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2010-03-11 20:12	AP Top News	US criticizes China's domestic, economic policies WASHINGTON (AP) - 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. President Barack Obama spent his first year in office arguing that China was crucial to U.S. efforts to deal with nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea and major economic and environmental initiatives....
2010-03-11 20:12	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 20:02	AP Top News	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, 48, 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....
2010-03-11 20:02	AP Top News	APNewsBreak: Calif. murder suspect broke parole SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - 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. Had John Albert Gardner III been returned to prison in 2007 he would have been evaluated for commitment to a state mental hospital as a sexually violent predator. He also would have qualified for wearing an electronic tracking device for the rest of his life....
2010-03-11 19:57	AP Top News	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, 48, 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....
2010-03-11 19:57	AP Top News	APNewsBreak: Calif. murder suspect broke parole SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - 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. Had John Albert Gardner III been returned to prison in 2007 he would have been evaluated for commitment to a state mental hospital as a sexually violent predator. He also would have qualified for wearing an electronic tracking device for the rest of his life....
2010-03-11 19:57	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 19:52	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 19:52	AP Top News	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, 48, 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....
2010-03-11 19:47	AP Top News	Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him. People in the balconies of the vast congressional hall in coastal Valparaiso shouted warnings as a massive light fixture rocked overhead, and heads of state nervously eyed the ceiling. But a steely calm prevailed, and Pinera strode in smiling....
2010-03-11 19:47	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 19:47	AFP	Climate change pushing bird species 'towards extinction:' US MANAMA (AFP) - Formula One title favourite Fernando Alonso did his best on Thursday to play down his prospects of landing his third world championship. Full Story »...
2010-03-11 19:42	AFP	Climate change pushing bird species 'towards extinction:' US MANAMA (AFP) - Formula One title favourite Fernando Alonso did his best on Thursday to play down his prospects of landing his third world championship. Full Story »...
2010-03-11 19:42	AP International	American expands use of mobile boarding passes (AP) - FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines says it has expanded use of mobile boarding passes on mobile phones and PDAs to 19 more airports....
2010-03-11 19:40	Reuters UK	Advent mulls sale of Poundland - report
2010-03-11 19:35	Reuters UK	Lehman insolvent weeks before bankruptcy
2010-03-11 19:32	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 19:32	AP Top News	Football Hall of Famer, TV star Olsen dies at 69 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL's greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69. Olsen was a member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" along with Deacon Jones, Lamar Lundy and Rosey Grier in the 1960s. He later starred on NFL broadcasts, commercials, and as Jonathan Garvey on the TV series "Little House on the Prairie."...
2010-03-11 19:25	Reuters UK	Agrium set to abandon year-long bid for CF
2010-03-11 19:22	AP Top News	APNewsBreak: Calif. murder suspect broke parole APNewsBreak: Calif. murder suspect broke paroleSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - 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. Had John Albert Gardner III been returned to prison in 2007 he would have been evaluated for commitment to a state mental hospital as a sexually violent predator. He also would have qualified for wearing an electronic tracking device for the rest of his life....
2010-03-11 19:22	AP International	Jerry Jones' oil, gas company sued in fraud case (AP) - DALLAS - A lawsuit accuses an employee of an oil and gas company owned by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of aiding and abetting an alleged $15 million securities fraud under investigation by federal officials....
2010-03-11 19:22	AP International	A look at Q4 stock data and consumer confidence (AP) - A look at fourth-quarter performance data for stock market indexes and consumer confidence:...
2010-03-11 19:22	AP International	Summer comes early for airfare sales (AP) - DALLAS - Discount carrier AirTran Airways fired the first shot of the summer airfare wars this week, causing bigger rivals to match prices at a time when they would rather be raising them....
2010-03-11 19:22	AP International	Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance (AP) - SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state....
2010-03-11 19:22	AP International	Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP) - WASHINGTON - House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week....
2010-03-11 19:17	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 19:17	AP International	Canada launches probe into Toyota safety concerns (AP) - TORONTO - Canadian politicians have accused the nation's transportation agency of failing to take swift action after receiving acceleration-related complaints in Toyota vehicles three years before the company began a series of safety recalls....
2010-03-11 19:17	AP International	In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings (AP) - MEXICO CITY - Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage....
