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Crews examine damage to a power plant under construction in Middletown, Conn., in this aerial photo after an explosion Sunday blew apart portions of the structure.

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Crews examine damage to a power plant under construction in Middletown, Conn., in this aerial photo after an explosion Sunday blew apart portions of the structure.

ADVERSTISMENT

Nation’s capital gets the day off

More mid-Atlantic snow on tap

By BRETT ZONGKER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted: February 9, 2010 5:25 a.m.

Federal workers and schoolchildren got a day off Monday as the mid-Atlantic region dug out from as much as 3 feet of snow that made travel nearly impossible and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people.
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Iran plans more reactors, heftier military

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE PRESS SERVICES
Posted: February 9, 2010 4:09 a.m.

Iranian officials trumpeted new nuclear and military ambitions Monday in the face of domestic political discord and stepped-up international talk of tightening economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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S A U.S. Climate Service in works

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted: February 9, 2010 1:07 a.m.

The Obama administration has proposed a new agency to study and report on climate change.
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S Inquiry begins in plant blast

With toll at 5, officials in Connecticut account for all workers

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted: February 9, 2010 1:05 a.m.

Authorities looking for the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction launched a criminal investigation Monday, saying they could not rule out criminal negligence as the cause.
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S Russia ally appears to win Ukraine vote

By SIMON SHUSTER AND PETER LEONARD THE ASSOCIATED PRE
Posted: February 9, 2010 1:04 a.m.

Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych emerged as the apparent winner in Ukraine’s presidential contest Monday, holding onto a lead of almost 3 percentage points with about 99 percent of ballots counted.
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S Rep. Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at age 77

By PETER JACKSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted: February 9, 2010 1:01 a.m.

U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq war whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.
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S Church deplores abuse, pope says

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted: February 9, 2010 1:01 a.m.

Pope Benedict XVI condemned the abuse of children by priests Monday, saying the church will never stop deploring such behavior.
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S In the news

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Posted: February 9, 2010 12:47 a.m.

Bahar Idriss Abu Garda, a Sudanese rebel leader, saw charges against him dismissed by international war-crimes judges who said prosecutors failed to provide enough evidence to put him on trial for the deaths of 12 international peacekeepers at an African Union peace mission in Darfur.
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S The world in brief

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Posted: February 9, 2010 12:10 a.m.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “She should remember her own democratic slogans and recognize the results of the elections.” Anna German, deputy chairman of Viktor Yanukovych’s Party of Regions, calling on Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to concede in the country’s presidential race Article, this page France OKs selling warship to Russia PARIS — France has agreed to sell Russia an advanced amphibious warship and is considering a Russian request for three more, French defense officials said Monday.
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S Names and faces

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Posted: February 9, 2010 12:08 a.m.

Michael Jackson’s doctor was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter, capping an exhaustive investigation into the pop star’s stunning death last summer and setting up the prospect of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama. Dr. Conrad Murray, a cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25 at his rented Los Angeles mansion, is accused of acting “unlawfully and without malice” in bringing about Jackson’s death, according to a complaint filed by prosecutors.
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S The nation in brief

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Posted: February 9, 2010 12:07 a.m.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Until this morning I was happy as pie because I love snow.” Manuel Bernardo, 30, of Bethesda, Md., whose plans to travel to Barcelona, Spain, were hampered by winter weather Article, 1A Obama team plans school-food switch WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and by providing school lunch and breakfast to more kids.
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S Afghans flee in run-up to NATO sweep

Get out, U.S.-dropped leaflets warn as Taliban dig in, stock up on arms

By NOOR KHAN AND KIM GAMEL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted: February 8, 2010 5:02 a.m.

Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints Sunday as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-controlled area ahead of a planned NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan.
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S Iranian orders uranium boost

Mixed signals fan U.S. anger

By NASSER KARIMI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted: February 8, 2010 5:02 a.m.

Iran’s president on Sunday ordered his atomic agency to significantly enrich the country’s stockpile of uranium, angering Western nations who want the Islamic republic to halt its nuclear program.
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Power-plant blast kills 5, hurts 12

Searchers scour building’s debris in Connecticut

By PAT EATON-ROBB AND JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted: February 8, 2010 4:12 a.m.

An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring a dozen or more in a blast that shook homes for miles.
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S Costa Rica president’s protege leads vote

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted: February 8, 2010 3:12 a.m.

Costa Rica’s governing party candidate took a commanding lead when vote counting began Sunday and swept toward an election victory that would make her the first woman president in this Central American nation.
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