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Today's Most Popular News: Earth religions get worship area at AF Academy Healthy adults need less sleep as they age: study Sticky, smelly Bag Balm: Problem-salving for all Peru evacuates last tourists from Machu Picchu Doc Who Tied Vaccine to Autism Ruled Unethical Success seen with experimental abstinence program Parents, students on edge over soaring tuition Criticism of Haiti's government increasing A New Basis for U.S. Asylum Claims: Homeschooling Obama budget: Record spending, record deficit Toyota has fix for gas pedals; repairs this week Next in military technology: Unmanned Black Hawk? Sioux reservation struggling after winter storms Obama's budget deficits to rise from wars, recession Giant squid invade Calif. waters, entice anglers Toyota's other pedal problem: Lawsuits Arrest of Americans deepens Haiti adoption debate Without groundhogs, Alaska to celebrate Marmot Day Obama seeks money for nuclear weapons work LA megachurch hopes to win Super Bowl ad contest Earth religions get worship area at AF Academy Mon, 1 Feb 2010 02:53 pm PST AP - The Air Force Academy has set aside an outdoor worship area for Pagans, Wiccans, Druids and other Earth-centered believers, school officials said Monday. Full Story Top Healthy adults need less sleep as they age: study Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:03 pm PST AFP - Healthy older adults need less sleep than their younger counterparts and, even with less sleep under their nightcaps, are less likely to feel tired during the day, a study published Monday showed. Full Story Top Sticky, smelly Bag Balm: Problem-salving for all Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:51 am PST AP - Winter is most definitely here. It must be. The phones are ringing at Bag Balm headquarters. Full Story Top Peru evacuates last tourists from Machu Picchu Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:30 am PST AP - Helicopters ferried out the last tourists stranded near Machu Picchu on Friday, leaving the country to contemplate a prolonged shutdown of its top tourist site. Full Story Top Doc Who Tied Vaccine to Autism Ruled Unethical Mon, 1 Feb 2010 01:50 pm PST Time.com - British medical authorities rule that Andrew Wakefield, the doctor behind research that linked the triple Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine with autism, acted "dishonestly and with "callous disregard" for the children involved in his study Full Story Top Success seen with experimental abstinence program Mon, 1 Feb 2010 03:00 pm PST AP - An experimental abstinence-only program without a moralistic tone can delay teens from having sex, a provocative study found. Full Story Top Parents, students on edge over soaring tuition Mon, 1 Feb 2010 04:40 pm PST AP - As students around the country anxiously wait for college acceptance letters, their parents are sweating the looming tuition bills at public universities. Full Story Top Criticism of Haiti's government increasing Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:00 pm PST AP - The mourning is far from over, but the politicking has resumed. Full Story Top A New Basis for U.S. Asylum Claims: Homeschooling Mon, 1 Feb 2010 02:30 pm PST Time.com - In a landmark case, an Evangelical German couple has been granted asylum inthe U.S. to avoid persecution in their home country for homeschooling their children Full Story Top Obama budget: Record spending, record deficit Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:30 pm PST AP - Spelling out painful priorities, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Monday to quickly approve a huge new shot of spending for recession relief and job creation, part of a record $3.8 trillion budget that would boost the deficit beyond any in the nation's history while only slowly beginning to put Americans back to work. Full Story Top Toyota has fix for gas pedals; repairs this week Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:08 pm PST AP - Toyota apologized to its customers Monday and said a piece of steel about the size of a postage stamp will fix the gas pedal problem that led to the recall of millions of cars. Repairs will take about a half-hour and will start in a matter of days, the company said. Full Story Top Next in military technology: Unmanned Black Hawk? Mon, 1 Feb 2010 01:20 pm PST AP - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced a billion-dollar venture Monday that it hopes will respond to military demand for technology to fight two wars, including Black Hawk helicopters that can see and fly on their own. Full Story Top Sioux reservation struggling after winter storms Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:08 pm PST AP - Moving to the top of Mona Longbrake's must-have list is a portable generator. Full Story Top Obama's budget deficits to rise from wars, recession Mon, 1 Feb 2010 02:05 pm PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ Fighting wars and lingering effects from a deep recession, President Barack Obama will run up a record $1.56 trillion budget deficit this year and is proposing a 2011 federal budget that would spend $1.27 trillion more than the government takes in next year. Full Story Top Giant squid invade Calif. waters, entice anglers Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:38 am PST AP - Giant squid weighing up to 60 pounds have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach and are being caught by sport fishermen by the hundreds. Full Story Top Toyota's other pedal problem: Lawsuits Mon, 1 Feb 2010 02:15 pm PST Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp is facing a growing number lawsuits from consumers who complain their vehicles suddenly accelerate or may do so, and want the world's largest automaker to pay for it. Full Story Top Arrest of Americans deepens Haiti adoption debate Mon, 1 Feb 2010 05:22 pm PST AP - The debate over international adoption, already a bitter one, has intensified in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake and the arrest of 10 Americans for trying to take children out of the devastated country without permission. Full Story Top Without groundhogs, Alaska to celebrate Marmot Day Mon, 1 Feb 2010 04:55 pm PST AP - Alaska now has its own version of Groundhog Day. Full Story Top Obama seeks money for nuclear weapons work Mon, 1 Feb 2010 04:24 pm PST AP - President Barack Obama is seeking increased funding for nuclear weapons research and security programs next year, even as his administration promotes nonproliferation and has pledged to reduce the world's stockpile of nuclear arms. Full Story Top LA megachurch hopes to win Super Bowl ad contest Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:24 am PST AP - Pastors have long competed with the NFL on Sundays, but this season a hipster megachurch is turning the tables with a 30-second ad that could muscle its way into that all holiest of sporting events: the Super Bowl. Full Story Top

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