eBay: Cars, boats and, just maybe, Miss.’s jet (AP)
AP - Mississippi is the latest state trying to unload pricey property because of the economic meltdown.
Its a catastrophe for the apostrophe in Britain (AP)
AP - On the streets of Birmingham, the queen’s English is now the queens English.
When you watch these ads, the ads check you out (AP)
AP - Watch an advertisement on a video screen in a mall, health club or grocery store and there’s a slim but growing chance the ad is watching you too.
Steelers in Super Bowl may bring luck to investors (Reuters)
Reuters - Win or lose on Sunday, having Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl could be a good luck charm for the U.S. stock market, according to a light-hearted analysis done to coincide with the biggest NFL game of the year.
Tax issues emerge in Daschle nomination (AP)
AP - Former Sen. Tom Daschle, picked by President Barack Obama to lead his health reform efforts, recently filed amended tax returns to report $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest, according to a Senate document obtained by The Associated Press.
Iraqis vote as violence begins to fade (Reuters)
Reuters - Iraqis voted on Saturday in an election that will test the war-battered country’s fragile security gains and perhaps ease lingering sectarian resentment still fuelling violence in some areas.
Ariz. bus crash kills 7 Chinese tourists; 15 hurt (AP)
AP - A tour bus overturned on a highway near the Hoover Dam on Friday, killing seven Chinese nationals and injuring at least 15 others, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
Make that 14: Octuplet mom already had 6 kids (AP)
AP - How in the world does a woman with six children get a fertility doctor to help her have more eight more?
Geithner, Bernanke work on $700B bailout overhaul (AP)
AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other top banking officials met Friday to hammer out details of a major overhaul of the government’s financial rescue program. One official said the Obama administration was close to unveiling the new plan.
Islamist cleric elected Somali president (AFP)
AFP - Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Saturday was elected Somalia’s president, leaving him in charge of a fragile peace process aimed at ending 18 years of civil conflict.