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Officials: 2 US missile attacks kill 9 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:45 PM PDT

File photo shows a US Air Force Predator drone. Missiles fired by unmanned US drone aircraft on Tuesday killed at least six militants in Pakistan's restive tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, Pakistani security officials said.(AFP/HO/US AIR FORCE/File)AP - Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at vehicles and hit a militant hide-out in a tribal region of northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least nine insurgents, two officials said.

FACT CHECK: Premiums would rise under Obama plan (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:31 AM PDT

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, holds up a copy of the proposed Senate health care reform bill as he speaks at a health care rally by The American Grassroots Coalition and The Tea Party Express on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.

Parliamentarian is rock star in health care debate (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:36 AM PDT

Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin is seen walking towards the Cannon House Office Building on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Frumin has been known to sleep in his office — on call 24/7 as the Senate's Solomon divining the answers. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - When Congress battles over thorny bills, parliamentarian Alan Frumin has been known to sleep in his office — on call 24/7 as the Senate's Solomon, divining the answers.

Thai protesters hurl own blood at PM's house (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:49 PM PDT

A supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra holds a blood bottle before spilling at the front gate of the Government House Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai protesters poured blood they had donated outside the front gate of the government headquarters Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - Red-shirted protesters hurled plastic bags filled with gallons (liters) of their own blood into the residential compound of the Thai prime minister Wednesday, hoping their shock tactics will bring down his government.

Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:23 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 5, 2009, file photo, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad is seen in court in Little Rock, Ark. The new reality that there is a threat from violent Islamic extremism from within the U.S. It is difficult to say whether the uptick in cases is because law enforcement has gotten better at catching suspects or if there are simply more to catch. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)AP - One was a drywall contractor and father, another a petite woman who cared for the elderly, another a U.S. military officer. The most alarming thing about a string of recently arrested terror suspects is that they are all Americans.

Fiji cyclone damage overwhelming, leader says (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:48 PM PDT

Map showing the path of Cyclone Tomas in Fiji. Fiji's government has declared a state of disaster as the first deaths were reported in the cyclone-ravaged Pacific nation where 17,000 people have fled to evacuation centres.(AFP/Graphic)AP - The South Pacific island nation of Fiji has suffered overwhelming damage from a powerful cyclone that battered its shores for more than three days, the prime minister said Wednesday as relief operations were launched in the country's northern regions.

Beach jogger killed by plane likely never heard it (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:52 AM PDT

An Experimental Lancair IV-P airplane lies beached on Hilton Head Island, S.C., Tuesday, March 16, 2010, the day after its pilot made an emergency landing. The pilot, Edward Smith, and his passenger survived the crash, but a man jogging on the beach was killed when he was struck by the plane. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)AP - The kit-built single-engine plane had turned into a glider, almost silently trying to make an emergency landing along a stretch of beach. Pharmaceutical salesman Robert Gary Jones, ear buds in, listening to his iPod while jogging neither saw nor heard it and was struck from behind Monday evening and killed instantly.

State prison numbers drop for 1st time since 1972 (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:51 PM PDT

Hold for release 12:01 a.m. EDT, Wednesday; graphic shows percent change in prison population from 2008 toAP - 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.

Rolling Stones tunes supply 'Idol' surprises (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:56 AM PDT

In this publicity image released by Fox, the 12 male finalists for the ninth season of the reality singing competetion, 'American Idol,' front row from left, Andrew Garcia, John Park, Tyler Grady, Joe Munoz and Jermaine Sellers and, back row, from left, Lee Dewyze, Aaron Kelly, Tim Urban, Michael Lynche, Todrick Hall, Casey James and Alex Lambert, are shown. (AP Photo/Fox, Patrick Ecclestein)AP - Tim Urban couldn't get any satisfaction on "American Idol."

