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• Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online (AP)
• Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher (AP)
• Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth (AP)
• Math and English classes could be standardized (AP)
• Mass school closures approved in Kansas City, Mo. (AP)
• Coast Guard: Icebreaker to be reactivated by 2013 (AP)
• Police surprised by teacher-student sex confession (AP)
• 2 Marine Corps fighter pilots rescued off SC coast (AP)
• Miss. school prom off after lesbian's date request (AP)
• Va. gov counters state atty. gen.'s advice on gays (AP)
• Sushi restaurant, chef charged over whale meat (AP)
• Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone (AP)
• Grocery card in your pocket can pinpoint salmonella (AP)
• Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles (AP)
• Study: Law officers struggle to readjust after war (AP)
• Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market (AP)
• Italy, FBI raids crack down on Mafia in US, Sicily (AP)
• Ex-Detroit councilwoman gets 37 months for bribery (AP)
• Check on Ohio State gunman found no criminal past (AP)
• Drug arrests latest black mark on RI police force (AP)

Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 06:25 PM PST AP - Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.

Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 06:43 PM PST AP - A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call.

Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:42 PM PST AP - Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters.

Math and English classes could be standardized (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PST AP - Governors and education leaders on Wednesday proposed sweeping new school standards that could lead to students across the country using the same math and English textbooks and taking the same tests, replacing a patchwork of state and local systems in an attempt to raise student achievement nationwide.

Mass school closures approved in Kansas City, Mo. (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:11 PM PST AP - The Kansas City school board narrowly approved a plan Wednesday night to close nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to avoid a potential bankruptcy.

Coast Guard: Icebreaker to be reactivated by 2013 (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:34 PM PST AP - After a $62 million overhaul, the Coast Guard will have its third icebeaker back in service in 2013, filling a critical need as the fleet takes on new responsibilities, the commandant of the service said Wednesday.

Police surprised by teacher-student sex confession (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:23 PM PST AP - In his 28 years with the Burbank Police Department, Sgt. Robert Quesada had never heard of anything quite like it: A well-respected teacher at one of the city's public schools walks into police headquarters and confesses to having an affair with a 14-year-old boy.

2 Marine Corps fighter pilots rescued off SC coast (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 07:37 PM PST AP - Two Marine Corps fighter pilots have been rescued from the ocean off South Carolina after their aircraft went down.

Miss. school prom off after lesbian's date request (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:41 PM PST AP - A northern Mississippi school district decided Wednesday not to host a high school prom after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

Va. gov counters state atty. gen.'s advice on gays (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PST AP - Gov. Bob McDonnell directed state agencies not to discriminate against gay people in employment practices Wednesday, essentially overriding the Virginia attorney general's advice to public colleges.

Sushi restaurant, chef charged over whale meat (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 07:23 PM PST AP - Federal prosecutors have filed charges against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant accused of serving illegal and endangered whale meat.

Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PST AP - When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.

Grocery card in your pocket can pinpoint salmonella (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 11:39 AM PST AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.

Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:50 PM PST AP - The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades.

Study: Law officers struggle to readjust after war (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 02:31 PM PST AP - For soldiers patrolling in Iraq and Afghanistan, death can come from a bomb hidden in a trash pile or an innocent-looking face in the crowd. Returning home alive can depend on the quick turn of a steering wheel or pull of a trigger.

Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:06 PM PST AP - Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.

Italy, FBI raids crack down on Mafia in US, Sicily (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:30 PM PST AP - The FBI arrested a reputed U.S. mobster Wednesday on charges he provided protection for a Sicilian counterpart mapping out criminal turf in Florida — part of an international sweep aimed at further crippling the storied Gambino organized crime family and disrupting its ties to the Italian mob.

Ex-Detroit councilwoman gets 37 months for bribery (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:25 PM PST AP - A former Detroit city councilwoman was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday for bribery after a federal judge refused to set aside her guilty plea during a stormy court hearing dominated by a dispute over evidence of other payoffs.

Check on Ohio State gunman found no criminal past (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 02:54 PM PST AP - Ohio State University says a background check on a janitor who shot two supervisors didn't reveal a criminal record, even though he had spent five years in prison.

Drug arrests latest black mark on RI police force (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:10 PM PST AP - After three Providence police officers were arrested last week in a cocaine-peddling sting, Chief Dean Esserman called it a "hard day" for the department.

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• Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist - New York Times
• Quinn calls for raising income tax to 4 percent - Chicago Sun-Times
• Video: Parents on Religion in the Classroom - FOXNews (blog)
• Tea Partiers Scramble to Keep Up With Obama Health Care Blitz - FOXNews
• House Democrats ban earmarks for private contractors - Washington Post
• Chief Justice John Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling' - Washington Post
• Corey Haim: A Timeline Of The Late Actor's Career - MTV.com
• After Pakistan attack, World Vision suspends operations - Christian Science Monitor

Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist - New York Times Posted: 10 Mar 2010 09:25 AM PST Telegraph.co.uk Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist New York Times WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania woman who called herself JihadJane was tied Tuesday to an alleged assassination plot against a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the prophet Muhammad atop the body of a dog. In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, ... Boyfriend: 'Jihad Jane' suspect wasn't religiousAtlanta Journal Constitution Boyfriend: Terror suspect never practiced religionThe Associated Press 'Jihad Jane' linked to Irish plotIrish Times Christian Science Monitor -MyFox Philadelphia all 1,315 news articles »

