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Obama to reverse Bush-era stem cell policy (AP) March 8, 2009 at 8:01 pm AP - President Barack Obama's announcement Monday that he is overturning his predecessor's policies toward embryonic stem cells also will include a broad declaration that science — not political ideology — would guide his administration. Iran test-fires new missile: media (Reuters) March 8, 2009 at 7:55 pm Reuters - Iran has test-fired a new air-to-surface missile, Iranian media reported Sunday, in the Islamic Republic's latest display of its military capability. Outside buyers drawn to Detroit's foreclosed homes (AP) March 8, 2009 at 6:14 pm AP - Welcome to Landlord Nation, where foreclosure notices are plentiful and for-sale signs offer at least 1,800 homes for under $10,000 that once were worth at least 10 times more. AG, Wallace's daughter observe Selma anniversary (AP) March 8, 2009 at 5:46 pm AP - The nation's first black attorney general and Gov. George C. Wallace's daughter celebrated the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march Sunday — 44 years after state troopers from her father's administration beat marchers as they started the landmark journey. Recession on track to be longest in postwar period (AP) March 8, 2009 at 3:13 pm AP - Factory jobs disappeared. Inflation soared. Unemployment climbed to alarming levels. The hungry lined up at soup kitchens. Ill. state police: 1 killed in church shooting (AP) March 8, 2009 at 3:02 pm AP - A gunman walked down the aisle of a church during a Sunday service and killed the pastor, then stabbed himself and slashed two other people as parishioners wrestled him to the ground, authorities said. Cafeteria regular leaves wealth to Calif. school (AP) March 8, 2009 at 2:47 pm AP - Bruce Lindsay left behind a tip officials at Vanguard University won't soon forget. Mexico morgues crowded with mounting drug-war dead (AP) March 8, 2009 at 1:55 pm AP - Death froze his exhausted face. The attackers lashed or punctured nearly every part of his body. Then they cut off the dead man's head, wrapped it in a plastic grocery bag and dumped it with his body between two tractor-trailers on a city street. U.S. should let some big banks fail: Republicans (Reuters) March 8, 2009 at 1:31 pm Reuters - The United States should let some big troubled banks fail rather than commit more federal funds to prop them up, two key congressional Republicans said on Sunday. Shuttle crew includes skiers, ultramarathoner (AP) March 8, 2009 at 1:30 pm AP - The seven men who will ride space shuttle Discovery into orbit this week are an athletic bunch. When they're not training for a space shot, they're skiing, skating, snowboarding, biking or running. Renaissance painting stolen from Norwegian church (AP) March 8, 2009 at 12:11 pm AP - A 450-year-old painting by Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder has been stolen from a Lutheran church in the southern Norway town of Larvik, police said Sunday. GOP tussles over leadership, party's future path (AP) March 8, 2009 at 11:04 am AP - Rush Limbaugh has been Topic A in the political world, with Republicans debating his influence on their party and Democrats trying to elevate the conservative radio host to the GOP's de facto spokesman. Sometimes even St. Bernards need rescuing (AP) March 8, 2009 at 10:23 am AP - There was a rescue involving a St. Bernard in Billings, Mont., but this time it was the humans who saved the day. Karzai welcomes Obama call to reach out to Taliban (AP) March 8, 2009 at 8:24 am AP - President Hamid Karzai on Sunday welcomed President Barack Obama's call to identify moderate elements of the Taliban and encourage them to reconcile with the Afghan government. U.S. healthcare system pinched by nursing shortage (Reuters) March 8, 2009 at 8:10 am Reuters - The U.S. healthcare system is pinched by a persistent nursing shortage that threatens the quality of patient care even as tens of thousands of people are turned away from nursing schools, according to experts. Source: Mullen offers Mexico update to Obama (AP) March 8, 2009 at 8:06 am AP - President Barack Obama was briefed Saturday by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen about the drug wars in Mexico and wanted to know how the United States can help. 2 British soldiers killed in N. Ireland gun ambush (AP) March 8, 2009 at 8:04 am AP - Suspected IRA dissidents who opened fire on British soldiers and pizza delivery men outside an army base shot their victims again as they lay wounded on the ground, police said Sunday. Obama nominates 3 to key Treasury Department posts (AP) March 8, 2009 at 8:03 am AP - President Barack Obama has chosen three people to join the senior ranks of the Treasury Department, where a slow pace of hiring has put the agency on the defensive. US announces 12,000 US troops to leave Iraq (AP) March 8, 2009 at 7:53 am AP - The U.S. military has announced that 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops will leave Iraq by September. Mourners pay tribute to radio legend Paul Harvey (AP) March 8, 2009 at 6:22 am 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. Obama: Time of crisis can be 'great opportunity' (AP) March 8, 2009 at 6:17 am AP - Trying to buck up a dispirited nation, President Barack Obama on Saturday promised that prosperous days will return and cast these bleak times as nothing less than a "great opportunity." Packing some heft with his hope, he defended his fast-moving and expensive agenda. When economy bottoms out, how will we know? (AP) March 8, 2009 at 6:16 am AP - When will this wretched economy bottom out? The recession is already in its 15th month, making it longer than all but two downturns since World War II. For now, everything seems to be getting worse: The Dow is in free fall, jobs are vanishing every day, and one in eight American homeowners is in foreclosure or behind on payments. Obama: US should reach out to Taliban moderates (AP) March 8, 2009 at 6:11 am AP - President Barack Obama says he hopes U.S. troops can identify moderate elements of the Taliban and move them toward reconciliation. Israeli aircraft strike Gaza as rockets fall (AP) March 8, 2009 at 3:19 am AP - Hamas security officials say Israeli aircraft targeted a Gaza City warehouse in a nighttime airstrike. Who got AIG's bailout billions? (Reuters) March 7, 2009 at 9:52 pm Reuters - Where, oh where, did AIG's bailout billions go? That question may reverberate even louder through the halls of government in the week ahead now that a partial list of beneficiaries has been published.