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• Ivy League's Cornell responds to 3 gorge deaths (AP)
• Brazen Conn. warehouse heist nets $75M in pills (AP)
• Woman tells of attack similar to San Diego teen's (AP)
• Police: Man may have had images of missing women (AP)
• State prison numbers drop for 1st time since 1972 (AP)
• Hearing set in lesbian teen's suit to force prom (AP)
• Clinic: Woman championed by Obama eligible for aid (AP)
• Mexico-bound bus crashes in Texas, killing 2 (AP)
• A beach, a jogger, a failing plane, and death (AP)
• Court: Chicago man in terror case to change plea (AP)
• Montana man spends 4 days stuck in car in snowbank (AP)
• 4.4 quake damages only nerves in L.A. area (AP)
• Lesson learned: More buy flood insurance after '09 (AP)
• Northeast slowly dries out from wind-whipped storm (AP)
• Helicopter rescues horse stranded on Ariz. sandbar (AP)
• Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp (AP)
• Volunteers along Red River in flood-fighting mode (AP)
• Journalists describe New Orleans police run-ins (AP)
• 9 taken to NC hospital after bad smell on airplane (AP)
• Winfrey due in Philly for 2-week defamation trial (AP)

Ivy League's Cornell responds to 3 gorge deaths (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:51 PM PDT AP - Cornell University, an Ivy League school known for its spectacular gorges and haunted by a reputation for suicides, took the extraordinary step of posting lookouts on bridges and going door-to-door to check on students after three undergrads plunged to their deaths in the past month.

Brazen Conn. warehouse heist nets $75M in pills (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 06:30 PM PDT AP - In a Hollywood-style heist, thieves cut a hole in the roof of a warehouse, rappelled inside and scored one of the biggest hauls of its kind — not diamonds, gold bullion or Old World art, but about $75 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs.

Woman tells of attack similar to San Diego teen's (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 10:38 PM PDT AP - A 23-year-old woman allegedly attacked by a registered sex offender at the same park where he is accused of killing a San Diego teenager two months later said Tuesday that she believed he was going to rape her.

Police: Man may have had images of missing women (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - Relatives and friends of four women who have been missing since the 1970s told investigators they recognized their loved ones in photos found in the locker of a convicted serial killer, police said Tuesday.

State prison numbers drop for 1st time since 1972 (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:50 PM PDT AP - Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to what a new report says is the first nationwide decline in the number of state inmates since 1972.

Hearing set in lesbian teen's suit to force prom (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:35 PM PDT AP - School officials in a rural Mississippi county told a lesbian student to get "guys" to take her and her girlfriend to a high school prom and warned the girls against slow dancing with each other because that could "push people's buttons," according to documents filed Tuesday in federal court.

Clinic: Woman championed by Obama eligible for aid (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:02 PM PDT AP - A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she is being treated.

Mexico-bound bus crashes in Texas, killing 2 (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:48 PM PDT AP - A crowded bus carrying young families and spring breakers toward Mexico went careening off a Texas highway and flipped onto its side Tuesday, killing two people and forcing dozens of bloodied passengers to climb to safety through broken windows and an emergency exit.

A beach, a jogger, a failing plane, and death (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:23 PM PDT AP - Robert Gary Jones was a pharmaceutical salesman on a business trip, looking forward to getting home to celebrate his daughter's third birthday. He was enjoying a moment to himself on this resort island, jogging on the beach and listening to his iPod.

Court: Chicago man in terror case to change plea (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:43 PM PDT AP - A Chicago man accused of scouting out the Indian city of Mumbai before the 2008 terrorist attack that left 166 people dead and plotting to attack a Danish newspaper has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, a court said Tuesday.

Montana man spends 4 days stuck in car in snowbank (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:31 PM PDT AP - A 67-year-old country musician from Montana who spent four days in his car stuck on a remote mountain road said he wrote a goodbye letter and was preparing himself for death when he was rescued.

4.4 quake damages only nerves in L.A. area (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - Southern Californians were jolted from their sleep before dawn Tuesday as a small but strongly felt earthquake struck beneath Los Angeles' eastern suburbs.

Lesson learned: More buy flood insurance after '09 (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:28 PM PDT AP - When the swollen Red River threatened his uninsured house last spring, all Mark Baumgardner could do was pack up, leave and hope he wouldn't lose everything.

