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03/12/2010 01:18 PM
Dems seek agreement, quick vote on health care (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. leaves after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.




03/12/2010 01:18 PM
How bloody will it get? Pakistanis ask as 43 die in week's 4th attack (AP)

Pakistan's security officials and investigator gather near an army truck damaged by suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, March 12, 2010. A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other, killing scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Two suicide bombers killed 43 people in near-simultaneous blasts Friday, the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week and a clear sign that militants have the power to strike targets despite months of army offensives and U.S. missile strikes.




03/12/2010 01:18 PM
Senators question $1 million pay for charity's CEO (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010, file photo, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., arrives to vote on the Senate Jobs Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity. 'The question is whether or not a very top-heavy organization might be siphoning off federal dollars that should be going to help kids,' said Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity.




03/12/2010 01:23 PM
Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse (AP)

Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, head of Germany's bishops conference, is seen before the beginning of the spring meeting of Germany's bishops conference in Freiburg February 22, 2010. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele/FilesAP - Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese acknowledged it transferred a suspected pedophile priest while Benedict was in charge and criticism is mounting over a 2001 Vatican directive he penned instructing bishops to keep abuse cases secret.




03/12/2010 01:35 PM
Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement (AP)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on the release of the State Department's 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Thursday, March 11, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his government's announcement this week of new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem, calling it "a deeply negative signal" for the Mideast peace process and ties with the U.S.




03/12/2010 01:13 PM
2 months after Haiti quake, housing still elusive (AP)

Marcel, 6, leans on the wall of his collapsed home as he looks toward a new home built by the Danish People's Aid organization in the Carrefour neighborhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The UN and the Haitian government have approved the Danish organization's design for temporary shelters to be built for displaced earthquake survivors prior to the upcoming rainy season.(AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti's devastating earthquake — and with torrential rains expected any day, authorities are not even close to providing the shelters they promised.




03/12/2010 01:42 PM
Sen. Reid's wife has surgery after serious crash (AP)

This undated image from Senator Harry Reid's Senate website shows Reid, second from left standing, with his family including daughter Lana, left sitting, and wife Landra. Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday March 11, 2010 after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daughter were riding on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, officials said. Reid's wife, Landra, 69, whose injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, and their daughter, Lana Barringer, 49, were taken by ambulance to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va. The daughter was released from the hospital Thursday night, hospital spokesman Tony Raker said. (AP Photo/US Senate)AP - Sen. Harry Reid's wife has undergone surgery at a Virginia hospital to stabilize injuries from a broken neck she suffered in a traffic accident.




03/12/2010 12:49 PM
Authorities: No illegal drugs found in Haim case (AP)

This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDITAP - Authorities said Friday they had recovered four prescription drug bottles bearing the name of actor Corey Haim but found nothing illegal while investigating his death. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter declined to identify the drugs. Haim was battling flulike symptoms in the days before he died.




03/12/2010 12:17 PM
NYC funeral home van towed with body inside (AP)
AP - A police tow truck removed a minivan parked outside a New York City funeral home, giving its dearly departed passenger an unexpected side trip. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said there was "nothing to indicate it was more than just an illegally parked car." Redden's Funeral Home director Paul DeNigris said a windshield placard had fallen flat. The van's tinted windows helped obscure the white cardboard box that held the remains.

03/12/2010 12:33 PM
Stern: Jordan approval as Bobcats owner next week (AP)

FILE - This March 1, 2010, file photo shows Michael Jordan looking over a stat sheet in the first half of the Charlotte Bobcats' 89-84 loss to the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C. The NBA has signed off on Michael Jordan's bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats, and commissioner David Stern expects the league's board of governors to approve the purchase by the end of next week. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)AP - The NBA has signed off on Michael Jordan's bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats, and commissioner David Stern expects the league's board of governors to approve the $275 million purchase by the end of next week.




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03/12/2010 01:02 PM
Doctor Calls Surgery On Sen. Reid's Wife A Success
Landra Reid suffered a broken back and neck after the van she was riding in with her daughter was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck Thursday. Following surgery Friday, her doctor said Reid was not at risk of paralysis.

03/12/2010 12:32 PM
Clinton Rebukes Israel For Housing Announcement
The State Department said the secretary of state called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express frustration about a plan to build 1,600 homes in East Jerusalem. Tuesday's announcement cast a pall over a visit to Israel by Vice President Joe Biden and has endangered indirect peace talks with the Palestinians.

03/12/2010 12:25 PM
Carrot-And-Stick Health Plans Aim To Cut Costs
Workers at a Portland, Ore., steel mill soon will be able to pick a new type of health insurance: one with financial rewards to use proven treatments and disincentives to use less-effective surgeries and diagnostic tests.

03/12/2010 12:22 PM
Orange County Sues Toyota For Acceleration Flaws
District Attorney Tony Rackauckas accused the automaker of knowingly selling hundreds of thousands of vehicles that had defects. The suit seeks civil penalties of $2,500 per violation under the Unfair Business Practices Act, along with the recovery of attorney fees and investigative costs.

03/12/2010 01:00 PM
Abortion Language Still Sticking Point For Health Bill
House Democrats say they're closing in on a final vote on a health overhaul. But a few big issues remain to be ironed out before they can muster the votes needed to get the bill over the finish line. The biggest fight of all remains abortion.

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03/12/2010 01:50 PM
Obama delays trip for final healthcare push
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday delayed an overseas trip to focus on a final push to pass healthcare reform as the House of Representatives prepared to take up a final version of the bill next week.


03/12/2010 08:29 AM
Iraq's election race tight, results slow to come
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead in minority Sunni areas.


03/12/2010 01:42 PM
Clinton warns Israel over settlements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday that his government sent a "deeply negative signal" by taking steps which undermined renewed Middle East peace talks.


03/12/2010 01:46 PM
Suicide blasts kill 45 in Pakistan's Lahore
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 45 people in Lahore on Friday, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents.


03/12/2010 01:05 PM
Calif. lawsuit claims Toyota hid defect evidence
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - Southern California prosecutors filed the first U.S. consumer protection lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp on Friday, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects.


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03/12/2010 01:43 PM
DOJ: Holder Info Incomplete
Day after concerns raised over AG not disclosing work on terror-related case, Justice Dept. says more files missing

03/12/2010 01:43 PM
Dem Abortion Feud Deepens
Rep. Stupak says party leader told him, 'We want to pay for abortions,' as Dems try to get health bill over finish line
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03/12/2010 01:43 PM
First Round to Conservatives
LIVESHOTS: Conservatives on Texas Board of Ed. pass new draft of social studies standards in textbook battle
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03/12/2010 09:00 AM
Friend: Suspected N.J. Al Qaeda Member Grew Radical
Sharif Mobley had strong Muslim views as early as high school. But his old friend Roman Castro knew he had radicalized when he saw him about four years ago.

03/12/2010 05:30 AM
Lesbian Teen Sues School Over Prom Drama
A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled.