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Paramedics hail 'hero' boy from Arizona bus crash (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PST

Oscar Rodriguez, 11, talks to Gila River paramedics in his room at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, Saturday, March 6, 2010. Oscar, 11-years-old, was a passenger on the bus that overturned and was injured in the accident on Interstate 10 Friday. Despite his injuries, the boy helped paramedics on the scene by translating for patients who didn't speak English. The paramedics were so appreciative of Oscar's efforts that they brought him a fireman's helmet, a jersey and a certificate recognizing his work. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Jack Kurtz) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MESA TRIBUNE OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALESAP - A bilingual 4th grader hurt in an Arizona bus accident that killed six people and injured more than a dozen others translated from an ambulance stretcher for busy rescue workers as they hurried to set up a triage center, authorities said Saturday.

Oscar party crash: No deal in Cablevision-ABC feud (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:58 PM PST

FILE - Bob Iger, president and CEO of the Walt Disney Company, delivers a keynote speech during the TelecomNEXT convention in Las Vegas on in this March 20, 2006 file photo. Cablevision Systems Corp. said early Sunday March 7, 2010 the stall in negotiations should be blamed on Disney CEO Bob Iger. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)AP - ABC's parent company switched off its signal to Cablevision's 3.1 million customers in New York at midnight Saturday in a dispute over payments that escalated just hours before the start of the Academy Awards.

US ed secretary's visit to Ala. school draws ire (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 06:48 PM PST

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, center, gestures during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, to announce a national education initiative to boost academic achievement among Hispanic students from kindergarten through high school. From right to left are: Miami Dade College President Eduardo J. Padron, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and Duncan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Alabama's Legislative Black Caucus on Saturday called on U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to cancel a planned appearance at Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery.

Va. AG: Colleges can't ban gay discrimination (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 08:39 PM PST

AP - Virginia's attorney general has advised the state's public colleges that they don't have the authority to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, saying only the General Assembly has that power.

New case: Steelers QB investigated for Ga. assault (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 06:54 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2008 file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger reacts as the Jacksonville Jaguars kick a game-winning field goal during the fourth quarter of an NFL wild card playoff football game in Pittsburgh. A 20-year-old college student has accused Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her at a nightclub early Friday, March 5, 2010, during a night on the town near where he owns a lake home. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)AP - For the second time in a year, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is being accused of sexual misconduct, with a police investigating him Saturday for an alleged assault at a nightclub in a Georgia college town.

NY gov faces legal minefield in conduct inquiries (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 07:13 PM PST

New York Gov. David Paterson speaks during a news conference at Terminal 4 of JFK airport Friday, March 5, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - Legal experts say the next few days and weeks could be the most dangerous yet for the embattled administration of Gov. David Paterson.

RNC Chairman Steele: GOP should focus on issues (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 09:40 PM PST

AP - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says the GOP should focus on issues like jobs and education and not on scare tactics.

Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 03:57 PM PST

In this photo Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, Thirteen year-old Louisa Perry-Farr, left, works on her science while her ten year old sister Thea Perry-Farr works on her Logic in the dining room of their home in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/James Crisp)AP - Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons.

Ruling on gay Air Force major creates dilemma (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 07:38 PM PST

FILE - In this June 30, 2006 file photo shows U.S. Air Force Reservist Maj. Margaret Witt after a hearing of a case challenging her dismissal from the Air Force for being a lesbian in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Wash. A pressing legal reality for the 'don't ask, don't tell' standard for gays serving in the military is that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already struck down the way it's practiced in much of the Western United States. The 2008 ruling, while largely overlooked, would force the military to apply a much higher threshold in determining whether a service member should be dismissed for being gay. (AP Photo/John Froschauer, File)AP - A pressing legal reality for the "don't ask, don't tell" standard for gays serving in the military is that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already struck down the way it's practiced in much of the Western United States.

Fire ruins Pa. forge that made Hindenburg ashtrays (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 07:23 PM PST

AP - A historic metal forge that made ashtrays for the ill-fated German airship the Hindenburg and did custom work for Walt Disney has been destroyed by a fire.

Courts finally catching up to texting jurors (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 02:52 PM PST

AP - Enough with the tweets, the blogs, the Internet searches.

Woman bitten by bear at Wis. zoo, fingers severed (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 12:57 AM PST

AP - Police say a bear bit off a woman's fingers at a Wisconsin zoo after she ignored barriers and warning signs to try to feed the animal.

Predictability out of the picture at Oscars (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 03:32 PM PST

Actress Sandra Bullock rehearses onstage prior to the 82nd Academy Awards Saturday, March 6, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Too predictable. That's the persistent complaint about the Academy Awards, whose drama generally is sapped by a glut of earlier award shows that spell out what films will win at the Oscars before the show starts.

Girl, 6, killed after wandering onto Minn. freeway (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:14 AM PST

AP - The Minnesota State Patrol says a 6-year-old girl wandered into freeway traffic near Minneapolis, where she was struck and killed by an SUV.

Texas Gov. Perry must win in Nov. before 2012 talk (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 03:09 PM PST

AP - Before Rick Perry can parlay his tea party-powered victory in the Texas governor's primary into something bigger — a 2012 Republican presidential ticket, perhaps — he'll have to actually win a record-setting, third four-year term.
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