Northeast slowly dries out from wind-whipped storm (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:56 PM PDT AP - The powerful nor'easter had moved out at sea, but flooding lingered Tuesday in many Northeast communities.

Helicopter rescues horse stranded on Ariz. sandbar (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:48 PM PDT AP - It's not every day you see a horse fly.

Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - New soldiers are grunting through the kind of stretches and twists found in "ab blaster" classes at suburban gyms as the Army revamps its basic training regimen for the first time in three decades.

Volunteers along Red River in flood-fighting mode (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:24 PM PDT AP - Volunteers in North Dakota were in flood-fighting mode again Tuesday filling sandbags while contractors constructed clay levees along the fast-rising Red River to help protect nearby homes from the murky waters.

Journalists describe New Orleans police run-ins (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - Several journalists described run-ins with New Orleans police Tuesday as they testified about allegations that city officers routinely arrest or threaten people who film them.

9 taken to NC hospital after bad smell on airplane (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:58 PM PDT AP - Nine crew members and passengers aboard a Jamaica-bound US Airways flight were taken to a hospital with coughs and sore throats after smelling strong odors Tuesday, two months after 15 people aboard the same jet were treated for similar problems.

Winfrey due in Philly for 2-week defamation trial (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:35 PM PDT AP - Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Africa.

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• Health care foes have 200 no votes - CNN
• Mexico killings: President Calderón visits Juarez to tout new social programs - Christian Science Monitor
• Israel's Titanic moment: Does Obama want Bibi's head? - Ha'aretz
• NJ court OKs tea party group's bid to oust senator - The Associated Press
• California Earthquake Wakes Up Los Angeles - ABC News
• No BART service between East Bay and S.F. - San Francisco Chronicle
• Protesters Dump Blood at Thai Government Site - New York Times
• Meet Tim Bray, New Face of the Google-Apple Rivalry - PC World
• Northern Plains brace for flooding; power still out in Northeast - CNN
• Egypt TV Shows Mubarak for First Time Since Surgery - Bloomberg

Health care foes have 200 no votes - CNN Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:03 AM PDT Washington Post Health care foes have 200 no votes CNN House Majority Whip James Clyburn has said Democrats lack the votes to secure victory but are working on it. Washington (CNN) -- Even as a top House Democrat expressed confidence in passing legislation to overhaul ... Pelosi Plan to Pass Health Care Without Traditional Vote Riles CriticsFOXNews Obama says 'we are going to get the votes' -- but for what?USA Today House Dems Consider A New Tactic for Health Care ReformCatholic Online Wall Street Journal -MiamiHerald.com -San Francisco Chronicle all 1,818 news articles »

Mexico killings: President Calderón visits Juarez to tout new social programs - Christian Science Monitor Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:25 AM PDT Reuters Mexico killings: President Calderón visits Juarez to tout new social programs Christian Science Monitor President Felipe Calderón visits Ciudad Juarez today, just days after the Mexico killings of two Americans. He will tout new social programs aimed at improving life in the violence-wracked city. Military personnel inspect drivers at the US border ... Mexican president to visit violence-plagued cityCNN Ottawa warns against travel to MexicoAFP Two Americans die in Mexico's drug warBBC News Voice of America -Wall Street Journal -TIME all 2,479 news articles »

Israel's Titanic moment: Does Obama want Bibi's head? - Ha'aretz Posted: 16 Mar 2010 06:12 AM PDT Telegraph.co.uk Israel's Titanic moment: Does Obama want Bibi's head? Ha'aretz JERUSALEM - Hamas has designated this day, in this place, its Day of Rage. Why, then, the smiles on the faces of Mahmoud Zahar and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? This month, down here in the engine room of the Titanic, a single coherent order ... Clashes in Jerusalem Mark Rising TensionsNew York Times Violent clashes erupt in East Jerusalem as synagogue reopensThe Guardian Clashes break out in East JerusalemAljazeera.net Jerusalem Post -Reuters -FOXNews all 4,333 news articles »

