Wavering Dems in Obama's sights on health vote (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:38:51 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.

US envoy cancels Mideast trip, Israel feud deepens (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:40:18 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.

Fed weighs how and when to signal higher rates (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:38:35 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.

Pakistani officials: Suspected US missile kills 9 (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:22:38 GMT
AP - An apparent U.S. missile attack destroyed a suspected militant compound in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, intelligence officials said.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Is gov't more open with Obama? (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:27:57 GMT
AP - Federal agencies haven't lived up to President Barack Obama's promise of a more open government, increasing their use of legal exemptions to keep records secret during his first year in office.

Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:38:21 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.

Sandbags delivered ahead of expected Fargo flood (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:38:15 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 10:38:10 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 10:38:04 GMT
AP - Even in death, Michael Jackson is breaking new records.

Lakers top Warriors for 9th straight time, 124-121 (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:20:40 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.