Biden: US has 'no better friend' than Israel (AP)

3/11/2010 3:13:11 AM

AP - Vice President Joe Biden is wrapping up a trip to Israel with warm words of praise for the Jewish state, saying the U.S. has "no better friend."

Critics of Justice Dept. lawyers under fire (AP)

3/11/2010 3:10:40 AM

AP - A conservative group's bashing of several Obama administration lawyers as the "al-Qaida Seven" has struck a nerve in the U.S. legal community, prompting even some fellow Republicans to denounce the group's attack.

'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' (AP)

3/11/2010 3:14:22 AM

AP - Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."

A-Rod: Lawyers are setting up interview with feds (AP)

3/11/2010 3:10:28 AM

AP - Alex Rodriguez may soon be talking to federal authorities, and he hopes it will happen close to spring training.

Volcker rule gets lift in Senate amid reform talks (Reuters)

3/11/2010 2:17:22 AM

Reuters - The controversial "Volcker rule" to curb risky trading by banks got a boost in the Senate on Wednesday, as two Democrats introduced a bill that would enact and expand the rule.

Palestinians say no peace talks for now (Reuters)

3/11/2010 2:49:54 AM

Reuters - The Palestinians said on Thursday the United States must put pressure on Israel to revoke a settlement expansion decision before indirect peace talks can get underway.

Greek workers strike as anger at austerity grows (Reuters)

3/11/2010 3:04:34 AM

Reuters - Greek public and private sector workers went on strike on Thursday, grounding flights, shutting schools and halting public transport in the second nationwide walkout in a fortnight in protest against austerity plans.

BP to pay Devon $7 billion for oil fields (Reuters)

3/11/2010 2:09:52 AM

Reuters - London-based oil major BP has agreed to buy Brazilian, Azeri and Gulf of Mexico assets from Devon Energy for $7 billion, as the U.S. producer refocuses on onshore U.S. fields.

Iran warns neighbors over U.S. presence in the Gulf (Reuters)

3/11/2010 2:09:04 AM

Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Gulf countries on Thursday against the U.S. presence in the region, saying Washington aimed to dominate their energy resources in the name of fighting terrorism.

We don't want proxy wars in Afghanistan, Karzai says (Reuters)

3/11/2010 2:34:43 AM

Reuters - Afghanistan does not want a proxy war between Pakistan and India or anybody else fought on its soil, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday during a visit to Pakistan.

Mideast talks hopes in tatters (AFP)

3/11/2010 12:41:21 AM

AFP - Prospects for indirect peace talks lay in tatters on Thursday after the Palestinians said they would not negotiate with Israel unless it reversed plans to build 1,600 settler homes in east Jerusalem.

Mass School Closures Approved In Kansas City, Mo.

3/11/2010 1:49:00 AM

Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering almost half its schools.

House Leaders Ban Earmarks To Corporations

3/11/2010 1:42:00 AM

With the mid-term elections approaching, Democrats and Republicans are battling to claim the clean-ethics crown. That's one reason why Rep. David Obey (D-WI), chairman of the Appropriations panel said he's killing off one of lawmakers' most lucrative perks: corporate earmarks. Most of the earmarks come from the subcommittee that oversees defense spending.

Mid-East peace talks in doubt over housing

3/11/2010 1:19:09 AM

The Palestinian Authority says indirect talks with Israel will be "very difficult" if more homes are built on occupied land as planned.

Ukraine president forms coalition

3/11/2010 2:27:52 AM

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament, and one of his loyalists is nominated as PM.

Bank of America sorry for mistakenly repossessing parrot

3/11/2010 2:06:20 AM

Bank of America has apologised to a woman in Pennsylvania after one of its contractors entered her house and confiscated her parrot.

Beckham lauds 'world best' Rooney

3/10/2010 11:21:02 PM

David Beckham hails Wayne Rooney as one of the world's best players after he fires Man Utd into the Champions League quarter-finals.

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3/10/2010 2:17:18 PM

A look at Mexican Carlos Slim - the world's richest man

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3/11/2010 1:37:34 AM

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'Console killer' launches in June

3/11/2010 1:19:37 AM

A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this year.

Corey Haim was 'tormented soul'

3/11/2010 2:12:00 AM

Lost Boys actor Corey Haim was a "tormented soul", his friend and fellow actor Corey Feldman says.

Taio Cruz scales Billboard chart

3/11/2010 2:02:55 AM

R&B star Taio Cruz sets the record for the biggest jump to the top of US Billboard Hot 100 for an act's first charting single.

Gambia row over wave of arrests

3/11/2010 2:17:44 AM

An opposition leader criticises a wave of arrests in The Gambia, saying detainees do not know why they are being held.

Lula criticised for Cuba comment

3/11/2010 2:42:48 AM

Brazil's President Lula is criticised for comments that appear to compare Cuban dissidents on hunger strike to common criminals.

Japan protest over tuna ban plan

3/11/2010 2:46:45 AM

Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan.

