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Space shuttle Discovery blasts off with crew of 7 (AP) March 15, 2009 at 9:59 pm AP - Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven rocketed into orbit Sunday evening, setting off on a space station construction mission cut short by launch delays that dragged on for more than a month. AP IMPACT: Immigrants face detentions, few rights (AP) March 15, 2009 at 7:57 pm AP - America's detention system for immigrants has mushroomed in the last decade, a costly building boom that was supposed to sweep up criminals and ensure that undocumented immigrants were quickly shown the door. Chorus of outrage over millions in AIG bonuses (AP) March 15, 2009 at 7:25 pm AP - Leaders of the White House economic team and the Senate's top Republican bellowed about bonuses at a bailed-out insurance giant and pledged to prevent such payments in the future. Fed chief Bernanke: recession could end in '09 (AP) March 15, 2009 at 7:10 pm AP - America's recession "probably" will end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday in a rare television interview. Possible therapy takes bite out of peanut allergy (AP) March 15, 2009 at 4:50 pm AP - Scientists have the first evidence that life-threatening peanut allergies may be cured one day. California due to release 1970s radical Olson (AP) March 15, 2009 at 3:04 pm AP - A saga that began in the violent cauldron of California's 1970s radical counterculture and took a dramatic turn into a quiet middle-class neighborhood in Minnesota is about to come to an end. Bomb kills 4 US soldiers in Afghanistan's east (AP) March 15, 2009 at 2:55 pm AP - A roadside bomb killed four American soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday — new evidence of rising violence in a region where U.S. officials say clashes and attacks have doubled since early last year. Man kills 4 at gathering in Miami, then kills self (AP) March 15, 2009 at 2:39 pm AP - A man barged into a birthday party early Sunday, shot his estranged wife and three other people to death, then went home, set his truck and house on fire and killed himself, police said. Summers calls AIG bonuses 'outrageous' (AP) March 15, 2009 at 2:39 pm AP - "Outrageous." That's what the president's chief economic adviser calls the tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses paid out by the troubled insurance giant American International Group. Vatican prelate defends abortion for 9-year-old (AP) March 15, 2009 at 2:25 pm AP - An influential prelate said Brazilian doctors didn't deserve excommunication for aborting the twin fetuses of a 9-year-old child who was allegedly raped by her stepfather because the doctors were saving her life. Northeast US to suffer most from future sea rise (AP) March 15, 2009 at 2:04 pm AP - The northeastern U.S. coast is likely to see the world's biggest sea level rise from man-made global warming, a new study predicts. Cheney: Obama detainee policies make US less safe (AP) March 15, 2009 at 1:56 pm AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that Americans are less safe now that President Barack Obama has overturned Bush terrorism-fighting policies and that nearly all the Republican administration's goals in Iraq have been achieved. UBS cutting 5,000 management jobs:report (Reuters) March 15, 2009 at 9:21 am Reuters - Switzerland's biggest bank UBS plans to cut up to 5,000 senior and management jobs in the next few weeks, Swiss weekly SonntagsZeitung said on Sunday. Atlantic City shows gambling isn't recession-proof (Reuters) March 15, 2009 at 8:46 am Reuters - In the 20 years he's worked on the Atlantic City boardwalk, Joe Lochs has never seen business this bad. In bad economy, TV news turns to average Americans (Reuters) March 15, 2009 at 8:40 am Reuters - In a slumping economy, U.S. network news programs are expanding their gaze beyond Wall Street and Washington to mainstream America, heralding projects that give voice to everyday people and their financial woes. Pakistan police battle protesters as crisis grows (AP) March 15, 2009 at 7:52 am AP - Police fought running battles with stone-throwing anti-government protesters Sunday after authorities tried to detain opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, fanning a crisis that has alarmed the United States. Obama to unveil proposals to help small businesses (AP) March 15, 2009 at 7:51 am AP - Amid misgivings over his spending blueprint, President Barack Obama has decided to provide billions of dollars in federal lending aid aimed at struggling small business owners. Is Obama taking on too much at once, at economy's expense? (McClatchy Newspapers) March 15, 2009 at 6:00 am McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Is President Barack Obama trying to do too many things at the expense of focusing on Job One: the economy? For Liberians in US, a frightening waiting game (AP) March 15, 2009 at 5:15 am AP - Alexander Collins has two homes: A new one in the U.S. where he wants to stay, and one in Africa he wants to leave for good. Obama says US economy sound, reassures investors (AP) March 15, 2009 at 3:50 am AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday downplayed divisions between the U.S. and Europe over how to tackle the world's financial crisis and said China should have "absolute confidence" that its sizable investments in the United States are safe. Insurance giant AIG to pay $165 million in bonuses (AP) March 15, 2009 at 3:49 am AP - American International Group is giving its executives tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses even though it received a taxpayer bailout of more than $170 billion dollars. NASA hopeful repairs will permit Sunday launch (AP) March 15, 2009 at 3:48 am AP - NASA is unsure what caused the hydrogen gas leak that prevented space shuttle Discovery from flying, but nonetheless will attempt another launch Sunday. Online records: Survey finds many states lagging (AP) March 15, 2009 at 3:40 am AP - Americans can easily learn about their state songs and state flowers with a quick search on the Internet, but most will have a harder time checking whether their children's school buses are safe or a local gas station is charging too much. Sammy Davis Jr.'s widow dies at age 65 (AP) March 15, 2009 at 2:28 am AP - Altovise Joanne Gore Davis, a dancer and actress and the widow of Sammy Davis Jr., has died. She was 65. WOMAN STARTS TO QUESTION BOYFRIEND'S PROTECTIVENESS (Dear Abby) March 15, 2009 at 2:16 am Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, "Josh," won't leave me alone. We have been living together for almost a year, and he is the ultimate overprotector. When I start to leave the house to run errands or anything, he stops me and asks, "Where do you think you're going?" When I tell him, he will then follow me to the location. Police find 9 bodies in Mexican border city (AP) March 15, 2009 at 12:43 am AP - Police acting on a tip found nine bodies partially buried in the desert on the outskirts of the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, and authorities announced the arrest of a suspected leader of a drug cartel hit squad. Chaos erupts in crowd at NYC 'Top Model' auditions (AP) March 15, 2009 at 12:02 am AP - Three people were arrested and six others hurt Saturday after bedlam broke out while they waited to audition for "America's Next Top Model," police said.