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2010-03-12 00:22	AP International	Prosecutors delay case against Virgin Islands pol (AP) - CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands - Prosecutors are asking for more time to investigate charges against a prominent Virgin Islands senator accused of assaulting a 19-year-old with a gun....
2010-03-12 00:22	AP International	Haiti: Kidnappers release 2 European aid workers (AP) - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Kidnappers have freed two Swiss women snatched off the streets of Haiti's capital and held for five days, officials said Thursday....
2010-03-11 23:42	AP Top News	Deal could pay $657M to sickened WTC responders NEW YORK (AP) - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. The settlement was announced Thursday evening by the WTC Captive Insurance Co., a special entity established to indemnify the city and its contractors against potential legal action as they moved to clean up the site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks....
2010-03-11 23:42	AP International	Tips, IDs follow release of serial killer's photos (AP) - HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - California police say they are receiving calls from the public after releasing more than 100 photos apparently taken by convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala in the 1970s, but tip gathering has been hampered by phone problems at police headquarters....
2010-03-11 23:32	AFP	11 Siberian tigers starve to death in China zoo: report MIAMI (AFP) - Speculation was mounting that Tiger Woods will return to competitive golf within the next month, but just where and when remained a mystery. Full Story »...
2010-03-11 23:32	AP Top News	Reid's wife, daughter injured in highway accident WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday 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....
2010-03-11 23:20	Reuters UK	Man United boost Asia connection with 5-year deal
2010-03-11 23:17	AP Top News	GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leaders WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eric Massa. Even in failure, Republicans planted questions about when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi learned about allegations from Massa's employees that he sexually harassed male staff members. The freshman New York Democrat resigned Monday amid a slew of conflicting statements in which he confirmed and denied that he groped staff members and argued that none of the contact was sexual....
2010-03-11 23:17	AP Top News	Lesbian teen in prom flap sues, returns to school JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. On Thursday, a day after the Itawamba County school board did just that, the 18-year-old lesbian high school senior reluctantly returned to campus to some unfriendly looks, she said. "Somebody said, 'Thanks for ruining my senior year.'" McMillen said....
2010-03-11 23:17	AP Top News	Betty White to host 'Saturday Night Live' NEW YORK (AP) - The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host "Saturday Night Live." NBC said Thursday that the 88-year-old actress will host the show May 8. "SNL" executive producer Lorne Michaels says he can't think of a better way to spend Mother's Day weekend than with White....
2010-03-11 23:17	AP Top News	AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters DORAL, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press on Thursday. Woods has been practicing at Isleworth near his Orlando home the last two weeks, and swing coach Hank Haney flew there during the weekend to work with him. That led to speculation Thursday he was close to playing again....
2010-03-11 23:17	AP Top News	Dems look to health vote without abortion foes WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week. In doing so, they are all but counting out a small but potentially decisive group whose views on abortion coverage have become the principal hang-up for Democrats fighting to achieve the biggest change in American health care in generations. Congressional leaders are hoping they can find enough support from other wavering Democrats to pass legislation that only cleared the House by five votes in an earlier incarnation....
2010-03-11 23:17	AP Top News	Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year. Obama also met separately later in the day with Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who gave the president an outline of a bill they are drafting. Obama said afterward in a statement that he "looked forward to reviewing their promising framework."...
2010-03-11 23:17	AP Top News	Fed. appeals court upholds 'under God' in pledge SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected two legal challenges by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, who said the references to God are unconstitutional and infringe on his religious beliefs....
2010-03-11 23:17	AP Top News	GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leaders WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eric Massa. Even in failure, Republicans planted questions about when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi learned about allegations from Massa's employees that he sexually harassed male staff members. The freshman New York Democrat resigned Monday amid a slew of conflicting statements in which he confirmed and denied that he groped staff members and argued that none of the contact was sexual....
2010-03-11 23:15	Reuters UK	Travel Picks: Top 10 hotels to celebrate St. Patrick's Day
2010-03-11 22:57	AP Top News	Reid's wife, daughter injured in highway accident WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday 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, according to a staffer with the hospital's patient information service....
2010-03-11 22:52	AFP	Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activist arrested in Japan TOKYO (AFP) - A New Zealand anti-whaling activist was arrested in Japan Friday after a harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, greeted by police and nationalist protesters. Full Story »...
2010-03-11 22:52	AP Top News	Deal could pay $657M to sickened WTC responders NEW YORK (AP) - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. The settlement was announced Thursday evening by the WTC Captive Insurance Co., a special entity established to indemnify the city and its contractors against potential legal action as they moved to clean up the site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks....
2010-03-11 22:45	Reuters UK	Asia stocks head for 5th week of gains
2010-03-11 22:42	AP Top News	Deal could pay $657M to sickened WTC responders NEW YORK (AP) - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. The settlement was announced Thursday evening by the WTC Captive Insurance Co., a special entity established to indemnify the city and its contractors against potential legal action as they moved to clean up the site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks....
2010-03-11 22:42	AP Top News	Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout BUENA, N.J. (AP) - He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in an attempt to break out of a hospital. While some acquaintances were startled by the news out of the Middle East on Thursday, a former classmate said that Mobley had strong religious views in high school, often trying to convert friends to Islam, and became increasingly radical, especially after they graduated in 2002....
2010-03-11 22:42	AP International	Lawyers appeal Phil Spector's conviction (AP) - LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct....
2010-03-11 22:42	AP International	Dollar has muscle to thrive (AP) - Note breakout material at end. Edited by USA TODAY.@...
2010-03-11 22:35	Reuters UK	Bangladesh win toss, opt to field v England in 1st test
2010-03-11 22:32	AP Top News	Deal could pay $657M to sickened WTC responders NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers representing New York City, construction companies and 10,000 ground zero workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. The settlement was announced Thursday by the WTC Captive Insurance Co., established to indemnify the city and contractors against potential legal action as they cleaned up the site after Sept. 11....
2010-03-11 22:12	AP Top News	NYC to pay up to $657M to settle WTC health cases NEW YORK (AP) - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. The settlement was announced Thursday evening by the WTC Captive Insurance Co., a special entity established to indemnify the city and its contractors against potential legal action as they moved to clean up the site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks....
2010-03-11 22:12	AP International	APNewsBreak: Calif. murder suspect broke parole (AP) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one California teenager and under investigation for another killing violated his parole by moving too close to a school but was allowed to remain free, according to records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press....
2010-03-11 22:05	Reuters UK	3D leaving cinemas reeling?
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2010-03-11 22:02	AP Top News	NJ: Terrorism suspect didn't breach nuke plants BUENA, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey official says a suspected terrorist who worked at a complex of nuclear power plants did not breach security there. Mike Drewniak, a spokesman for Gov. Chris Christie, says his office has been told that Sharif Mobley was supervised and had no problems when he worked at three power plants in Salem County from 2002 to 2008....
2010-03-11 21:52	AP International	Law firm: Prius runaway driver won't sue Toyota (AP) - SAN DIEGO - A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker....
2010-03-11 21:52	AP Top News	NYC to pay up to $657M to settle WTC health cases NYC to pay up to $657M to settle WTC health casesNEW YORK (AP) - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. The settlement was announced Thursday evening by the WTC Captive Insurance Co., a special entity established to indemnify the city and its contractors against potential legal action as they moved to clean up the site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks....
2010-03-11 21:45	Reuters UK	Trafigura considers Eurobond issue- report
2010-03-11 21:45	Reuters UK	Australian delays ruling on $12 bln AXA deal
2010-03-11 21:42	AFP	US slams rights abuses in China, NKorea and Iran NEW DELHI (AFP) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was to seal a series of multi-billion dollar arms deals Friday during a visit to India aimed at boosting ties with Moscow's old Cold War ally. Full Story »...
2010-03-11 21:42	AFP	Iraq PM locked in tight poll contest with secular rival GENEVA (AFP) - A Swiss unit of global banking giant HSBC revealed Thursday that details on 24,000 bank customers may have been leaked in a major security breach that has helped fuel pressure on Switzerland over tax evasion. Full Story »...
2010-03-11 21:42	AP International	US criticizes China's domestic, economic policies (AP) - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration accused China on Thursday of abusing its citizens' rights and maintaining currency policies that cost millions of U.S. jobs, a double-barrel attack that comes amid a growing willingness to confront and even antagonize the Asian power....
2010-03-11 21:42	AP International	More ex-players join antitrust suit against NCAA (AP) - SAN FRANCISCO - Former college basketball players spanning many eras have joined a lawsuit filed by ex-UCLA star Ed O'Bannon against the NCAA for profiting from the use of their images without permission....
2010-03-11 21:42	AP International	Obama backing of immigration overhaul 'unwavering' (AP) - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken....
2010-03-11 21:32	AFP	Japan whaling ship with NZ activist aboard arrives in Tokyo TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese whaling ship with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist aboard on Friday sailed into Tokyo port where he was expected to face arrest for trespassing on the vessel, an AFP reporter saw. Full Story »...
2010-03-11 21:32	AFP	Putin to sign multi-billion dollar arms deals in India WASHINGTON (AFP) - Climate change is pushing some bird species "towards extinction," US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warned Thursday as a new report on the threats facing North American birds was released. Full Story »...
2010-03-11 21:32	AFP	Iraq PM locked in tight poll contest with secular rival GENEVA (AFP) - A Swiss unit of global banking giant HSBC revealed Thursday that details on 24,000 bank customers may have been leaked in a major security breach that has helped fuel pressure on Switzerland over tax evasion. Full Story »...
2010-03-11 21:32	AP Top News	Dems look to health vote without abortion foes WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week. In doing so, they are all but counting out a small but potentially decisive group whose views on abortion coverage have become the principal hang-up for Democrats fighting to achieve the biggest change in American health care in generations. Congressional leaders are hoping they can find enough support from other wavering Democrats to pass legislation that only cleared the House by five votes in an earlier incarnation....
2010-03-11 21:32	AP Top News	Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year. Obama also met separately later in the day with Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who gave the president an outline of a bill they are drafting. Obama said afterward in a statement that he "looked forward to reviewing their promising framework."...
2010-03-11 21:32	AP Top News	Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout BUENA, N.J. (AP) - He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is a former nuclear plant worker under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in an attempt to break out of a hospital. While some acquaintances were startled by the news out of the Middle East on Thursday, a former classmate said that Mobley had strong religious views in high school, often trying to convert friends to Islam, and became increasingly radical, especially after they graduated in 2002....
2010-03-11 21:32	AP Top News	Fed. appeals court upholds 'under God' in pledge SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected two legal challenges by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, who said the references to God are unconstitutional and infringe on his religious beliefs....
2010-03-11 21:32	AP Top News	GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leaders WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eric Massa. Even in failure, Republicans planted questions about when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi learned about allegations from Massa's employees that he sexually harassed male staff members. The freshman New York Democrat resigned Monday amid a slew of conflicting statements in which he confirmed and denied that he groped staff members and argued that none of the contact was sexual....
2010-03-11 21:32	AP Top News	Sen. Reid's wife, daughter injured in accident WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday - the wife with a broken back and neck - after their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, authorities said. Reid's wife, Landra, 69, and the couple's daughter, Lana Barringer, 49, were taken by ambulance to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va. Neither woman's injuries appeared to be life-threatening, and the daughter was expected to be released from the hospital Thursday night, Reid aides said. Mrs. Reid was listed in serious condition, an aide said, but she was not expected to require surgery....
2010-03-11 21:32	AP Top News	NYC to pay up to $657M to settle WTC health cases NEW YORK (AP) - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. The settlement was announced Thursday evening by the WTC Captive Insurance Co., a special entity established to indemnify the city and its contractors against potential legal action as they moved to clean up the site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks....


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