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Pentagon: Chinese vessels harassed unarmed ship (AP) March 9, 2009 at 10:50 am AP - The Pentagon charged Monday that five Chinese ships shadowed and maneuvered dangerously close to a U.S. Navy vessel in an apparent attempt to harass the American crew. Martha Stewart's dog dies in Pa. kennel blast (AP) March 9, 2009 at 9:59 am AP - Martha Stewart's puppy has died in a propane explosion at a northeastern Pennsylvania kennel. Warren Buffett says economy fell off a cliff (AP) March 9, 2009 at 9:43 am AP - Billionaire Warren Buffett said unemployment will likely climb a lot higher depending upon how effective the nation's policies are, but he remains optimistic over the long term. 'Swiss gigolo' gets 6 years in BMW heiress case (AP) March 9, 2009 at 9:40 am AP - A man dubbed "the Swiss gigolo" by the German media was sentenced to six years in prison Monday for defrauding Germany's richest woman of euro7 million ($9 million) and attempting to blackmail her for tens of millions more. Merck buying Schering-Plough in a $41.1B deal (AP) March 9, 2009 at 9:32 am AP - Merck & Co. is buying Schering-Plough Corp. for $41.1 billion in stock and cash in a deal that gives the companies more firepower to compete in a drug industry facing slumping sales, tough generic competition and intense pricing pressures. Secret Birth Control Method: The Welcome Dance of the Uterus (LiveScience.com) March 9, 2009 at 8:55 am LiveScience.com - Female reproductive organs, unlike male reproductive organs, are not usually on the move. The ovaries and fallopian tubes mostly just hang out quietly in the pelvis, minding their own business, and the uterus only expands with pregnancy and is happy to shrink back to normal size after the baby is gone. But as David Elad of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tel Aviv University, Israel, has recently discovered, the uterus, like everything else on Earth, is subject to the laws of motion. ... Hammer-wielding intruder confronts Goody in hospital (AFP) March 9, 2009 at 6:21 am AFP - Jade Goody is recovering on Monday after an intruder armed with a hammer sneaked into her hospital room. More Americans say they have no religion (AP) March 9, 2009 at 12:14 am AP - A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out o of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage of Christians in the nation has declined and more people say they have no religion at all. Obama to Restore 'Science Integrity' as Part of Stem-Cell Shift (Bloomberg) March 9, 2009 at 12:01 am Bloomberg - March 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will reverse the U.S. government's ban on funding stem-cell research today and pledge to "use sound, scientific practice and evidence, instead of dogma" to guide federal policy, an adviser said. Man charged with killing 4 in home near Birmingham (AP) March 8, 2009 at 10:36 pm AP - Police have charged a 24-year-old man with four counts of capital murder in the stabbing deaths of four people in a home near Birmingham. Obama to reverse Bush-era stem cell policy (AP) March 8, 2009 at 10:04 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. Pa. liquor board will teach workers to be bubbly (AP) March 8, 2009 at 10:03 pm AP - Pennsylvania liquor store clerks need to be more bubbly when they're selling Champagne. Police: Ill. pastor deflected gunshot with Bible (AP) March 8, 2009 at 9:57 pm AP - A pastor shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, sending a confetti-like spray of paper into the air in a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said. NKorea threatens 'war' if satellite is shot down (AP) March 8, 2009 at 9:55 pm AP - North Korea ordered its armed forces on standby and warned Monday it will retaliate against anyone seeking to block its planned satellite launch, a launch many fear will disguise a missile test. Outside buyers drawn to Detroit's foreclosed homes (AP) March 8, 2009 at 9:50 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 9:49 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 9:47 pm AP - Factory jobs disappeared. Inflation soared. Unemployment climbed to alarming levels. The hungry lined up at soup kitchens. Conn. man is cited for owning an endangered ape (AP) March 8, 2009 at 6:40 pm AP - A man already accused of keeping a collection of wild animals including a river otter and a two-toed sloth has been cited for owning an endangered ape. Recession finds even those with jobs losing pay (AP) March 8, 2009 at 4:58 pm AP - In cubicles, factories and stores these days, anxious workers are trying to ease each other's economic fears with something akin to, "Well, at least we still have a job." Sudan's president warns foreigners in Darfur (AP) March 8, 2009 at 4:01 pm AP - Sudan's president threatened to kick out more aid groups and expel diplomats and peacekeepers on Sunday during his first trip to Darfur after an international court issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes there. U.S. gasoline prices continue steady rise: survey (Reuters) March 8, 2009 at 3:58 pm Reuters - U.S. average retail gasoline prices edged up in the past two weeks as oil prices rose and demand increased after motorists' lengthy aversion to sky-rocketing pump prices, according to the latest nationwide Lundberg survey on Sunday. Recession on track to be longest in postwar period (AP) March 8, 2009 at 3:48 pm AP - Factory jobs disappeared. Inflation soared. Unemployment climbed to alarming levels. The hungry lined up at soup kitchens. 'Watchmen' conquers box office with $55.7 million (AP) March 8, 2009 at 3:40 pm AP - "Watchmen" clocked in with $55.7 million in ticket sales to claim the top spot at the box office, making director Zack Snyder's comic book adaptation about a team of twisted superheros the biggest opening of 2009 so far. Ill. state police: 1 killed in church shooting (AP) March 8, 2009 at 3:17 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. Chinese bronzes, Gandhi's glasses in art tussle (AP) March 8, 2009 at 1:57 pm AP - A bronze rabbit's head was the first to go under the hammer, then came Mohandas Gandhi's glasses and sandals. 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. Israel believes Iran can build nuclear weapons (AP) March 8, 2009 at 1:12 pm AP - Iran is now capable of producing atomic weapons, Israel's top military intelligence officer said Sunday, sounding the highest-level warning that Israel's arch-enemy has achieved independent nuclear capability. Britney Not Clowning Around With Donation (E! Online) March 8, 2009 at 12:59 pm E! Online - Britney Spears knows everybody loves a circus. North Korea votes for new rubber-stamp parliament (AP) March 8, 2009 at 12:19 pm AP - North Koreans lined up Sunday to vote for the country's next rubber-stamp parliament, endorsing candidates hand-picked by the ruling party in a poll closely watched for signs of a political shift or hints leader Kim Jong Il has anointed a successor. Gingrich: `Not particularly' want to run in 2012 (AP) March 8, 2009 at 11:43 am AP - A new president is not yet two months into his term and already there's talk about who might run for the job in 2012. 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. Britney Spears visits sick kids in Miami hospital (AP) March 8, 2009 at 10:31 am AP - Just hours before taking the stage, pop singer Britney Spears made a surprise visit to a group of sick children at Miami Children's Hospital.