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Flooding in Fargo eases but winter storm moves in (AP) March 30, 2009 at 7:18 am AP - Just as the Red River began retreating from Fargo's hastily fortified sandbag levees, the city's tired residents stared down a winter storm Monday expected to bring a half-foot of snow, powerful gusts and wind-whipped waves. Pakistan: Security forces retake attacked academy (AP) March 30, 2009 at 7:15 am AP - Pakistani security forces have overpowered militants who seized a police academy in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore early Monday. Six people have been arrested. Brother's knife attack on sisters rattles suburb (AP) March 30, 2009 at 5:34 am AP - With her long hair and model's poise, 17-year-old Samantha Revelus exuded confidence when she recited an original poem Saturday afternoon about a strong woman who stood up to "ignorant souls." Long-delayed Khmer Rouge genocide trial opens (AP) March 30, 2009 at 5:14 am AP - A former teacher accused of carrying out the murderous policies of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge went on trial Monday, as prosecutors opened their first case against the hard-core communists who turned the country into a killing field three decades ago. Rise of atheism: 100,000 Brits seek 'de-baptism' (AFP) March 30, 2009 at 5:08 am AFP - More than 100,000 people have recently downloaded "certificates of de-baptism" from the Internet to renounce their Christian faith. Obama conditions bailout funds for automakers (AP) March 30, 2009 at 1:52 am AP - The White House says neither General Motors nor Chrysler submitted acceptable plans to receive more bailout money, setting the stage for a crisis in Detroit that would dramatically reshape the nation's auto industry. Hard-to-cure TB poses new global health threat (AP) March 30, 2009 at 1:36 am AP - The Beijing Chest Hospital was packed with people on a recent weekday morning. In the waiting area, Wang Chong, a migrant worker who has been fighting tuberculosis for several months, was facing a dilemma: Does he continue treatment that has already cost him more than $5,000 or stop before his savings are wiped out? GM CEO Wagoner forced out as part of gov't plan (AP) March 30, 2009 at 1:24 am AP - Time and time again, General Motors Corp.'s board of directors reaffirmed its support for Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner, even as the company piled up billions of dollars in losses and begged for government loans to stay alive. 7 residents, 1 nurse die in nursing home shooting (AP) March 29, 2009 at 11:49 pm AP - A gunman barged into a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning and started "shooting everything," going room to room in a terrifying rampage that killed seven residents — most in their late 80s — and a nurse who cared for them. AP IMPACT: With Mexico's army in the war on drugs (AP) March 29, 2009 at 9:44 pm AP - Acting on a tip, 30 masked soldiers in combat gear bust down the door of a boarded-up house to find 55 terrified migrants, hostages of the Gulf drug cartel. AP Exclusive: UN suggests power-sharing for Kirkuk (AP) March 29, 2009 at 9:43 pm AP - Seeking to head off an explosion of ethnic violence, the United Nations will call for a power-sharing system of government for Iraq's deeply divided region of Kirkuk in the oil-rich north. 22 killed at Ivory Coast soccer match stampede (AP) March 29, 2009 at 9:35 pm AP - A stampede at a World Cup qualifying soccer match in the Ivory Coast killed at least 22 people and wounded 132 Sunday, authorities said. Gay group issues award to financial guru Orman (Reuters) March 29, 2009 at 9:07 pm Reuters - The gay watchdog group GLAAD honored Suze Orman at its annual media awards on Saturday, and the financial guru exhorted her followers to "invest in companies that invest in you." GM CEO Wagoner to step down at White House request (AP) March 29, 2009 at 7:43 pm AP - General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will step down immediately at the request of the White House, administration officials said Sunday. The news comes as President Obama prepares to unveil additional restructuring efforts designed to save the domestic auto industry. 7 residents, 1 nurse die in nursing home shooting (AP) March 29, 2009 at 7:42 pm AP - A lone gunman burst into a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning and started "shooting everything," barging into the rooms of terrified patients, sparing some from his rampage without explanation while killing seven residents and a nurse caring for them. Longtime NFL, college coach Lou Saban dies at 87 (AP) March 29, 2009 at 7:04 pm AP - He was a star football player in college, a champion pro football coach, a baseball president, a man with a short temper and very long resume, never averse to tackling something new. Mass. man kills 2 sisters, but police save the 3rd (AP) March 29, 2009 at 7:02 pm AP - A man on a rampage fatally stabbed his 17-year-old sister, decapitated his 5-year-old sister in front of a police officer and then turned