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Second celebrity cast off 'Dancing With the Stars' (AP) March 25, 2009 at 12:22 am AP - She may be the girl next door, but Holly Madison's reality star status was what kept her in the competition on "Dancing With the Stars." US takes steps to deport alleged Nazi to Germany (AP) March 25, 2009 at 12:20 am AP - The U.S. government said Tuesday it is asking German officials for travel documents needed to deport accused World War II Nazi guard John Demjanjuk, who is charged in Europe with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder. China calls for new global currency (AP) March 24, 2009 at 10:23 pm AP - China is calling for a new global currency to replace the dominant dollar, showing a growing assertiveness on revamping the world economy ahead of next week's London summit on the financial crisis. Analysis: Teleprompter telegraphs Obama caution (AP) March 24, 2009 at 10:07 pm AP - What kind of politician brings a teleprompter to a news conference? Obama administration seeks powers to shut firms like AIG (Reuters) March 24, 2009 at 9:50 pm Reuters - The Obama administration on Tuesday mounted a full-scale push for government authority to shut down troubled institutions like insurer AIG to avoid the need for future bailouts. La. Gov. Jindal urges GOP to stand up to Obama (AP) March 24, 2009 at 9:47 pm AP - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal again found himself carrying the Republican mantle opposite a primetime appearance from President Barack Obama on Tuesday, saying Republicans must be ready to defy the president when they disagree with his policies. He also joked about his widely panned response to Obama's address to Congress last month. Police: Baby snatched from Fla. clinic found OK (AP) March 24, 2009 at 8:56 pm AP - A 2-month-old is back in the arms of her parents and the wife of a top Pittsburgh Pirates minor league prospect is suspected of taking the infant from a health clinic outside Tampa, authorities said Tuesday. Madoff's prison number a lottery hit in NY (AP) March 24, 2009 at 8:56 pm AP - Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff (MAY'-dawf) is a lucky charm for one New York City construction worker. Drug violence in Mexico becomes top U.S. security concern (McClatchy Newspapers) March 24, 2009 at 7:52 pm McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — An epidemic of drug-related violence that has claimed thousands of lives in northern Mexico and begun to spill over into U.S. border cities has once again thrust Mexico into the first tier of President Barack Obama's security concerns. US takes steps to deport alleged Nazi to Germany (AP) March 24, 2009 at 7:41 pm AP - The U.S. government said Tuesday it is asking German officials for travel documents needed to deport accused World War II Nazi guard John Demjanjuk, who is charged in Europe with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder. Obama quizzes astronauts about life in space (Reuters) March 24, 2009 at 7:32 pm Reuters - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took a break from construction tasks on Tuesday to answer questions from schoolchildren and U.S. President Barack Obama about the rigors of space life. Private Chris Brown Court Date Nixed Without Explanation (E! Online) March 24, 2009 at 7:01 pm E! Online - As Chris Brown gets ready to face the music, his legal team is apparently still getting its act together. In race against river, Fargo pulls together (AP) March 24, 2009 at 6:21 pm AP - As the swelling Red River lapped within 30 feet of his back door, Carlis Kramer's property resembled nothing so much as a bustling construction site. Bones may be from US grave of 57 Irish immigrants (AP) March 24, 2009 at 6:02 pm AP - Researchers may have discovered a mass grave for nearly five dozen 19th-century Irish immigrants who died of cholera weeks after traveling to Pennsylvania to build a railroad. Insurers offer to stop charging sick people more (AP) March 24, 2009 at 5:56 pm AP - The health insurance industry offered Tuesday for the first time to curb its controversial practice of charging higher premiums to people with a history of medical problems. NKorea to treat detained journalists well: US (AFP) March 24, 2009 at 5:53 pm AFP - North Korea has assured the United States that two detained American women journalists will be treated well, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Tuesday. Police: Abducted baby found unharmed in Florida (AP) March 24, 2009 at 5:35 pm AP - A woman who authorities believe abducted a 2-month-old infant from her mother at a health clinic near Tampa turned in the baby unharmed to a Florida sheriff's office, officials said Tuesday. 