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| World's heaviest man gets a lift in custom van (AP)
March 6, 2009 at 1:52 am
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|  AP - The world's heaviest man still can't walk, but he will soon be able to roll. Manuel Uribe said Thursday he is having a 1989 Chevrolet Astrovan outfitted to support his record-breaking weight, giving him mobility after more than six years of being confined to his bed.
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| Slain suspect jumped judge with 6-inch metal spike (AP)
March 6, 2009 at 1:51 am
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|  AP - Investigators on Thursday were trying to figure out how a murder suspect sneaked a 6-inch metal spike into the Stockton courtroom where he attacked a judge with the handcrafted weapon before a detective shot him to death.
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| Calif. Supreme Court weighs same-sex marriage ban (AP)
March 6, 2009 at 1:49 am
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|  AP - As thousands of demonstrators chanted slogans and waved placards outside, California's highest court on Thursday skeptically grilled lawyers seeking to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage.
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| Workers clobbered by relentless layoffs (AP)
March 6, 2009 at 1:44 am
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|  AP - Cost-cutting employers are resorting to even bigger layoffs as they scramble to survive the recession, feeding insecurities among those who still have jobs and those who desperately want them.
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| Obama: Every voice must be heard on health reform (AP)
March 6, 2009 at 1:43 am
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|  AP - President Barack Obama pumped health care allies and skeptics alike for ways to overhaul the nation's costly and frustrating system Thursday and heard only applause and agreement when he told them there's "a clear consensus that the need for health care reform is here and now."
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| Senate Republicans force delay on spending bill (AP)
March 6, 2009 at 1:42 am
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|  AP - Senate Republicans, demanding the right to try to change a huge spending bill, forced Democrats on Thursday night to put off a final vote on the measure until next week. The surprise development will force Congress to pass a stopgap funding bill to avoid a partial shutdown of the government.
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| Daft Punk scores "Tron" soundtrack (Reuters)
March 5, 2009 at 9:25 pm
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| | Reuters - Daft Punk, the French electronica duo known for their robot personas, will compose the score for "TR2N," Walt Disney Pictures' update of its 1982 science fiction classic "Tron." |
| House approves mortgage bankruptcy overhaul (Reuters)
March 5, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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|  Reuters - Bankruptcy judges could cut the mortgage debt of homeowners in bankruptcy court as a last resort to avert foreclosure, under a bill approved by a 234-191 vote on Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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| AP Interview: Gorbachev criticizes Putin's party (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 7:41 pm
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|  AP - In some of his strongest criticism of his successors, Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday likened Vladimir Putin's United Russia party to the worst of the communists he once led and helped bring down, and said Russia is today a country where the parliament and the judiciary are not fully free.
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| Canada judge: Man not responsible for beheading (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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|  AP - A Canadian judge ruled Thursday that a man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a fellow Greyhound bus passenger is not criminally responsible due to mental illness. The decision means Chinese immigrant Vince Li will be treated in a mental institution instead of going to prison. The family of victim Tim McLean said Li got away with murder.
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| AP Interview: Gorbachev criticizes Putin's party (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 5:34 pm
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| AP - In some of his strongest criticism of his successors, Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday likened Vladimir Putin's United Russia party to the worst of the communists he once led and helped bring down, and said Russia is today a country where the parliament and the judiciary are not fully free. |
| NASA telescope will hunt for Earth-like planets (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 4:45 pm
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|  AP - NASA will soon be on the lookout for possible Earths in one faraway corner of the galaxy. A planet-hunting spacecraft, named Kepler after the German 17th -century astrophysicist, is scheduled to rocket away from Cape Canaveral late Friday night. Excellent launch weather is forecast.
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| Chris Brown charged with 2 felonies (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 3:34 pm
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|  AP - Chris Brown has been charged with two felonies stemming from what a police detective describes as a brutal argument between the singer and his girlfriend, Rihanna, provoked by her discovery of a text message from another woman.