toward his 9-year-old sister with a knife in his hand before officers shot him dead in what their chief described as "a killing field." Cholesterol drug cuts vein clot risk by 40 percent (AFP) March 29, 2009 at 3:53 pm AFP - The cholesterol-fighting drug rosuvastatin, marketed as Crestor to help fight high cholesterol, can help cut the risk of blood clots dramatically, according to research released Sunday. Urban coyote attacks on rise, alarming residents (AP) March 29, 2009 at 3:42 pm AP - A coyote ambling into a Chicago sandwich shop or taking up residence in New York's Central Park understandably creates a stir. But even here on the high plains of Colorado, where the animals are part of the landscape and figure prominently in Western lore, people are being taken aback by rising coyote encounters. Obama rules out US troop raids into Pakistan (AP) March 29, 2009 at 2:47 pm AP - As he carries out a retooled strategy in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama says he will consult with Pakistan's leaders before pursuing terrorist hideouts in that country. Study: Cholesterol drug lowers blood clot risk (AP) March 29, 2009 at 2:47 pm AP - Statin drugs, taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease, also can cut the risk of developing dangerous blood clots that can lodge in the legs or lungs, a major study suggests. Madonna, in Malawi, refuses to talk about adoption (AP) March 29, 2009 at 2:37 pm AP - Madonna dashed from the airport to an impoverished Malawi village to discuss a school she is planning to build, saying nothing to the hordes of reporters on her trail Sunday about whether she is planning to start the process of adopting a second Malawian child. Three Mile Island at 30: Nuclear Power's Pitfalls (Time.com) March 29, 2009 at 1:50 pm Time.com - Since the disaster, the nuclear-power industry has gotten it act together, but costs are still way too high AP IMPACT: With Mexico's army in the war on drugs (AP) March 29, 2009 at 1:45 pm AP - Acting on a tip, 30 masked soldiers in combat gear bust down the door of a boarded-up house to find 55 terrified migrants, hostages of the Gulf drug cartel. Sudan's wanted president welcomed at Arab summit (AP) March 29, 2009 at 12:54 pm AP - Qatar's leader embraced Sudan's president in a red-carpet welcome Sunday as he arrived to attend an Arab Summit in his most brazen act of defiance against an international arrest warrant on charges of war crimes in Darfur. Thousands of toxic toads killed in Australian fest (AP) March 29, 2009 at 11:38 am AP - Thousands of poisonous cane toads met their fate Sunday as gleeful Australians gathered for a celebratory mass killing of the hated amphibians, with many of the creatures' corpses being turned into fertilizer for the very farmers they've plagued for years. Perfect Running Pace Revealed (LiveScience.com) March 29, 2009 at 10:15 am LiveScience.com - Most regular runners can tell you when they reach that perfect equilibrium of speed and comfort. The legs are loose, the heart is pumping and it feels like you could run at this pace forever. Gates: No change soon on `don't ask, don't tell' (AP) March 29, 2009 at 10:04 am AP - Don't expect any change soon to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy about gays in the military. Report: NKorea preparing for another missile test (AP) March 29, 2009 at 9:57 am AP - North Korea is preparing to launch a short- or medium-range missile, possibly right after it carries out its plan to fire a long-range rocket in early April, a Japanese newspaper reported Sunday. Iraqi troops round up Sunni fighters in Baghdad (AP) March 29, 2009 at 9:41 am AP - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces swept through a central Baghdad slum Sunday, disarming Sunni fighters from a government-allied group after they launched a two-day uprising to protest the arrest of their leader. Obama may find Europe reticent on some US goals (AP) March 29, 2009 at 9:34 am AP - President Barack Obama's first European trip could dampen his hopes that a new diplomatic style will convert once-reluctant allies into cooperative global partners. Holocaust concert draws anger in Palestinian camp (AP) March 29, 2009 at 9:15 am AP - Palestinian authorities have disbanded a youth orchestra from a West Bank refugee camp and barred the conductor from her studio after she directed a concert for a group of Holocaust survivors in Israel, a local official said on Sunday. Smokers face a hit as tobacco taxes spike (AP) March 29, 2009 at 7:52 am AP - However they satisfy their nicotine cravings, tobacco users are facing a big hit as the single largest federal tobacco tax increase ever takes effect Wednesday. It's time to green this old (White) House - again (AP) March 29, 2009 at 7:51 am AP - President Barack Obama will find out two things as he studies how to make the White House more environmentally friendly: Tax havens eye uncertain future after concessions (AP) March 29, 2009 at 6:20 am AP - "Who pays?" asks a neon artwork in wealthy Liechtenstein's elegant black granite cube of a museum.