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Senate writing final chapter to health care bill (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:42 AM PDT

President Barack Obama is flanked by Vice President Joe Biden (L) as he makes a statement about the House of Representatives' final passage of health care legislation, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstAP - President Barack Obama has signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. health care since Medicare, but one last chapter in the epic struggle is still playing out in the Senate.

Jerusalem approves contentious new building plan (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:14 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 19, 2009 file photo, a Palestinian woman walks outside the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem. The Jerusalem municipality has approved a new building plan for an east Jerusalem apartment complex that threatens to stir a new diplomatic crisis. The new project calls for tearing down the hotel and building 20 apartments plus a three-level underground parking lot instead. The Jerusalem municipality said Wednesday, March 24, 2010, that the final go ahead was given a week ago. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)AP - The Jerusalem municipality has approved 20 new apartments for Jews in east Jerusalem, the city said Wednesday, in a move that could stir a new diplomatic crisis with the United States.

Banks on verge of losing student lending business (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:18 AM PDT

AP - Banks and other private lenders are about to lose a $70 billion-a-year student loan business, part of a massive overhaul of college assistance programs that has received an unexpected boost from President Barack Obama's health care success.

10 letters a day: humanizing talismans for Obama (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:11 AM PDT

President Barack Obama reads letters he has been sent during his visit to Capitol Hill to meet with House Democrats, in Washington, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - He kept coming back to the letters.

Mexico: Widow IDs slain husband as arrested man (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:54 PM PDT

A suspect is taken away by Mexican navy marines at a crime scene in Santa Catarina near Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, March 21, 2010. According to local media reports, a person was killed when unidentified gunmen tried to kill Santa Catarina Police Chief Rene Castillo Sanchez who was injured. (AP Photo)AP - A drug suspect arrested in northern Mexico over the weekend turned up dead hours later with signs of torture on his corpse, prompting denials from the navy that it had anything to do with the man's death.

Amid budget crisis, California makes parole easier (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:41 AM PDT

AP - California's budget crisis and overcrowded prisons have led to a new reality for thousands of convicted felons: parole is getting a lot easier — no more random drug tests, travel rules or requirements to check in with an officer.

Shanghai trial of Rio Tinto staff ends, no verdict (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:42 PM PDT

One of lawyers of defendants of four employees of Rio Tinto is driven away from the Shanghai's No. 1 People's Intermediate Court, where the final day of a trial of four Rio Tinto employees on politically sensitive charges of stealing commercial secrets is taking place, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Australian executive Stern Hu and three Chinese coworkers have been detained since last July in a case many thought linked to Beijing's anger over high prices it was paying for iron ore — a key commodity in China's booming economy. Rio Tinto, based in London and Melbourne, is one of the top suppliers of ore to China and a key industry negotiator in price talks with China's state-owned steel mills. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - The trial in Shanghai of four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto on charges of taking bribes and stealing commercial secrets ended Wednesday as expected, though no verdict was announced.

Bowersox again wows 'American Idol' judges (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 07:48 PM PDT

In this publicity image released by Fox, contestant Crystal Bowersox, of Elliston, Ohio, performs on 'American Idol,' on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker)AP - "American Idol" finalist Crystal Bowersox is on a roll.

Knicks rally behind Gallinari, beat Denver 109-104 (AP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:08 AM PDT

New York Knicks center David Lee (42) blocks Denver Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony in the first quarter of their NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Tuesday, March 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - Danilo Gallinari scored 17 of his 28 points during a spirited duel with Carmelo Anthony in the third quarter, and the New York Knicks beat the Denver Nuggets 109-104 on Tuesday night.

Obama signs historic healthcare reform into law (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 05:49 PM PDT

President Obama signs the healthcare legislation during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, March 23, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - A jubilant President Barack Obama signed the most sweeping U.S. social policy legislation in decades into law on Tuesday, putting his name on a healthcare bill that will help shape his legacy and the Democrats' chances of holding on to power in Congress.

China newspaper accuses Google of helping U.S. intelligence (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:40 PM PDT

Passengers sit in a double deck bus painted with a Google advertisement in Beijing March 23, 2010. Google Inc shut its mainland Chinese-language portal and began rerouting searches to an uncensored Hong Kong-based site, unleashing a blast of ire from Beijing and prompting concerns over its future business in China. REUTERS/Christina HuReuters - A Chinese Communist Party newspaper accused Google on Wednesday of colluding with U.S. spies, and said the firm's retreat from China over censorship justified Beijing's efforts to promote homegrown technology.

U.S., Pakistan seek to turn page on caustic ties (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PDT

A Pakistani army soldier stands guard at a check post in Swat valley region located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province on March 19, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - The United States and Pakistan hold high-level talks on Wednesday aimed at reversing decades of mistrust, but tensions over issues from nuclear cooperation to security are still expected to taint relations.

Obama, Netanyahu seek to defuse U.S.-Israel tensions (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:54 PM PDT

A Palestinian labourer works at a construction site in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim March 22, 2010. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to ease strained ties but their talks yielded no sign of a breakthrough in the stalled Middle East peace process.

Israel may replace Mossad agent expelled by UK: reports (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Israel may soon replace a diplomat Britain has said it will expel over the use of forged British passports by suspected killers of a Hamas commander in Dubai, Israeli media reported Wednesday.

States challenge new healthcare law in court (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 02:43 PM PDT

Reuters - Top legal officials from 14 states across the country on Tuesday filed lawsuits challenging an overhaul of the U.S.' $2.5 trillion healthcare system, minutes after President Barack Obama signed the landmark legislation.

U.S, Mexico eye new phase in drug war (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 07:11 PM PDT

Tape used to cordon off a crime scene lies surrounded by blood in Ciudad Juarez January 31, 2010. REUTERS/Alejandro BringasReuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised on Tuesday to help Mexico broaden a drug war that has failed to curb traffickers' increasingly deadly power along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Fed officials in no hurry to raise rates (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:39 PM PDT

Janet L. Yellen, president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, speaks at the Town Hall Los Angeles forum in Los Angeles March 23, 2010. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - With unemployment high and inflation low, the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise interest rates, two Federal Reserve officials suggested on Tuesday.

US tells China to mull 'implications' of Google move (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:36 PM PDT

A bouquet of flowers is seen outside Google's China head-office in Beijing, on March 23, after the US web giant said it would no longer filter results and was redirecting mainland Chinese users to an uncensored site in Hong Kong. The US cautioned that China must consider the AFP - The United States cautioned that China must consider the "implications" of Google's decision to effectively shut down its Chinese search engine because of censorship and cyber-hacking.

Netanyahu, Obama meet in night of White House diplomacy (AFP)

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:10 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) walks into the West Wing of the White House in Washington. Netanyahu and President Barack Obama met twice during a dramatic evening in the White House, but no signs emerged of a breakthrough in a row over Jewish settlements.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama met twice during a dramatic evening in the White House, but no signs emerged of a breakthrough in a row over Jewish settlements.
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