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Octuplets mom says she's paying for new LA house (AP) March 11, 2009 at 7:29 pm AP - The Southern California mother of octuplets said in a video posted online Wednesday that she — not her parents — is paying for the four-bedroom, three-bath home where she plans to raise her brood. 3 execs, 81 cars missing from Nebraska dealership (AP) March 11, 2009 at 7:13 pm AP - Scores of new cars vanished from a western Nebraska car dealership and a prosecutor said Wednesday that some had turned up in other states and warrants had been issued for three missing executives. Feds spending millions on Kennedy legacy in Mass. (AP) March 11, 2009 at 7:10 pm AP - More than one out of every five dollars of the $126 million Massachusetts is receiving in earmarks from a $410 billion federal spending package is going to help preserve the legacy of the Kennedys. Gas leak postpones space shuttle Discovery launch (AP) March 11, 2009 at 6:32 pm AP - NASA postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery just hours before it was to head to the international space station Wednesday because of a hydrogen gas leak that could have been catastrophic at liftoff. Freddie Mac seeks $30.8B in US aid after 4Q loss (AP) March 11, 2009 at 6:22 pm AP - Freddie Mac, facing mounting damage from the U.S. housing crisis, said Wednesday it will ask the government for nearly $31 billion in additional aid after posting a gargantuan loss of more than $50 billion last year. Some states push back against stem cell research (AP) March 11, 2009 at 6:10 pm AP - A showdown is shaping up in some of the nation's most conservative states over embryonic stem cell research, as opponents draw language and tactics from the battle over abortion to counter President Barack Obama's plan to ease research restrictions. Sesame Workshop announces layoffs (AP) March 11, 2009 at 3:54 pm AP - Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit producer of "Sesame Street" and other kids' programs, says it's cutting 20 percent of its work force because of the recession. Obama says he accepts 'imperfect' spending bill (AP) March 11, 2009 at 1:04 pm AP - Acknowledging it's an "imperfect" bill, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he will accept a $410 billion spending package that includes billions in earmarks like those he promised to curb in last year's campaign. But he insisted the bill must signal an "end to the old way of doing business." Medieval 'Vampire' Skull Found (LiveScience.com) March 11, 2009 at 12:55 pm LiveScience.com - The remains of a medieval "vampire" have been discovered among the corpses of 16th century plague victims in Venice, according to an Italian archaeologist who led the dig. Police slay teen gunman who killed 15 in Germany (AP) March 11, 2009 at 12:18 pm AP - A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday then fled in a hijacked car, killing at least 15 people before police shot him to death, state officials said. 4 states see double-digit jobless rates in Jan. (AP) March 11, 2009 at 11:42 am AP - Four states — California, South Carolina, Michigan and Rhode Island — registered unemployment rates above 10 percent in January, and the national rate is expected to hit double digits by year-end. Ford says modified UAW pact brings foreign parity (AP) March 11, 2009 at 11:41 am AP - Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that recent modifications to its contract with the United Auto Workers union would help the company achieve parity with wages paid in the United States by overseas-based automakers. Obama urges other nations to take stimulus action (AP) March 11, 2009 at 11:27 am AP - President Barack Obama called Wednesday for international allies to sign on to more aggressive steps to jump-start their own economies, warning that U.S. efforts to pull its own economy back from the brink will falter without global coordination. 1,600 families seek food handouts in Indiana city (AP) March 11, 2009 at 11:16 am AP - Roughly 1,600 familes picked up food and other items sent by a charity to economically distressed Elkhart, Ind., which has an unemployment rate of 18.3 percent. Former Nazi camp guard charged 29,000 times (AP) March 11, 2009 at 10:32 am AP - German prosecutors said Wednesday they have charged retired Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk with more than 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his time as a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp, and will seek his extradition from the U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery to Launch Tonight (SPACE.com) March 11, 2009 at 9:01 am SPACE.com - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery is poised to launch into orbit under a full moon tonight on a delivery mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Children of Older Men Suffer Lower IQ (LiveScience.com) March 11, 2009 at 9:00 am LiveScience.com - A new study of old data on 33,000 young U.S. children finds those with older fathers had reduced cognitive abilities. The differences, however, are