ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Corey Perry had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks snapped the Los Angeles Kings' franchise-record nine-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory in the latest Freeway Faceoff on Monday night.

    OAKLAND, Calif. -- Jason Terry scored a season-high 36 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer, and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat the Golden State Warriors 127-117 on Monday night.

    LOS ANGELES -- Pau Gasol had 21 points and 19 rebounds to lead five players in double figures, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 101-89 Monday night without injured Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum.

    Why wasn't Michael Jackson's doctor charged with murder? What does involuntary manslaughter even mean? He deserves everything he gets! —Wanda, New York, via the Answer B!tch...

    The doctor who allegedly administered a potent cocktail of painkillers and anesthetics to Michael Jackson prior to the pop singer's death is charged in the singer's death. Los Angeles - Michael Jackson - Death of Michael Jackson - Manslaughter - Singing

    Japan Airlines spurns Delta Air Lines, opts to keep alliance with American Airlines Delta Air Lines - American Airlines - Airline - United States - Japan

    GM's Opel to detail restructuring plan for European automaker Opel - GeneralMotors - Makes and Models - Recreation - Autos

    TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what could be a new rift in tense Sino-U.S. ties.

    This comprehensive report analyzes the world's biggest companies and the fastest-growing of these titans.

    Airline group SAS looks to raise $670 million in rights issue, cut 700 jobs in savings package Rights issue - Languages - Programming - Business - Employment

    Republicans this month will bring President Obama a set of ideas and a more modest health care plan.

    While the debate continues in Washington, health care systems nationwide struggle to offset money spent to treat patients who cannot afford to pay their bills.

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    The agency said the group, PATH, would pay it $480,000 to begin building a better vaccine for the disease.

    The president’s proposed spending plan would increase money for the Health and Human Services Department and the National Institutes of Health.

    A Louisville man has been charged with hitting a court security officer after being turned away from entering the federal building. U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin on Monday ordered 29-year-old LaPaze Brown held without bond pending a request for a psychiatric evaluation. Brown is charged with assault on a federal officer and simple assault. U.S. marshals arrested Brown on Friday. Prosecutors say security officers refused to allow Brown to enter the federal courthouse, prompting him to try a different entrance. At the second entrance, prosecutors say, Brown tried to run through security, then struck a security officer who stopped him. Prosecutors say Brown and two security officers wrestled to the ground, where Brown was arrested.

    Ray Boltz says he's happier living as an openly gay man than he was as the singer of the Christian classic song, "Thank You." Boltz sold millions of Christian records and won three Dove Awards, but says he also spent decades hoping and praying that God would take away his homosexual desires. Five years ago, Boltz says he told his wife and children he was gay. He says they accept him, although he and his wife have since divorced. He also believes God accepts him as gay - and made him that way. In 1998, Boltz sang before about a million men at the Promise Keepers event in Washington. Today he sings in churches that bless gay relationships.

    Gov. Steve Beshear has signed a bill into law allowing the sale of $4 million in bonds to pay for a hangar at Bluegrass Station in Fayette County. Beshear signed the bill Monday morning, just days after the House and Senate gave their approval. Democratic state Rep. Don Pasley of Winchester said construction is set to begin in early March to comply with timelines set by the U.S. Department of Defense, which will make the bond payments. Beshear said no state general fund dollars would be used to pay for construction. Bluegrass Station is a former Army depot that now houses several military contractors.

    During his 20 years as an electrician, Eric Sachse never sought any type of public assistance. But then the single father lost his job — and health insurance for him and his son, 9. With the worsening economy, Kentucky's Medicaid rolls are rising faster than at any other time in the past decade.

    If you get direct deposit, a refund will be in your account in as few as 10 days, the Internal Revenue Service says. You can file electronically with a tax preparer, with tax-preparation software or through IRS Free File....

    Addressing a threat that has grown increasingly tense throughout the Midwest as genetic material from the fish was found in Lake Michigan.

    With ancient origins and modern media smarts, "immortal" rodent Punxsutawney Phil rules Groundhog Day 2010. Get the surprising facts behind winter's wackiest weather prediction.

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    Although NASA will get a budget increase for 2011, plans to return humans to the moon by 2020 would be officially scrapped, because the program is "over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovation," according to the White House.

    AP - Although the longest winning streak in the Los Angeles Kings' history finally was stopped by their closest rivals, they hope the momentum from that confidence-building run will extend all the way into the spring.

    Bryant's sore ankle makes him unsure about playing in All-Star game NBA All-Star Game - Games - Video Games - Action - sport

    AP - Kobe Bryant isn't sure if he'll play in this weekend's NBA All-Star game in Dallas because of his sore left ankle.

    Reuters - The Los Angeles Lakers pulled together to win their second straight contest without Kobe Bryant with a 101-89 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday.

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    Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company's Xbox 360, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care.

    Since last March, the Flickr co-founder and three partners have quietly been developing an online social game they hope will appeal to a wide audience. CNET has been there to document the creation of their start-up.

    Stewart Butterfield and his friends are back at it with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was given exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch.

    To build Glitch, the Flickr co-founder put together an impressive team of some of his earliest collaborators on the popular photo-sharing site.

    The new online social MMO from Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield's Tiny Speck puts players through a wide variety of paces. Quests, egg growing and clouds on a string are just a part of it.

    AP - Over the past 12 years, Josh Libresco's health insurance premium has increased almost eight-fold for his family of four.

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Over the past 12 years, Josh Libresco's health insurance premium has increased almost eight-fold for his family of four....

    At least three times in recent weeks, they've been spotted in various parts of Manhattan, from the streets of Harlem to Central Park to Columbia University.

    The group of American missionaries in Haiti facing kidnapping charges for trying to take 33 children out of the country last week made an earlier, unsuccessful attempt at taking dozens of other children, a Haitian police officer said Monday.

    AP - Another jolt of Saints euphoria is on tap for New Orleans Tuesday when the Super Bowl champs board floats borrowed from Mardi Gras krewes for a victory parade through the grateful city.

    Chinese authorities have seized 72 tons of milk powder tainted with melamine and are trying to track down an additional 100 tons, less than two years after contaminated milk killed babies and sickened people across China.

    A proposed partnership between the French government and Google is stoking fears in France that the country's literary treasures will fall under commercial control of a U.S. technology company.

    Authorities in the Philippines have filed murder charges against the former governor of southern Maguindanao province and 196 others in connection with last year's election-related massacre there.

    As they head toward a rendezvous with the international space station, crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour are checking for any signs of damage after Monday's early morning launch.

    The group of American missionaries in Haiti facing kidnapping charges for trying to take 33 children out of the country last week made an earlier, unsuccessful attempt at taking dozens of other children, a Haitian police officer said Monday.