Wavering Dems in Obama's sights on health vote (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:26:59 GMT
AP - Days away from a make-or-break vote on his health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is turning up the pressure as only presidents can, as Democratic leaders make a desperate scramble for votes.

Thai protesters give blood to pour on streets (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:12:47 GMT
AP - Anti-government protesters who donated their own blood Tuesday prepared to splatter gallons of it at the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections.

Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:13:47 GMT
AP - The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.

Fed weighs how and when to signal higher rates (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:20:40 GMT
AP - Debate is heating up within the Federal Reserve over how and when to signal that the days of record-low interest rates are numbered.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Is gov't more open with Obama? (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:22:38 GMT
AP - The government's use of legal exemptions to keep records secret rose during President Barack Obama's first year in office, despite promises of increased openness, an Associated Press review found.

US envoy cancels Mideast trip amid US-Israel feud (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:29:05 GMT
AP - A U.S. envoy's postponement of his Mideast trip appeared Tuesday to deepen one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory — even as Israel's foreign minister signaled his government had no intention of curtailing the contentious construction at the heart of the row.

Sandbags delivered ahead of expected Fargo flood (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:26:00 GMT
AP - Marc Shannon says the prospect of using a sandbag wall to protect his Fargo home from the rising Red River doesn't seem so alarming. Not after last year, when the city dealt with record flooding and Shannon had to maneuver around a 10-foot-high clay dike that cut his house off from the outside world.

New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:20:51 GMT
AP - New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.

Jackson estate in record deal worth up to $250 mln (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:16:42 GMT
AP - Even in death, Michael Jackson is breaking new records.

Lakers get 9th straight win over Warriors, 124-121 (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:30:53 GMT
AP - Kobe Bryant scored 29 points and Pau Gasol added 26 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to their ninth straight victory over the Golden State Warriors, 124-121 on Monday night.