slight, and no study has been done to see how such children fare later in life. HBO, Mormons square off over airing of sacred rite (AP) March 11, 2009 at 6:42 am AP - HBO on Tuesday defended its plans to depict a sacred Mormon temple ceremony in an upcoming episode of "Big Love." Lawyer: Madoff will plead guilty to all charges (AP) March 11, 2009 at 5:45 am AP - Bernard Madoff could be facing his final hours of freedom after acknowledging that he will plead guilty to charges that he engineered one of the largest investment scams in U.S. history and was ready to face a prison sentence of up to 150 years. No quit: the campaign to boost Bush (Politico) March 11, 2009 at 5:28 am Politico - The defense never rests. When President Barack Obama released his own policy this week on former President George W. Bush’s practice of attaching controversial signing statements to legislation, a reporter quickly got a tip from a Bush loyalist: the cell phone number for a White House lawyer in the past administration. NKorea accuses Obama's government of interference (AP) March 11, 2009 at 5:19 am AP - North Korea accused President Barack Obama's government of meddling in its internal affairs Wednesday and vowed to take "every necessary measure" to defend itself against what it calls U.S. threats. Ala. man kills at least 9, including 4 relatives (AP) March 11, 2009 at 4:40 am AP - Nine people were gunned down in a terrifying rampage across two Alabama counties by a lone shooter who authorities said burned down his mother's home with her inside, killed his own relatives on their porch and shot apparent strangers and police before killing himself. Obama's roots have Irish eyes smiling (Politico) March 11, 2009 at 4:31 am Politico - He’s touted his father’s Kenyan roots and his mother’s Kansas upbringing. Officials: Taliban ops chief once held at Gitmo (AP) March 11, 2009 at 3:47 am AP - Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, formerly Guantanamo prisoner No. 008, was among 13 Afghan prisoners released to the Afghan government in December 2007. Report: Happier, healthier in the West (AP) March 11, 2009 at 3:02 am AP - Looking for happiness — it's family-friendly communities for some, tropical paradise or the rugged West for others. Colonel Sanders rescued from river after 24 years (AP) March 11, 2009 at 1:47 am AP - He was covered in mud when pulled from the river, and had lost both legs and hands, not to mention his glasses. But Colonel Sanders still had his trademark smile, 24 years later. Cocaine-carrying plane crashes in Honduras (AP) March 11, 2009 at 12:24 am AP - A plane that was carrying more than 2 tons of cocaine crashed Tuesday in northern Honduras, killing the pilot, Honduran authorities said. China navy officers harangue U.S. over ocean spat (Reuters) March 11, 2009 at 12:21 am Reuters - Senior Chinese navy officers poured scorn on the United States in the wake of a weekend naval confrontation, with one saying the "Americans are villains crying foul" as fallout between the two giants simmered. Pet store expects fish shipment, but gets corpse (AP) March 11, 2009 at 12:20 am AP - Employees of a Pennsylvania pet store expecting a shipment of tropical fish and salt water got a man's dead body instead. Mark Arabia owns the Pets Plus store in northeast Philadelphia, where the mix-up was discovered Tuesday. He says he learned the body was that of a 65-year-old San Diego-area man who died of early onset Alzheimer's disease. Museum reveals engraving hidden in Lincoln watch (AP) March 11, 2009 at 12:18 am AP - For nearly 150 years, a story has circulated about a hidden Civil War message engraved inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch. On Tuesday, museum curators confirmed it was true. A watchmaker used tiny tools to carefully pry open the antique watch at the National Museum of American History, and a descendant of the engraver read aloud the message from a metal plate underneath the watch face. Officials: US ship in China spat was hunting subs (AP) March 11, 2009 at 12:17 am AP - The U.S. Navy ship that got into a scrape with five Chinese vessels last weekend in the South China Sea was looking for threats such as submarines — presumably Chinese — in waters that China claims as its own, defense officials acknowledged Tuesday. Senator seeks probe of posthumous debt collection (AP) March 11, 2009 at 12:04 am AP - A senior senator is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reported instances of debt collection firms asking people to pay their dead relatives' credit card bills or other debts. Obama calls violence in Darfur 'not acceptable' (AP) March 10, 2009 at 10:16 pm AP - President Barack Obama, declaring the violence in Darfur and inaction in the face of its worsening humanitarian crisis are "not acceptable," pledged Tuesday to work more closely with the United Nations to bring peace to western Sudan's conflict-wracked region. Coolio charged with cocaine possession, battery (AP) March 10, 2009 at 6:40 pm AP - Prosecutors in Los Angeles say Coolio has been charged with cocaine possession.