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| Investigator uses phony documents to get passports (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 9:50 pm
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|  AP - Using phony documents and the identities of a dead man and a 5-year-old boy, a government investigator obtained U.S. passports in a test of post-9/11 security. Despite efforts to boost passport security since the 2001 terror attacks, the investigator fooled passport and postal service employees four out of four times, according to a new report made public Friday.
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| Upbeat Obama touts new economic model for recovery (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 9:50 pm
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|  AP - Turning more upbeat, President Barack Obama said Friday his administration is working to create a "post-bubble" model for solid economic growth once the recession ends. He said that means the days of overheated housing markets and "people maxing out on their credit cards" are over. But first, Obama said, "We've got to get through this difficult period."
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| Obama admin. to end use of term 'enemy combatant' (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 9:25 pm
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|  AP - The Obama administration said Friday that it is abandoning one of President George W. Bush's key phrases in the war on terrorism: enemy combatant. But that won't change much for the detainees at the U.S. naval base in Cuba — Obama still asserts the military's authority to hold them. Human rights attorneys said they were disappointed that Obama didn't take a new stance.
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| Madoffs were worth more than $823M, documents show (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 8:16 pm
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|  AP - Bernard Madoff and his wife had $823 million in assets at the end of last year, including $22 million in properties stretching from New York to the French Riviera, a $7 million yacht and a $2.2 million boat named "Bull," according to a document his lawyers filed Friday.
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| Jon Stewart puts spotlight on CNBC and meltdown (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 6:54 pm
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|  AP - The feud between Jon Stewart and CNBC's Jim Cramer has been good for laughs — and ratings — but has also raised the serious question of whether the experts at TV's No. 1 financial news network should have seen the meltdown coming and warned the public.
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| Police: Woman drugs boss's coffee so he'll 'chill' (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 6:15 pm
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| | AP - Police said a woman has been arrested for allegedly slipping some tranquilizers into her boss's coffee because she felt "he needed to chill out." Police said the 24-year-old woman admitted to detectives that she slipped the drugs into veteranarian John Duckett's drink. Officers said Duckett knew something was wrong shortly after drinking some of the coffee Tuesday morning. |
| Kids mistakenly drink wiper fluid at Ark. day care (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 4:49 pm
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|  AP - Ten children at a day care center drank windshield wiper fluid after a staffer served it from a container mistaken for Kool-Aid and placed in a refrigerator, authorities said Friday. The day care owner surrendered her state license Friday.
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| Italy dig unearths female 'vampire' in Venice (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 4:34 pm
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|  AP - An archaeological dig near Venice has unearthed the 16th-century remains of a woman with a brick stuck between her jaws — evidence, experts say, that she was believed to be a vampire.
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| Musicians' Brains Tuned to Emotions in Sound (HealthDay)
March 13, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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| | HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- Musical training enhances the ability to recognize emotion in speech and other sounds, a finding that suggests that musical training might benefit people with language problems and impaired emotional perception. |
| Obama: Help coming for those facing economic pain (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 3:29 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama on Friday acknowledged that many families are suffering "incredible pain" from the economy but said his government is on a daily campaign to get credit flowing and build a long-term recovery.
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| Wash. man caught in HOV lane with unbuckled dummy (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 3:11 pm
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| | AP - You forgot to buckle up, dummy! A commuter who put a homemade dummy in the passenger seat to sneak into the car pool lane was caught Wednesday near Seattle. But it wasn't because a cop realized the passenger was fake. Instead, the State Patrol trooper noticed the dangling belt buckle on the passenger side and suspected a seat belt violation. |
| SC Gov. Sanford set to reject stimulus millions (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 12:29 pm
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|  AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has been the leading voice among Republican governors who have criticized President Barack Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus plan as a pork-laden boondoggle that will plunge the country further into debt. It's won him praise from many conservatives and boosted his national profile, fueling speculation he will run for president in 2012.
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| Catholic bishops: Clergy abuse claims rose in 2008 (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 9:58 am
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| | AP - Roman Catholic dioceses and religious orders saw a rise in molestation claims against clergy last year, according to a new report from U.S. bishops. Nearly all the 803 cases involved adults who said they had been abused as children decades ago. |
| Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend, doctors charged (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 8:17 am
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|  AP - Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer-turned-boyfriend and a doctor surrendered to face charges that they conspired to provide the Playboy Playmate with thousands of prescription pills before her 2007 fatal overdose. A second doctor also is accused.
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| Japan protests NKorea's rocket launch plan (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 7:50 am
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|  AP - Japan strongly protested North Korea's planned rocket launch, warning Friday it could shoot it down after the North said it would fly over Japan and designated a "danger" zone off the country's coast.
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| Michelle Obama pledges to help military families (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 7:31 am
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|  AP - The nation owes not only gratitude but tangible assistance to the nation's military and their families, and she'll make that a focus of her time in the White House, first lady Michelle Obama says.
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| Woman buys used couch and finds cat living inside (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 7:27 am
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| | AP - The mysterious mewing in Vickie Mendenhall's home started about the time she bought a used couch for $27. After days of searching for the source of the noise, she found a very hungry calico cat living in her sofa. |
| Stewart hammers Cramer on `The Daily Show' (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 7:06 am
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|  AP - Jon Stewart hammered Jim Cramer and his network, CNBC, in their anticipated face-off on "The Daily Show," repeatedly chastising the "Mad Money" host for putting entertainment above journalism.
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| Oil-soaked Australian beaches named disaster zones (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 6:24 am
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|  AP - Authorities declared a disaster zone Friday along a stretch of some of Australia's most pristine and popular beaches after tons of fuel oil that leaked from a stricken cargo ship blackened the creamy white sand for miles.
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| A 'sorry and ashamed' Bernard Madoff pleads guilty (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 3:18 am
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| AP - Bernard Madoff went from a $7 million penthouse to a tiny jail cell with cinderblock walls and linoleum floors after confessing he carried out what may be the biggest fraud in Wall Street history to escape the pain of a recession. |
| Obama confronts Dem skepticism on economic plans (AP)
March 13, 2009 at 2:21 am
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|  AP - Confronting misgivings, even in his own party, President Barack Obama mounted a stout defense of his blueprint to overhaul the economy Thursday, declaring the national crisis is "not as bad as we think" and his plans will speed recovery.
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| Iconic NJ beach house ready to sail to NY (AP)
March 12, 2009 at 9:14 pm
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|  AP - Sure, housing prices are falling. But how's this for a bargain for a Long Island, N.Y. couple: An iconic beach house, designed by a world famous architect, for just $1.
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