Late-innings hardball in health care push (AP)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:24:30 GMT
AP - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama's massive health care legislation by the weekend.

Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial (AP)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:29:49 GMT
AP - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.

Officials: 2 US missile attacks kill 9 in Pakistan (AP)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:45:47 GMT
AP - Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at vehicles and hit a militant hide-out in a tribal region of northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least nine insurgents, two officials said.

US, Israel to try and heal worst rift in years (AP)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:29:53 GMT
AP - The United States and Israel stepped back Tuesday from their deepest rift in decades, a dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem that quickly became a test of U.S. and Israeli commitment to peace talks and one another.

State prison numbers drop for 1st time since 1972 (AP)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:51:14 GMT
AP - Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to what a new report says is the first nationwide decline in the number of state inmates since 1972.

Challenger overtakes Iraq PM in overall vote count (AP)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:30:03 GMT
AP - A secular coalition challenging the Iraqi prime minister in the country's historic parliamentary elections has narrowly pulled ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although it still trails in the crucial province-by-province count.

FBI: No evidence Mexico hit men targeted Americans (AP)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:30:00 GMT
AP - Confused hit men may have gone to the wrong party, the FBI said Tuesday as it cast doubt on fears that the slaying of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate shows that Mexican drug cartels have launched an offensive against U.S. government employees.

Clinic: Woman championed by Obama eligible for aid (AP)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:02:36 GMT
AP - A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she is being treated.

Rolling Stones tunes supply 'Idol' surprises (AP)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:10:27 GMT
AP - Tim Urban couldn't get any satisfaction on "American Idol."

Woods will return to golf at Masters on April 8 (AP)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:30:14 GMT
AP - For Tiger Woods, this figures to be a Masters like no other. Woods said Tuesday he will end more than four months of seclusion and play at Augusta National in three weeks, shielded by the most secure environment in golf as he competes for the first time since a sex scandal shattered his image.