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Toyota recalling Prius, other models, worldwide

Prius drivers in Japan and the U.S. have complained of a short delay before the brakes kick in ? a flaw Toyota says can be fixed with a software programming change.  Toyota announced that it is recalling about 400,000 of its signature Prius green cars and other hybrids worldwide for braking problems.




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Early Priuses may have braking issues

After initially downplaying complaints by owners that 2010 Prius brakes could release unexpectedly, the troubled Japanese manufacturer acknowledged last week that it had quietly instituted a ?fix? to solve the problem with the sedans that it has built since sometime in January.How far back do potential braking problems with the Toyota Prius go? The answer may be much further than believed, and could involve vehicles dating back to the 2005 model-year.




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2nd major storm heads for snowy Mid-Atlantic

Feb. 9: As a severe winter storm front sweeps across the country, some cities could see an additional 12 to 14 inches of snow.  (Today Show)Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second day.




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Loan guarantees recharge nuclear debate

The Calvert Cliffs power plant near Lusby, Md., is high on the Department of Energy's list of projects that could receive federal loan guarantees. The plant's operator, Constellation Energy, wants to add a 1,600-megawatt nuclear reactor to the existing plant.President Obama?s push to triple federal loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants has recharged the debate over the viability of nuclear energy. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports.




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Obama has miles to go to keep all promises

If there were a scorecard for the promises President Barack Obama made a year ago in this struggling city in northern Indiana, he would probably get a C.

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NYT: McCain takes on GOP foe by tilting right

?The political winds of change are here,? says J. D. Hayworth, who plans to challenge Sen. John McCain in the Republican primary.Challenged by J. D. Hayworth from the airwaves, and soon in a primary, John McCain has moved starkly, and often awkwardly, to the right.




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Afghan avalanches kill at least 28, strand 1,500

An Afghan army soldier carries a child during an evacuation from the avalanche which struck the Salang Pass, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Avalanches on a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 28 people, with another 1,500 stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, Afghan officials said Tuesday.




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Report: Iran begins controversial nuke process

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, is seen visiting the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles south of the capital Tehran, on April 8, 2008.Iran's state TV said the country started enriching its uranium to a higher level of 20 percent, over the objections of the international community.




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Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally (AP)

In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.



US Army tightens noose in southern Afghanistan (AP)

U.S. Army Pfc. Colin Wells from Los Angeles, Calif., of the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, takes finger prints of an Afghan driver at a checkpoint, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - U.S. Army soldiers have launched a major operation in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.



Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 8, 2008 file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. The head of Iran's atomic agency Ali Akbar Salehi said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 that Iran, which is set to start enriching uranium to 20 percent on Tuesday, would not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for the Tehran research reactor. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File)AP - Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level on Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the U.S. and its allies who fear the process could eventually be used to give the Islamic republic nuclear weapons.



Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic (AP)

Kevin McMahon of Washington, uses an oven pan as he slides on the slope of the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second day and utility workers struggled to restore power knocked out by a weekend blizzard.



GOP wary of pitfalls in Obama's health care summit (AP)

A resident of south Florida holds a sign protesting healthcare reforms during a visit by President Obama to Miami, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaAP - Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan confab on health care, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap to portray their ideas as flimsy.



State Farm says it warned NHTSA on Toyota in 2007 (AP)

A Toyota Prius' badge is pictured on a car at a Toyota dealership in west London February 9, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp said it is recalling nearly half a million of its flagship Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it seeks to address criticism over the handling of its worst safety crisis.    REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)AP - The nation's largest auto insurer said Tuesday it alerted federal safety regulators in late 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the latest warning sign to emerge about the massive recall.



Astronauts inspect shuttle on way to space station (AP)

Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Endeavour's  six member crew will deliver a large room with a cupola to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)AP - Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.



Stocks climb on hopes for Greece debt assistance (AP)

FILE - In this March 17, 2009 file photo, the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange is seen. The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Stocks are climbing in early trading as hopes grow the European Union will help Greece with its growing debt burden.








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