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CNN U.S. News: 19 February 2009
February 20th, 2009 • CNN News, U.S.
- California lawmakers pass state budget
California lawmakers passed the state’s budget — closing a $42 billion deficit — early Thursday, and it now awaits the signature of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The budget package includes tax increases, spending cuts and borrowing to close the deficit. - Economy puts bite on shark attacks
Shark attacks on humans were at the lowest levels in a decade last year, and a Florida researcher says hard economic times may be to blame. - Guarding endangered whales
North Atlantic right whales are among the largest and most endangered whales and females are giving birth off the coast of Florida and Georgia. - Bloggers blast Holder for ‘nation of cowards’
America is “a nation of cowards” when discussing race. That sentiment from the country’s first African-American attorney general, Eric Holder, has stirred up pundits, bloggers and readers. - Nearly intact mammoth skeleton a rare find
He had a rough life during the Ice Age, walking around with a couple of broken ribs and a possibly cancerous lesion on his jaw before dying at a young age. - Men see bikini-clad women as objects
It may seem obvious that men perceive women in sexy bathing suits as objects, but now there’s science to back it up.
CNN Asia News: 19 February 2009
February 20th, 2009 • Asia, CNN News, World
- Clinton visits Indonesia on state visit
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Indonesia on the second stop of her tour of Asia — her first trip abroad as America’s top diplomat. - Taiwanese economy slumps into recession
Taiwan’s economy slumped 8.36 percent during the last three months of 2008, the government said Wednesday. - Indian hepatitis outbreak leaves 19 dead
Health officials in India’s Gujarat state are investigating a hepatitis outbreak that has left 19 people dead in less than two weeks, authorities said Wednesday. - Journalist killed in Taliban region
Attackers in a Taliban-controlled area of Pakistan shot and tried to behead a Pakistani journalist on Wednesday, according to his employer GEO TV. - Court: Chinese at Gitmo can’t be freed in U.S.
A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that 17 native Chinese Muslims in military custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, cannot be released into the United States. - Dozens missing after Bangladesh boat collision
More than 60 passengers were missing after a riverboat collided with a trawler in southern Bangladesh Thursday, police said. - Kyrgyzstan’s leaders vote to close key U.S. base
Kyrgyzstan parliament has voted to close a base the U.S. military uses as a route for troops and supplies heading into Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Thursday. - Afghan ’surge’ could last five years
Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, predicted Wednesday that the additional 17,000 U.S. military forces to be sent to Afghanistan will remain there for as long as five years. - Obama: Troops alone cannot win Afghanistan
Diplomacy will play a bigger role in U.S. efforts in Afghanistan in future even as the Pentagon announced a significant troop increase, President Barack Obama said in an interview on Canadian television. - Australian fires burn as death toll rises to 208
The death toll from bushfires in southeastern Australia has risen to 208, the Australian Red Cross said Thursday. Fire authorities say five fires continue to burn and residents in the Narbethong area have been advised to “action their fire plans.”
CNN Entertainment News: 19 February 2009
February 20th, 2009 • CNN News, Entertainment
- No player, no air time, Tennis Channel says
The Tennis Channel has canceled plans to broadcast a tournament in Dubai because an Israeli player was banned. - Little-known Oscar nominees soak up the spotlight
Cameras click as members of the media shout, “Look this way please!” and “Over here!” while pushing at each other to get the best shot. - What it takes to make it in Hollywood
Carsten Kurpanek bought a car. Then he and his girlfriend packed up their things and drove more than 2,000 miles to Los Angeles. Since then, it’s been up and down as they’ve tried to succeed in the movie business. - Black actors still face Oscar challenges
On a winter evening in early 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first black performer to win an Oscar, a best supporting actress honor for her performance as Mammy, the servant in “Gone With the Wind.” - Gallery: Fashion Week glamour
- Oscar green room ‘glamorous’
Designer Stephen Shadley knows the entertainment industry. He grew up in Southern California, worked as a scenic artist and toured with Disney. He’s also designed homes for stars such as Diane Keaton, Woody Allen and Jennifer Aniston. - The movie of ‘destiny’?
The hero of “Slumdog Millionaire,” a poverty-raised teaboy seeking his lost love, works his way through the questions on the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” knowing that, at any time, he can lose and walk away with nothing. At this point, the movie appears unlikely to face the same fate.
