Pelosi: Dems close on health care agreement (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:37:04 GMT
AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.

House GOP leaders press earmark moratorium (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:49 GMT
AP - House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing federal dollars to their home districts.

US-Israel row highlights quandary over settlements (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:31 GMT
AP - An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal.

Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:36 GMT
AP - They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered real military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.

Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:55 GMT
AP - Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.

Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:55 GMT
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)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:43:55 GMT
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.

Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:40:29 GMT
AP - Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine.

Police: Burglar uses church equipment to view porn (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:20:10 GMT
AP - Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution's electronic equipment to watch pornography. Police allege the 55-year-old man broke into the First Christian Church on Thursday. After gathering items from around the building, he is believed to have gone to the basement to spend the night.

Mattingly, Dodgers have talked about manager's job (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:20:11 GMT
AP - On his first day as Dodgers interim manager, hitting coach Don Mattingly said Wednesday that the team has made overtures about him eventually becoming Joe Torre's permanent replacement.