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Obama takes health care overhaul push to Missouri (AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 8:35 pm
AP - The nation's top health official challenged insurers on Wednesday to join President Barack Obama's push to overhaul the medical system, arguing that if the effort fails it will hurt them as well as other Americans.
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German Catholics to investigate abuse charges (AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 8:33 pm
AP - Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday — one into the renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother and another more general look into what everyone, including the pope, knew about the sexual and physical abuse of students.
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'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 8:32 pm
AP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38. Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.
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U.S. says hikers detained in Iran call families (Reuters)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 8:26 pm
Reuters - Three American detained in Iran last year and accused of spying have been allowed to telephone their families, although formal consular access has not been granted, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
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'Jihad Jane's' Arrest Raises Fears About Homegrown Terrorists - ABC News
Top Stories - Google News 10 Mar 2010 | 8:22 pm
Times Online'Jihad Jane's' Arrest Raises Fears About Homegrown TerroristsABC NewsThe arrest of a suburban Pennsylvania woman known by the alias Jihad Jane, who allegedly plotted with Islamic radicals abroad to kill a Swedish cartoonist, has raised fears about homegrown terrorists in the ...Police say suspect in terror plot attempted suicide[…]
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"Slaughter Solution?" GOP Uses Lawmaker's Name to Hit Health Care - CBS News
Top Stories - Google News 10 Mar 2010 | 7:59 pm
CBS News"Slaughter Solution?" GOP Uses Lawmaker's Name to Hit Health CareCBS NewsThe Republican Party already has plenty of evocative phrases with which to hammer the health care reform effort: "Government takeover," "ram down our throats," "job-killing monstrosity." Now House Republican Leader John Boehner's office has come up ...Dozens of Dems[…]
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Biden scolds Israel over settlement plan
Reuters: Top News 10 Mar 2010 | 7:54 pm
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediated talks.
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Quinn Seeks Income Tax Hike for Schools - ABC News
Top Stories - Google News 10 Mar 2010 | 7:49 pm
MiamiHerald.comQuinn Seeks Income Tax Hike for SchoolsABC NewsAP Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn delivers his State of the Budget address to a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly on the House floor at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, March 10, 2010. ...Gov. Quinn pushes tax hike in[…]
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Gunmen storm US charity in Pakistan killing six aid workers (AFP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 7:47 pm
AFP - Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a US-based Christian charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels.
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Another runaway Toyota Prius reported
Reuters: Top News 10 Mar 2010 | 7:46 pm
DETROIT (Reuters) - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall.
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Corey Haim's Death Highlights Difficulty of Addiction Recovery - ABC News
Top Stories - Google News 10 Mar 2010 | 7:40 pm
Telegraph.co.ukCorey Haim's Death Highlights Difficulty of Addiction RecoveryABC NewsThe death of 38-year-old actor Corey Haim by an alleged prescription drug overdose has cast renewed light on the question of whether an addict can truly "recover" -- particularly in light of accounts, including his Haim's, ...Corey Haim: A Timeline Of The[…]
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Biden condemns Israel settlement move at Palestinian talks (AFP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 7:39 pm
AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden told Palestinian leaders on Wednesday that Washington will hold accountable any side that hurts peace prospects, pointedly citing Israel's settlement expansion plans.
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NHL GMs make proposal for rule on hits to head (AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 7:34 pm
AP - NHL general managers unanimously agreed Wednesday to recommend a rule change dealing with on-ice hits to the head.
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Stop TV networks' blackouts, providers beg the FCC (AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 7:04 pm
AP - Cable, satellite TV and other video providers have asked the government to intervene in ongoing fee disputes with TV networks — big-money fights that are expected to escalate this year as more contracts expire.
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Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti (AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 6:57 pm
AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.
