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• APNewsBreak: Probe questions runaway Prius story (AP)
• US mom: Daughter held in Ireland 'lost her mind' (AP)
• Northeast storm leaves half-million without power (AP)
• Thousands mourn death of Southern Calif. teen (AP)
• Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids (AP)
• Utah GOP leader resigns after hot tub confession (AP)
• Despite brashness, Bunning still a hero in Ky. (AP)
• Native Hawaiian government may become reality (AP)
• Judge faces election after unpopular decision (AP)
• Probe questions account of runaway Prius (AP)
• Jewish retiree creates stir defending Pope Pius (AP)
• Daylight-saving time: It's back (AP)
• Analysis: NY politics goes from drama to tragedy (AP)
• Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests (AP)
• Many WTC responders show early signs of heart woes (AP)

APNewsBreak: Probe questions runaway Prius story (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 10:28 PM PST AP - Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, according to a draft memorandum obtained Saturday by The Associated Press that casts doubt on the driver's story.

US mom: Daughter held in Ireland 'lost her mind' (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 09:42 PM PST AP - Before her daughter disappeared last fall, Christine Mott recalls that the 31-year-old who had been held in connection with an alleged assassination plot announced she had converted to Islam and told her family they'd go to hell if they didn't follow in her steps.

Northeast storm leaves half-million without power (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 10:31 PM PST AP - Strong winds and heavy rain pounded parts of the Northeast on Saturday, knocking out power to more than a half-million homes and businesses and stranding about 500 passengers on a New York-bound train for more than six hours.

Thousands mourn death of Southern Calif. teen (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 09:44 PM PST AP - Thousands of teachers, classmates and neighbors filled a high school stadium Saturday to honor a 17-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a shallow, lakeside grave as her parents vowed to dedicate themselves to protecting children from sex predators.

Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 05:46 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved schools so U.S. students can make up for academic ground lost against youngsters in other countries.

Utah GOP leader resigns after hot tub confession (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 03:42 PM PST AP - Utah's House majority leader resigned from the Legislature Saturday, two days after acknowledging he paid a woman $150,000 to keep quiet about a nude hot-tubbing incident that took place a quarter century ago when she was a teenager.

Despite brashness, Bunning still a hero in Ky. (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 08:40 PM PST AP - Irascible Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning has been a pariah among his congressional colleagues. Back in the conservative swath of northern Kentucky he calls home, though, he's being heralded as a hero.

Native Hawaiian government may become reality (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 01:31 PM PST AP - Their kingdom long ago overthrown, Native Hawaiians seeking redress are closer than they've ever been to reclaiming a piece of Hawaii.

Judge faces election after unpopular decision (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 01:25 PM PST AP - The judge didn't believe the father was a threat and denied the mother's plea to keep him away from their 9-month-old son. It was a seemingly routine ruling in a busy family law court called on too often to referee passionate fights between broken young families over the care of babies.

Probe questions account of runaway Prius (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 09:20 PM PST AP - Investigators with Toyota and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, according to a memorandum obtained Saturday by The Associated Press. A congressional spokesman said the finding cast doubt on the driver's story.

Jewish retiree creates stir defending Pope Pius (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 11:04 AM PST AP - In the long and painful debate over whether he should have done more to halt the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators in World War II, Pope Pius XII has an unusual defender.

Daylight-saving time: It's back (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 08:18 AM PST AP - America is springing forward.

Analysis: NY politics goes from drama to tragedy (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 11:40 AM PST AP - New York politics, which has consumed more than a dozen elected officials or top staffers in the past two years, has become a kind of bizarre "Survivor" show. And although careers have been ruined and some face prison sentences, none of them lost their jobs by actually being voted off this island.

Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 02:07 PM PST AP - Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.

Many WTC responders show early signs of heart woes (AP) Posted: 13 Mar 2010 05:20 AM PST AP - Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for their age, a new study suggests.

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