http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/ News Elsewhere headlines from the Arizona Daily Star en-us 2010-02-09 60 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327723.php WASHINGTON — A critical safety net for babies — that heel prick of blood taken from every newborn — is facing an ethics attack. 0x09050300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327741.php LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star at a brief hearing that had all the trappings of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama. 0x09000300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327742.php JERUSALEM — The women tattooed his name and portrait on their bodies and gave their children his name — Savior. 0x09000700 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327749.php HARRISBURG, Pa. — Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. 0x09060300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327754.php LOS ANGELES — The Obama administration on Monday asked California's largest for-profit health insurer to justify plans to raise customers' premiums by as much as 39 percent, a move that could affect about 800,000 customers. 0x09050300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327752.php WASHINGTON — Failing to overhaul the nation's immigration system, currently a back-burner issue for Congress and President Obama, could play a pivotal role in key midterm election races in November, according to a new study on Latino voting patterns. 0x09060300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327751.php WASHINGTON — Don't count on President Obama's upcoming health-care summit to thaw the bitter political climate that has stalled legislation for months, analysts said Monday, not least because Republicans remain wary of the plan. 0x09050300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327760.php SAN FRANCISCO — Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. 0x09000300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327759.php WASHINGTON — A $20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the "snow rate" of $100 in the nation's capital, and those travelers who could get to the airport or train station still had to haggle or wait in long lines to escape the snowbound Mid-Atlantic. 0x09000300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327739.php PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake have had one saving grace: There's been no significant rain since the disaster. But that won't last. 0x09000700 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327734.php KABUL — Three British soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain's death toll in the conflict to 256 — passing the number of Britons lost in the Falklands war of 1982. 0x09040700 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327736.php LOS ANGELES — A woman who gives birth after age 40 is nearly twice as likely to have a child with autism as a woman under 25, but it's unlikely that delayed parenthood plays a big role in the current autism epidemic, California researchers reported Monday. 0x09050300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327746.php 0x09080300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327762.php SAN FRANCISCO — An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday. 0x09000300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327756.php Connecticut 0x09000300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327740.php WASHINGTON — Iran told the United Nations' nuclear watchdog Monday it will begin producing purer uranium, a step experts said could bring Tehran significantly closer to having the fuel for a nuclear weapon. 0x09000700 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327735.php BEIJING — Police in central China have shut down a hacker-training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday. 0x09000700 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327719.php Costa Rica 0x09000700 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327737.php WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate. 0x09090300 2010-02-09 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/327727.php Another Pacific storm is on the way, the fifth in this young new year. This one will drop valley rain and mountain snow Wednesday through Thursday morning. Snow could be pretty close to the valley floor if the storm is still intact early Thursday morning. 0x07000000 2010-02-09