NJ court OKs tea party group's bid to oust senator - The Associated Press Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:10 AM PDT TPMDC (blog) NJ court OKs tea party group's bid to oust senator The Associated Press TRENTON, NJ — A New Jersey appeals court is allowing a conservative tea party group to proceed with an effort to throw a Democratic US senator out of office. The three-judge panel Tuesday ordered the secretary of state to accept the group's petition ... Menendez recall petition effort can proceed, court rulesWashington Post (blog) Court Refuses To Halt Recall Of NJ US SenatorWCBS-TV New York Court rules Tea Party can proceed with effort to recall Sen. Robert MenendezThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com The Hill (blog) -TPMDC (blog) all 59 news articles »

California Earthquake Wakes Up Los Angeles - ABC News Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:51 AM PDT CBS News California Earthquake Wakes Up Los Angeles ABC News An earthquake shook southern California early today, causing little damage but worrying residents who fear a massive disaster like those recently seen in Haiti and Chile. A pre-dawn earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, ... Magnitude-4.4 earthquake shakes Southern Calif.The Associated Press Magnitude 4.4 quake rattles Los AngelesReuters 4.4-magnitude earthquake rattles Southern CaliforniaNECN Poder 360 -ABC30.com -KPSP Local 2 all 727 news articles »

No BART service between East Bay and S.F. - San Francisco Chronicle Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:18 AM PDT No BART service between East Bay and S.F. San Francisco Chronicle (03-16) 07:10 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- There is currently no BART service between the East Bay and San Francisco this morning because a train has become stranded in the Transbay Tube, an agency spokesman said. A nine-car train heading to San Francisco ... BART Train Comes Apart Inside Transbay TubeCBS 5 Train passengers briefly stranded in Transbay TubeSan Jose Mercury News BART experiencing residual delays after train separates in Transbay TubeInside Bay Area San Francisco Examiner -KTVU San Francisco -NBC Bay Area all 30 news articles »

Protesters Dump Blood at Thai Government Site - New York Times Posted: 16 Mar 2010 06:28 AM PDT Telegraph.co.uk Protesters Dump Blood at Thai Government Site New York Times Wason Wanichakorn/AP Thai soldiers stood guard outside the Government House after supporters of the ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra spilled blood at its front gate on Tuesday. By THOMAS FULLER BANGKOK — Blood was spilled on the third day of ... Red-shirt protests: Views from ThailandBBC News 'Blood protest' rocks Thai capitalAljazeera.net Thai Protesters Arm Themselves With Blood, FecesWall Street Journal Telegraph.co.uk -The Guardian -Voice of America all 3,148 news articles »

Meet Tim Bray, New Face of the Google-Apple Rivalry - PC World Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:04 AM PDT Erictric Meet Tim Bray, New Face of the Google-Apple Rivalry PC World The former developer of Web technologies for Sun Microsystems and the co-inventor of XML came out firing in a blog post explaining his new job as Android developer advocate for Google. Bray was harsh where Google in the past has been subtle. ... Microsoft Focusing on its Strengths, Not RivalsPC Magazine Google Nexus OneDailyTech Google Phone Selling at Slower Pace Than First IPhoneBusinessWeek Register -Apple Insider -Wall Street Journal all 425 news articles »

Northern Plains brace for flooding; power still out in Northeast - CNN Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:05 AM PDT CBS News Northern Plains brace for flooding; power still out in Northeast CNN CNN iReporters Tomas Rozar and Clem Carfaro provided this aerial image of flooding in Bound Brook, New Jersey. (CNN) -- Facing rising waters, Red River communities in Minnesota and North Dakota raced to shore up levees and dikes early Tuesday, ... Flood fight takes on a new level of intensityWDAY Volunteers along Red River in flood-fighting modeWQOW TV News 18 Sandbags delivered ahead of expected Fargo floodThe Associated Press WKBT -In-Forum -Minnesota Public Radio all 1,074 news articles »

Egypt TV Shows Mubarak for First Time Since Surgery - Bloomberg Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:23 AM PDT BBC News Egypt TV Shows Mubarak for First Time Since Surgery Bloomberg March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appeared on television today for the first time since undergoing surgery in Germany this month, ending a public absence that fueled concern about his health. ... First post-op images of Egyptian president appearThe Associated Press TV shows Egyptian president Mubarak 'is recovering'BBC News Egypt TV shows footage of 'upbeat' MubarakAFP GulfNews -BusinessWeek -Monsters and Critics.com all 360 news articles »

