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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: U.S. Rihanna and Chris Brown reported back together February 27, 2009 at 8:45 pm LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Rihanna was reported on Friday to have reunited with her R&B singer boyfriend Chris Brown, less than three weeks after he was alleged to have assaulted her. U.S. charges Stanford with massive Ponzi scheme February 27, 2009 at 8:38 pm HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators on Friday accused Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, his college roommate and three of their companies of carrying out a "massive Ponzi scheme" over at least a decade and misappropriating at least $1.6 billion of investors' money. Barry Bonds trial on hold over evidence dispute February 27, 2009 at 8:19 pm SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Next week's trial of baseball home-run king Barry Bonds on charges he lied about steroid use was put on hold on Friday after prosecutors said they would ask an appeals court to allow evidence thrown out by the trial judge. Manhattan DA Morgenthau to retire after 35 years February 27, 2009 at 7:16 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - After 35 years on the job, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said on Friday he will not seek re-election to a position in which he has focused in recent years on prosecuting serious financial crimes. U.S. officials move to end Bush healthcare rule February 27, 2009 at 6:41 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration took a first step on Friday toward rescinding a controversial rule mandated by the Bush administration that protects U.S. health workers who refuse to participate in abortions and other care on moral grounds. California's unemployment rate tops 10 percent February 27, 2009 at 6:14 pm SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's unemployment rate rose to 10.1 percent in January, its highest level in a quarter century, as recession tightened its grip on the most populous U.S. state. Boats, beer, bathtubs: U.S. stimulus ideas bubble up February 27, 2009 at 6:10 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. public is bubbling over with ideas on how to spend the billions of dollars set to flow to states from the federal stimulus program -- including six-packs of beer, airboats and bathtubs. California sees billions in losses from drought February 27, 2009 at 4:33 pm SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday declared a state emergency due to drought, requested broad conservation measures and said agricultural revenue losses in the coming season could top $2 billion. Suspected al Qaeda operative charged in U.S. court February 27, 2009 at 1:08 pm PEORIA, Illinois (Reuters) - Suspected al Qaeda operative Ali al-Marri has been charged with conspiracy and material support for terrorism, shifting him into the U.S. legal system after 5-1/2 years at a military prison in South Carolina, according to court documents unsealed on Friday. Obama health budget raises hopes, worries February 27, 2009 at 12:48 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many Americans are crossing their fingers that President Barack Obama's ambitious $634 billion plan to reform the U.S. healthcare system -- funded by a mix of tax increases and Medicare spending cuts -- will succeed, but they are worried, too. U.S. fourth-quarter GDP drop biggest since 1982 February 27, 2009 at 12:29 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy suffered its deepest contraction since early 1982 in the fourth quarter, shrinking at a much worse-than-expected 6.2 percent annual rate as exports plunged and consumers slashed spending. In hard times, more U.S. women try to sell their eggs February 27, 2009 at 11:54 am NEW YORK, Feb 27 - Drawn by payments of up to $10,000, an increasing number of women are offering to sell their eggs at U.S. fertility clinics as a way to make money amid the financial crisis. Manhattan DA Morgenthau to step down: media February 27, 2009 at 11:16 am NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau will not seek re-election in the fall and step down after 35 years as chief prosecutor for state crimes in the New York City borough, local media reported on Friday. U.S. satellite shootdown debris said gone from space February 27, 2009 at 9:55 am ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - No debris remains in space from the U.S. destruction a year ago of an errant spy satellite loaded with toxic hydrazine fuel, the head of the Pentagon's Strategic Command said. U.S. advisers urge broad Medicare payment reform February 27, 2009 at 9:23 am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Medicare insurance program must make widespread changes to reduce costs and shore up payments in order to sustain the program, which covers roughly 44 million elderly and disabled Americans, a U.S. advisory panel said on Friday. Americans mixed on Obama budget, fret over deficit February 27, 2009 at 9:12 am PHOENIX (Reuters) - Many Americans applauded the spending plans and tax breaks set out in President Barack Obama's record budget, while others questioned the yawning deficit it would entail.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.