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8:41 PM
9-February
2010 Saints Revel With Super Bowl March In Downtown New OrleansTwo days after capturing its first Super Bowl title in franchise history, New Orleans is celebrating the victory Mardi Gras-style.
Topics: National Football League, American football, sports

7:45 PM
9-February
2010 Yanks Sign Thames; Rivera, Girardi To Wait On Possible DealsThe N.Y. Yankees added another outfielder Monday with the signing of Marcus Thames to a minor league contract and invitation to spring training. Reports indicate reliever Mariano Rivera and manager Joe Girardi will have to wait on deals.
Topics: Major League Baseball, baseball, sports

7:11 PM
9-February
2010 American Airlines Charging For Blankets On Domestic, Some International FlightsPassengers on many American Airlines flights will have to pay extra if they want a blanket beginning May 1 when the company will remove blankets from coach sections of domestic and some international flights. The company cited economic pressures.
Topics: consumers, company information, economy, business and finance, travel and commuting, lifestyle and leisure, offbeat, human interest, United States

6:43 PM
9-February
2010 Efforts To Confirm Union Lawyer Craig Becker To National Labor Relations Board Fail By 8 Senate VotesAttempts to end a Republican filibuster and to confirm President Barack Obamas nomination of union lawyer Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board failed by eight votes on Tuesday. Only 52 Senators voted in favor of cloture. Sixty votes were needed to confirm Becker.
Topics: government, politics, labor, United States

6:42 PM
9-February
2010 Three European Cities To Host NHL Openers In 2010-11A record six NHL teams are scheduled to face off in Europe to start the 2010-11 regular season. Helsinki, Stockholm and Prague will host games.
Topics: National Hockey League, ice hockey, sports

6:13 PM
9-February
2010 Ankle Injury Makes Kobe Questionable For Jazz, All-Star TiltsKobe Bryant remains questionable for the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday's clash against the Utah Jazz, and the superstar guard might even sit out the NBA All-Star game as the deals with ankle woes.
Topics: National Basketball Association, basketball, sports

6:11 PM
9-February
2010 Nick Cannon Talks Directing "School Gyrls" And Mariah CareyAlthough he has well over a dozen film credits to his name, Nick Cannon has been behind-the-scenes for years, writing episodes of "All That" at only 17 and producing his own "The Nick Cannon Show" for Nickelodeon and later "Wild 'N Out" for MTV. He's also Chairman of Teen Nick and he gave himself the duty of writing and directing his first music-filled feature for the network, "School Gyrls," a high-school set comedy featuring a girl group he has signed to his own NCredible Entertainment label.
Topics: television, arts, culture and entertainment

5:55 PM
9-February
2010 Survey: College Degree Tends To Make People More Liberal On Social IssuesA new study has found that getting a college degree tends to make people more liberal on social issues, but it doesn't make them any better able to answer basic civics questions.
Topics: university, education, adults, people, social issue, United States

5:50 PM
9-February
2010 Republicans Sound Enthusiastic After Obama Pushes Bipartisan ApproachRepublican leaders on Tuesday (Feb. 9) agreed to support President Barack Obama on trade, nuclear power and offshore drilling but were categorically negative on the health-reform bill.
Topics: politics (general), politics, United States

5:31 PM
9-February
2010 Tebow, Jones-Drew Selected Grand Marshals Of Daytona DuelsHeisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew will serve as Grand Marshals for the Gatorade Duel At Daytona qualifying races Thursday.
Topics: NASCAR