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February 2010
Closing ceremony brings upbeat end to games
By NBCSports.com on February 28, 2010
An Olympics that began with the death of a luger ended Sunday with an exuberant celebration of Canada — reflecting a determined comeback by the host country’s organizers and athletes.
Chile greets exchange student with ‘terremoto’
By msnbc.com on February 28, 2010
Chile’s monster earthquake was a rude greeting for Paige Orwin, a 19-year-old American who had arrived in Santiago just three days earlier to begin a foreign exchange program.
Curfew declared in Chilean city; looting feared
By CNN on February 28, 2010
Santiago, Chile (CNN) — Heavily populated parts of Chile still were without water service and electricity Sunday night because of Saturdays 8.8-magnitude earthquake, and reports of looting raised fears about security in some areas.
The nations hardest-hit major city, Concepcion, declared an overnight curfew. The death count from the earthquake doubled on Sunday from a day earlier, to 708 deaths.
Calling Saturday mornings quake an "unthinkable disaster," Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said a state of catastrophe in the hardest-hit regions would continue, allowing for the restoration of order and speedy distribution of aid.
Looting broke out in parts of the country, including in Concepcion in central coastal Chile, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) from the earthquakes epicenter.
Desperate residents scrounged for water and supplies inside empty and damaged supermarkets. On Sunday morning, authorities used tear gas and water cannons to disperse looters in some areas.
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By glam.com on February 28, 2010
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Canadians swell streets after hockey win
By CNN on February 28, 2010
Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) — Thousands of Canadians turned the streets of Vancouver into rivers of red on Sunday in jubilant celebration of the countrys Olympic gold-medal win in mens ice hockey.
Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime, with national hero Sidney Crosby scoring the winning goal in the hard-fought game.
The win capped off a historic Winter Olympics for the host nation just hours before the closing ceremonies. The country took home a record 14 gold medals — the most in Winter Olympics history.
Fans spilled out of the exits at Canada Hockey Place after the medal ceremony, "clanging cowbells and screaming like madmen," according to Sports Illustrateds Luke Winn.
"Ill remember this day for the rest of my life as will all Canadians who are here tonight," one fan at a Vancouver viewing told CNN affiliate CTV in Canada.
Police told liquor stores in Vancouver to close early at 2 p.m. — about an hour before the game ended — ahead of the celebrations. Lines of people were seen at one store 30 minutes before the game even started.
Canadians celebrate men\’s hockey win
By CNN on February 28, 2010
Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) — Thousands of Canadians turned the streets of Vancouver into rivers of red on Sunday in jubilant celebration of the countrys Olympic gold-medal win in mens ice hockey.
Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime, with national hero Sidney Crosby scoring the winning goal in the hard-fought game.
The win capped off a historic Winter Olympics for the host nation just hours before the closing ceremonies. The country took home a record 14 gold medals — the most in Winter Olympics history.
Fans spilled out of the exits at Canada Hockey Place after the medal ceremony, "clanging cowbells and screaming like madmen," according to Sports Illustrateds Luke Winn.
"Ill remember this day for the rest of my life as will all Canadians who are here tonight," one fan at a Vancouver viewing told CNN affiliate CTV in Canada.
Police told liquor stores in Vancouver to close early at 2 p.m. — about an hour before the game ended — ahead of the celebrations. Lines of people were seen at one store 30 minutes before the game even started.
\’We will raise Chile … it will not be easy,\’ president-elect says
By CNN on February 28, 2010
(CNN) — Chiles president-elect pledged Sunday night to rebuild his earthquake-ravaged nation, announcing in nationally televised remarks that he has met with the sitting president to discuss the effort, which he said will be a centerpiece of his administration.
"We are calling the project Up With Chile," said President-elect Sebastion Pinera, moments after emerging from a meeting with current President Michelle Bachelet at her home.
Pinera is scheduled to be sworn in March 11.
"We will raise Chile," he said. "Its not going to be a short task, its not going to be easy. It will require a lot of effort, a lot of resources, and a lot of time."
Pinera said his transition team would continue coordinating with the Bachelet administration on the response effort.
Dupont: After Olympics, NHL faces frantic finish
By NBCSports.com on February 28, 2010
Dupont: What to expect as each team will play at an exhausting pace — roughly 20 games over season’s final 40 days.
Chile minister says navy erred on tsunami
By msnbc.com on February 28, 2010
Chile’s defense minister says the navy failed to immediately issue a tsunami warning after a mammoth earthquake.
Best of New York Fashion Week Fall 2010
By glam.com on February 28, 2010
A snowy and cold New York Fashion Week is over, and the designs presented there were all the more welcome for looking to be warm. Collections were, for the most part, fairly restrained in color and cut. Shoes were perhaps the most “out there” accessories, with a few medieval looking spike studded shoes and gladiator-bondage style sandals with torturous heel heights.
As for handbags, Marc Jacobs sent two down the runway that were drool-worthy. A chain handle leather bag in gray and white was the ultimate in city sophistication. Coco Chanel would have been proud. Jacobs also presented a gray crocodile skinned structured bag with a short, adjustable leather handle that prompted a lot of uptown fashion editors and a few stars to think, “Ooh! Gimme!”