Quinn calls for raising income tax to 4 percent - Chicago Sun-Times Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:36 AM PST Daily Caller Quinn calls for raising income tax to 4 percent Chicago Sun-Times Gov. Quinn called today for a one percentage point increase in the state income tax to fund education. Quinn is asking legislators to raise the income tax to 4 percent from the current 3 percent. ... U. of Ill. chair: State neglecting higher edKWQC 6 Gov. Pat Quinn wants smaller tax increase for educationChicago Tribune (blog) Gov. Quinn Proposes One Percent Tax Increase to Cover EducationChicago Public Radio BusinessWeek -Chicago Current -Daily Illini all 188 news articles »

Video: Parents on Religion in the Classroom - FOXNews (blog) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:22 AM PST Washington Post Video: Parents on Religion in the Classroom FOXNews (blog) Wednesday the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) meets to discuss curriculum standards that could have an impact on what students across the country see in their textbooks. The Lone Star state is one of the world's largest textbook buyers, ... Crowd gathers to speak before Texas Board of EducationKVUE Texas ed board set to take 1st vote since primaryThe Associated Press Texas' influence on textbooks could waneAustin American-Statesman San Antonio Express -MyFox Atlanta -Mediaite.com all 205 news articles »

Tea Partiers Scramble to Keep Up With Obama Health Care Blitz - FOXNews Posted: 10 Mar 2010 06:44 AM PST Washington Post Tea Partiers Scramble to Keep Up With Obama Health Care Blitz FOXNews President Obama has set an aggressive schedule for completing work on the bulk of the year-in-the-making health care package and may be getting the jump on the raft of Tea Party events set for the coming weeks. ... Rasmussen and Schoen: Why Obama Can't Move the Health-Care NumbersWall Street Journal Obama Announces Effort to Reduce Health Care Waste, FraudMain Justice Here's What the American People WantAOL News BusinessWeek -Baltimore Business Journal -KMBC Kansas City all 1,231 news articles »

House Democrats ban earmarks for private contractors - Washington Post Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:43 AM PST House Democrats ban earmarks for private contractors Washington Post House Democratic leaders banned Wednesday the practice of doling out multimillion-dollar, no-bid contracts to private contractors, a move that will shake up the lobbying industry that has come to rely on securing these so-called earmarks ... House Democrats ban earmarks to corporationsThe Associated Press Democratic leaders ban earmarks forUSA Today US House bans earmarks to for-profit companiesReuters Wall Street Journal -BusinessWeek -CQPolitics.com all 123 news articles »

Chief Justice John Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling' - Washington Post Posted: 10 Mar 2010 09:39 AM PST CBS News Chief Justice John Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling' Washington Post Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has presented the rebuttal argument in Obama v. Supreme Court. Roberts's remarks Tuesday protested the timing of President Obama's State of the Union disapproval of the court's decision in a major ... Chief justice unsettled by Obama's criticism of Supreme CourtLos Angeles Times White House Vs. Supreme Court: It's Getting RidiculousCBS News Roberts: Presidential address is 'pep rally'USA Today New York Magazine -CNN Political Ticker (blog) -Philadelphia Inquirer all 332 news articles »

Corey Haim: A Timeline Of The Late Actor's Career - MTV.com Posted: 10 Mar 2010 09:53 AM PST Telegraph.co.uk Corey Haim: A Timeline Of The Late Actor's Career MTV.com Haim appeared opposite Kiefer Sutherland and other stars over the course of three decades in Hollywood. By Josh Wigler The news that actor Corey Haim, 38, was discovered dead on Wednesday morning (March 10) of an apparent drug overdose has left the ... Todd Bridges Hopes Corey Haim Is at PeacePeople Magazine Celebrities react to Corey Haim death via TwitterEntertainment Weekly Haim dizzy, stumbling with flu before deathmsnbc.com Us Magazine -ABC News -The Star-Ledger - NJ.com all 1,371 news articles »

After Pakistan attack, World Vision suspends operations - Christian Science Monitor Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:36 AM PST BBC News After Pakistan attack, World Vision suspends operations Christian Science Monitor Militants assaulted an office of World Vision, a US charity, in northwest Pakistan. World Vision said it will temporarily suspend all aid operations in the country after the Pakistan attack killed six Pakistani employees. People examine the damaged ... Pakistan militants attack US Christian aid group, killing sixLos Angeles Times 6 Employees of US Charity Killed in Attack in PakistanNew York Times Militants Kill 6 Aid Workers in Pakistan's NorthwestVoice of America BBC News -The Associated Press -CNN International all 409 news articles »

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• Obama pushing on health care end game (AP)
• Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list (AP)
• Car detectives crowd around Monday's runaway Prius (AP)
• How the AP-GfK poll on Obama was conducted (AP)
• Taliban claim suicide attack on NATO-Afghan base (AP)
• Senate to pass jobless aid, business tax breaks (AP)
• Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early (AP)
• Osmonds return to stage after death of Marie's son (AP)
• Dunleavy, Los Angeles Clippers sever ties (AP)
• Biden's West Bank tour clouded by settlement plans (AP)
• Democrats doubt deadline on healthcare (Reuters)
• UK proposes tougher steps on disclosing bankers' pay (Reuters)
• Israeli minister apologizes to Biden over homes plan (Reuters)
• Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius (Reuters)
• Pelosi faces biggest test on healthcare vote (Reuters)
• Economists trim 2011 U.S. growth forecast (Reuters)
• Obama backs bipartisan crackdown on healthcare cheats (Reuters)
• Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty (Reuters)
• Bomb kills five; Gates, Ahmadinejad in Afghanistan (AFP)
• Gunmen storm US charity in Pakistan, kill five (AFP)

Obama pushing on health care end game (AP) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:20 AM PST 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 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 Reuters - 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 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 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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