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• Wavering Dems in Obama's sights on health vote (AP)
• Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest (AP)
• Fed weighs how and when to signal higher rates (AP)
• Toyota dismisses account of runaway Prius (AP)
• New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals (AP)
• US Israel criticism ignites firestorm in Congress (AP)
• Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico (AP)
• Edwards mistress: Still in love, living 'truth' (AP)
• Jackson estate in record deal worth up to $250 mln (AP)
• Brooks, Scola rally Rockets past Nuggets, 125-123 (AP)
• Fed seen renewing low rates, extended period vow (Reuters)
• House heads toward close healthcare vote (Reuters)
• Toyota casts doubt on "runaway" Prius claim (Reuters)
• Karzai, Obama discuss prospects of Taliban talks (Reuters)
• $17.5 billion jobs bill nears final OK (Reuters)
• Record number of Chinese unhappy over inflation (Reuters)
• Thai Red Shirts draw own blood in anti-government push (AFP)
• Iraq PM's bloc set to be biggest: latest results (AFP)

Wavering Dems in Obama's sights on health vote (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:26 AM PDT AP - Days away from a make-or-break vote on his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is turning up the pressure as only presidents can, as Democratic leaders make a desperate scramble for votes.

Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:13 AM PDT AP - The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.

Fed weighs how and when to signal higher rates (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 09:04 PM PDT AP - Debate is heating up within the Federal Reserve over how and when to signal that the days of record-low interest rates are numbered.

Toyota dismisses account of runaway Prius (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:25 PM PDT AP - Toyota Motor Corp. dismissed the story of a man who claimed his Prius sped out of control on the California freeway, saying Monday that its own tests found the car's gas pedal and backup safety system were working just fine.

New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 09:55 PM PDT AP - New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.

US Israel criticism ignites firestorm in Congress (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 08:07 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration's fierce denunciation of Israel last week has ignited a firestorm in Congress and among powerful pro-Israel interest groups who say the criticism of America's top Mideast ally was misplaced.

Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:25 PM PDT AP - The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the world's most dangerous cities, the other toward a bridge to El Paso, one of America's safest.

Edwards mistress: Still in love, living 'truth' (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:25 PM PDT AP - The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics.

Jackson estate in record deal worth up to $250 mln (AP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:16 AM PDT AP - Even in death, Michael Jackson is breaking new records.

Brooks, Scola rally Rockets past Nuggets, 125-123 (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 09:42 PM PDT AP - Aaron Brooks swished a jumper with 2.9 seconds left and scored 31 points to help the Houston Rockets rally for a 125-123 victory over Denver on Monday night, snapping the Nuggets' six-game winning streak.

Fed seen renewing low rates, extended period vow (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 09:15 PM PDT Reuters - The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates near zero at a meeting on Tuesday and renew its pledge to keep borrowing costs very low for a long time, but could note a brightening economic picture and hint at being closer to dropping the vow.

House heads toward close healthcare vote (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 05:41 PM PDT Reuters - Congressional Democrats took the first step on Monday toward a quick final vote on a healthcare overhaul and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to muster the votes needed to pass it.

Toyota casts doubt on "runaway" Prius claim (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:22 PM PDT Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it had found no evidence to support the driver's account of a widely publicized "runaway" Prius incident in California that overshadowed the company's attempts to restart sales after a punishing series of recalls.

Karzai, Obama discuss prospects of Taliban talks (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 11:38 PM PDT Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed prospects of peace with the Taliban in a video phone conversation with President Barack Obama, Karzai's office said on Tuesday.

$17.5 billion jobs bill nears final OK (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 04:30 PM PDT Reuters - The first of several Democratic job-creation efforts cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday and appeared to be headed toward final congressional approval.

Record number of Chinese unhappy over inflation (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2010 10:55 PM PDT Reuters - More than one in two Chinese savers regard the current inflation rate as unacceptable, according to a central bank survey on Tuesday that is likely to fan official concern about deteriorating inflation expectations.

Thai Red Shirts draw own blood in anti-government push (AFP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:02 AM PDT AFP - Red-dressed Thai demonstrators Tuesday collected their own blood, planning to spill it at the government's gates in a symbolic sacrifice as they stepped up protests demanding snap elections.

Iraq PM's bloc set to be biggest: latest results (AFP) Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:27 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bloc looked likely to form parliament's single largest grouping Tuesday, after results showed the incumbent had strengthened his hold on key Baghdad province.

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