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• Calif. voters to decide whether to legalize pot (AP)
• Hurled bricks, threats surround health overhaul (AP)
• Fugitive missing for 38 years found running chapel (AP)
• Immigration concerns trump abortion worry in Neb. (AP)
• NJ gov off to a strong start; some say too strong (AP)
• Divorce attorney says Dennis Hopper is dying (AP)
• Feds: Guns, cash stashed in reputed mobster's home (AP)
• Judge's action in 9/11 health case raises eyebrows (AP)
• Judge lifts stay blocking Noriega's extradition (AP)
• KC and Sunshine Band founder held on Ohio sex rap (AP)
• Execution halted for Texas man claiming innocence (AP)
• Outlaw pot growers in California fear legalization (AP)
• Robert Culp, who starred in `I Spy,' dead at 79 (AP)
• Texas Tech offers quicker degrees to family docs (AP)
• Flood of appeals likely after Neb. CSI conviction (AP)
• Trucks burned in possible threat to Calif. police (AP)
• Ed Secretary Duncan faces questions on admissions (AP)
• Dwight Gooden charged with driving on drugs in NJ (AP)
• New ancestor? Scientists ponder DNA from Siberia (AP)
• Rep. Markey asked for police patrols at Colo. home (AP)

Calif. voters to decide whether to legalize pot (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:29 PM PDT AP - California voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults, after the secretary of state on Wednesday certified the initiative for the November ballot.

Hurled bricks, threats surround health overhaul (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 08:43 PM PDT AP - Unrest over sweeping federal health care legislation has turned to vandalism and threats, with bricks hurled through Democrats' windows, a propane line cut at the home of a congressman's brother and menacing phone messages left for lawmakers who supported the bill.

Fugitive missing for 38 years found running chapel (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:40 PM PDT AP - A hitchhiker originally sentenced to be executed for the 1951 killing of a Montana man who picked him up during a blizzard has been found running a wedding chapel under an assumed name in Arizona 38 years after he skipped out on parole.

Immigration concerns trump abortion worry in Neb. (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 08:26 PM PDT AP - Opposition to taxpayer benefits for illegal immigrants appears to have trumped anti-abortion sentiments in Nebraska, likely ending an unusual collision of the two explosive political issues.

NJ gov off to a strong start; some say too strong (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:52 PM PDT AP - There's not a lot that's small about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. He is a big man with a big personality and a big problem — namely, closing a nearly $11 billion deficit in a state whose residents carry the biggest property-tax burden in the country.

Divorce attorney says Dennis Hopper is dying (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:45 PM PDT AP - Dennis Hopper is terminally ill and unable to undergo chemotherapy as he battles prostate cancer, his attorney wrote in a court filing.

Feds: Guns, cash stashed in reputed mobster's home (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 07:38 PM PDT AP - Federal agents searching a convicted mobster's home near Chicago found loaded guns, nearly $730,000 in cash and tape recordings that may contain "criminal conversations" hidden behind a basement wall, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

Judge's action in 9/11 health case raises eyebrows (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:45 PM PDT AP - A federal judge pushed the limits of his legal authority when he rejected a settlement that would have paid at least $575 million to thousands of people who fell ill after working in the toxic ash of the World Trade Center, legal experts say.

Judge lifts stay blocking Noriega's extradition (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:35 PM PDT AP - A Miami federal judge has lifted a stay blocking former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega from being extradited to France.

KC and Sunshine Band founder held on Ohio sex rap (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:11 PM PDT AP - A music producer and co-founder of KC and the Sunshine Band responsible for such hits as "Shake Your Booty" and "Keep It Comin' Love" has acknowledged having sex with teenage boys, police said Wednesday.

Execution halted for Texas man claiming innocence (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:33 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped the execution of condemned prisoner Hank Skinner about an hour before he could have been taken to the Texas death chamber.

Outlaw pot growers in California fear legalization (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:26 PM PDT AP - The smell of pot hung heavy in the air as men with dreadlocks and gray beards contemplated a nightmarish possibility in this legendary region of outlaw marijuana growers: legal weed.

