APNewsBreak: Increase in suicide rate of vets (AP)

AP – The government says the suicide rate has gone up among 18- to 29-year-old men who’ve left the military.

AP IMPACT: Road projects don’t help unemployment (AP)

A $19.2 million widening project along SR-373 in Lewisburg, Tenn., is seen on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. Ten months into President Barack Obama's first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, an Associated Press analysis has found. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)AP – Ten months into President Barack Obama’s first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, an Associated Press analysis has found.

GM may reopen some factories to meet higher demand (AP)

AP – General Motors Co. may reopen some shuttered factories because it can’t produce certain vehicles fast enough, its North American president said Monday.

Wall Street bonuses in Cuomo’s sights (Reuters)

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo leaves after a news conference held on Wall Street in New York in this October 15, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Controversial Wall Street bonuses will be in focus on Monday as New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo plans a midday announcement on the payouts.


Ford Fusion Hybrid wins 2010 car of year award (AP)

Ford Motor president of the Americas Mark Fields holds up two trophies after Ford swept the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards winning for the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and the 2010 Ford Transit Connect during Press Days of the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan January 11, 2010.  REUTERS/Rebecca Cook  (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)AP – The Ford Fusion Hybrid midsize sedan wins the 2010 North American Car of the Year, while the Ford Transit Connect takes truck of the year at the Detroit auto show.

Fed unlikely to be swayed by jobs data: Bullard (Reuters)

AmeriChoice recruiter Selene Valdez (R) interviews a job seeker at a New York State Department of Labor recruitment office in New York January 6, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters – U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy is unlikely to be pushed off course by December’s surprising job losses, a senior Fed official said on Monday.

Study: Newspapers still a step ahead in local news (AP)

A woman passes Canwest-owned Vancouver Sun, The Province and National Post newspapers for sale in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Jan. 8, 2010. Canwest Global Communications has placed its cross-Canada newspaper chain under creditor protection and will put it up for sale next week, with a group of lenders led by the country's biggest banks ready to kick off the bidding. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)AP – Most local news still flows from newspapers even as an Internet-driven upheaval diminishes the depth of their coverage, according to a study to be released Monday.

China lending reportedly jumps, feeding hot economy (Reuters)

Reuters – Chinese bank lending surged in the first week of 2010, industry sources said on Monday, adding to the concerns fueled by blockbuster trade data for December that the world’s third-largest economy is overheating.

Super Bowl-style corporate ads for candidates? (AP)

FILE - In this March 20, 2002, file photo Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., left, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., smile during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court has raised a range of high-stakes possibilities that could substantially scale back the hard-won 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, also named the McCain-Feingold law after its sponsors, and let corporations, unions and wealthy individuals pour money into elections in time for this year's congressional races, not to mention the 2012 presidential contest; a ruling is expected as early as Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.  (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)AP – Possibly coming soon to your TV screen: election-season Super Bowl-style ads promoting congressional and presidential candidates, paid for by some of the nation’s largest corporations.

Smaller, electric cars reign at Detroit auto show (AP)

FILE - This file image provided by General Motors Friday Jan. 8, 2010 shows the 2011 Chevrolet Aveo RS show car. GM, which has lost more than $88 billion since 2005, will show off the new Chevrolet Aveo subcompact at the Detroit auto show this week. (AP Photo/Genreal Motors, File)AP – Electric, hybrid and small cars will grab center stage at the Detroit auto show this week, as the industry adapts to a world reshaped by the Great Recession and environmental worries.

China exports, imports surge on economic strength (Reuters)

New cars are seen at a parking lot of Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. Ltd, Ford Motor's joint venture in China, in Chongqing Municipality January 8, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters – Growth in China’s exports and imports last month blew past expectations, providing fresh evidence of the vigor of the economy and strengthening the case for Beijing to let the yuan start climbing again.

Smaller, electric cars reign at Detroit auto show (AP)

FILE - This file image provided by General Motors Friday Jan. 8, 2010 shows the 2011 Chevrolet Aveo RS show car. GM, which has lost more than $88 billion since 2005, will show off the new Chevrolet Aveo subcompact at the Detroit auto show this week. (AP Photo/Genreal Motors, File)AP – Electric, hybrid and small cars will grab center stage at the Detroit auto show this week, as the industry adapts to a world reshaped by the Great Recession and environmental worries.

Power restored after outage at Cleveland airport (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2005 file photo, workers prepare planes at the Continental terminal at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland. An airport spokeswoman says power went out about 6:50 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010 and Continental and US Airways canceled flights until 6 p.m. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)AP – Road salt accumulating on a utility pole caused a fire Sunday that knocked out electrical power to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, canceling dozens of flights and leaving airlines’ schedules uncertain for the rest of the day.

Toxic metal found in kids’ jewelry very dangerous (AP)

AP – Cadmium is a soft, whitish metal that occurs naturally in soil. It’s perhaps best known as one half of rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries, but also is used in pigments, electroplating and plastic.

China becomes biggest exporter, edging out Germany (AP)

FILE - A worker stands in front of containers at the newly open Yangshan deep water port in this Dec. 10, 2005 file photo taken in Shanghai, China. China has overtaken Germany as the world's biggest exporter after December exports rose 17.7 percent despite weak global demand. Chinese state media said Sunday Jan. 10, 2010 the country's total 2009 exports were $1.2 trillion. That was just above the 816 billion euros ($1.17 trillion) in exports forecast last month by Germany's national foreign trade association for 2009.  (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP – Already the biggest auto market and steel maker, China edged past Germany in 2009 to become the top exporter, yet another sign of its rapid rise and the spread of economic power from West to East.