2 Pa. brothers dead amid demise of car dealership (AP) March 24, 2009 at 5:34 pm AP - Third-generation car dealers Gregory and Randolph Graham watched helplessly over the past year as their business collapsed under the weight of the recession. Now the Graham brothers are gone, too. BofA shareholder looks to oust CEO from board (AP) March 24, 2009 at 5:21 pm AP - A group that owns Bank of America stock is waging a battle to get shareholders to vote against re-electing CEO Ken Lewis and two others to the bank's board of directors. UN: 1 million in Sudan won't get food aid from May (AP) March 24, 2009 at 4:07 pm AP - More than one million people in Darfur will not get their food rations starting in May if Sudan and the United Nations can't fill gaps left by the expulsion of more than a dozen foreign aid groups, a joint U.N.-Sudanese assessment team said Tuesday. Studio: Zac Efron drops out of `Footloose' remake (AP) March 24, 2009 at 4:01 pm AP - Zac Efron has dropped out of his role in a remake of "Footloose." France to compensate nuclear test victims (AP) March 24, 2009 at 3:44 pm AP - The French government offered for the first time Tuesday to compensate victims of nuclear tests in Algeria and the South Pacific, bowing to decades of pressure by people sickened by radiation — and seeking to soothe France's conscience. "It's time for our country to be at peace with itself, at peace thanks to a system of compensation and reparations," French Defense Minister Herve Morin said in presenting a draft law on the payouts. 10 questions for Obama (Politico) March 24, 2009 at 3:40 pm Politico - President Barack Obama holds his second primetime news conference at 8 p.m. Tuesday and, much like the first, the economy will be center stage. YouTube blocked in China; official says video fake (AP) March 24, 2009 at 2:46 pm AP - A video that appears to show police fatally beating a Tibetan protester was a fake concocted by supporters of the Dalai Lama, China said Tuesday — the same day the video-sharing network YouTube said its service had been blocked in China. Early soy diet may protect against breast cancer (Reuters) March 24, 2009 at 2:46 pm Reuters - Asian-American women who ate a lot of soy as children had a 58 percent reduced risk of developing breast cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a finding that suggests soy may have a protective effect. U.S. realtors see some light at end of tunnel (Reuters) March 24, 2009 at 2:39 pm Reuters - Small-town Texan realtor Rick Cumins is going to see a paycheck in April -- his first since December. White House unveils anti-cartel effort for border (AP) March 24, 2009 at 2:30 pm AP - The Obama administration plans to send more agents and equipment to the southwestern border to fight Mexican drug cartels and keep violence from spilling over into the United States. Saudi clerics want women banned from TV, media (AFP) March 24, 2009 at 2:11 pm AFP - Hardline Saudi clerics have called on the government to ban women from appearing on television and to prohibit their images in print media, which they called a sign of growing "deviant thought." 6th Iditarod dog dies during airplane flight (AP) March 24, 2009 at 1:34 pm AP - A sixth dog in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race has died. Oakland cop shot by parolee taken off life support (AP) March 24, 2009 at 12:46 pm AP - An Oakland police officer shot by a man wanted on a parole violation was taken off life support after vital organs were removed for transplantation, a hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday. Scientists in possible cold fusion breakthrough (AFP) March 24, 2009 at 12:46 pm AFP - Researchers at a US Navy laboratory have unveiled what they say is "significant" evidence of cold fusion, a potential energy source that has many skeptics in the scientific community. Britney's Legal Tab Breaks the Bank (E! Online) March 24, 2009 at 12:15 pm E! Online - "Gimme More" isn't just a Britney Spears song title. It's her legal team's mantra. China calls for new global currency (AP) March 24, 2009 at 11:51 am AP - China is calling for a new global currency to replace the dominant dollar, showing a growing assertiveness on revamping the world economy ahead of next week's London summit on the financial crisis. Bernanke wanted to sue AIG (Politico) March 24, 2009 at 11:32 am Politico - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke wanted to sue AIG to stop the company from handing out hundreds of millions in bonus payments over the past two