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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 U.S. News: 18 February 2009
February 19th, 2009 • CNN News, U.S.
- Future foods will cater to personal health
Wouldn’t it be great if you knew which foods you should be eating based on your own personal health profile? We might not be there yet, but the science of food is evolving. - Facebook backs down on user info policy
Under fire from tens of thousands of users, the social networking site Facebook said early Wednesday it is reverting to its old policy on user information — for now. - Chimp attack 911 call: ‘He’s ripping her apart’
A Connecticut woman pleaded for police to “please hurry” to save a friend from an attack by a pet chimpanzee, according to emotional 911 recordings released Tuesday by Stamford police. - California can’t solve budget crisis
California lawmakers worked into early Wednesday but couldn’t pass a budget to avoid the possibility of laying off 10,000 more state workers. - Bones of six bodies found in New Mexico desert
The bones of six bodies have been found in New Mexico over the past two weeks in the desert west of Albuquerque, according to CNN affiliate reports quoting authorities. - Police check sitter’s story on missing girl
Police searching for a missing 5-year-old girl are investigating whether the woman who reported her gone was at home at the time the girl vanished, an officer working on the case said Wednesday. - American cars: Love ‘em, hate ‘em
Tracy Dupire of Worthington, Indiana, loves to drive her 2002 Ford Mustang convertible with the top down when the weather is nice. She’s always had an American car and hopes she always will. - Question arise on Obama’s foreclosure plan
Even before President Obama unveiled his home foreclosure plan Wednesday afternoon, some Republicans and political commentators questioned how exactly it would work to stave off a crisis plaguing the country.
CNN U.S. News: 17 February 2009
February 18th, 2009 • CNN News, U.S.
- Blog: Sam’s Club to Accept EBT Nationwide
Email your questions and comments to AskSean@cnn.com - Beheaded woman’s sis possibly heard fight
A woman who was beheaded near Buffalo, New York — allegedly by her husband — may have been on the phone with her sister when she was killed. - Slain actress found dark side of dream
Juliana Redding was 21, an aspiring actress and model who, like so many others before her, had moved from Arizona to southern California in pursuit of the Hollywood dream. She wound up the victim in a real life murder mystery — one few people are willing to talk about in detail. - Bristol Palin: Abstinence for teens ‘not realistic’
In her first interview since giving birth, the teenage daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said having a child is not “glamorous,” and that telling young people to be abstinent is “not realistic at all.” - States in financial rut consider cutting costs
The flow of economic stimulus money seemingly can’t come fast enough for states reeling in massive deficits — some even laying off state workers and others taking drastic program-cutting measures. - Solar-power firm fired up about stimulus
A Colorado solar-energy company has high hopes for the economic stimulus bill that President Barack Obama will sign Tuesday in Denver. - Obama’s remarks on signing the stimulus plan
President Obama signed the $787 economic stimulus bill Tuesday in Denver, Colorado. Here is a full transcript of his remarks. - Death threats forced firm to drop octuplet mom
The president of PR agency representing octuplet mom Nadya Suleman says people have made death threats against her firm by phone, e-mail.
