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Obama plans to sign stimulus measure Tuesday (AP) February 14, 2009 at 8:55 pm AP - Savoring his first big victory in Congress, President Barack Obama on Saturday celebrated the newly passed $787 billion economic stimulus bill as a "major milestone on our road to recovery. " M.I.A. announces birth of baby boy on MySpace page (AP) February 14, 2009 at 8:07 pm AP - Call her Mamma M.I.A. The Grammy- and Oscar-nominated rapper has announced on her MySpace blog that she has given birth to a son. Conan O'Brien packing up for move West (AP) February 14, 2009 at 6:37 pm AP - Nearly two dozen guitars are scattered on the floor and sofa in Conan O'Brien's office in Rockefeller Center, most of them gifts from musicians like Eddie Van Halen, Los Lobos, Les Paul and Brian Setzer. David Beckham's Italian Dreams Dashed (E! Online) February 14, 2009 at 5:20 pm E! Online - L.A. shutterbugs, rejoice: Posh and Becks are coming home. AP source: UAW walks away from GM concession talks (AP) February 14, 2009 at 3:41 pm AP - Negotiators for the United Auto Workers walked out of concession talks with General Motors Corp. Friday night in a dispute over payments to a union-administered retiree health care fund, a person briefed on the talks said Saturday. Saudi king shakes up religious establishment (AP) February 14, 2009 at 3:18 pm AP - The Saudi king on Saturday dismissed the chief of the religious police and a cleric who condoned killing the owners of TV networks that broadcast "immoral" content, signaling an effort to weaken the country's hard-line Sunni establishment. Trade a gun for a rose in SC on Valentine's Day (AP) February 14, 2009 at 2:58 pm AP - Police in South Carolina gave away roses on Valentine's Day. All you had to do to get one for your sweetie was turn in a gun. Congress strengthens exec pay limits (AP) February 14, 2009 at 2:46 pm AP - President Barack Obama's economic team tried to keep Democratic allies negotiating the stimulus bill from limiting paychecks for executives at banks in need of a bailout. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and economic aide Lawrence Summers failed. Burris confirms request for Blagojevich donation (AP) February 14, 2009 at 2:01 pm AP - Sen. Roland Burris admitted Saturday that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother asked him for a campaign contribution before the governor appointed Burris to the Senate. Ohio woman pleads guilty in over-exercising death (AP) February 14, 2009 at 1:34 pm AP - A woman has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide for exercising her 73-year-old husband to death in a swimming pool, repeatedly refusing to let him leave the water. GM considering Chapter 11 filing, new company: report (Reuters) February 14, 2009 at 12:28 pm Reuters - General Motors Corp, nearing a Tuesday deadline to present a viability plan to the U.S. government, is considering as one option a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing that would create a new company, the Wall Street Journal said in its Saturday edition. Referendum defeat could derail Chavez's revolution (AP) February 14, 2009 at 11:42 am AP - President Hugo Chavez warns a defeat in a referendum Sunday that would eliminate term limits could derail his decade-long effort to bridge the gap between rich and poor. Opponents say a Chavez win would send Venezuela on a dangerous path toward dictatorship. Former Gitmo guard recalls abuse, climate of fear (AP) February 14, 2009 at 11:15 am AP - Army Pvt. Brandon Neely was scared when he took Guantanamo's first shackled detainees off a bus. Told to expect vicious terrorists, he grabbed a trembling, elderly detainee and ground his face into the cement — the first of a range of humiliations he says he participated in and witnessed as the prison was opening for business. Flights resume but delays hit London City Airport (AP) February 14, 2009 at 11:13 am AP - Flights resumed but delays plagued London City Airport on Saturday, a day after 71 people escaped serious injury when their plane's front wheel gear collapsed upon landing. The recovery plan: shock & awe for a shaken nation (AP) February 14, 2009 at 9:44 am AP - America is bringing shock and awe to the home front, using dollars instead of bombs. How will the government stimulus plan affect you? (AP) February 14, 2009 at 9:30 am AP - An examination of how the economic stimulus plan will affect Americans. British investor in Madoff scheme kills himself (Reuters) February 14, 2009 at 9:19 am Reuters - A former British soldier killed himself after losing his life savings in an alleged $50 billion fraud run by Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff, the dead man's son said.