Senators resist Obama over projects in health bill (AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:14:02 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.

Mom says daughter held in Ireland in terror plot (AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:15:41 GMT
AP - A 31-year-old mother from Colorado was one of seven Muslims arrested this week in Ireland in an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, the woman's parents said Friday.

Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 13 (AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:10:01 GMT
AP - A suicide bomber driving a motorized rickshaw blew himself up at a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, killing at least 13 people, injuring 52 and underscoring the nation's relentless security threat.

Anti-government protesters head for Thai capital (AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:55:41 GMT
AP - Thousands of red-shirted anti-government protesters converged on the Thai capital Saturday, giving the government an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament or face mass marches on key spots in the city.

US avoids anti-abortion debate at UN meeting (AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:08:56 GMT
AP - A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to make an anti-abortion declaration a crucial theme.

Thousands expected to mourn death of SoCal teen (AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:38:56 GMT
AP - Students have wrapped ribbons around 8,000 sunflowers to hand out at a memorial service for Chelsea King, the 17-year-old girl whose murder has shaken her community and spurred calls for legal changes in how child sex offenders are treated.

NYC: Taxi drivers overcharged riders by $8.3M-plus (AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:10:05 GMT
AP - Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years by setting their meters at a rate that was supposed to be used for trips to the suburbs, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said Friday.

Runaway Prius case presents nagging questions (AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:09:48 GMT
AP - Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck.

Authorities: Haim's name on illegal prescription (AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:09:55 GMT
AP - The name of the late actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring.

Butler, No. 7 West Virginia survive Notre Dame (AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:11:46 GMT
AP - Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia's last-second hero in the quarterfinals, scored 24 points to lead the seventh-ranked Mountaineers to a 53-51 victory over Notre Dame on Friday night in the Big East tournament semifinals.