Woods will return to golf at Masters on April 8 (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 13, 1997, file photo, Masters champion Tiger Woods receives his green jacket from the previous year's winner Nick Faldo, rear, at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. In a statement Tuesday, March 16, 2010, Woods said he will play at Augusta National after a four-month hiatus because of a sex scandal. The Masters begins on April 8. (AP Photo/ Dave Martin, File)AP - For Tiger Woods, this figures to be a Masters like no other.

Democrats defend health strategy as vote nears (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:11 PM PDT

Health care supporters yell at cars passing by during a tea party protest against the proposed health care plan outside the office of Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill., in Schaumburg, Ill. on Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)Reuters - Under heavy Republican attack, Democrats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday defended plans to pass a healthcare overhaul without a direct vote as President Barack Obama's top domestic priority neared a make-or-break showdown.

Thai "red shirts" splatter blood at PM's home (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:58 AM PDT

Thai riot soldiers holding army shields take part in a practice at the Government House in Bangkok March 16, 2010. Tens of thousands of protesters pressed ahead with a mass rally in Bangkok on Tuesday, some expressing frustration that four days of peaceful protests had failed to force Thailand's premier to call elections. Early on Tuesday, leaders of the Reuters - Protesters emptied bottles of their blood outside the home of Thailand's prime minister on Wednesday after the government rejected calls for elections, but the opposition campaign was showing signs of flagging.

World Bank tells China to tighten policy (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 10:44 PM PDT

Reuters - The World Bank raised its 2010 growth and inflation forecasts for China and recommended a tighter monetary policy as well as a stronger exchange rate to restrain inflation expectations and asset bubbles.

U.S. affirms bond with Israel as Palestinians riot (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:57 PM PDT

An Israeli border police officer fires tear gas towards Palestinian stone-throwers in East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya March 16, 2010. REUTERS/Darren WhitesideReuters - Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in Jerusalem on Tuesday as the United States, which has slammed Israeli settlement plans as undermining peace efforts, played down strains in its alliance with the Jewish state.

Holder defends criminal trials for 9/11 suspects (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:43 PM PDT

Reuters - Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended plans to prosecute some terrorism suspects in traditional criminal courts, urging lawmakers to avoid politicizing the decision and inflaming public fears.

U.S. missile strikes kill 6 militants in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:35 PM PDT

File photo shows a burnt-out NATO tanker in Peshawar. A bomb attack in a restive Pakistani tribal area on Wednesday destroyed a tanker carrying fuel destined for NATO forces in Afghanistan, officials said.(AFP/File/A Majeed)Reuters - Two missile strikes by pilotless U.S. drone aircraft on Wednesday killed at least six militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan, a major al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary, intelligence officials and residents said.

China stands firm on yuan as U.S. ups pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:32 PM PDT

An employee counts yuan banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Taiyuan, Shanxi province February 10, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - China said on Wednesday it "could not be any clearer" in its repeated commitment to a stable exchange rate after the U.S. Congress threatened to levy duties on some Chinese exports if it fails to revalue its currency.

Protesters pour blood at Thai PM's residence (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:06 AM PDT

Blood stains the entrance gate to the residence of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in Bangkok on March 17. Protesters have poured their own blood at the gates of the premier's home, but their four-day rally backing their ousted political hero, ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, appeared to be running out of steam.(AFP/Christophe Archambault)AFP - Thai protesters poured their own blood at the gates of the prime minister's residence Wednesday, but their four-day rally backing their ousted political hero appeared to be running out of steam.

Riots rock Jerusalem amid diplomatic spat with US (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:33 AM PDT

Masked Palestinian demonstrators hurl stones as they clash with Israeli police in East Jerusalem. Israel counted the cost Wednesday after hundreds of Palestinians clashed with security forces across east Jerusalem, amid the worst diplomatic spat in decades between Israel and its key US ally.(AFP/David Furst)AFP - Israel counted the cost Wednesday after hundreds of Palestinians clashed with security forces across east Jerusalem, amid the worst diplomatic spat in decades between Israel and its key US ally.
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