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FILE  - In this April 16, 2008, file photo shows Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa. speaking in Washington. A spokesman for Murtha says the Pennsylvania Democrat has died at 77.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.



The Toyota logo is seen on a snow-covered 2010 Prius sedan at a dealership in Lakewood, Colo., Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and is likely to notify both the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, news reports said, as a top executive will testify before U.S. lawmakers about defects that have tarnished its reputation for quality and safety. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and is likely to notify both the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, news reports said, as a top executive will testify before U.S. lawmakers about defects that have tarnished its reputation for quality and safety.



Snow is piled high in front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, from last week's snow storm, one of the worst snow storms in history in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Federal workers and school children got a day off Monday as the Mid-Atlantic region dug out from as much as 3 feet of snow that made travel nearly impossible and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people.



President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb.  6, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama's invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation.



FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2009 file picture, Dr. Conrad Murray arrives at his clinic in Houston. Michael Jackson's physician has arrived in Los Angeles in anticipation of a decision from the district attorney's office on whether to charge him for the singer's death, a spokeswoman said Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)AP - Michael Jackson's doctor was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter, capping an exhaustive investigation into the pop star's stunning death last summer and setting up the prospect of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama.



Michael Rosario, business representative for the Plumbers, Pipefitters, & HVAC Local 777, hugs a friend after telling reporters about losing three friends in the explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems power plant on Sunday in Middletown, Conn., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Search-and-rescue crews declared a section of an exploded power plant too unstable to comb through Monday, a task that lost urgency when officials said everyone assigned to work at the plant the day of the blast had been accounted for and the death toll should stand at five.



A vehicle carrying Indian Army rescue team is seen on the way to Gulmarg, via Tangmarg, about 25 miles (41 kilometers) northwest of Srinagar, India, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.  A massive avalanche is reported to have plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.



Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from launch pad 39a at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Endeavour, is scheduled for a 13 day mission to the International Space Station.(AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on what's likely the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space Station.



Former aide to John Edwards, Andrew Young leaves the Chatham County courtroom in Pittsboro, N.C., Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 after a hearing in which Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones declared that he was in contempt of court and demanded that Young turn over over a 'personal' videotape being sought by Edwards' former mistress.  (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)AP - A North Carolina judge wants a security officer to accompany a former John Edwards aide as he goes to retrieve a sex tape of the two-time presidential candidate, increasing the court's control of the disputed video.



New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees celebrates with his son Baylen and wife Brittany after winning the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints won 31-17.  after winning the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints won 31-17. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in television history.



Toyota Motor Corp's Prius is displayed at its office in Tokyo February 4, 2010. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor Corp said it was preparing a global recall of its new Prius model, risking a fresh dent to its battered reputation for quality and reliability.



Area fire and ambulance crews arrive near the scene in Middletown, Conn., Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Multiple people have died in an explosion at a power plant in Connecticut and an unknown number of people are injured.  (AP Photo/Richard Messina, Hartford Courant)Reuters - Federal investigators headed to Connecticut on Monday to determine the cause of an explosion at an unfinished power plant that killed at least five workers and hospitalized dozens of others.



Reuters - The federal government announced it would remain closed on Monday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet of snow on the region.

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, Gov. David A. Paterson delivers his State of the State speech in Buffalo, N.Y. Paterson has met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state capitol about a variety of unproven accusations involving the Democratic governor's personal conduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)Reuters - New York Democratic Governor David Paterson is not planning to resign, his spokeswoman said on Monday, calling blog reports "entirely fabricated."



A woman casts a ballot during the presidential election at her house in the village of Lutava, some 100 km (62 miles) north from Kiev, February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichReuters - Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich pressed rival Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat on Monday after a narrow victory in a presidential election that could tilt the ex-Soviet state back toward Moscow.



Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks while visiting an exhibition of Iran laser science and technology in Tehran February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiReuters - International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced more moves to expand nuclear fuel production and enrichment plants, heightening Western fears it wants to make atom bombs.



Reuters - The euro and growth-linked currencies fell on Monday as investors unwound risky trades amid growing worries about eurozone's debt problems, dismissing assurances from European finance ministers at the weekend.

Tourists look across the Yalu River in Dandong, China. Tourism is important to North Korea and over a decade the Kumgang resort in North Korea has earned the impoverished nation a total of 487 million dollars.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)Reuters - A senior Chinese official met North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Monday and a top U.N. political envoy was slated to arrive a day later in a new push to get the reclusive state to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks.



Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tours an exhibition on laser technology in Tehran. Iran said it has formally notified the UN nuclear watchdog of its plan to produce higher enriched uranium, sparking fresh warnings by world powers of sanctions against the defiant Islamic republic.(AFP/Atta Kenare)AFP - Iran said Monday it has formally notified the UN nuclear watchdog of its plan to produce higher enriched uranium, sparking fresh warnings by world powers of sanctions against the defiant Islamic republic.



US Marines check their gear at a company operation base in Helmand province on February 8. NATO commanders have urged the Taliban to surrender as troops dug in for a major assault on a key insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan, sending thousands of residents fleeing.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - NATO commanders urged the Taliban to surrender as troops dug in Monday for a major assault on a key insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan, sending thousands of residents fleeing.