warn the death toll could increase.
By Associated Press , January 21, 2010
New 6.1-quake hits Haiti, people flee into streets
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The most powerful aftershock yet struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking more rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets eight days after the country's capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake.
By MICHELLE FAUL and PAUL HAVEN,Associated Press Writers , January 20, 2010
Haitians fleeing capital in search of food, safety
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of Haiti quake victims are struggling to board buses to flee hunger and violence in the shattered capital, hoping that food will be easier to find in the countryside.
By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU,Associated Press Writer , January 19, 2010
US, UN send more troops to help in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Scores of U.S. troops landed on the lawn of Haiti's shattered presidential palace Tuesday to the cheers of quake victims and the U.N. said it would throw more police and soldiers into the sluggish global effort to aid the devastated country.
By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and MIKE MELIA,Associated Press Writers , January 19, 2010
Obama to seek $1.35 billion more for education
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he'll ask Congress for $1.35 billion to extend an education grant program for states, saying that getting schools right "will shape our future as a nation."
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE,Associated Press Writer , January 19, 2010
Haitian expatriates gather in Fargo
FARGO, N.D. - Haitian expatriates gathered Sunday in Fargo, showing fellowship and support for each other and friends and relatives suffering in the aftermath of last week’s devastating earthquake in their homeland.
By John Lamb, INFORUM , January 18, 2010
182 more ex-child soldiers leave camps
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Dozens more former child soldiers who helped wage Nepal's Maoist insurgency left the camps Sunday where they have been confined for three years.
By Associated Press , January 18, 2010
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