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• Vonn wins 1st race since concussion 3 weeks ago Feb 26, 2022 09:11 AM
  
  • ARE, Sweden - Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup downhill race on Saturday, three weeks after sustaining a concussion that curtailed her world championship run.
  • Maze was 0.13 seconds behind Vonn, while overall World Cup leader Maria Riesch of Germany finished third.
  • Vonn withdrew from the late stages of the world championships on Feb. 14 because of the lingering effects of a concussion.

  • Libya: Tripoli residents say civilians being armed Feb 26, 2022 08:56 AM
    
    • TRIPOLI, Libya - The embattled regime of Moammar Gadhafi is arming civilian supporters to set up checkpoints and roving patrols around the Libyan capital to control movement and quash dissent, residents said Saturday.
    • The reports came a day after protesters demanding Gadhafi's ouster came under heavy gunfire by pro-regime militiamen trying to stop the first significant anti-government marches in days in Tripoli.
    • Gadhafi, speaking from the ramparts of a historic Tripoli fort, told supporters to prepare to defend the nation as he faced the biggest challenge to his 42-year rule.

    • Obama says government shutdown imperils economy Feb 26, 2022 08:43 AM
      
      • WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says the economic recovery will stall if Congress can't agree on spending cuts and avoid a government shutdown.
      • The Republican-run House and Democratic-controlled Senate are bickering over how much to cut.
      • "For the sake of our people and our economy, we cannot allow gridlock to prevail," Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address.

      • Attack shuts Iraq's largest oil refinery, kills 1 Feb 26, 2022 08:43 AM
        
        • BAGHDAD - Gunmen attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery before dawn Saturday, killing a guard and detonating bombs that sparked a fire and forced the facility to halt operations, officials said.
        • The dearth of reliable electricity - some Iraqis get just a few hours a day - was one of the leading complaints of protesters during violent anti-government protests across Iraq on Friday.
        • The attack on Iraq's largest refinery, Beiji, began at about 3:30 a.m. Assailants carrying pistols fitted with silencers attacked guards and planted bombs near some production units for benzene and kerosene, said the spokesman for Salahuddin province, Mohammed al-Asi.

        • Lindsey Vonn wins women's WCup downhill Feb 26, 2022 08:34 AM
          
          • ARE, Sweden - Lindsey Vonn has won a women's World Cup downhill race on Saturday, just weeks after concussion curtailed her world championship campaign.
          • Vonn was slightly behind Slovenia's Tina Maze at the first time split on the Olympia course but won in 1 minute, 40.93 seconds.
          • Maze was .13 seconds behind Vonn, while overall World Cup leader Maria Riesch of Germany was .21 seconds back in third.

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