2010-03-11 19:17	AP International	4 UK lawmakers in court over expenses scandal (AP) - LONDON - Four legislators being prosecuted in a political scandal involving fraudulent expenses claims by hundreds of British lawmakers pleaded not guilty on Thursday....
2010-03-11 19:12	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 19:12	AP Top News	Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him. People in the balconies of the vast congressional hall in coastal Valparaiso shouted warnings as a massive light fixture rocked overhead, and heads of state nervously eyed the ceiling. But a steely calm prevailed, and Pinera strode in smiling....
2010-03-11 19:12	AP Top News	Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected two legal challenges by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow, who claimed the references to God disrespect his religious beliefs....
2010-03-11 19:12	AP Top News	Al-Qaida seen eyeing less complex attacks on US WASHINGTON (AP) - Ever since al-Qaida attacked the United States in 2001, U.S. authorities have worked to detect and prevent the next big terrorist strike. But officials and counterterrorism experts say the Christmas airline plot and last November's shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, may have shown al-Qaida that smaller-scale attacks also can prove unsettling, without the complexity and risk of bigger attempts....
2010-03-11 19:12	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 19:12	AP Top News	APNewsBreak: Calif. murder suspect broke parole SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - 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. Had John Albert Gardner III been returned to prison in 2007 he would have been evaluated for commitment to a state mental hospital as a sexually violent predator. He also would have qualified for wearing an electronic tracking device for the rest of his life....
2010-03-11 19:12	AP Top News	Lesbian teen sues over prom flap; back at 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....
2010-03-11 19:12	AP Top News	Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home CAIRO (AP) - The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries - the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten's mummy. The discovery could help fill out the picture of a fascinating era more than 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history's first attempt at monotheism. During his 17-year rule, Akhenaten sought to overturn more than a millennium of Egyptian religion and art to establish the worship of a single sun god. In the end, his bold experiment failed and he was eventually succeeded by his son, the young Tutankhamun, who rolled back his reforms and restored the old religion....
2010-03-11 19:12	AP Top News	Football Hall of Famer, TV star Olsen dies at 69 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL's greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69. Olsen was a member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" along with Deacon Jones, Lamar Lundy and Rosey Grier in the 1960s. He later starred on NFL broadcasts, commercials, and as Jonathan Garvey on the TV series "Little House on the Prairie."...
2010-03-11 18:57	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 18:52	AP Top News	Lesbian teen sues over prom flap; back at 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....
2010-03-11 18:47	AP Top News	GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leaders GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leadersWASHINGTON (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 18:42	AP International	Summary Box: Feds pledge tough Comcast, NBC review (AP) - WHO TESTIFIED: Christine Varney, head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, and Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission....
2010-03-11 18:42	AP International	CREATIONS OF JOBS RELATED TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY - Part 2 (AP) - xfdte ENERGY-EFFICIENCY sked...
2010-03-11 18:42	AP International	Woman rescued after car plows off Calif. bridge (AP) - LONG BEACH, Calif. - A woman whose car plunged off a bridge into the murky Los Angeles River was fighting for her life Thursday after being submerged for nearly a half-hour until divers rescued her, officials said....
2010-03-11 18:40	Reuters UK	Two kidnapped European aid workers freed in Haiti
2010-03-11 18:35	Reuters UK	Agrium set to abandon year-long bid for CF
2010-03-11 18:32	AP Top News	Dems look to health vote without abortion foes WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling Thursday 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 18:32	AP Top News	Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him. People in the balconies of the vast congressional hall in coastal Valparaiso shouted warnings as a massive light fixture rocked overhead, and heads of state nervously eyed the ceiling. But a steely calm prevailed, and Pinera strode in smiling....
2010-03-11 18:32	AP Top News	Al-Qaida seen eyeing less complex attacks on US WASHINGTON (AP) - Ever since al-Qaida attacked the United States in 2001, U.S. authorities have worked to detect and prevent the next big terrorist strike. But officials and counterterrorism experts say the Christmas airline plot and last November's shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, may have shown al-Qaida that smaller-scale attacks also can prove unsettling, without the complexity and risk of bigger attempts....
2010-03-11 18:32	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....


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