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Lawyers indicate Madoff plea could occur next week (AP) March 6, 2009 at 6:49 pm AP - Bernard Madoff has taken steps that suggest he could plead guilty as early as next week to charges that he carried out one of the biggest financial frauds in history, lawyers said Friday. Source: Obama to reverse limits on stem cell work (AP) March 6, 2009 at 6:32 pm AP - Reversing an eight-year-old limit on potentially life-saving science, President Barack Obama plans to lift restrictions Monday on taxpayer-funded research using embryonic stem cells. NKorean threat has airlines changing flight paths (AP) March 6, 2009 at 6:21 pm AP - Air Canada and Singapore Airlines joined South Korean airlines in rerouting flights to steer clear of North Korean airspace Friday after the communist regime threatened Seoul's passenger planes amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula. Court rejects Franken's bid to be seated in Senate (AP) March 6, 2009 at 6:20 pm AP - The Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday blocked Democrat Al Franken's petition for an election certificate that would put him in the U.S. Senate without waiting for a lawsuit to run its course. Democrats blast Limbaugh for comment on Kennedy (AP) March 6, 2009 at 6:20 pm AP - A Democratic official rebuked conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh on Friday for suggesting a health care proposal will be named in memory of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer. On his radio show, Limbaugh said President Barack Obama's proposed health care revisions will be championed by "the liberal lion Teddy Kennedy." Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai hurt, wife killed in crash (Reuters) March 6, 2009 at 3:26 pm Reuters - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife was killed and he was injured on Friday when a truck slammed into their vehicle, officials in his MDC party said. Oprah Winfrey sharing cover of `O' with first lady (AP) March 6, 2009 at 12:46 pm AP - After sharing the cover of her magazine with her slimmer self a couple months back, Oprah Winfrey is for the first time sharing it with somebody else: first lady Michelle Obama. Cleveland man sought in deaths of 2 women, 3 kids (AP) March 6, 2009 at 12:21 pm AP - Police in Cleveland say they are using tactical teams to search for the newlywed who is suspected of killing his wife, his sister-in-law and her three young children. Obama calls latest job losses astounding (AP) March 6, 2009 at 12:17 pm AP - Calling the latest job losses astounding, President Barack Obama promised on Friday to get Americans back to work. French archbishop scoops 'Macho of the Year' award (AFP) March 6, 2009 at 10:37 am AFP - A French feminist group awarded its "Macho of the Year" award Friday to the archbishop of Paris for his remark that women needed not just a skirt but "something between your ears as well". NASA to Launch Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Tonight (SPACE.com) March 6, 2009 at 10:16 am SPACE.com - NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is poised for a late-night launch tonight to begin seeking out Earth-like planets circling distant stars. How to Spot a Ponzi Con Artist? Follow the Yachts (Time.com) March 6, 2009 at 9:55 am Time.com - You can't trust the SEC, so here's how to spot a Ponzi all by yourself. For sale: The house that Michael Vick built (AP) March 6, 2009 at 9:23 am AP - For sale: the remains of an American success story gone horribly wrong. Police, spokesman: Winehouse charged with assault (AP) March 6, 2009 at 9:12 am AP - Fresh from a two-month Caribbean vacation, singer Amy Winehouse is due in court for an alleged attack on a fellow guest at a party last year. Chris Brown appears in court on felony charges (AP) March 6, 2009 at 8:59 am AP - Chris Brown briefly appeared in court, hours after he was charged with two felonies stemming from what a police detective describes as a brutal argument between the singer and his girlfriend, Rihanna. Britain's Clown Shortage: New Visa Rules Hit the Circus (Time.com) March 6, 2009 at 8:45 am Time.com - Britain's tough new immigration laws are leading to a shortage of clowns, acrobats and trapeze artists when the circus comes to town Stock Markets: When Will the Bull Return? (BusinessWeek Online) March 6, 2009 at 8:08 am BusinessWeek Online - The stock market is crashing -- slowly, and in plain view of the people who count on it most. The 53% plunge in the Dow Jones industrials since October 2007 has wrecked the college- and retirement-savings plans of millions of investors. It has permanently lowered the long-term investment projections of private endowments and pension funds. It has sent corporate compensation experts scrambling to figure out how to reward top employees. All told, more than $10 trillion of stock market wealth has vanished, and with it the confidence that springs from financial security. South Korea urges North to retract airliner threat (Reuters) March 6, 2009 at 7:39 am Reuters - South Korea told the North on Friday to immediately withdraw a threat it made against the South's commercial airliners, which has forced them to stop flying near the airspace of the reclusive communist state. Former KB Home CEO indicted on fraud charges (AP) March 6, 2009 at 6:49 am AP - A federal grand jury has charged the former chairman and chief executive of KB Home with multiple counts of fraud and other crimes related to a stock option backdating scheme that authorities say bilked the homebuilder's shareholders out of millions of dollars. Octopus gets inside lunchbox at Boston aquarium (AP) March 6, 2009 at 6:44 am AP - What is 7 feet long, weighs 30 pounds, has eight arms and fits in a box slightly larger than a milk crate? Truman the octopus. Truman squeezed into a clear, acrylic box while trying to snag his lunch at the New England Aquarium in Boston.