Robert Culp, who starred in `I Spy,' dead at 79 (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 07:13 PM PDT AP - Robert Culp, the actor who teamed with Bill Cosby in the racially groundbreaking TV series "I Spy" and was Bob in the critically acclaimed sex comedy "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," died Wednesday after collapsing outside his Hollywood home, his manager said. Culp was 79.

Texas Tech offers quicker degrees to family docs (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:47 PM PDT AP - Texas Tech University's medical school will soon become the first in the U.S. to offer aspiring family doctors a three-year degree at half the cost of a traditional four-year path, university officials said.

Flood of appeals likely after Neb. CSI conviction (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:50 PM PDT AP - As the chief crime scene investigator for Nebraska's busiest county, David Kofoed spent more than a decade helping put away hundreds of criminals using cold, hard science. He developed a reputation as a man who could find things others couldn't.

Trucks burned in possible threat to Calif. police (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:32 PM PDT AP - Four municipal trucks were set ablaze in a rural Riverside County town plagued by bizarre booby trap attempts to kill police officers, and authorities said Wednesday the fire may be linked to the earlier attacks.

Ed Secretary Duncan faces questions on admissions (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 03:53 PM PDT AP - News that President Barack Obama's top education official kept a log of calls from powerful people trying to get students into top Chicago high schools is raising more questions about the city's admissions practices.

Dwight Gooden charged with driving on drugs in NJ (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 04:17 PM PDT AP - Former Major League Baseball star Dwight Gooden has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs and leaving the scene of an accident.

New ancestor? Scientists ponder DNA from Siberia (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:35 PM PDT AP - In the latest use of DNA to investigate the story of humankind, scientists have decoded genetic material from an unidentified human ancestor that lived in Siberia and concluded it might be a new member of the human family tree.

Rep. Markey asked for police patrols at Colo. home (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:10 PM PDT AP - Fort Collins police say Rep. Betsy Markey's office has requested increased patrols around her Colorado home out of fear it might be vandalized because she supported health care legislation.

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• Breakthrough Is Reported in US Arms Pact With Russia - New York Times
• Budget 2010: Cider drinkers hit hardest by tax rises on alcohol - Times Online
• US 'report card' on reading: 8th-graders gain, 4th-graders don't - Christian Science Monitor
• Irish bishop John Magee resigns over sex abuse scandal - Telegraph.co.uk
• Commercial ship strikes back in deadly shootout with Somali pirates - Christian Science Monitor
• Sticks and Stones and Americans Behaving Badly - NEWS JUNKIE POST

Breakthrough Is Reported in US Arms Pact With Russia - New York Times Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:01 AM PDT CBS News Breakthrough Is Reported in US Arms Pact With Russia New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama and his Russian counterpart, President Dmitri A. Medvedev, have broken through a logjam in their arms control negotiations and expect to sign a new treaty in Prague next month that would slash ... Russia says it has reached deal with US to cut nuclear arsenalsWashington Post New arms control deal to be signed in PragueCNN White House: Nuclear Treaty With Russia Is 'Very Close'Voice of America The Associated Press -Ynetnews -BusinessWeek all 610 news articles »

Budget 2010: Cider drinkers hit hardest by tax rises on alcohol - Times Online Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:12 AM PDT The Guardian Budget 2010: Cider drinkers hit hardest by tax rises on alcohol Times Online Cider drinkers were left with a bitter taste in the mouth yesterday after the Chancellor singled them out for a punitive tax rise. From midnight on Sunday duty on cider will increase by 10 per cent above inflation. The price of a bottle of cider will ... Budget 2010: growth and borrowing figures 'too optimistic'Telegraph.co.uk Britain Unveils Budget During Election CampaigningVoice of America Budget 2010: reaction from politicians, pressure groups and charitiesThe Guardian BusinessWeek -BBC News (blog) -Sydney Morning Herald all 2,422 news articles »

