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Flood fears recede in Fargo as river hits crest (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 10:26 PM PDT

Sandbagged homes are encroached upon by flood waters from the swollen Red River, Sunday, March 21, 2010, south of Fargo, N.D. The river crested earlier today at just under 37 feet, which is about four feet below the 2009 record level. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The good news was all about things that didn't happen: No floodwaters pushing aside hastily built sandbag walls, no neighborhoods evacuated, no panicked residents wondering if they'd ever see their homes again.

2 Baltimore officers shot during traffic stop (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:18 AM PDT

AP - Two police officers who had pulled over a suspicious vehicle were shot and wounded by the driver, and the suspect was killed when the officers returned fire, Baltimore police said Sunday.

Snowmobiles, ATVs, lobster boats used for census (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 10:24 AM PDT

Census worker Danielle Forino poses Friday, March 19, 2010, in Fort Kent, Maine, next to the all-terrain vehicle she'll be using to deliver forms to camps in remote sections of the North Maine Woods. When she encounters trails where the snow is too deep she'll use snowshoes to reach her destinations. Maine and Alaska are the only two states that have been designated by the Census Bureau as requiring special travel arrangements to reach remote locations. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Census workers are using snowmobiles, airplanes, all-terrain vehicles — even lobster boats — to visit the most far-flung, hidden-away dwellings when counting the nation's populace.

Toyota shareholders sue over fallen stock price (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 08:41 PM PDT

A row of new 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles sit for sale in the car lot at the Toyota dealership in El Cajon, California March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Mike BlakeAP - Toyota shareholders incensed over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker's stock price are heading to court with lawsuits claiming company executives deliberately misled investors and the public about the depth of accelerator problems in millions of its vehicles.

Tens of thousands rally for immigration reform (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 10:26 PM PDT

With the Capitol in the background, farm workers from West Palm Beach, Fla., march and chant while attending a rally for immigration reform on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, March 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Frustrated with the lack of action to overhaul the country's immigration system, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied on the National Mall and marched through the streets of the capital Sunday, waving American flags and holding homemade signs in English and Spanish.

Enviros, growers agree on farmland reuse for solar (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 05:47 PM PDT

In this photo taken Friday, March 19, 2010, Daniel Kim looks at the salt laden soil that forced Westlands Water District to retire land where he now wants to build a 30,000 acre solar farm near Lemoore, Calif. The winter wheat seen in the background is dry farmed. The 47-square-miles of land proposed for the Westlands Solar Park in remote Kings and Fresno counties is just one of dozens of unfinished solar projects in California, but renewable energy analysts say it is a rare one that enjoys the broad support of environmental groups such as the Sierra Club, powerful agriculture interests and state government. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone)AP - Cash-strapped farmers in California's agricultural heartland and environmentalists at odds over water rights and wildlife protections finally agree on something: that thousands of acres of cracked, salty farmland is the perfect site for a sprawling utility-scale solar farm.

Obama vows commitment to immigration reform (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 01:22 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is reassuring immigration reform advocates that he is committed to working with Congress on a comprehensive bill to fix a "broken immigration system."

Giant bluestone sculpture for sale in Catskills (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 10:35 AM PDT

In this March 11, 2010 photo, Tad Richards poses at Opus 40 in Saugerties, N.Y. Richards' stepfather, Harvey Fite, spent 37 years turning an abandoned bluestone quarry in the Catskill Mountains into a strange and striking landscape sculpture. Richards and his wife, Pat, live on the site and have run Opus 40 since 1987. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Harvey Fite spent 37 years turning an abandoned bluestone quarry in the Catskill Mountains into a strange and striking landscape sculpture. Visitors to Opus 40 walk through rock-wall mazes that swirl around a 9-ton monolith looming in the center like a Stone Age exclamation mark.

No injuries in emergency landing at O'Hare (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 01:23 PM PDT

AP - Chicago officials say there were no injuries after an emergency landing at O'Hare International Airport.
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