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Mourners pay tribute to radio legend Paul Harvey (AP) March 7, 2009 at 6:54 pm AP - The son of radio legend Paul Harvey used his father's words for the eulogy Saturday at a public funeral service in Chicago, the city from which he launched his national news and commentary show. Phish lands another keeper in reunion (AP) March 7, 2009 at 5:22 pm AP - Phish caught another keeper at the Hampton Coliseum when it mattered most, blasting a five-year breakup into the past with a crisp, focused show that proved the Vermont foursome is refreshed and ready for the road again. Ex-Calif. bookkeeper accused of embezzling $10M (AP) March 7, 2009 at 3:48 pm AP - A former bookkeeper embezzled $9.9 million, forcing her company to make layoffs as she bought 400 pairs of shoes that she kept in a room-sized closet decorated with a crystal chandelier and a plasma television, authorities claim. Can Web site offer homeless man hope? (AP) March 7, 2009 at 3:27 pm AP - Until a few weeks ago, Tim Edwards was just another one of the men begging for change at a busy Houston underpass, ignored by most drivers who sped on past without a glance. Obama gently departs from Holder's race comment (AP) March 7, 2009 at 3:07 pm AP - President Barack Obama says he would not have used the same language that Eric Holder did last month when the attorney general declared that the United States is a nation of cowards on matters of race. Traumatized child soldiers return home in Congo (AP) March 7, 2009 at 2:24 pm AP - Some beat their heads against the wall until doctors inject them with tranquilizers. Others remain mute for days, their eyes darting around like frightened animals. Discord likely over ratifying women's rights pact (AP) March 7, 2009 at 1:32 pm AP - A global women's rights treaty completed 30 years ago has a better-than-ever chance for U.S. Senate ratification this year, yet the hunt for the needed 67 favorable votes is likely to incur the wrath of activists on both the left and right. Obama: Endure, find opportunity in time of crisis (AP) March 7, 2009 at 1:30 pm AP - Overseeing a dispirited nation, President Barack Obama on Saturday sought to assure people that bleak times will give way to better days, calling the mounting economic crisis a time to discover America's next "great opportunity." When economy bottoms out, how will we know? (AP) March 7, 2009 at 12:23 pm AP - When will this wretched economy bottom out? Bombs kill 15 amid political crisis in Pakistan (AP) March 7, 2009 at 11:31 am AP - Three separate bombings killed 15 people in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, while authorities investigated reports that a pilotless U.S. drone crashed elsewhere in the militant-plagued region bordering Afghanistan. Obama to visit Turkey in sixth foreign visit (AP) March 7, 2009 at 10:27 am AP - President Barack Obama will visit Turkey soon, making the Muslim nation bridging East and West one of the first foreign visits of his presidency, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday. In hard times, executions become question of cost (AP) March 7, 2009 at 10:11 am AP - After decades of moral arguments reaching biblical proportions, after long, twisted journeys to the nation's highest court and back, the death penalty may be abandoned by several states for a reason having nothing to do with right or wrong: 'The Color Purple' author traveling to Gaza (AP) March 7, 2009 at 9:51 am AP - Pulitzer-prize winning author Alice Walker, who wrote "The Color Purple," is traveling to Gaza along with other female activists to highlight the devastation of the Israeli offensive on Gaza's residents. Palestinian PM Fayyad submits resignation (AP) March 7, 2009 at 7:20 am AP - The Palestinian prime minister submitted his resignation Saturday, a move that could help pave the way for an elusive power-sharing deal between Palestinian moderates and militants. Russia pushes for new strategic arms pact with U.S. (Reuters) March 7, 2009 at 7:16 am Reuters - Russia called on Saturday for a successor agreement with the United States to replace the START-1 strategic nuclear arms reduction pact, saying this was a priority in 'resetting' their relations as Washington has urged. IRS dumps private debt collectors, shifts pendulum (AP) March 7, 2009 at 6:53 am AP - So much for privatizing the federal government. Phish dusts off deep cuts in return to stage (AP) March 7, 2009 at 6:25 am AP - The Phish has landed. Clinton's European debut is full of smiles (AP) March 7, 2009 at 6:17 am AP - In her debut on the European stage, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton soaked up praise, prodded NATO toward repairing relations with Moscow and laughed off a staff gaffe that may have left the Russians snickering. Health overhaul could stall over government role (AP) March 7, 2009 at 6:16 am AP - The search for agreement on health care may be short lived. Stem-cell policy change liberating to researchers (AP) March 7, 2009 at 6:15 am AP - Eight years of frustration are close to an end for scientists seeking ways to use embryonic stem cells to combat illness and injury. Ohioan who killed self, 5 others had vowed change (AP) March 7, 2009 at 6:04 am AP - A man who killed himself a day after police say he killed his wife and four others told a judge in 2005 that he was ready to be a law-abiding citizen who would not let society down if he was released from prison. Obama says will do all necessary to boost economy (Reuters) March 7, 2009 at 6:03 am Reuters - President Barack Obama promised on Saturday to do "all that's necessary" to boost the economy and warned, in an opening shot at critics of his budget proposals, that the country had tough choices ahead. Investors could get say at Madoff plea hearing (AP) March 7, 2009 at 5:59 am AP - Bernard Madoff could soon find himself in a courtroom with some of the same devastated investors who he is accused of ripping off in one of the biggest financial frauds in history. Democrats blast Limbaugh for comment on Kennedy (AP) March 7, 2009 at 1:26 am 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." CIA destroyed 12 harsh interrogation tapes (AP) March 7, 2009 at 1:22 am AP - The CIA destroyed a dozen videotapes of harsh interrogations of terror suspects, according to documents filed Friday in a lawsuit over the government's treatment of detainees. The 12 tapes were part of a larger collection of 92 videotapes of terror suspects that the CIA destroyed. The extent of the tape destruction was disclosed through a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against the government. Obama on stimulus: 'I know we did the right thing' (AP) March 7, 2009 at 1:15 am AP - While aknowledging an "astounding" number of job losses in February, President Barack Obama told critics of his $787 billion economic recovery plan Friday that it is saving jobs and said, "I know we did the right thing." He suggested that critics talk to 25 police recruits in Ohio's capital city who owe their jobs to stimulus spending and "talk to the teachers who are still able to teach our children because we passed this plan." NASA planet hunter rockets into space (AP) March 7, 2009 at 12:15 am AP - NASA's planet-hunting telescope, Kepler, rocketed into space Friday night on a historic voyage to track down other Earths in a faraway patch of the Milky Way galaxy.