weeks. Jewish extremist march provokes clash with Arabs (AP) March 24, 2009 at 10:46 am AP - Jewish extremists marched Tuesday through an Israeli-Arab town to demand residents show loyalty to Israel, setting off stone-throwing protests by Arab youths that police dispersed with stun grenades and tear gas. Gang of Juvenile Dinosaurs Discovered (LiveScience.com) March 24, 2009 at 10:32 am LiveScience.com - Three juvenile Triceratops, a species thought to be solitary, died together in a flood and now have been found in a 66 million-year-old bone bed in Montana, lending more evidence to the idea that teen dinosaurs were gregarious gangsters. World's airlines seen losing billions this year (Reuters) March 24, 2009 at 9:17 am Reuters - World airlines are set to lose $4.7 billion this year as a result of the global recession that has shrunk passenger and cargo demand, industry body IATA said. Fed and Treasury chief to get grilled on AIG (AP) March 24, 2009 at 8:46 am AP - The Federal Reserve's chairman and the secretary of the treasury are making a rare joint appearance at a congressional hearing, ostensibly to take a scolding over the handling of bonuses at AIG, the giant insurance company that has become the symbol of reckless risk-taking on Wall Street. Gun control debate hangs over U.S.-Mexico violence (AP) March 24, 2009 at 8:06 am AP - Members of Congress may be alarmed by the surge in Mexican drug violence and its potential to spill across the border, but they grow silent when the talk turns to gun control as a solution. NKorea reasserts right to satellite launch (AP) March 24, 2009 at 8:03 am AP - North Korea warned the United States, Japan and their allies not to interfere with its plan to launch a satellite into space next month, saying Tuesday any intervention could doom already stalled talks on ending its nuclear weapons program. Obama tries to temper furor over AIG bonuses (AP) March 24, 2009 at 7:44 am AP - President Barack Obama is trying to dampen a fire he once stoked, urging a more tempered response to public furor over bonuses paid to executives of the publicly rescued insurance giant American International Group. Japanese man certified as double A-bomb victim (AP) March 24, 2009 at 7:39 am AP - A 93-year-old Japanese man has become the first person certified as a survivor of both U.S. atomic bombings at the end of World War II, officials said Tuesday. Williams-Sonoma 4Q profit falls 90 percent (AP) March 24, 2009 at 7:31 am AP - Williams-Sonoma says its fourth-quarter profit fell 90 percent as it closed underperforming stores and laid off workers amid the recession. Gunmen kill Darfur aid worker (Reuters) March 24, 2009 at 7:30 am Reuters - Armed men have shot dead a Sudanese worker for a Canadian aid group in Darfur in the latest of a string of attacks on international organizations in Sudan's violent west, his employer said on Tuesday. Fate of Titanic, its treasures in US judge's hands (AP) March 24, 2009 at 7:03 am AP - Nearly a century after the Titanic struck ice in the North Atlantic, a federal judge in Virginia is poised to preserve the largest collection of artifacts from the opulent oceanliner and protect the ship's resting place. Fargo asks for help to hold back Red River flood (AP) March 24, 2009 at 6:12 am AP - The threat of flooding from the rising Red River has city officials considering everything to protect the city — even a portable wall system that shielded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from bullets. Four SUVs earn top rollover safety mark in U.S. test (Reuters) March 24, 2009 at 5:03 am Reuters - The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety said on Tuesday that four of 12 small SUVs it tested received its top rating for their ability to withstand roof damage in rollover accidents that often prove deadly. Thai fireman in 'spider-man' rescue of autistic boy (AFP/File) March 24, 2009 at 4:37 am AFP/File - A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony, police said Tuesday. Obama seeks filter-free news (Politico) March 24, 2009 at 4:24 am Politico - At a time when his Washington honeymoon is turning into a hazing, President Barack Obama and his team are launched on a strategy to sail above the traditional White House press corps by reaching out to liberal commentators, local reporters and ethnic media. Alzheimer's cost triple that of other elderly (AP) March 24, 2009 at 3:56 am AP - The health care costs of Alzheimer's disease patients are more than triple those of other older people, and that doesn't even include the billions of hours of unpaid care from family members, a new report suggests.