NY Senate votes to expel convicted lawmaker

By: By MICHAEL VIRTANEN

The New York Senate voted Tuesday night to expel a senator convicted of a misdemeanor charge of assaulting his girlfriend, a resolution the lawmaker assailed as an injustice to the people who elected him.

Feb 09, 2010 | 10:45 pm

LA-area foothills under mudslide threat

By: By JACOB ADELMAN

A new winter storm washed over the wildfire-scarred foothills north of Los Angeles Tuesday, leaving some residents to flee their homes in baggage-laden cars while others used shovels and buckets to try to hold back the muddy deluge.

Feb 09, 2010 | 10:40 pm

Court orders US man to serve 3-year prison term for forgery, undeclared foreign currency.

Feb 09, 2010 | 10:40 pm

Rogge: Vancouver is 'blueprint' for future games

By: By STEPHEN WILSON

IOC president Jacques Rogge believes the Vancouver Olympics will leave a legacy as a "blueprint" for future games.

Feb 09, 2010 | 10:30 pm

Teen arrested in killing of LA anti-gang counselor

By: By CHRISTINA HOAG

When Ronald "Loony" Barron urged a young graffiti tagger to put away his paint cans, he was doing what he viewed as his mission _ steering kids away from crime _ but he paid for it with his life.

Feb 09, 2010 | 10:25 pm

Honda adds 437,000 cars to global air bag recall

By: By SHINO YUASA

Honda Motor Co. is adding 437,000 vehicles to its 15-month old global recall for faulty airbags in the latest quality problem to hit a Japanese automaker.

Feb 09, 2010 | 10:10 pm

Trial of man charged in Jakarta bombings begins

By: By IRWAN FIRDAUS

An alleged Islamic militant went on trial Wednesday on charges of harboring terrorists behind twin suicide hotel bombings in Jakarta that killed seven and injured more than 50 in Indonesia.

Feb 09, 2010 | 10:10 pm

NY governor says he'll step aside only 'in a box'

By: By MICHAEL GORMLEY

New York Gov. David Paterson, defying calls from even fellow Democrats to drop out of the race for a full term, said Tuesday that he would leave only if the voters turned him out through the ballot box, or he's carried out "in a box."

Feb 09, 2010 | 10:10 pm

City vehicles strike 2 in San Francisco accidents

One pedestrian is dead and another seriously injured following separate accidents in San Francisco involving city-owned vehicles.

Feb 09, 2010 | 10:05 pm

Obama would OK health bill minus items he pursued

By: By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and CHARLES BABINGTON

Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.

Feb 09, 2010 | 9:30 pm

Suspect plays 'Dating Game' video in murder trial

By: By GILLIAN FLACCUS

A convicted rapist who could face the death penalty in five alleged serial killings from the 1970s presented "The Dating Game" defense Tuesday during a surreal court session in which he questioned himself on the witness stand.

Feb 09, 2010 | 9:20 pm

City contracts shouldn’t be cozy affair

It is a curious time for the City of Racine to start spending significant sums of money on consultants, yet on Monday, one committee will decide on a $40,000 television consulting job, and last week aldermen approved a $25,000 contract with Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce for a pub…

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UN envoy in North Korea to spur nuke talks

By: By HYUNG-JIN KIM

A senior U.N. envoy pressed ahead Wednesday with international efforts to get North Korea back into nuclear disarmament talks, during the world body's first high-level visit to the reclusive state in nearly six years.

Feb 09, 2010 | 9:00 pm

Doctor says vendor may have been in rubble 27 days

By: By PAISLEY DODDS

A rice vendor may have lived under the rubble of a flea market for 27 days with little more than water and possibly fruit, a doctor said Tuesday, in what would be a dramatic tale of survival four weeks after Haiti's devastating earthquake.

Feb 09, 2010 | 9:00 pm

Man shoots himself in leg outside Fla. gun store

A man accidentally shot himself in the leg shortly after leaving a Jupiter gun store. Police said the unidentified man went to Chuck's Guns and Ammo Monday afternoon, looking for batteries for the laser sight on a small handgun. When the man was back in his car, the gun accidentally fired…

Feb 09, 2010 | 8:55 pm

Anthem asked to justify rate hike in California

By: By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER

In his push to move stalled health care reform, President Barack Obama is appealing to American pocketbooks by calling one health insurer's major rate hike in California a harbinger of rising premiums.

Feb 09, 2010 | 8:50 pm

Commentary: RTA legislation needed to provide economic boost

By: Jim Beere President of Pioneer Products Inc.

It was suggested recently that Racine should focus on local transit operations only, not KRM commuter rail or a Regional Transit Authority. That's like saying an automaker should focus just on the wheels and disregard the engine or driveshaft when designing and building a car.

Feb 09, 2010 | 8:35 pm | Loading…

Snow shuts down federal government, life goes on

By: 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 …

Feb 09, 2010 | 8:35 pm

Calif. man convicted of killing girlfriend's son

A jury has convicted a 23-year-old California man of killing his girlfriend's 1-year-old son.

Feb 09, 2010 | 8:35 pm

Letters From Readers: Feb. 10

Bad choices

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