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Obama pushing on health care end game (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:20 AM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare and health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Obama has launched a populist assault on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast.

Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:17 AM PST

AP - It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist's home.

Car detectives crowd around Monday's runaway Prius (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:07 PM PST

Driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in El Cajon, Calif. Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out of control on a San Diego freeway Monday. A California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid.

How the AP-GfK poll on Obama was conducted (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:18 AM PST

AP - The Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Obama, the direction of the country and health care was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from March 3-8. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,002 adults. Interviews were conducted with 702 respondents on landline telephones and 300 on cellular phones.

Taliban claim suicide attack on NATO-Afghan base (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 11:06 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, second left, tours through the town of Now Zad, Afghanistan, on Tuesday March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim WATSON, Pool)AP - The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a U.S.-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two NATO service members.

Senate to pass jobless aid, business tax breaks (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:19 AM PST

Job seekers during a career fair in San Diego, California, in January 2010. The United States lost fewer jobs than expected in February and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the government said Friday, cautioning the data may be skewed by winter storms.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Sandy Huffaker)AP - Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt.

Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 11:57 PM PST

US soldiers patrol through eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province in February 2010. A suicide attack targeting a NATO-Afghan border police compound in eastern Afghanistan killed two foreign soldiers and wounded several others, the military alliance said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.

Osmonds return to stage after death of Marie's son (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:40 AM PST

AP - Marie Osmond told a Las Vegas Strip audience as she returned to the stage less than two weeks after her son's apparent suicide that she has relied on her spirituality to cope with his death

Dunleavy, Los Angeles Clippers sever ties (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 08:59 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2010, file photo, then-Los Angeles Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy glares at his team during an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks in Atlanta. Dunleavy is out as general manager of the Clippers, barely a month after relinquishing his head coaching duties. The team announced it severed ties with Dunleavy late Tuesday afternoon, March 9, 2010, in an e-mail. Assistant general manager Neil Olshey will take over Dunleavy's job. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)AP - Mike Dunleavy and the Los Angeles Clippers parted company for good Tuesday, barely a month after he relinquished his head coaching duties to focus solely on being general manager.

Biden's West Bank tour clouded by settlement plans (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:15 PM PST

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and his wife Jill, second from left, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara, second from right, pose for photographers ahead of their joint dinner the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in east Jerusalem is overshadowing Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank.

Democrats doubt deadline on healthcare (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:23 PM PST

Reuters - Congressional Democrats on Tuesday cast doubt on their chances of meeting the White House's March 18 deadline for voting on a stalled healthcare overhaul, but said they are moving as fast as they can.

UK proposes tougher steps on disclosing bankers' pay (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:55 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown smiles as he prepares to greet Jordan's King Abdullah (not pictured) on the steps of 10 Downing Street in central London March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Britain will on Wednesday propose to force banks to reveal how many of their staff earn top wages, in steps that go further than previous proposals, financial services minister Paul Myners said.

Israeli minister apologizes to Biden over homes plan (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:43 AM PST

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden arrive at Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunReuters - An Israeli cabinet minister apologized on Wednesday after Israel embarrassed visiting Vice President Joe Biden by announcing plans to build 1,600 more homes for Jewish settlers.

Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 08:02 PM PST

In this Feb. 7, 2010 photo, the tailends of unsold 2010 Toyota Prius sedans form a long line at a Toyota dealership in Lakewood, Colo. Toyota owners and stockholders have peppered the Japanese automaker with more than 80 class-action lawsuits in the wake of widespread recalls, some contending that defective engineering has caused injuries or deaths and others claiming the company's woes have damaged the value of the vehicles. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Reuters - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.

Pelosi faces biggest test on healthcare vote (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:02 PM PST

Reuters - The leader of the House of Representatives -- a persuasive arm-twister and deal maker -- faces her toughest challenge yet in the coming weeks: getting 216 votes to pass final legislation revamping the U.S. healthcare system.

Economists trim 2011 U.S. growth forecast (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:40 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. economists raised their forecast for economic growth in 2010 in March, the third straight monthly rise, while trimming their growth forecast for 2011, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

Obama backs bipartisan crackdown on healthcare cheats (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:09 PM PST

President Barack Obama welcomes El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (not shown) to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama, making a final push for healthcare reform, will back bipartisan plans to stamp out waste in government-run medical programs for the old and needy, the White House said on Tuesday.

Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:03 PM PST

Reuters - A television producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS.

Bomb kills five; Gates, Ahmadinejad in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:49 AM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pictured, has arrived in Kabul to hold talks with his Afghan counterpart, a spokesman in Hamid Karzai's office has said.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - A car bomb killed five people in Afghanistan Wednesday, as the Iranian president and the defence secretary of Iran's arch-foe, the United States, paid duelling visits to the war-torn country.

Gunmen storm US charity in Pakistan, kill five (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:41 AM PST

Pakistani troops patrol through Hayatabad near the Khyber tribal agency. Militants stormed a building used by a US-based charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, sparking heavy clashes with police and killing at least five people, police and an aid worker said.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AFP - Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a US-based Christian charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist insurgents.
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