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• Obama looks to undecided Dems for health backing (AP)
• Tsunami swept away fleeing bus full of retirees (AP)
• 2,000 transportation workers idled over impasse (AP)
• Parents say doctors hastened death for dying kids (AP)
• AP IMPACT: Drug gangs taking over US public lands (AP)
• Senate panel to review Toyota recalls (AP)
• Voters finally get a say in rough Texas primary (AP)
• Scientists say tsunami models should be tested (AP)
• Hello again to Jay Leno, back as 'Tonight' host (AP)
• Syracuse No. 1 for first time in 20 years (AP)
• GM recalling 1.3 million vehicles over steering problems (Reuters)
• Chile struggles to keep order in quake-hit city (Reuters)
• Toyota to announce March incentives in U.S. (Reuters)
• Obama said poised to offer more healthcare changes (Reuters)
• China sticks to diplomatic approach on Iran (Reuters)
• Afghanistan bans coverage of Taliban attacks (Reuters)
• NY prosecutor clears U.S. liberal group ACORN workers (Reuters)
• Troops battle post-quake unrest in Chile (AFP)
• China says still room for Iran nuclear talks (AFP)

Obama looks to undecided Dems for health backing (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:13 AM PST AP - A small number of House Democrats who opposed health overhaul legislation on the first go-round may be President Barack Obama's most important constituency when he unveils a revised proposal on Wednesday.

Tsunami swept away fleeing bus full of retirees (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:05 AM PST AP - The 40 retirees enjoying summer vacation at a seaside campground nestled under pine trees knew they had to move fast after Chile's powerful earthquake struck.

2,000 transportation workers idled over impasse (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 06:12 PM PST AP - Jobless benefits suddenly ended for some laid-off workers, Medicare payments to doctors were delayed and 2,000 federal transportation workers were sent home Monday in a spending dispute tinged with election-year politics.

Parents say doctors hastened death for dying kids (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 06:12 PM PST AP - It's a situation too agonizing to contemplate — a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents' request.

AP IMPACT: Drug gangs taking over US public lands (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 06:12 PM PST AP - Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them.

Senate panel to review Toyota recalls (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 09:48 PM PST AP - Toyota Motor Corp. faces more questions from Congress over its troubled safety record when top company officials testify Tuesday at a Senate hearing on the automaker's huge worldwide recall of 8.5 million vehicles.

Voters finally get a say in rough Texas primary (AP) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 01:00 AM PST AP - Voters are finally getting their chance to weigh in on Texas' long, rough gubernatorial primary.

Scientists say tsunami models should be tested (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:49 PM PST AP - In the coming months and years, scientists will pore over reams of data from what turned out to be the minuscule tsunami that reached Hawaii on Saturday.

Hello again to Jay Leno, back as 'Tonight' host (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:00 PM PST AP - A lot of things in the world have changed since May. But not Jay Leno hosting "The Tonight Show."

Syracuse No. 1 for first time in 20 years (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 09:12 PM PST AP - Syracuse took quite a route to its first No. 1 ranking in 20 years.

GM recalling 1.3 million vehicles over steering problems (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:29 PM PST Reuters - General Motors Co is recalling 1.3 million compact cars in North America to address a power steering problem that has been linked to 14 crashes and one injury, the company said on Tuesday.

Chile struggles to keep order in quake-hit city (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 10:03 PM PST Reuters - Chilean authorities extended a curfew in the country's second-biggest city on Tuesday as troops struggled to contain worsening looting and crime in the wake of a devastating earthquake.

Toyota to announce March incentives in U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 07:48 PM PST Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp will roll out an aggressive incentive program for U.S. consumers in March, including zero-percent financing for five years and two-year free maintenance, a source briefed on the matter said on Monday.

Obama said poised to offer more healthcare changes (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 07:54 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will offer changes to his healthcare overhaul this week, the White House said on Monday, and Democrats said they were working to include more ideas advocated by Republicans.

China sticks to diplomatic approach on Iran (Reuters) Posted: 02 Mar 2010 12:53 AM PST Reuters - China stood its ground that diplomacy was the best way to resolve the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, as U.S. diplomats arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks on Tehran and North Korea's atomic ambitions.

Afghanistan bans coverage of Taliban attacks (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 08:41 PM PST Reuters - Afghanistan on Monday announced a ban on news coverage showing Taliban attacks, saying such images embolden the Islamist militants, who have launched strikes around the country as NATO forces seize their southern strongholds.

NY prosecutor clears U.S. liberal group ACORN workers (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 07:46 PM PST Reuters - Employees at the U.S. liberal grass-roots group ACORN who were caught on video giving tax advice to a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing, New York prosecutors said on Monday.

Troops battle post-quake unrest in Chile (AFP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:12 PM PST AFP - Mobs of angry, hungry survivors of the huge Chile earthquake set fire to shops in the devastated city of Concepcion where troops battled to keep order.

China says still room for Iran nuclear talks (AFP) Posted: 01 Mar 2010 11:32 PM PST AFP - China on Tuesday called for more talks to resolve the Iranian nuclear standoff, after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow was ready to consider new sanctions against Tehran.

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