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Doctors warn of health threat from Chile wreckage (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 12:41 AM PST

People inspect their earthquake damaged homes in Caleta Tumbes, Chile, Friday, March 5, 2010. The fishing village was damaged by waves following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck central Chile on Feb. 27, causing widespread damage. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Huge piles of wreckage and tons of rotting fish and other debris blanketing the ground are turning the coastal towns shattered by Chile's earthquake and tsunami into nests of infection, doctors warned.

New Afghan chief in Marjah has criminal record (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 12:54 AM PST

AP - The man chosen to be the fresh face of good Afghan governance in a town just seized from the Taliban has a violent criminal record in Germany, but Western officials said Saturday they are not pushing to oust him.

Pentagon shooter had a history of mental illness (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:25 PM PST

This undated booking photo provided by the Washoe County jail via the Reno Gazette Journal on Friday, March 5, 2010 shows John Patrick Bedell. Authorities said Bedell pulled a handgun at a Pentagon entrance in Washington on Thursday, March 4, 2010, shot two police officers and was mortally wounded in an exchange of gunfire. The two officers were hospitalized briefly with minor injuries. (AP Photo/Washoe County jail via the Reno Gazette Journal) NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUTAP - The man who opened fire in front of the Pentagon had a history of mental illness and had become so erratic that his parents reached out to local authorities weeks ago with a warning that he was unstable and might have a gun, authorities said Friday.

GM to reinstate 600 dealerships slated to be cut (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:23 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Joann Ganim, left, and her husband Don Ganim, of Hamilton, Mass., right, look at the Chevrolet Traverse in Danvers, Mass. General Motors Co. said Friday, March 5, 2010, it will reinstate about 600 dealerships that were slated to be cut from the automaker's network.(AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file)AP - General Motors Co. will reinstate 661 dealerships it sought to drop from its sales network.

6 people killed in bus crash south of Phoenix (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:51 PM PST

Arizona Department of Public Safety police officers and members of the medical examiner's office remove bodies from the site of a tour bus crash on Friday, March 5, 2010, in Sacaton, Ariz. Police are saying six people were killed in the crash on Interstate 10 about 25 miles south of Phoenix after a bus traveling from Mexico to Los Angeles struck a pickup truck and rolled before landing upright on its wheels. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The bus that rolled over on a busy interstate outside Phoenix, killing six people and leaving 16 others injured early Friday, was operating illegally, federal transportation officials said.

Prosecutor: Greed prompted Ill. fire that killed 7 (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:54 PM PST

In this photo released by the Cicero Ill. Police Department Friday, March 5, 2010, is Marion Comier, 47, a maintenance worker at an apartment building in Cicero where seven people died in a fire on Feb. 14, 2010. Prosecutors say the owner, Lawrence Myers had Comier set the building on fire because he wanted to collect the insurance money. Comier and Myers are charged with murder and arson. They pleaded not guilty Friday, March 5, 2010 and were ordered held without bond. (AP Photo/Cicero Police Department)AP - The owner of a suburban Chicago apartment house had his maintenance man set fire to the building, killing seven people including a newborn, because he wanted to cash in on a $250,000 insurance policy, prosecutors said Friday.

Massa, facing harassment complaint, resigns (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:55 PM PST

FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 picture shows Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District in Rochester, N.Y. On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, Rep. Eric Massa, a freshman Democrat from New York, said that he will not seek a second term after a recurrence of cancer late last year, dismissing blog reports that he had harassed a staffer. He was elected in 2008. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP - New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, facing a harassment complaint by a male staffer, said Friday that he is stepping down from his seat with "a profound sense of failure."

Congressional estimates show grim deficit picture (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 10:02 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks about clean energy and job creation at OPOWER, a smart grid and energy efficiency software company that works with utility companies to help customers use less energy, Friday, March 5, 2010, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A new congressional report released Friday says the United States' long-term fiscal woes are even worse than predicted by President Barack Obama's grim budget submission last month.