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| Mortgage woes break records again in 4Q (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 11:34 am
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| | AP - A stunning 48 percent of the nation's homeowners who have a subprime, adjustable-rate mortgage are behind on their payments or in foreclosure, and that's not the worst of it, new data Thursday showed. |
| Why Is Obama Going Gray? (LiveScience.com)
March 5, 2009 at 11:20 am
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|  LiveScience.com - News reports today point out that President Obama is going a little gray at the temples. Is it the stress of the job, or is he due to go gray about now anyway?
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| Obama says US must solve health care problems now (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 11:00 am
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|  AP - The nation can't afford to wait for the economy to recover before tackling out-of-control medical costs, President Barack Obama is telling some of the most powerful players in the health care reform debate.
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| Boy wins rights to tropical island in lottery (Reuters)
March 5, 2009 at 10:57 am
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| | Reuters - A 4-year-old boy has won the use of an uninhabited tropical island, with white sand beaches and clear turquoise waters, in a Taiwan lottery aimed at boosting spending during an economic downturn. |
| One in 8 U.S. households late paying or in foreclosure (Reuters)
March 5, 2009 at 10:49 am
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| | Reuters - About one in every eight U.S. households, a record share, ended 2008 behind on their mortgage payments or in the foreclosure process as job losses intensified a housing crisis spawned by lax lending practices, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Thursday. |
| House to vote on bankruptcy mortgage rewrites (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 10:28 am
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|  AP - Debt-strapped homeowners unable to afford their mortgages could get their monthly payments lowered in bankruptcy court under a controversial element of President Barack Obama's housing rescue plan.
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| GM auditors raise the specter of Chapter 11 (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 9:30 am
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|  AP - General Motors Corp.'s auditors have raised "substantial doubt" about the troubled automaker's ability to continue operations, and the company said it may have to seek bankruptcy protection if it can't execute a huge restructuring plan.
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| New footage shows rare rhinos in Indonesia (AFP)
March 5, 2009 at 8:58 am
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|  AFP - New infra-red footage released Thursday captures hitherto unseen images of elusive Javan rhinos, the most endangered mammal in the world with less than 60 individuals believed to remain alive.
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| NY AG to question 7 Merrill execs about bonuses (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 7:01 am
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|  AP - The New York attorney general's office on Wednesday subpoenaed seven former Merrill Lynch & Co. executives as part of its ongoing investigation into the timing of year-end payments made to executives at the investment bank.
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| Eagle survives crash through truck windshield (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 6:53 am
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|  AP - The eagle has landed — with a thud — after crashing through the windshield of a tractor-trailer on a Nevada highway. State wildlife officials said Wednesday that a 15-pound golden eagle with a 7-foot wing span has a swollen head but otherwise appears unhurt after crashing into a Florida truck driver's big rig on Monday.
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| Missouri lawmakers seek to mandate autism coverage (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 5:05 am
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|  AP - Tom and Jenny Whitty have cashed out their children's college funds, maxed out several credit cards and taken out a second mortgage on their house — all to pay for therapy for their two autistic children.
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| For GOP: all pain, no gain (Politico)
March 5, 2009 at 4:20 am
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|  Politico - Four months after John McCain’s sweeping defeat, senior Republicans are coming to grips with the fact that the party is still – in stock market terms – looking for the bottom.
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| Feds consider fishing ban on Atlantic red snapper (AP)
March 5, 2009 at 3:22 am
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| | AP - After three decades as a charter fishing guide, Steve Amick says he's never seen red snapper as large or plentiful as he did last year off Georgia's Atlantic coast. Soon, catching them could be illegal. |
| California high court reviews gay marriage ban (Reuters)
March 5, 2009 at 3:09 am
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|  Reuters - Gay marriage advocates on Thursday will ask the California Supreme Court to overturn a second voter-approved same-sex marriage ban, in a cultural battle that has divided the United States.
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