For the unemployed, new job often means a pay cut (AP)

In this Jan. 5, 2010 photo, Jessica Moore, third from left, editor and publisher of Teen Voices Magazine, listens to peer leaders and teen editors, from left, Agostinha DePina, 17, Reynelle Dickson, 16, and Sally Nguyen, 18, in Boston. Moore, 34, had been steadily employed since graduating from college more than 10 years ago. But last March, she found herself unemployed for the first time after her job was cut as Web site designer in New York. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP – Unemployed for nearly a year, David Becker was relieved to land a new job in information technology last summer.

China’s commodity imports soar in December (Reuters)

New cars are seen at a parking lot of Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. Ltd, Ford Motor's joint venture in China, in Chongqing Municipality January 8, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters – China ended 2009 with record monthly imports of crude oil and soybeans and a strong appetite for iron ore and copper, while its aluminum and steel sectors saw a welcome increase in export volumes.

Delta, American investment in JAL put on ice: source (Reuters)

A man walks past Japan Airlines' logo at its ticket counter at Haneda airport in Tokyo January 8, 2010. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters – Delta Air Lines and American Airlines will not be invited to invest in Japan Airlines until after new management has been put in place, if ever, a person familiar with the matter said.

Government health insurance option appears doomed (AP)

FILE - In this July 31, 2009 file photo,  Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., second from left,and others, listen to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., center right, speak during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Becerra, D-Calif., Hoyer, and House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C.  Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP – Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers.

NYC man charged with getting al-Qaida training (AP)

In this courtroom sketch, Assistant United States Attorney James Loonam, left, is seen with defense attorney Robert Gottlieb, center, and Gottlieb's client, defendant Adis Medunjanin, during Medunjanin's arraignment at the federal courthouse in New York City, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010. Medunjanin pleaded not guilty to charges of receiving military training from a foreign terrorist organization and conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)AP – A New York City man under investigation for his links to a terror suspect pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges that he flew to Pakistan to get military training from al-Qaida.

Government health insurance option appears doomed (AP)

President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters about green jobs and manufacturing, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington .President Barack Obama, eager to sign a health care overhaul bill into law, is highlighting some of the changes that would come in the first year and would forever ban 'the worst practices of the insurance industry.' (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers.

Report: Slight cost increase in Senate health bill (AP)

President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters about green jobs and manufacturing, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington .President Barack Obama, eager to sign a health care overhaul bill into law, is highlighting some of the changes that would come in the first year and would forever ban 'the worst practices of the insurance industry.' (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – The Senate’s plan to expand health coverage to 34 million more Americans would raise costs slightly, government economic experts said in a report Saturday.

Iceland poll shows most plan to vote against Icesave deal (Reuters)

Reuters – Six out of 10 Icelandic voters plan to reject a bill on repayment of more than $5 billion owed to Britain and the Netherlands in a referendum on the so-called Icesave deal, according to a poll published by an Icelandic daily on Saturday.

Unruly passengers cause 2 flights to change course (AP)

AP – Military jets scrambled to intercept a San Francisco-bound jetliner reporting a problem aboard — one of two commercial airplanes diverted because of disruptive passengers.

Xe Services aiming for Afghan police training deal (AP)

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in Baghdad, Iraq.  Blackwater Worldwide's legal woes haven't dimmed the company's prospects in Afghanistan, where the firm is a contender to be a key part of President Barack Obama's strategy for stabilizing the country.  (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP – Blackwater Worldwide’s legal woes haven’t dimmed the company’s prospects in Afghanistan, where it’s a contender to be a key part of President Barack Obama’s strategy for stabilizing the country.

Obama refocuses on jobs after weak labor report (AP)

President Barack Obama arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, where he spoke about the economy. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP – His agenda altered by the Christmas bombing attempt, President Barack Obama pivoted back to the domestic economy on Friday, promoting new U.S. spending to create tens of thousands of clean-technology jobs.

Geithner called to explain AIG bailout secrecy (AP)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee during a hearing on over-the-counter derivatives reform on Capitol Hill in Washington December 2, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri GripasAP – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will face a congressional grilling later this month about the suppression of details on deals that funneled billions to big investment banks while he was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

UBS whistleblower in prison, court rules on files (Reuters)

An U.S. flag flies in front of a UBS building in New York November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters – The chief whistleblower in the UBS AG tax secrecy probe entered prison to serve a sentence he considered unfair, hours after a Swiss court ruled the bank should not have been forced to turn over client files to government investigators.

UBS whistleblower in prison, court rules on files (Reuters)

An U.S. flag flies in front of a UBS building in New York November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters – The chief whistleblower in the UBS AG tax secrecy probe entered prison to serve a sentence he considered unfair, hours after a Swiss court ruled the bank should not have been forced to turn over client files to government investigators.

Obama awards $2.3 billion clean energy tax credits (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a $2.3 billion tax credit on Friday to boost jobs by promoting clean energy, as new data showed the country’s unemployment rate remained stuck in the double digits.