The Google Nexus One smart phone is getting a software update to help with 3G coverage, its speech recognition won’t pass along swear words, and it’s most definitely not coming to your local big-box.
AP – The mourning is far from over, but the politicking has resumed.
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.
AP – The Seattle-based captain of the “Deadliest Catch” fishing vessel Cornelia Marie has been flown to Anchorage after suffering a stroke while the boat was in port at St. Paul Island, Alaska.
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.
AP – Moving to the top of Mona Longbrake’s must-have list is a portable generator.
AP – Alaska now has its own version of Groundhog Day.
AP – As students around the country anxiously wait for college acceptance letters, their parents are sweating the looming tuition bills at public universities.
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.
AP – An experimental abstinence-only program without a moralistic tone can delay teens from having sex, a provocative study found.