US 'report card' on reading: 8th-graders gain, 4th-graders don't - Christian Science Monitor Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:15 AM PDT Inside INdiana Business (press release) US 'report card' on reading: 8th-graders gain, 4th-graders don't Christian Science Monitor Reading among 4th-graders did not improve for the first time since 2003, the latest NAEP scores show. The report, known as the 'nation's report card,' shows a slight gain among 8th-graders. For the first time since 2003, America's fourth-graders failed ... Reading Scores Lagging Compared With MathNew York Times Florida test scores in reading are upMiamiHerald.com Wash. scores on national reading test hold steadySeattle Post Intelligencer The Associated Press -WBUR -Detroit Free Press all 425 news articles »

Irish bishop John Magee resigns over sex abuse scandal - Telegraph.co.uk Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:20 AM PDT The Guardian Irish bishop John Magee resigns over sex abuse scandal Telegraph.co.uk The Catholic Church sex abuse scandal claimed its most high profile casualty as an Irish bishop who served as a private secretary to three popes resigned. By Nick Squires in Rome Bishop John Magee, 73, stepped down in the wake of revelations that the ... High-profile resignation in Irish church abuse scandalWashington Post Bishop resigns over child sex abuseThe Press Association Irish Catholic Bishop Tenders Resignation; Pope AcceptsAHN | All Headline News Catholic News Agency -Irish Central -KGMI all 361 news articles »

Commercial ship strikes back in deadly shootout with Somali pirates - Christian Science Monitor Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:13 AM PDT The Guardian Commercial ship strikes back in deadly shootout with Somali pirates Christian Science Monitor The attack by Somali pirates on the MV Almezaan Tuesday, in which one pirate was killed, highlights how more commercial ships are hiring private armed security groups for protection. The Somali pirate attack on the Panamanian-flagged MV Almezaan, ... Security guards shoot dead Somali pirateTimes Online Private guards kill Somali pirate for first timeThe Associated Press Somali pirate killed in cargo ship hijack shootingReuters BBC News -New York Times -CNN International all 545 news articles »

Sticks and Stones and Americans Behaving Badly - NEWS JUNKIE POST Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:56 AM PDT The Guardian Sticks and Stones and Americans Behaving Badly NEWS JUNKIE POST Americans have just witnessed an important moment in our history with the passage of President Obama's health care reform bill. It seems that there is a smidgen of awareness of the American Commons and the people's welfare ... New Poll Shows Tea Party Could Hurt GOP In November ElectionsRTT News GOP US Sen. Bennett preparing for primary fightLocalNews8.com Tea Party 'racism': Truth or fiction?The Week Magazine Salon -AOL News -Washington Post (blog) all 174 news articles »

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• Senate writing final chapter to health care bill (AP)
• Jerusalem approves contentious new building plan (AP)
• Banks on verge of losing student lending business (AP)
• 10 letters a day: humanizing talismans for Obama (AP)
• Mexico: Widow IDs slain husband as arrested man (AP)
• Amid budget crisis, California makes parole easier (AP)
• Shanghai trial of Rio Tinto staff ends, no verdict (AP)
• Bowersox again wows 'American Idol' judges (AP)
• Knicks rally behind Gallinari, beat Denver 109-104 (AP)
• Obama signs historic healthcare reform into law (Reuters)
• China newspaper accuses Google of helping U.S. intelligence (Reuters)
• U.S., Pakistan seek to turn page on caustic ties (Reuters)
• Obama, Netanyahu seek to defuse U.S.-Israel tensions (Reuters)
• Israel may replace Mossad agent expelled by UK: reports (Reuters)
• States challenge new healthcare law in court (Reuters)
• U.S, Mexico eye new phase in drug war (Reuters)
• Fed officials in no hurry to raise rates (Reuters)
• US tells China to mull 'implications' of Google move (AFP)
• Netanyahu, Obama meet in night of White House diplomacy (AFP)

Senate writing final chapter to health care bill (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:42 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. health care since Medicare, but one last chapter in the epic struggle is still playing out in the Senate.

