Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private

By ALAN FRAM

In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:40 pm

Murtha to be buried in heart of his Pa. district

Rep. John Murtha's family says the late congressman will be buried in the heart of the Pennsylvania district he represented for nearly 40 years.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:40 pm

Parade for Saints gives New Orleans more euphoria

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

The Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints are celebrating Mardi Gras-style.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:35 pm

GOP blocks Obama labor board nominee

By SAM HANANEL

Senate Democrats on Tuesday failed to push through President Barack Obama's choice of a union lawyer to serve on the National Labor Relations Board after two of their own joined Republicans to block the nomination.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:35 pm

Abortion doctor's killer says he has no regrets

By ROXANA HEGEMAN

The convicted killer of a Kansas abortion provider has little sympathy for the family of his victim, comparing them to the relatives of a hit man in a recording posted online.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:25 pm

Body of missing Air Force major found in Haiti

The body of a U.S. Air Force officer visiting Haiti at the time of last month's earthquake has been found in the rubble of a hotel in the country's devastated capital, military officials said Tuesday.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:25 pm

Despite all the nice talk, partisanship reigns

By CHARLES BABINGTON

Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:20 pm

New endangered pronghorn site eyed in Arizona

By BOB CHRISTIE

Federal wildlife officials plan to move a handful of endangered Sonoran pronghorns to the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in western Arizona next winter in hopes of establishing a new population of the rare animals.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:15 pm

Snow shuts down federal government, life goes on

By JESSICA GRESKO

If snow keeps 230,000 government employees home for the better part of a week, will anyone notice? With at least another foot of snow headed for Washington, Philadelphia and New York, we're about to find out. The federal government in the nation's capital has largely been shut down since …

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:05 pm

Health crisis in Haiti enters a deadly new phase

By FRANK BAJAK

Fourteen-month-old Abigail Charlot survived Haiti's cataclysmic earthquake but not its miserable aftermath. Brought into the capital's General Hospital with fever and diarrhea, little Abigail literally dried up.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:05 pm

Lawmaker's death a reminder of surgery risks

By LAURAN NEERGAARD

Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman's death is a reminder of the known risks.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:05 pm

Murtha's death sets stage for marquee House race

By ANDREW MIGA and JOE MANDAK

Democrats have long dominated the late Rep. John Murtha's district in western Pennsylvania, but Republicans have made inroads in recent years that could help them win back the seat _ and some longtime Murtha supporters say they're open to voting for a GOP candidate.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:05 pm

Iran boosts nuclear enrichment, drawing warnings

By NASSER KARIMI

Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a "significant regime of sanctions."

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:05 pm

Kerrigan family disputes autopsy report on father

By DENISE LAVOIE

The family of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan insisted Tuesday that they do "not blame anyone" for her father's death and criticized a medical examiner's finding that Daniel Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:05 pm

Anthem asked to justify rate hike in California

By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER

For the second time this week, President Barack Obama has pointed to one health insurer's major rate hike in California as a doomy harbinger of rising premiums across America.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:00 pm

NY governor says rumors that haunted him are dying

By MICHAEL GORMLEY

New York Gov. David Paterson says he believes an anticipated story by The New York Times about his personal conduct won't include much-rumored talk of wild behavior.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 3:00 pm

Ill. murder suspect threatened to kill 2nd wife

By DON BABWIN

The second wife of a former suburban Chicago police sergeant testified at a pretrial hearing Tuesday that he had threatened to kill her and said he could make it look like an accident

New Feb 09, 2010 | 2:55 pm

Man charged in Detroit airport breach ordered held

The 27-year-old Ohio man who was arrested after authorities say he walked through a passenger screening checkpoint at Detroit Metropolitan Airport without a boarding pass faces a new charge.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 2:50 pm

White House mocks Sarah Palin from podium

Even the White House's top spokesman is getting in on the act of mocking former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for looking to talking points written on her palm during a speech to "tea party" activists.

New Feb 09, 2010 | 2:50 pm