• Impulse buy nets retiree Powerball jackpot

  February 9, 2010 on Page A2 RALEIGH, N.C. – Retired Asheville Fire Department employee Frank Griffin is $47 million richer, but he has few grand plans for the money. He mainly wants to spend more time …

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  Doctor charged in Jackson’s death

  February 9, 2010 on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles prosecutors filed a long-anticipated involuntary manslaughter charge against Michael Jackson’s personal physician Monday as the coroner’s office made public a report concluding that the care …

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  Toyota announces Prius recall

  February 9, 2010 on Page A3 TOKYO – Toyota said today it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems – the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses …

• Plan spends millions on carp problem

  February 9, 2010 on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Navigational locks and gates in Chicago-area waterways crucial for shipping may be opened less frequently than usual under a $78.5 million campaign to prevent Asian carp from overrunning …

• Gates urges global pressure on Iran

  February 9, 2010 on Page A4 BEIRUT, Lebanon – As Iran moved to enrich uranium to a higher level of purity and build new nuclear-fuel plants, U.S. and French defense officials suggested Monday that sanctions were …

• Three British troops killed in Afghanistan

  February 9, 2010 on Page A4 KABUL, Afghanistan – Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain’s death toll in the conflict to 256 – exceeding the number of Britons lost …

• World in brief: Suspected drug leaders arrested

  February 9, 2010 on Page A4 TIJUANA, Mexico – Mexican federal police arrested two suspected gang leaders Monday, delivering another big blow to a brutal drug cartel that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several …

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  Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77

  February 8, 2010 Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, … 1

• Michael Jackson doctor pleads not guilty in singer’s death

  February 8, 2010 Michael Jackson’s personal physician pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter Monday, setting the stage for a sensational celebrity courtroom drama as prosecutors attempt to prove Dr. Conrad Murray caused the …

• Avalanche in India kills 17

  February 8, 2010 A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.

• Iran nuclear order defies West

  February 8, 2010 on Page A1 In a possible move to deflect attention from Iran’s political woes, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday ordered the nation’s atomic energy agency to begin enriching uranium from 3.5 percent to …

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  Olympics protesters see games’ downside

  February 8, 2010 on Page A1 VANCOUVER, B.C. – While past Olympics have been magnets for protests over issues such as aboriginal rights in Australia and oppression in Tibet, the Vancouver Winter Games are preparing to …

• Shuttle fueled up again

  February 8, 2010 on Page A2 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA fueled Endeavour for the second straight night Sunday in hopes of sending it on the last big space station construction mission. The launch team began …

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  Power plant blast kills five

  February 8, 2010 on Page A3 MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew out walls of an unfinished power plant and set off a fire during a test of natural gas …

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