Archive for January, 2010

Many obstacles to choosing a site for 9/11 trials (AP)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 4:09 am  
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Pedestrians are framed by Manhattan Federal court in the background as they walk on Canal Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 in New York. Facing growing opposition to its plans to hold the Sept. 11 terrorist trial in New York City, the Obama administration is considering moving the proceedings elsewhere. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP – Now that President Barack Obama’s administration is considering moving the Sept. 11 trial away from a courthouse in Manhattan, the question is: Where to?


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Miller’s 25 points lead Wizards over Knicks (AP)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 3:42 am  
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New York Knicks forward Jordan Hill (43) goes to the basket against Washington Wizards guard Mike Miller (6) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)AP – The Washington Wizards have had one issue with Mike Miller this season: He’s been too unselfish. That wasn’t the case on Saturday night.


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NIreland parties struggling to save coalition pact (AP)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 3:21 am  
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Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, leader Peter Robinson, second left, speaks to the media during a break in political talks at Hillsborough Castle, Belfast, Northern Ireland Friday Jan. 29, 2010. Rival leaders of Northern Ireland's faltering Catholic-Protestant administration were edging closer to a new power-sharing deal Friday following a marathon diplomatic effort, British and Irish officials said. Northern Ireland's peacemaking coalition — the central achievement of the province's 1998 peace accord — has teetered on the brink of collapse since the major Irish Catholic party, Sinn Fein, warned it could end its awkward partnership with the major British Protestant party, the Democratic Unionists. (AP Photo/ Paul Faith/PA Wire)AP – Rival leaders of Northern Ireland’s faltering Catholic-Protestant administration edged closer to a new power-sharing deal Friday following a marathon diplomatic effort, but negotiators on both sides said the final hurdles might be too high to clear.


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Giants, Wilson agree to 1-year deal (AP)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 2:33 am  
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AP – Brian Wilson and the San Francisco Giants agreed to a $4,437,500, one-year deal on Saturday, avoiding an arbitration hearing.

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Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war (AP)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 2:08 am  
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This image from APTN shows Former Prime Minister Tony Blair Friday Jan. 29, 2010 testifying to Britain's Iraq Inquiry. Blair told Britain's Iraq Inquiry that Saddam Hussein didn't become a bigger threat after Sept. 11, but said his perception of the risk posed by terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction was dramatically changed by the attacks. (AP Photo/APTN)AP – He was right and he’d do it again.


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