Jan. 31, 2010 Edition: Check Out The Results And Weigh In!
US to resume Haiti victim airlift
The US is to resume within hours medical evacuation flights for badly injured Haiti quake victims, after a delay of several days.
Man to Plead Not Guilty to Charges He Abused Haitian Boys
A Colorado man is expected to plead not guilty to new charges that he sexually abused boys at a school he founded in Haiti.
Haiti ‘orphans’ may have parents
Aid workers in Haiti say some children being taken out of the country by an American group as orphans may have parents.
Mexico partygoers die in attack
Thirteen young people are killed as gunmen open fire at a student party in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez.
9/11 ‘kingpin’ ‘faces execution’
The self-professed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks is likely to be executed if convicted of his alleged crimes, a US official says.
Swift and GaGa win Grammy Awards
Pop stars Lady GaGa and Taylor Swift each pick up two early Grammy Awards at the start of the prestigious music ceremony in Los Angeles.
Haiti Kids Taken by Americans Reportedly Have Families
Most of the Haitian children taken by Americans in an alleged attempt to move them out of the country “have family” that survived the earthquake, according to reports.
New Record Deficit Predicted
Obama’s $3.8T proposed budget predicts national deficit will crest at record-breaking $1.6T in current fiscal year
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• TRANSCRIPT: Roger Ailes on ABC’s ‘This Week’
Obama ‘Violates’ Campaign Pledge
State Department official says awarding of no-bid contract to Dem donor ‘violates’ promise to crack down on practice
Snow Storm Causes Damage Across South
A winter storm that crossed in a nearly straight line dumping snow, sleet and ice this week from northern Texas to Washington was heading off the Atlantic coast early Sunday.
Protecting Against ‘Lone Wolf’ at Super Bowl
The vast security operation protecting the Super Bowl and surrounding events ranges from Air Force F-16s patrolling the skies above Miami on game day to a buffer zone extending at least 100 yards out from the stadium.
Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget heading to Congress (AP)
AP – The Obama administration on Sunday endorsed spending an additional $100 billion to attack painfully high unemployment as it prepared to send Congress a $3.8 trillion budget that would provide billions more to pull the country out of the Great Recession while increasing taxes on the wealthy and imposing a spending freeze on many government programs.
UN begins major Haiti food push
The UN begins distributing food aid to women in Haiti’s capital, nearly three weeks after the deadly earthquake.
Key US bail-out targets ‘not met’
The US government bail-out programme has done little to prevent future financial crises, a key watchdog’s report says.
Florida Gov. Crist: Flights Continue Out of Haiti
Florida’s governor says hundreds of people have been flown from Haiti to Florida for repatriation, even after the U.S. military halted evacuation flights for critically injured patients.
Gibbs: Cost of Obama’s jobs push in range of $100B (AP)
AP – White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama’s push to create jobs may carry a price tag in the $100 billion range.