`Precious' dominates Spirit Awards with 5 prizes (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 10:36 PM PST

Mo'Nique poses with the best supporting female award for 'Precious' backstage at the Independent Spirit Awards on Friday, March 5, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - The Harlem drama "Precious" won five prizes Friday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, including best picture and trophies for stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique and director Lee Daniels.

Steelers QB accused of sexual assault in Georgia (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 12:06 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2010 file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is shown on the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins in Miami. Authorities in Georgia say Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is being investigated in an allegation of sexual assault. Police say the incident occurred early Friday, March 5, 2010, in a nightclub in Milledgeville, about 85 miles southeast of Atlanta. The player owns a home nearby. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)AP - A jovial night of bar-hopping in a central Georgia college town ended in a new allegation against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger after a 20-year-old college student told police he sexually assaulted her in a nightclub.

Chile quake-area still shaking, death toll unclear (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:12 PM PST

Residents stand outside their homes after a 6.6-magnitude aftershock rattled the city of Concepcion, March 5, 2010. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz CaballeroReuters - Strong aftershocks rattled south-central Chile on Friday, panicking residents nearly a week after one of the most powerful earthquakes on record devastated coastal towns and killed hundreds of people.

Regulators close banks in four states (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:40 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. bank regulators closed four banks in as many states on Friday, bringing the number of failures so far this year to 26 as deteriorating loans continued taking a toll on financial institutions.

September 11 suspects may face military trial (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:36 PM PST

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is shown in this file photograph during his arrest on March 1, 2003. REUTERS/Courtesy U.S.News & World Report/FilesReuters - Senior Obama administration officials may recommend that accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be prosecuted in a military trial, U.S. officials said on Friday, in what would be a policy reversal after intense political pressure.

U.S. repudiates U.N. council remarks on Mideast clash (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:30 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. official denied on Friday that Washington had consented to a U.N. Security Council statement to reporters voicing concern about the fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinians.

Western sanctions draft targets Iran's banks abroad (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 05:12 PM PST

A vendor counts money in a shop in Tehran's Grand Bazaar January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiReuters - A Western proposal for fresh U.N. sanctions on Iran includes a call for restricting new Iranian banks abroad and urges "vigilance" against the Islamic Republic's central bank, diplomats said on Friday.

L.A. Times sells Disney front page for movie ad (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:16 PM PST

Reuters - The Los Angeles Times' critic may have panned the film, but that didn't stop Disney from paying top dollar to turn the newspaper's front page into a special advertisement on Friday for the new movie, "Alice in Wonderland."

Resounding "No" expected in Iceland referendum (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:11 PM PST

Reuters - Icelanders vote in a referendum on Saturday on a $5 billion deal to repay Anglo-Dutch loans, with an expected resounding "No" set to further delay foreign aid and hopes for economic recovery.

Defendant to plead guilty in arms sting case (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 05:52 PM PST

Reuters - Prosecutors on Friday alleged that a former arms executive, who is expected to plead guilty to bribery charges, made illicit payments to defense ministry officials in Georgia.

Bomb in Iraq shrine city kills 3 injures 54: police (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 11:35 PM PST

File picture shows an operator watching security camera feeds in the central shrine city of Najaf. A powerful car bomb near a Shiite shrine in Najaf on Saturday killed two Iranian pilgrims and an Iraqi and injured at least 54 people, police and medical officials said.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - A powerful car bomb near a Shiite shrine in Iraq's holy city of Najaf on Saturday killed two Iranian pilgrims and an Iraqi and injured at least 54 people, police and medical officials said.

Fears spread as aftershocks rattle Chile (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 12:26 AM PST

Residents wash clothes in a street in Concepcion, Chile. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was to visit this earthquake-struck Chilean city Saturday to assess its needs as new fears spread among Chileans following three strong aftershocks(AFP/Evaristo Sa)AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was to visit the earthquake-struck Chilean city of Concepcion on Saturday as new fears spread among Chileans following three strong aftershocks.
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