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Inside Toyota's epic breakdown

TOYOTA CITY, Japan/DETROIT, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on taxpayer-funded life support. ...  > full story

Google Gmail tweak challenges Facebook, Twitter

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Google Inc is tapping its huge network of Gmail users and Web surfers to create a Buzz that it hopes will help it catch up with online social networking leaders Facebook and Twitter. ...  > full story

NATO to Afghan assault villagers: keep heads down

KABUL, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Afghan villagers should stay inside and "keep their heads down" when thousands of U.S. Marines launch a massive assault on a densely-populated district in coming days, NATO's civilian representative to Afghanistan said Tuesday. ...  > full story

Taiwan drops request for U.S. military subs: source

TAIPEI, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what could be a new rift in tense Sino-U.S. ties. ...  > full story

Church pews fill as Philippine poll campaign begins

MANILA, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Philippine politicians launched their campaigns on Tuesday in a wide-open race for the presidency, with poverty, corruption and unemployment the top issues for the impoverished Southeast Asian archipelago. ...  > full story

U.S. missionary in Haiti says trusts God to free her

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released. ...  > full story

Obama's healthcare summit sets stage for end-game

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama's call for a healthcare summit including both his fellow Democrats and Republicans sets the stage for a final push to get stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over. ...  > full story

John Murtha, defense appropriations chair, dies

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — Democratic Representative John Murtha, chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday. ...  > full story

Haiti studies Colombian town for quake rebuilding

BOGOTA, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — Haiti's interior minister on Monday toured a Colombian town rebuilt after a huge 1999 tremor as his own country considered plans to reconstruct its wrecked capital city after last month's devastating earthquake. ...  > full story

Sentiment, success, adventure make Saints "America's" team

MIAMI, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — The Dallas Cowboys have long been known as 'America's team' but the New Orleans Saints, who triumphed as underdogs in Sunday's Super Bowl, can now make a good claim to that title. ...  > full story

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Haiti secure after quake, but escapees a concern: U.N.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — The top U.N. official in Haiti urged Haitians on Tuesday to turn in thousands of escaped criminals before they start trouble, but said the security situation in the quake-struck Caribbean nation is stable. ...  > full story

Japan PM sees new reform minister lifting support

TOKYO, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Wednesday he will appoint a member of a waste-cutting task force as administrative reform minister, in a bid to boost flagging support ahead of a mid-year election. ...  > full story

How the poor can get poorer, and be OK about that

VILNIUS/RIGA, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Moody's upgraded the outlook for Lithuania's debt rating recently, but that means nothing to people like Lijandra Garniene. ...  > full story

Nigerian VP assumes office as acting president

ABUJA, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office as acting president on Tuesday to fill a power vacuum more than two months after President Umaru Yar'Adua left for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. ...  > full story

Politics

Tax credits, Medicare fix in Senate jobs bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Highway funding and tax breaks for hiring workers figure prominently in a jobs-creation bill that Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate hope will attract rare joint support in an election year, lawmakers said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Republicans flex new power, block Obama nominee

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Senate Republicans flexed their new political muscle on Tuesday and blocked President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to help referee labor disputes. ...  > full story

Clinton to visit Qatar, Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia next week for talks that a U.S. official said on Tuesday would likely focus on Iran, Iraq and the Arab-Israeli conflict. ...  > full story

Stimulus transportation under scrutiny

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — As the anniversary of the passage of the U.S. economic stimulus plan looms and President Barack Obama presses for new jobs legislation, states and the government are assessing the impact the program has had on transportation. ...  > full story

Business

Honda recalls another 438,000 cars for airbag risk

TOKYO/DETROIT, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Honda Motor Co said it would recall another 438,000 cars globally to replace an airbag deflator that could rupture and send shards toward the driver in an accident. ...  > full story

Investors questioned Morgan Stanley's pay: report

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Morgan Stanley's move to cut the firm's pay ratio followed prodding by large investors who questioned the firm's high pay levels, and the firm is preparing to take further steps to address shareholder concern, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Disney quarterly results beat expectations

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — A strong performance at its cable division and cost-cuts at its film studio propelled Walt Disney Co to better-than-expected earnings, but clouds remained over its theme parks. ...  > full story

Paulson, Buffett say U.S. needed tough medicine

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and billionaire investor Warren Buffett, from different sides of the political spectrum, expressed support on Tuesday for the U.S. government's aggressive steps in 2008 to keep the nation's banks and economy from a complete meltdown. ...  > full story

Science

Researchers find sex-specific lung cancer genes

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Lung cancer is often dramatically different in women than it is in men, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday in another study that suggests ways to tailor treatment for cancer patients. ...  > full story

Study shows why it is so scary to lose money

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why -- the brain's fear center controls the response to a gamble. ...  > full story

Scientists find gene variant link to aging cells

LONDON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Scientists have found specific genetic variants which may explain why some people age earlier than others and say their findings have important implications for understanding cancer and age-related diseases. ...  > full story

Shuttle Endeavour blasts off for space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Feb. 8, 2010 (Reuters) — The space shuttle Endeavour bolted off its seaside launch pad in Florida on Monday, carrying six astronauts on a voyage to install the last two main pieces of the International Space Station. ...  > full story

Entertainment

Academy streamlines process for Oscar winners

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2010 (Hollywood Reporter) — This year's Oscar winners won't have to put up with delayed gratification. ...  > full story

Hollywood sign gets makeover for fundraising drive

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Hoping to prevent the famed view of the Hollywood sign from being spoiled by development, a group set out on Tuesday to raise $5 million to buy a nearby hilltop peak once owned by billionaire Howard Hughes. ...  > full story

White Stripes objects to Air Force Reserve ad

LONDON, Feb. 9, 2010 (Billboard) — The White Stripes plans "strong action" against the Air Force Reserve over its Super Bowl commercial, which the duo claims is an unauthorized re-recording of its song "Fell in Love With a Girl." ...  > full story

Cruise takes on "Mission: Impossible IV"

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Paramount Pictures on Tuesday said Tom Cruise will star in a new "Mission: Impossible" movie set for release in 2011 and produced by Cruise and J.J. Abrams. ...  > full story

Sports

Krejci delivers in shootout as Bruins top Sabres 3-2

BUFFALO, New York, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — David Krejci converted a walk-off shootout goal on the clinching attempt to lift the previously struggling Boston Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Three days to go - three headaches remain

VANCOUVER, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Three days away from the opening Ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, organizers were wrestling on Tuesday with three niggling headaches they hope will disappear once the Games are under way. ...  > full story

NHL players tested like everyone else, says dope chief

VANCOUVER, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Players from the NHL, whose testing procedures have been berated by doping agencies in the past, will be subject to the same drugs controls as every other athlete, the Vancouver Games doping lab chief said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Djokovic advances after opponent withdraws injured

ROTTERDAM, Feb. 9, 2010 (Reuters) — Top seed Novak Djokovic advanced into the second round of the World Indoor Tournament on Tuesday when his Ukrainian opponent Sergiy Stakhovsky withdrew with knee problems while trailing 6-2 4-1. ...  > full story
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