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Angelina Jolie To Visit Haiti With UN Refugee Agency
Last Updated: 7:04 AM 02/09/10 - The U.N. refugee agency says its goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie is heading to Haiti to meet with earthquake victims.
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Bridge Collapse Widow Adopts Haitian Twins
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Last Updated: 6:20 AM 02/09/10 - A woman whose husband was killed during the 2007 freeway bridge collapse in Minneapolis is realizing her dream of starting a family with the arrival of adopted twins from Haiti. (Full Story)
Toyota Owners Of Recalled Vehicles Get Problem Fixed
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Last Updated: 9:17 PM 02/08/10 - Workers at Massey Toyota in Kinston have been swamped with customers coming in to get their pedals fixed.
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Michael Jackson Doctor Charged With Manslaughter
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Last Updated: 2:58 PM 02/08/10 - Prosecutors announced the charge Monday against Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25. He faces up to four years in prison if convicted. (Full Story)
Rep. John Murtha Of Pennsylvania Dies At 77
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Last Updated: 2:54 PM 02/08/10 - A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. (Full Story)
Body Found In Airplane Wheel Well
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Last Updated: 7:21 AM 02/08/10 - Japanese authorities say they're trying to identify a body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta Airlines flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York. (Full Story)
Space Shuttle Blasts Off On Last Night Flight
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Last Updated: 4:34 AM 02/09/10 - Space shuttle Endeavour is rocketing toward the space station on one of the shuttle program's last scheduled missions. (Full Story)
Gas Explosion At Connecticut Plant Kills At Least 5
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Last Updated: 7:26 PM 02/07/10 - The mayor of Middletown, Conn., says five people are known dead in a gas explosion at a power plant there. (Full Story)
Palin At Tea Party Convention: "America Is Ready For Another Revolution"
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Last Updated: 11:50 AM 02/07/10 - Palin asked the "Tea Party" activists: "How's that hope-y, change-y stuff workin' out for you?" (Full Story)
Ray Nagin Out As New Orleans Mayor, Succeeded By Landrieu
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Last Updated: 9:39 AM 02/07/10 - Frustrated by term-limited Mayor Ray Nagin's leadership of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, voters elected Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu to succeed him Saturday. (Full Story)
Explosion At Power Plant Kills 5, Injures 12
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Last Updated: 3:59 AM 02/08/10 - Fire officials in Connecticut say no one is known to be missing amid the rubble of an unfinished power plant damaged by an explosion and fire. (Full Story)
Real Estate Businesses Helped Move Sept. 11 Trials
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Last Updated: 9:03 AM 02/07/10 - New York City's real estate businesses were instrumental in persuading political leaders to move Sept. 11-related trials somewhere else. (Full Story)
 The Price Of Love
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Last Updated: 6:48 AM 02/08/10 - Retailers are hoping to see green, not red, this Valentine's day, but even cupid is expected to be frugal this year. (Full Story)
Clouds Force Shuttle Launch Delay; Next Try Monday
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Last Updated: 10:14 AM 02/08/10 - Clouds have delayed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour. NASA called everything off early Sunday morning, with just 9 minutes left in the countdown. (Full Story)
Boeing Says 747-8 Freighter To Make First Flight
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Last Updated: 8:50 AM 02/07/10 - The company says the big jet performed well on taxi tests and reached a top speed of about 103.5 mph. (Full Story)
Space Shuttle Endeavour Cleared For Sunday Launch
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Last Updated: 7:10 AM 02/06/10 - Space shuttle Endeavour has the green light for launch tomorrow and an improving weather forecast to go with it. (Full Story)
Youngest Zoo Orangutan Likes Colts
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Last Updated: 6:59 AM 02/06/10 - If you trust a rodent to predict when winter will end, how about an ape to guide your Super Bowl winner selection? (Full Story)
Wyclef, Haitian Choir Open BET Telethon For Haiti; Celebrities Take Calls From Donors
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Last Updated: 6:49 AM 02/06/10 - Rapping in Haitian Creole, the singer and producer opened the "SOS Saving OurSelves -- Help for Haiti," concert to benefit earthquake relief efforts in his Caribbean homeland. (Full Story)
Ex-Edwards Pal Says FBI Has Sex Tape
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Last Updated: 6:48 PM 02/05/10 - A former aide to John Edwards says in court documents that a copy of a sex tape featuring his former boss has been sent to the FBI. (Full Story)
Two Killed On Snowy Virginia Interstate
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Last Updated: 2:19 PM 02/05/10 - Virginia State Police say a father and son have died after being hit by a tractor-trailer while trying to help driver who wrecked in snow on Interstate 81. (Full Story)
SURPRISE: January Unemployment Drops To 9.7%
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Last Updated: 12:26 PM 02/05/10 - The outlook for jobs became a bit less bleak with January's unexpected decline in the unemployment rate, which fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent as more people said they had jobs. (Full Story)
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