Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

NEW YORK - Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, a defender of Roman Catholic orthodoxy who led an elite seminary for U.S. priests and became known for his energy, wit and warmth, was named archbishop of New York on Monday.

WASHINGTON - After an evening of black tie grandeur at the White House, governors planned to return Monday morning for a business meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss how to spend the economic stimulus money soon flowing to their states.

JERUSALEM - Israel's Labor Party leader declined an invitation Monday by Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu to join his government, the second rejection in as many days in the hawkish leader's efforts to form a moderate coalition.

ATLANTA - In the ultra-competitive airline industry, it's tough being out there alone as the only large network carrier to charge some passengers for soda, juice and coffee, especially in the middle of a deep economic recession that is sharply reducing demand for air travel.

MINNEAPOLIS - Kobe Bryant scored 28 points to move past Elgin Baylor into 20th place on the NBA's career scoring list and the Los Angeles Lakers outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 111-108 victory Sunday night.

NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc is in talks that could see the U.S. government take a bigger stake, a source said, sparking a recovery in the battered share price of what was once the country's most valuable bank.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just a month into his presidency, Barack Obama has had to deal with everything from Cabinet missteps that have strained his "no-drama Obama" image to an economic crisis that seems to worsen by the day.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is set to contract sharply in the first quarter, with the current cyclical downturn on track to rival the 1973-75 slump as soaring unemployment depresses demand, a survey showed.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict named the 59-year-old archbishop of Milwaukee as the next archbishop of New York, the highest profile post in the U.S. Catholic Church, the Vatican said on Monday.

(Reuters) - Outside advisers to the Treasury are lining up contingency financing options for General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC as part of a review of restructuring options for the auto makers, a Treasury official said on Monday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will replace Israel's lead envoy to Egyptian-brokered truce talks with Hamas after he publicly criticized the government's negotiating strategy, officials said on Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Binyam Mohamed, a British resident held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years, was released and put on a plane to Britain on Monday and accused the U.S. government of orchestrating his torture.

CAIRO (Reuters) - A bomb killed a French teenager and wounded at least 20 other people in a crowded square near a popular tourist bazaar in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday, officials said.

HOLLYWOOD (AFP) - Rags-to-riches drama "Slumdog Millionaire" swept the board at the 81st Academy Awards here Sunday, winning eight Oscars including best picture on a night of high-voltage Hollywood glamor.

CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian police said on Monday they have arrested three suspects over a bomb attack at a famed Cairo bazaar that killed a French teenager and wounded 25 people, most of them tourists.

COLOMBO, Feb 23, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers appealed on Monday for international action to halt a major offensive against their shrinking fiefdom, but the island's military rejected any talk of a truce.

BAGHDAD (AFP) - The Iraq Museum, the pride of the nation known as the cradle of civilisation, reopened on Monday almost six years after its ancient treasures were looted in the chaotic aftermath of the US-led invasion.

LONDON (AFP) - Binyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian-born former British resident released from Guantanamo Bay, returned to Britain on Monday, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said.

TOKYO (AFP) - Honda Motor Co. said Monday that it would replace its president in June, turning to a 55-year-old engineer to lead Japan's second largest automaker through the deepening auto industry crisis.

NEW YORK (AFP) - The US government is in talks that could lead to it taking take a 25-40 percent stake in Citigroup, The Wall Street Journal reported.