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Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)
09:09 PM, 03.11.2010

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - 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.


 
Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul (AP)
09:09 PM, 03.11.2010

Bishop John Wester, from Salt Lake City, talks to the media outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010, following after a meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)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.


 
Deal could pay $657M to sickened WTC responders (AP)
09:33 PM, 03.11.2010

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool)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.


 
Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout (AP)
08:28 PM, 03.11.2010

This 2002 photo provided by Roman Castro shows Sharif Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in   Buena, N.J. The FBI confirmed Thursday, March 11, 2010 that the agency is looking into the case of 26-year-old son, Sharif Mobley, who grew up in Buena and is an alleged al-Qaida member raised in New Jersey who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. (AP Photo/Roman Castro) NO SALESAP - 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.


 
Fed. appeals court upholds 'under God' in pledge (AP)
09:10 PM, 03.11.2010

File - In this June 14, 2004 file photo, Michael Newdow looks down at the fax copy of the Supreme Court's ruling preserving the phrase 'one nation under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance outside his Sacramento, Calif., home. A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected arguments by Newdow that the phrase violates the separation between church and state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,Ffile)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.


 
GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leaders (AP)
09:10 PM, 03.11.2010

FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 file photo shows Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District in Rochester, N.Y. One is a former Democratic freshman who was little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y. district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax bills. But now, Republicans — looking for any opening to regain control of the House — are portraying newly resigned first-termer Eric Massa and veteran Charles Rangel as dual symbols of Democratic ethical misconduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)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.


 
Reid's wife, daughter injured in highway accident (AP)
09:23 PM, 03.11.2010

FILE - In this June 24, 2007, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, and his wife Landra Reid attend an event at Ford's Theater in Washington. A spokesman says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were being treated in a hospital Thursday, March 11, 2010, from serious injuries they sustained when their vehicle was rear-ended. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)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.


 
Lesbian teen in prom flap sues, returns to school (AP)
09:10 PM, 03.11.2010

Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old senior at Itawamba County Agricultural High School, reads her many messages from Facebook and Myspace concerning her desire to attend her senior prom with a same-sex date and in a tuxedo, Thursday, March 11, 2010, at her father's house in Fulton, Miss. (AP Photo/Matthew Sharpe)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.


 
Betty White to host 'Saturday Night Live' (AP)
09:11 PM, 03.11.2010

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2009 file photo, actress Betty White poses for a portrait in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host "Saturday Night Live."


 
AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters (AP)
09:13 PM, 03.11.2010

FILE - In this April 14, 2002, file photo, Tiger Woods, left, adjusts the 2002 Masters Green Jacket he received from Augusta National Golf Club chairman William W.'Hootie' Johnson, as Johnson applauds at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans have told The Associated Press on Thursday, march 11, 2010. The two people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because only Woods is supposed to release such information, say he is likely to play first at Augusta National in April.  (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)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.


 
Bank reform talks fail, Dodd to go solo (Reuters)
03:51 PM, 03.11.2010

Reuters - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed, jeopardizing a top Obama administration priority and boosting bank share prices.

 
Toyota discounts boost sales (Reuters)
09:18 PM, 03.11.2010

The 2011 Toyota Avalon debuts at the Chicago Auto Show February 10, 2010. REUTERS/John GressReuters - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures.


 
Iraq results trickle out, Maliki rivals cry fraud (Reuters)
12:21 PM, 03.11.2010

Officials count parliamentary election ballots at the tally centre in Baghdad March 10, 2010. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud.


 
Democrats move closer to healthcare deal (Reuters)
06:01 PM, 03.11.2010

Protesters display placards supporting US President Barack Obama?s healthcare reform during a demonstration in Washington, DC, on March 9. US Senate Democrats Thursday heralded a bitter endgame of President Barack Obama's health reform drive, announcing they would use a contentious legislative tactic to try to pass the bill.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)Reuters - Congressional Democrats drew closer on Thursday to agreement on a broad healthcare overhaul that could clear the way for a final vote in the next few weeks, but vowed not to be bound by White House deadlines.


 
Sen. Reid's family injured in car accident (Reuters)
08:53 PM, 03.11.2010

Reuters - The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were seriously injured on Thursday when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck on a highway, the senator's office said.

 
Billionaire Pinera takes power as quakes jolt Chile (Reuters)
04:43 PM, 03.11.2010

Sebastian Pinera (C), accompanied by his wife Cecilia (R) and his son Sebastian (L), in Santiago  in this January 17, 2010 file photo. Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera takes office as Chile's new president on Thursday.  REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Caballero/FilesReuters - The ground shook and buildings swayed as billionaire Sebastian Pinera took over as Chile's president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding after a massive earthquake killed hundreds just 12 days ago.


 
Police clash with protesters as Greeks fight cuts (Reuters)
10:55 AM, 03.11.2010

Former employees of privatized Olympic Airways stand behind barricades in front of Greece's General Accountants office in Athens March 10, 2010. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Thursday as tens of thousands of strikers protested against draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling Greece out of a debt crisis shaking the euro zone.


 
Obama lobbied on black unemployment, immigration (Reuters)
04:29 PM, 03.11.2010

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, led by Chair Representative Barbara Lee (C), talk to the media following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington March 11, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in African-American communities and deliver an immigration overhaul even as he tried to push healthcare reform across the finish line.


 
Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activist arrested in Japan (AFP)
08:46 PM, 03.11.2010

In this 2006 picture captain Pete Bethune is pictured standing next to the alternative-fueled high-speed powerboat Earthrace, later to be renamed the Ady Gil, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Bethune was arrested in Japan on Friday after a harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, greeted by police and nationalist protesters.(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)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.


 
US slams rights abuses in China, NKorea and Iran (AFP)
07:32 PM, 03.11.2010

Two ethnic Uighur women pass Chinese paramilitary policemen standing guard in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region. The United States on Thursday accused China and Iran of worsening human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination of Muslims in Europe.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - The United States accused China and Iran of increasing human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination of Muslims in Europe.


 
 
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