(CNN) — Paul Harvey, the legendary radio host whose career sharing “the rest of the story” with listeners spanned more than 70 years, has died, according to ABC Radio Networks.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/02/...SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea accused the U.S. military of making provocative moves along the tense border on the divided Korean peninsula, warning Saturday of “unpredictable military conflicts.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933...Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — When Berlin resident Simone Klostermann returned from vacation and couldn’t find her Mercedes SLK, she thought it had been towed. Police told her the 35,000- euro ($45,000) car had been torched.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?...(CNN) — Trading two children for a bird landed three people in jail in Louisiana, authorities say.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/27...Japan’s economy is sinking deeper into recession, the country’s finance minister has warned, as new figures show industrial production plunged a record 10 per cent in January.
http://english.aljazeera.net/busine...President Obama will announce plans today to withdraw the bulk of the current 142,000 U.S. troops in Iraq by Aug. 31 of 2010, leaving 35,000 to 50,000 in place until the end of 2011, senior administration officials said yesterday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...An ultra rare copy of the comic book that introduced Superman to the world hits the auction block today and bids could soar as high as the “man of steel.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933...The federal government and a dozen states around the country are considering taxing residents on how many miles they drive.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Econ...CIA Director Leon Panetta said yesterday that U.S. aerial attacks against al-Qaeda and other extremist strongholds inside Pakistan would continue, despite concerns about a popular Pakistani backlash.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...(CNN) — President Obama’s address to Congress was full of lofty promises to make unprecedented investments in government programs, even as he aims to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02...At least 48 civilians have been killed in two-days of fighting between Somali rebel fighters and African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, a rights group said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/a...Iran was testing its long-delayed first nuclear power plant on Wednesday as it pressed ahead with its controversial atomic drive despite international sanctions.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.ph...Abuses began to pick up in December after Obama was elected, human rights lawyer Ahmed Ghappour told Reuters. He cited beatings, the dislocation of limbs, spraying of pepper spray into closed cells, applying pepper spray to toilet paper and over-forcefeeding detainees who are on hunger strike.
http://www.reuters.com/article/news...Woodland, CA — The attorney for a Woodland dentist told jurors that his client massaged women’s chests as part of a medical treatment.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933...
The TOW anti-tank missile of Iran-Contra fame was introduced for service in the US Army in 1970. Current versions are capable of penetrating more than 30 inches of armor, or “any 1990s tank,” at a maximum range of more than 3,000 meters. It can be fired by infantrymen using a tripod, as well from vehicles and helicopters, and can launch 3 missiles in 90 seconds. It is primarily used in antitank warfare, and is a command to line of sight, wire-guided weapon. TOW is used to engage and destroy enemy armored vehicles, primarily tanks.
