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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:46:36 GMT  business
Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)

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 leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Barack Obama's health care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without the support of ardent anti-abortion Democrats.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:03 GMT  world
More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over (AP)

People react after a tsunami alert in Talcahuano, Chile, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Several aftershocks from last Feb. 27 earthquake rocked the country as President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office. Pinera urged coastal residents to move to higher ground.(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged coastal residents to move to higher ground in case of a tsunami.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:08 GMT  business
Slowly, Americans are regaining their lost wealth (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2009 file photo, shoppers jam Michigan Ave., as they rush to find last minute deals in Chicago. American households saw their wealth increase at the end of last year, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios.(AP Photo/Jim Prisching, file)AP - Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth — gradually. Household net worth rose last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was slight. And it was less than in the previous two quarters.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:09 GMT  business
Greece hit by strikes, clashes over austerity plan (AP)

A riot police officer tries try to avoid a petrol bomb, during clashes in central Athens, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Savage street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens as more than 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures. Hundreds of masked and hooded youths punched and kicked motorcycle police, knocking several off their bikes, as riot police fired volleys of tear has and stun grenades to disperse the rioters. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during a demonstration Thursday in central Athens by tens of thousands of striking workers protesting austerity measures that the Greek government has said it has no choice but to implement.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:14 GMT  world
Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school (AP)

Students make their way to Keplero's high school in Rome, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The high school has incurred the ire of the Catholic Church after its decision to install condom-vending machines for students. Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the pope's vicar for Rome, has criticized the decision as trivializing sex, while the Italian bishops' newspaper said Thursday, March 11, 2010 that sex was being reduced to 'mere physical exercise.' The Keplero high school said it would go ahead with its plan to install six vending machines as part of its efforts to educate students in sexuality and HIV protection. The Vatican opposes artificial contraception. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex and Rome's mayor saying it sends the wrong message.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:14 GMT  us
Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap (AP)

This 2009 photo released by Constance McMillen's family via The ACLU of Mississippi, taken in Fulton, Miss., shows Constance McMillen, 18, a student at the Itawamba County Agricultural High School. The American Civil Liberties Union had demanded she be allowed to bring her girlfriend, who is also a student at the school to the April 2, 2010, prom. The school board met, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, and issued a statement announcing it wouldn't host the prom at the Itawamba County Agricultural High School. (AP Photo/The McMillen Family via The ACLU of Mississippi) NO SALES.AP - An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:21:59 GMT  us
Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance (AP)

Conservative leaders say the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of their ceremony to sign the Mount Vernon Statement at Collingwood Library and Museum in Alexandria, VA Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. From left are; David Keene, chairman, American Conservative Union, Tony Perkins, president, Family Research Council, Edwin Feulner, president, The Heritage Foundation and Kathryn Lopez, editor, National Review online. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:51:31 GMT  world
Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home (AP)

A stela at the Egyptian museum in Cairo is seen Thursday, March 11, 2010 , Egypt, showing Pharaoh Akhenaten, his Queen Nefertiti and their children worshipping the sun in the more natural artistic style of the time. The identification of Akhenaten's mummy through DNA tests could be a step toward filling out the picture of a time 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history's first experiment with monotheism. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm)AP - The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries — the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten's mummy. The discovery could help fill out the picture of a fascinating era more than 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history's first attempt at monotheism.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:02:11 GMT  entertainment
Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics (AP)

Sean Penn presents the award for best actress during the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media. In an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" last week, Penn slammed Chavez critics who refer to the socialist leader as a dictator.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:42:19 GMT  sports
Football star and TV actor Merlin Olsen dies at 69 (AP)

** CORRECTS DATE OF DEATH TO EARLY THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010, NOT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 ** FILE - This June 22, 2001, file photo shows Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen speaking in Urbandale, Iowa. Olsen died early Thursday, March 11, 2010, at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 69. (AP Photo/Steve Pope, File)AP - Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" who followed up football with a successful television career in "Little House on the Prairie," NFL broadcasts and commercials, has died. He was 69.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:34:16 GMT  business
Bank reform talks fail, Dodd to go solo (Reuters)

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.


Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:55:24 GMT  topstories
Police clash with protesters as Greeks fight cuts (Reuters)

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.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:48:48 GMT  topstories
Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay (Reuters)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy walks in Ramat Shlomo, a religious Jewish settlement in an area of the West Bank annexed to Jerusalem by Israel, March 11, 2010. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project condemned by Washington.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:58:30 GMT  topstories
Billionaire Pinera takes power as quakes rattle Chile (Reuters)

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.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:21:34 GMT  topstories
Iraq results trickle out, Maliki rivals cry fraud (Reuters)

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.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:13 GMT  topstories
NY AG picks former state top judge for Governor probe (Reuters)

Judge Judith Kaye swears in David Paterson as the 55th Governor of the State of New York, March 17, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said he chose a former top state judge to oversee probes into whether Governor David Paterson wrongly accepted World Series baseball tickets or the state police had tried to quash a domestic violence charge against an aide to the governor.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:07 GMT  politics
Obama presses China on currency in trade speech (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama pressed China on Thursday to move to a "more market-oriented exchange rate" in a speech where he laid out a plan to boost U.S. exports in the coming years.


Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:51:16 GMT  topstories
Chile lifts tsunami alert on coast after tremors (Reuters)

Journalists and invited guests to the inauguration of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's new president react to an aftershock a few minutes before the start of the ceremony inside Congress in Valparaiso March 11, 2010. Chile was hit by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake on Feb. 27 that killed hundreds. REUTERS/Ivan AlvaradoReuters - Chile's navy lifted a tsunami warning for the country's coast after strong aftershocks shook the capital Santiago on Thursday, following the swearing in ceremony for new President Sebastian Pinera.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:15:05 GMT  world
Quake, tsunami alert hit Chile as new leader sworn in (AFP)

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (C), accompanied by his wife Cecilia Morel (L) and Lower House Congresswoman Carolina Fuenzalida leaves the Congress at the end of the inauguration ceremony in Valparaiso. A 7.2-magnitude aftershock and four other tremors rocked disaster-hit Chile Thursday, triggering a tsunami alert just minutes before Pinera was sworn in as the new president.(AFP/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Strong aftershocks and a tsunami alert rocked Chile and rattled nerves Thursday as rightwing billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president of the quake-hit nation.




Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:45:31 GMT  world
Israel seeks to patch up row over settlement plans (AFP)

US Vice President Joe Biden (R) stands alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) prior to their meeting at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem on March 9. Netanyahu publicly apologised Thursday to Biden, hoping to defuse a row over settlements that appeared to scuttle indirect peace talks with the Palestinians.(AFP/David Furst)AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly apologised Thursday to US Vice President Joe Biden, hoping to defuse a row over settlements that appeared to scuttle indirect peace talks with the Palestinians.