Jerusalem approves contentious new building plan (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:14 AM PDT AP - The Jerusalem municipality has approved 20 new apartments for Jews in east Jerusalem, the city said Wednesday, in a move that could stir a new diplomatic crisis with the United States.

Banks on verge of losing student lending business (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:18 AM PDT AP - Banks and other private lenders are about to lose a $70 billion-a-year student loan business, part of a massive overhaul of college assistance programs that has received an unexpected boost from President Barack Obama's health care success.

10 letters a day: humanizing talismans for Obama (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:11 AM PDT AP - He kept coming back to the letters.

Mexico: Widow IDs slain husband as arrested man (AP) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:54 PM PDT AP - A drug suspect arrested in northern Mexico over the weekend turned up dead hours later with signs of torture on his corpse, prompting denials from the navy that it had anything to do with the man's death.

Amid budget crisis, California makes parole easier (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:41 AM PDT AP - California's budget crisis and overcrowded prisons have led to a new reality for thousands of convicted felons: parole is getting a lot easier — no more random drug tests, travel rules or requirements to check in with an officer.

Shanghai trial of Rio Tinto staff ends, no verdict (AP) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:42 PM PDT AP - The trial in Shanghai of four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto on charges of taking bribes and stealing commercial secrets ended Wednesday as expected, though no verdict was announced.

Bowersox again wows 'American Idol' judges (AP) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 07:48 PM PDT AP - "American Idol" finalist Crystal Bowersox is on a roll.

Knicks rally behind Gallinari, beat Denver 109-104 (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:08 AM PDT AP - Danilo Gallinari scored 17 of his 28 points during a spirited duel with Carmelo Anthony in the third quarter, and the New York Knicks beat the Denver Nuggets 109-104 on Tuesday night.

Obama signs historic healthcare reform into law (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 05:49 PM PDT Reuters - A jubilant President Barack Obama signed the most sweeping U.S. social policy legislation in decades into law on Tuesday, putting his name on a healthcare bill that will help shape his legacy and the Democrats' chances of holding on to power in Congress.

China newspaper accuses Google of helping U.S. intelligence (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:40 PM PDT Reuters - A Chinese Communist Party newspaper accused Google on Wednesday of colluding with U.S. spies, and said the firm's retreat from China over censorship justified Beijing's efforts to promote homegrown technology.

U.S., Pakistan seek to turn page on caustic ties (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PDT Reuters - The United States and Pakistan hold high-level talks on Wednesday aimed at reversing decades of mistrust, but tensions over issues from nuclear cooperation to security are still expected to taint relations.

Obama, Netanyahu seek to defuse U.S.-Israel tensions (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:54 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to ease strained ties but their talks yielded no sign of a breakthrough in the stalled Middle East peace process.

Israel may replace Mossad agent expelled by UK: reports (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:41 PM PDT Reuters - Israel may soon replace a diplomat Britain has said it will expel over the use of forged British passports by suspected killers of a Hamas commander in Dubai, Israeli media reported Wednesday.

States challenge new healthcare law in court (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 02:43 PM PDT Reuters - Top legal officials from 14 states across the country on Tuesday filed lawsuits challenging an overhaul of the U.S.' $2.5 trillion healthcare system, minutes after President Barack Obama signed the landmark legislation.

U.S, Mexico eye new phase in drug war (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 07:11 PM PDT Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised on Tuesday to help Mexico broaden a drug war that has failed to curb traffickers' increasingly deadly power along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Fed officials in no hurry to raise rates (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:39 PM PDT Reuters - With unemployment high and inflation low, the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise interest rates, two Federal Reserve officials suggested on Tuesday.

US tells China to mull 'implications' of Google move (AFP) Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:36 PM PDT AFP - The United States cautioned that China must consider the "implications" of Google's decision to effectively shut down its Chinese search engine because of censorship and cyber-hacking.

Netanyahu, Obama meet in night of White House diplomacy (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:10 AM PDT AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama met twice during a dramatic evening in the White House, but no signs emerged of a breakthrough in a row over Jewish settlements.

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