But while the collections weren’t as bizarre as they sometimes can be, there were some pieces that did step outside the safe fashion zone. One example was the awesomely pieced-together Joseph Altuzarra black leather dress that some described as straight out of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Altuzarra also presented a classic black swing trench coat that would have been gorgeous atop the leather zipper dress, but which would, come to think of it, look gorgeous atop a burlap sack. It was amazing.
Rag & Bone came out with something that many thought wasn’t possible: sophisticated hooded ponchos. The classic wool fabrics and the color palette of mixed grays gave them a sophistication that you just don’t think about when you think of the word “poncho.” For evening, Jason Wu presented an amazing strapless tulle cocktail dress. What was so special about the dress was that underneath the draped and gathered tulle was an entire layer of feathers.
Not all the shoes seen on the runways were outrageous. Derek Lam showed a pair of black leather boots with roll-down tops that were gorgeous, and for straight-up glamour, the ruffled, tassled platform suede shoes by 3.1 Phillip Lim couldn’t be beat. Fashion week may be over, but it just means we’re that much closer to actually getting to wear some of the awesome styles showcased there.
World »
U.S. troops probed in Iraqi reporter death
March 11, 2010
U.S. troops open fire on a car in western Baghdad, killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband, a police official says.
Politics »
Dems try to finish health care reform
March 11, 2010
Washington (CNN) — Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — who has sounded increasingly optimistic that she will be able to round up the 216 votes needed to pass the Senate health care bill — will host a meeting of the entire House Democratic caucus in the morning.
On the other side of Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will try to build public momentum by framing the issue in more personal terms, holding a news conference with an 11-year-old boy whose mother died of pulmonary hypertension after losing her health insurance.
"We are making progress. A lot of decisions were made," Reid told reporters Wednesday. "I really believe the goal weve been seeking for a long time of health care reform is going to be done. We dont have it all worked out yet but we made a lot of progress."
Obama is set to discuss health care in afternoon and evening meetings with African-American and Hispanic members of Congress. He is also planning to take his increasingly populist, anti-insurance industry message back on the road early next week, delivering yet another reform speech in the political battleground state of Ohio.
The president delivered passionate, campaign-style health care stump speeches earlier this week in Pennsylvania and Missouri. Obama has dismissed questionable poll numbers about the Democratic reform plan, declaring the debate over and urging a final up-or-down vote on the matter in Congress.
"The time for talk is over," he said Wednesday in St. Charles, Missouri. "Its time to vote."
GOP leaders, meanwhile, remain furious over the Democratic strategy for passing an overhaul bill. If the House approves the Senate version of the bill, according to Democratic sources, a separate package of changes designed in part to make the overall measure more palatable to House liberals would then be approved by both chambers — getting through the Senate under a legislative maneuver known as reconciliation. Bills passed under in the Senate reconciliation require only a simple majority of 51 votes.
Senate Democrats lost their filibuster-proof 60-seat supermajority with the election in January of Massachusetts GOP Sen. Scott Brown to the seat formerly held by the late Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Liberal House Democrats contend, among other things, that the Senate bill does not include an adequate level of subsidies to help middle- and lower-income families purchase coverage. They also object to the Senates proposed tax on expensive insurance plans.
Separately, a handful of socially conservative House Democrats argue the Senate plan doesnt do enough to ensure taxpayer funds are not used to fund abortions. Several political analysts have said lingering divisions over abortion may prove to be the toughest hurdle for Democratic leaders to overcome.
Republicans argue that reconciliation, which is limited to provisions pertaining to the budget, was never meant to facilitate passage of a sweeping measure along the lines of the health care bill.
Reid dismissed the GOPs arguments in a letter sent to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday.
"The reconciliation bill now under consideration would not be the vehicle for comprehensive reform — that bill already passed [the Senate] outside of reconciliation," Reid wrote.
"Instead, reconciliation would be used to make a modest number of changes to the original legislation, all of which would be budget-related. There is nothing inappropriate about this."
Four Senate Republicans who previously served in the House warned House Democrats in a news conference Wednesday that there is no guarantee the reconciliation strategy will succeed.
A unified Senate GOP caucus will fight to prevent changes promised by the Democratic leadership, they said.
House Democrats "better think long and hard" about voting for the Senate plan if they dont like it, said Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota. "If you vote for the Senate-passed bill, you own the Senate-passed bill."
Business »
Report: Linux Gains Ground, Windows Stumbles
January 26, 2010
Linux inched ahead in the operating-system arena during the final month of 2009, even as Windows and Mac gave up some ground. That’s according to research firm Net Applications, which recently released its Market Share report covering operating systems in December. Linux accounted for 1.02 percent of the market in December, up from an even 1 percent the month before.
Technology »
Verizon Tips Its 4G Handset Hand
March 11, 2010
Verizon will have the first handset running on its Long-Term Evolution 4G network by the middle of next year — about six months ahead of schedule — according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The development of LTE means faster cellular data transfers than the 3G networks now in widespread use by U.S. carriers, though exactly when LTE will become common has long been a source of uncertainty.
Health »
Big first trimester weight gain ups diabetes risk
March 11, 2010
Women who gain weight too quickly during the first three months of pregnancy are more prone to develop pregnancy-related diabetes, new research shows.
Sports »
Woods out until at least Masters, sources says
March 11, 2010
Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans have told The Associated Press.
