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| 12 die in bloody siege at Pakistan police academy (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 9:17 pm
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|  AP - Black-clad Pakistani commandos overpowered a group of militants who had seized a police academy, took cadets hostage and killed at least six of them Monday in a dramatic challenge to the civilian government that faces U.S. pressure to defeat Islamic extremists.
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| Romney's work puts him in 2012 political spotlight (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 9:16 pm
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|  AP - Mitt Romney doesn't have a job for the first time in his adult life. That hardly means he's not working. In ways both subtle and overt, the 2008 Republican presidential contender, former Massachusetts governor, one-time Olympics chief and high-flying businessman is building toward a 2012 White House campaign by judiciously engaging and disengaging with the national debate.
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| Sisters to be buried with brother who killed them (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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|  AP - Two sisters and the brother who killed them with a kitchen knife will share a single funeral service and be buried together. Samantha Revelus, 17, and her sister, Bianca, 5, were killed at their Milton home Saturday. Police shot the girls' brother, Kerby Revelus, 23, after an officer saw him decapitate the younger girl. A surviving sister, 9-year-old Saraphina, was recovering at a Boston hospital Monday after having surgery.
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| Md. mom pleads guilty in cult starvation death (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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|  AP - A former religious cult member pleaded guilty Monday to starving her 1-year-old son to death after making an unusual deal with prosecutors: If the child is resurrected, her plea will be withdrawn. Ria Ramkissoon, 22, also agreed to testify against four other members of the now-defunct religious group known as 1 Mind Ministries. All four are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Javon Thompson.
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| Man fires at McDonald's window over breakfast menu (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 9:14 pm
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| | AP - Police said a customer fired one or two shots into a Salt Lake City McDonald's after the driver of the car he was in was told the restaurant was not serving lunch yet. Police said the female driver of a white Dodge Intrepid pulled up to the drive-thru and ordered from the lunch menu early Sunday but was told only breakfast was available. |
| Super-chemo targets cancer spreading to the liver (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 5:51 pm
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|  AP - Bill Darker grinned as he headed into the operating room for a dramatic experiment: A super-high dose of chemotherapy dripped directly into his cancer-ridden liver, 10 times more than patients normally can tolerate. Not to fear. Working through small puncture holes, doctors sealed off Darker's liver and washed most of the toxic medication from his blood so it didn't poison the rest of his body.
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| NKorea says 2 US journalists will stand trial (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 5:32 pm
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|  AP - Two American journalists detained at North Korea's border with China two weeks ago will be indicted and tried, "their suspected hostile acts" already confirmed, Pyongyang's state-run news agency said Tuesday.
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| Hit-run driver kills 1 USC student, injures other (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 4:04 pm
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| | AP - A driver hit two University of Southern California freshmen — killing one — and driving off with the other caught on the hood until stopping to let a passenger out to pull the wounded student off the car, police said Monday. |
| Once-a-day heart combo pill shows promise in study (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 3:31 pm
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| | AP - A single daily pill that combines aspirin and four blood pressure and cholesterol medicines has passed its first big test, potentially offering a cheap, simple way to prevent both heart disease and stroke. |
| Mysterious East Coast Boom Was Falling Russian Rocket (SPACE.com)
March 30, 2009 at 2:52 pm
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| | SPACE.com - The mysterious boom and flash of light seen over parts of Virginia Sunday night was not a meteor, but actually exploding space junk from the second stage of a Russian Soyuz rocket falling back to Earth, according to an official with the U.S. Naval Observatory. |
| US soldier gets 35 years in deaths of 4 Iraqis (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 1:54 pm
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|  AP - A U.S. soldier convicted of murder in the execution-style slayings of four blindfolded Iraqis apologized for shooting one of them in the back of the head, but said he acted out of concern for his fellow troops.
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| U.S. deploys anti-missile ships before N.Korea launch (Reuters)
March 30, 2009 at 10:39 am
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|  Reuters - The United States deployed two missile-interceptor ships from South Korea on Monday, a military spokesman said, days ahead of a North Korean rocket launch widely seen as a long-range missile test that violates U.N. sanctions.
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| Sales of second homes fall 30 percent (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 10:02 am
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| | AP - The National Association of Realtors reports that sales of vacation homes and investment properties slid 30 percent last year as tough economic conditions and tight lending requirements shut out buyers. |
| NFL player accepts officer's apology (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 9:44 am
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|  AP - An NFL player said Monday he accepts the apology offered by a Dallas police officer who stopped him with a drawn gun in a hospital parking lot while his mother-in-law was dying inside.
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| Lawyer: Ex-US officials must face torture charges (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 8:50 am
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|  AP - Six former Bush administration officials accused in a Spanish complaint of sanctioning the torture of terror suspects should come to Spain to face justice, a human rights lawyer urged Monday.
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| Brother's knife attack on sisters rattles suburb (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 5:34 am
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|  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."
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| Pakistan army battles gunmen who killed 11 police (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 5:31 am
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|  AP - Pakistani soldiers surrounded a police academy Monday where heavily armed gunmen were holed up after storming the compound in a brazen attack that killed at least 11 officers, wounded more than 90 and trapped others inside.
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| World stocks tumble on auto, bank concerns (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 5:16 am
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|  AP - World stock markets tumbled Monday, with Hong Kong's key index sinking nearly 5 percent, as downbeat comments from major U.S. banks and mounting woes at American auto giants undermined recent optimism about economic recovery.
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| Long-delayed Khmer Rouge genocide trial opens (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 5:14 am
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|  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.
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| White House questions viability of GM, Chrysler (AP)
March 30, 2009 at 4:31 am
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|  AP - Neither General Motors nor Chrysler submitted acceptable plans to receive more federal bailout money, the Obama administration said as it set the stage for a crisis in Detroit that would dramatically reshape the nation's auto industry.
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| Sydney power blackout causes chaos (Reuters)
March 30, 2009 at 4:12 am
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|  Reuters - A severe power blackout brought chaos to downtown Sydney on Monday afternoon, causing peak-hour traffic jams as street signals failed and leaving workers stranded in lifts as they tried to make their way home.
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| Memorial Donations To Charity Get Lost In Paperwork Jungle (Dear Abby)
March 30, 2009 at 2:16 am
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| | Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: Please allow me to share some hard-earned advice with your readers. The custom of making donations to a charity in honor of a loved one is common practice nowadays. Although I wholeheartedly support the idea, there can be "problems." |  |
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