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Israel under pressure over East Jerusalem homes - BBC News
Top Stories - Google News 10 Mar 2010 | 6:48 pm
BBC NewsIsrael under pressure over East Jerusalem homesBBC NewsIsrael is coming under growing international pressure following its approval of new housing for Israelis in occupied East Jerusalem. Britain, France, the EU and the Arab League have all added their protests against the decision. ...Joe Biden, in Ramallah, stymied by new[…]
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Obama effect boosts Nobel Peace Prize nominations
Reuters: Top News 10 Mar 2010 | 6:13 pm
OSLO (Reuters) - A record 237 people and organizations have been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, with interest boosted by last year's award to President Barack Obama, organizers said on Wednesday.
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Charlie Sheen due back on `Two and a Half Men' (AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 6:02 pm
AP - A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom.
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Iraq PM said to be ahead on eve of vote results (Reuters)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 5:56 pm
Reuters - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
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Unemployment rate rises in 30 states (AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 5:54 pm
AP - Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.
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Threatened Muhammad cartoonist has no regrets (AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 5:41 pm
AP - A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said Wednesday he has no regrets and believes the suspects in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals.
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Chief Justice John Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling' - Washington Post
Top Stories - Google News 10 Mar 2010 | 5:39 pm
ABC NewsChief Justice John Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling'Washington PostChief 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[…]
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Pelosi faces biggest test on healthcare vote (Reuters)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 5:13 pm
Reuters - The leader of the House of Representatives -- a persuasive arm twister and deal maker -- faces her toughest challenge yet: getting 216 votes to pass final legislation revamping the U.S. healthcare system.
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Panasonic's first 3-D TV set in $2,900 package (AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 4:50 pm
AP - Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday revealed the price for its first 3-D TV set, confirming that $3,000 is about what it takes to be among the first to watch 3-D movies in the home.
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"JihadJane" accused of terror plot in Sweden
Reuters: Top News 10 Mar 2010 | 4:24 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
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"JihadJane" accused of terror plot in Sweden (Reuters)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 10 Mar 2010 | 4:18 pm
Reuters - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
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Retaliation fears stalk Nigeria city after clashes
Reuters: Top News 10 Mar 2010 | 3:18 pm
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Sporadic shooting rang out overnight in the central Nigerian city of Jos and witnesses said at least one person was killed by soldiers enforcing a curfew days after attacks on three nearby Christian villages.
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Ahmadinejad, Gates trade barbs in Afghanistan
Reuters: Top News 10 Mar 2010 | 3:16 pm
KABUL (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Defense Secretary Robert Gates traded barbs on Wednesday during briefly overlapping visits to Afghanistan, where Washington has troops at war but Tehran has growing clout.
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Massa: Yeah, I Groped Male Staff But Not Sexually - FOXNews
Top Stories - Google News 10 Mar 2010 | 2:40 pm
Washington PostMassa: Yeah, I Groped Male Staff But Not SexuallyFOXNewsFormer New York Rep. Eric Massa said sure he groped his male staff, but never sexually misbehaved and doesn't think that rough-play with other men is unusual, even at age 50. New York Rep. Eric Massa is resigning Monday in the[…]
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Brown says UK to maintain AAA credit rating
Reuters: Top News 10 Mar 2010 | 2:25 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top credit rating and announced a pay freeze for senior civil servants and military officers to help tame a record deficit.
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Obama, Key Senators Make Their Pitch for Climate and Energy Bill - New York Times
Top Stories - Google News 10 Mar 2010 | 1:12 pm
Times OnlineObama, Key Senators Make Their Pitch for Climate and Energy BillNew York TimesClosed-door talks extended to both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday as President Obama, key senators and industry officials searched for an elusive agreement on comprehensive energy and climate change legislation. ...Pass notes No 2743: Rahm EmanuelThe GuardianAmerican[…]
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Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border Security - New York Times
Top Stories - Google News 10 Mar 2010 | 12:17 pm
CBC.caSuspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border SecurityNew York TimesJAKARTA, Indonesia — The fugitive Islamic militant killed by Indonesian security forces traveled to Indonesia from the Philippines within the last few months, police officals said on Wednesday, an admission that raised concerns about ...Indonesia says killed leading militant DulmatinChristian[…]
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