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| AP Source: AIG to get up to $30B more in Fed aid (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 7:14 pm
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|  AP - Embattled insurer American International Group Inc. will receive up to $30 billion in additional federal assistance as part of a revamped government bailout plan that will see the Federal Reserve take stakes in two international units, a person familiar with the matter says.
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| Spain looks back at dark chapter of adoptions (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 4:11 pm
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|  AP - As Antonia Radas left school one day in 1945, a cheerful third-grader growing up as a beloved only child, a stranger greeted her with shocking news. The little girl was not who she thought she was.
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| States' budget woes will outlast the recession (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 3:38 pm
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|  AP - Even after $135 billion in federal aid gets spent, many states will be staring down budgetary black holes unless they initiate dramatic spending cuts or tax increases, or both.
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| More TV ads project images of racial harmony (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 3:13 pm
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|  AP - Ever see an inner-city schoolyard filled with white, Asian and black teens shooting hoops? Or middle-aged white and Latino men swigging beer and watching the Super Bowl on their black neighbor's couch? Or Asians and Latinos dancing the night away in a hip-hop club?
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| US missiles suspected in northwest Pakistan strike (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 9:19 am
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|  AP - A suspected U.S. missile killed seven people in a Taliban stronghold in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said, while a hard-line cleric rattled peace efforts elsewhere by demanding the government launch Islamic courts within two weeks.
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| Iran angered over films 'The Wrestler' and '300' (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 8:23 am
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|  AP - An adviser to Iran's president on Sunday demanded an apology from a team of visiting Hollywood actors and movie industry officials, including Annette Bening, saying films such as "300" and "The Wrestler" were "insulting" to Iranians.
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| Broadcasting pioneer Paul Harvey dies at age of 90 (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 8:16 am
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|  AP - Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks. He was 90.
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| Embattled senator from Illinois fights to fit in (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 8:14 am
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|  AP - If it were up to Roland Burris, he'd be here to stay. A week of lonely walks, calls for his resignation and cameras following his every move didn't seem to affect the new senator from Illinois. The opposite, actually: Burris spent most of his time digging in.
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| Mideast peace, Russian ties next up for Clinton (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 8:14 am
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|  AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is using her second overseas trip to assess Mideast peace prospects, reconnect with European allies and remind her Russian counterpart that U.S. efforts to rebuild relations with Moscow have their limits.
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| Hungary warns of new economic 'Iron Curtain' (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 8:12 am
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|  AP - Hungary warned the European Union not to let a new economic "Iron Curtain" divide the continent and urged the 27 EU leaders meeting Sunday to act so the bloc's weakest members don't go under in the global economic crisis.
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| Olmert threatens strong response to Gaza rockets (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 8:11 am
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|  AP - Israel's prime minister threatened "uncompromising" retaliation against Gaza militants Sunday as Palestinian rocket fire persists six weeks after Israeli forces halted an offensive meant to end the attacks.
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| Mom: Deployment leaves no one to care for kids (AP)
March 1, 2009 at 6:34 am
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| | AP - When Lisa Pagan reports for duty Sunday, four long years after she was honorably discharged from the Army, she'll arrive with more than her old uniform. She's bringing her kids, too. |
| Chris Brown Reunites With Rihanna in Miami (E! Online)
February 28, 2009 at 10:40 pm
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|  E! Online - UPDATE: Chris Brown was spotted early Saturday cruising on a jet ski in the waters around Miami's Star Island, but Rihanna has not been seen outside the compound. But that hasn't stopped paparazzi helicopters from buzzing overhead throughout the day.
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| Siegfried and Roy stage comeback for charity (AP)
February 28, 2009 at 4:56 pm
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|  AP - Illusionists Siegfried and Roy headed back to the stage for a one-night-only comeback performance Saturday, more than five years after a brutal tiger attack ended the careers of the longtime Las Vegas duo.
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| Pakistan says Taliban beaten back in border region (AP)
February 28, 2009 at 4:11 pm
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|  AP - Pakistan has beaten the Taliban in a major stronghold close to the Afghan border, is close to victory in another and expects to pacify most of the remaining tribal areas before the end of the year, commanders said Saturday.
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| Iraq: Oil prices may drag budget lower (AP)
February 28, 2009 at 4:09 pm
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|  AP - Iraq's parliament pushed back voting Saturday on this year's budget and could be forced to make further cuts because of falling oil prices.
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| Leaving Iraq: Shift to south, exit through desert (AP)
February 28, 2009 at 3:19 pm
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|  AP - The U.S. military map in Iraq in early 2010: Marines are leaving the western desert, Army units are in the former British zone in the south and the overall mission is coalescing around air and logistics hubs in central and northern Iraq.
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| Dublin cops arrest 7 after historic bank heist (AP)
February 28, 2009 at 3:04 pm
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|  AP - Police recovered millions in stolen cash and interrogated seven suspected robbers Saturday, a day after a gang took a bank employee's family hostage and forced him to rob his own branch.
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| Berkshire has worst year, Buffett still optimistic (AP)
February 28, 2009 at 2:46 pm
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|  AP - Warren Buffett says the economic turmoil that contributed to a 62 percent profit drop last year at the holding company he controls is certain to continue in 2009, but the revered investor remains optimistic.
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| Obama's budget: huge ambitions, huge obstacles (AP)
February 28, 2009 at 2:39 pm
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|  AP - Breathtaking in its scope and ambition, President Barack Obama's agenda for the economy, health care and energy now goes to a Congress unaccustomed to resolving knotty issues and buffeted by powerful interests that oppose parts of his plan.
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| "It" Girl Madonna Tired of "It" From Guy (E! Online)
February 28, 2009 at 2:05 pm
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|  E! Online - "It" happens when you get divorced. Apparently, a lot of it. The gossip hounds at Page Six point out that Guy Ritchie has been derisively referring to Madonna as an "it" since before they were divorced.
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| Airliner crash shattered lives, united a community (AP)
February 28, 2009 at 1:14 pm
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|  AP - Natasha Marciano holds her breath when planes fly overhead on approach to Buffalo's airport. Matthew Doherty says he's still "somewhat in shock" after watching from his bedroom window as a commuter plane crashed and burned.
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| Experts trying to decipher ancient language (AP)
February 28, 2009 at 1:10 pm
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|  AP - When archaeologists on a dig in southern Portugal last year flipped over a heavy chunk of slate and saw writing not used for more than 2,500 years, they were elated.
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| Indonesia's psychedelic fish named a new species (AP)
February 28, 2009 at 10:10 am
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|  AP - A funky, psychedelic fish that bounces on the ocean floor like a rubber ball has been classified as a new species, a scientific journal reported. The frogfish — which has a swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes that extend from its aqua eyes to its tail — was initially discovered by scuba diving instructors working for a tour operator a year ago in shallow waters off Ambon island in eastern Indonesia.
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