Two in court over cartoonist plot

3/11/2010 2:53:37 AM

Two people are due in court in the Irish Republic over an investigation into an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist.

Hamas release British journalist

3/11/2010 3:11:39 AM

Hamas release a British journalist, Paul Martin, jailed for a month in the Gaza Strip, officials say.

Afghan police drug abuse 'rife'

3/11/2010 2:36:04 AM

Drug abuse is rife in the Afghan police force with up to 40% of recruits testing positive in some areas, a US report says.

Profits at John Lewis rise 9.7%

3/11/2010 2:36:47 AM

Department store group John Lewis reports a 9.7% rise in annual profits to £306.6m as staff share a bumper bonus.

Suit grows out of florists law

3/11/2010 1:25:19 AM

Four are fighting Louisiana's required testing and licensing. The state is the only one with the rule.

Obama's liberal base 'disengaged'

3/11/2010 1:15:41 AM

Liberal and progressive organizations that helped propel him to the White House are turning on him now, little more than a year ...

House bars earmarks to for-profits

3/11/2010 1:12:07 AM

Hit by recent ethics scandals, House Democratic leaders Wednesday barred the long-standing practice that allows members to direct ...

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Half of Kansas City public schools to close

3/10/2010 9:02:15 PM

The Kansas City school board is closing nearly half of the district's schools in a desperate bid to stay afloat.

Minority births expected to outnumber white births soon

3/10/2010 7:50:14 PM

Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become ...

Miss. prom canceled after lesbian's date request

3/10/2010 5:50:29 PM

A Mississippi county school board announced Wednesday it would cancel its upcoming prom after a gay student petitioned to bring ...

Pelosi: Dems close on health care h care agreement

3/10/2010 4:57:19 PM

Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack ...

First Iraqi vote results likely on Thursday

3/10/2010 5:03:40 PM

The top United Nations envoy in Iraq urged election officials Wednesday to release the results of this week's historic vote as ...

Long-term use of osteoporosis drugs linked to hip breaks

3/10/2010 4:16:43 PM

A popular group of drugs prescribed to slow bone loss may be putting some patients at an increased risk of hip fractures if taken ...

House leader: Ethics panel ends Massa probe

3/10/2010 4:15:38 PM

The House Democratic campaign chairman says the ethics committee has ended an investigation of former Rep. Eric Massa, the New ...

Food product recall jumps by 1.7M pounds

3/10/2010 5:26:36 PM

All the products contain hydrolyzed vegetable protein, and the Food and Drug Administration continues to update its list, at ...

Miami-Dade hospital system nears insolvency

3/10/2010 3:44:16 PM

The city's major hospital network, which runs Miami's only round-the-clock trauma center and is a safety net for the poor and ...

Virginia approves bill banning mandated health care

3/10/2010 2:42:17 PM

Virginia's General Assembly became the first in the nation Wednesday to approve legislation that bucks any attempt by President ...

Study: Too many heart patients get angiograms

A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant ...

Toyota faced with 2 more cases of runaway Priuses

3/10/2010 6:52:49 PM

As Toyota sought to contain the fallout from a California sudden-acceleration case involving a Prius, another Prius slammed into ...

Kansas City board OKs plan to close nearly half of schools

3/11/2010 2:32:39 AM

A divided Kansas City School Board voted Wednesday to close almost half of the city's public schools. And many Missouri residents say it's plain wrong.

Three tornadoes hit Arkansas

3/11/2010 2:42:07 AM

Parts of Arkansas were under a tornado watch until early Thursday after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped through dozens of homes, critically injuring two people.

Background check missed prison stint

3/10/2010 6:00:04 PM

A background check conducted in 2009 on an Ohio State University employee suspected of opening fire Tuesday on his co-workers turned up no criminal record, even though he apparently served five years in prison.

Ex-Toyota lawyer: Documents damaging

3/10/2010 7:11:33 PM

When in-house defense attorney Dimitrios Biller resigned from Toyota, he walked out with something potentially more valuable than his $4 million severance package.

Who is alleged 'Jihad Jane'?

3/10/2010 1:54:05 PM

Colleen LaRose, the U.S. woman indicted for allegedly conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, attempted suicide in 2005, police said.

Chief justice: Obama speech 'troubling'

3/10/2010 8:05:08 PM

Simmering tension spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at the State of the Union address "very troubling."

Workers trained to hack Defense Dept.

3/10/2010 4:27:39 PM

The Pentagon is training people to hack into its own computer networks.

Passenger admits disrupting flight flight

3/10/2010 9:04:19 AM

A Texas man who became enraged when a flight attendant refused to serve him alcohol and spent part of a flight locked in the lavatory has pleaded guilty to interfering with an airline flight crew.

Eatery charged with serving whale meat

3/11/2010 1:16:14 AM

Federal authorities have charged a trendy Santa Monica sushi restaurant with serving whale meat -- an investigation that was spurred by the team behind the Oscar-winning documentary, "The Cove."

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