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NEW YORK -- Stocks surged Tuesday on hope that the European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed back above 10,000 after closing below that threshold Monday for the first time in three months. European markets rose in afternoon trading ...
Read moreStocks climb on hopes for Greece debt assistance - Los Angeles Times
(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) — A government official says Sri Lanka's president has dissolved the country's parliament setting the stage for new elections. The official says President Mahinda Rajapaksa issued the order Tuesday. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government policy. (See a 2 ...
Read moreSri Lanka's President Dissolves Parliament - Time
KABUL (AP) — Massive avalanches roaring down a mountain pass north of Kabul may have killed more than 60 people Tuesday, Afghan officials said, as rescuers evacuated about 400 injured victims. Search-and-rescue teams recovered the bodies of 24 people but said they fear 40 others may have also died ...
Read more64 feared dead, 400 hurt in Afghan avalanches that roared down mountain pass near Kabul - Chicago Tribune
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A glider pilot who flew to safety through a fireball from the midair collision of two planes over Boulder says it was just seconds between when he saw one plane approaching and when it collided with the plane towing him. Reuben Bakker tells NBC's "Today" show Tuesday that he ...
Read morePilot: 'Everything went red' after planes collided - kgw.com
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - Investigators looking into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a Connecticut power plant under construction are interviewing survivors, while crews work to ensure the badly damaged building is safe. Deputy Fire Marshal Al Santostefano says crews are slowly ...
Read moreInvestigators interview survivors of Conn. blast - KNDO/KNDU
U.S. Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan. NATO and Afghan officials, meanwhile, urged militants holding Marjah, where an offensive is expected, to lay down their arms and ...
Read moreUS Army closes in on south Afghan town - Billings Gazette
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The doctor who treated Michael Jackson prior to the pop singer's death has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors in Los Angeles filed the charge Monday against Dr. Conrad Murray . Shortly afterward, Murray pleaded innocent to the allegations and is to ...
Read moreMichael Jackson's doctor - United Press International
Workers give the final check last year to newly assembled 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Staff and wire reports Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid cars worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of ...
Read moreToyota recalls 2010 Prius worldwide - USA Today
Michelle Obama was with her husband President Barack Obama Tuesday in the Oval Office to watch as he signed a memorandum establishing an executive-branch task force whose mission is to produce a plan to fight childhood obesity. The First Lady has made the battle against childhood obesity her ...
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