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3/16/2010
05:24:00 PM
Court: Chicago man in terror case to change plea (US National)
A Chicago man accused of scouting out the Indian city of Mumbai before the 2008 terrorist attack that left 166 people dead and plotting to attack a Danish newspaper has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, a court said Tuesday.
3/16/2010
04:34:00 PM
Helicopter rescues horse stranded on Ariz. sandbar (US National)
It's not every day you see a horse fly.
3/16/2010
03:44:01 PM
Clinic: Ohioan championed by Obama will keep home (US National)
A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she is being treated.
3/16/2010
01:14:00 PM
No damage reported from magnitude-4.4 Calif. quake (US National)
Southern Californians were jolted from their sleep before dawn Tuesday as a small but strongly felt earthquake struck beneath Los Angeles' eastern suburbs.
3/16/2010
12:30:00 PM
Woman who drove into lake, killing kids, sentenced (US National)
A woman who drove into a lake after a late-night party, killing her three young sons, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of child endangerment after tearfully telling the court she had been drinking alcohol that night.
3/16/2010
12:30:00 PM
Lesson learned: More buy flood insurance after '09 (US National)
When the swollen Red River threatened his uninsured house last spring, all Mark Baumgardner could do was pack up, leave and hope he wouldn't lose everything.
3/16/2010
12:30:00 PM
Mexico-bound bus overturns in Texas, killing 2 (US National)
A bus headed for Mexico carrying 40 people overturned along a southern Texas highway on Tuesday, killing at least two people and sending at least 30 people to hospitals, officials said.
3/16/2010
10:52:00 AM
Northeast slowly dries out from wind-whipped storm (US National)
The powerful wind-whipped nor'easter was gone, but the floods lived on Tuesday in many Northeast communities.
3/16/2010
10:52:00 AM
Judge: Winfrey must defend ex-headmistress's suit (US National)
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress at her girls' school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted there, a U.S. judge ruled.
3/16/2010
10:52:00 AM
Mexican tour bus overturns in Texas, killing 2 (US National)
A Mexican tour bus carrying about 35 people overturned along a southern Texas highway on Tuesday, killing at least two people and injuring an unknown number of others, an official said.
3/16/2010
10:02:00 AM
Ark. woman whose 3 kids drowned pleads guilty (US National)
A woman who drove into a lake after a late-night party, killing her three young sons, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of child endangerment after tearfully telling the court she had been drinking alcohol the night of the accident.
3/16/2010
09:14:00 AM
Plane kills jogger in SC beach emergency landing (US National)
A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday.
3/16/2010
08:24:01 AM
EU postpones hedge funds reform amid UK resistance (US National)
European Union countries called off Tuesday talks on new rules to oversee hedge funds, saying they needed more time to get "isolated" Britain on board a compromise deal.
3/16/2010
07:34:00 AM
EU postpones hedge funds decision (US National)
European Union finance ministers have called off Tuesday talks on new rules to oversee hedge funds, saying they need more time to strike a deal.
3/16/2010
07:34:00 AM
Magnitude-4.4 earthquake shakes Southern Calif. (US National)
An earthquake east of downtown Los Angeles rippled across Southern California before dawn Tuesday, jolting millions of people awake and putting first-responders on alert.
3/16/2010
07:34:00 AM
Widespread spring flooding forecast (US National)
With truckloads of sandbags rolling into cities like Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., the government confirmed residents' fears Tuesday, forecasting major flooding in the Midwest following a wetter than normal winter.
3/16/2010
07:34:00 AM
Volunteers along Red River in flood-fighting mode (US National)
Volunteers in North Dakota were in flood-fighting mode again Tuesday filling sandbags and the National Guard prepared to build clay dikes to help protect nearby homes from the fast-rising Red River.
3/16/2010
06:44:00 AM
NYC art exhibit includes nude pair standing still (US National)
Laurence Lallier slipped carefully between two naked women facing each other in a narrow doorway at the Museum of Modern Art.
3/16/2010
06:44:00 AM
Northeast cleaning up from wind-whipped rainstorm (US National)
A three-day rainstorm that flooded basements and roadways and ripped trees out of the soaking wet ground was among the most devastating ever to the electrical grid in some parts of the Northeast.
3/16/2010
06:44:00 AM
Fargo residents get ready for Red River flooding (US National)
Marc Shannon says the prospect of using a sandbag wall to protect his Fargo home from the rising Red River doesn't seem so alarming. Not after last year, when the city dealt with record flooding and Shannon had to maneuver around a 10-foot-high clay dike that cut his house off from the outside world.
3/16/2010
05:54:01 AM
MPAA boss Glickman says goodbye to Hollywood (US National)
Dan Glickman spent his Hollywood years aiming to improve the ratings system that tells Americans what to expect in a movie — and fighting pirates.
3/16/2010
05:04:00 AM
Plucky whooping crane gives wildlife experts hope (US National)
After the poisonous snake slithered into the whooping crane family's marshy grounds and sank its fangs into the chick's neck, death seemed certain.
3/16/2010
04:14:00 AM
Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp (US National)
At 5 a.m. on the Army's largest training base, soldiers grunt through the kinds of stretches, body twists and bent-leg raises that might be seen in an "ab blaster" class at a suburban gym.
3/16/2010
01:44:00 AM
Toyota dismisses Calif. man's runaway Prius report (US National)
Toyota Motor Corp. was quiet last week when James Sikes told reporters how the gas pedal got stuck on his 2008 Prius, leading him on a wild ride on a Southern California freeway.
3/16/2010
01:44:00 AM
ESPN reporter's stalker gets 2 1/2 years in prison (US National)
An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim.
3/16/2010
12:54:00 AM
New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals (US National)
New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.
3/16/2010
12:00:00 AM
Calif. man sentenced for bilking $7M from casinos (US National)
A San Diego man who led a card-cheating ring that bilked dozens of casinos out of $7 million was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in federal prison.
3/15/2010
05:20:00 PM
Boston art heist rattles investigators 20 years on (US National)
It remains the most tantalizing art heist mystery in the world.
3/15/2010
04:30:00 PM
Some Toyota drivers suing in US for a full refund (US National)
A group of Toyota owners sued the Japanese automaker Monday, demanding a full refund for their recalled cars and seeking a payout that could exceed several billion dollars.
3/15/2010
03:40:00 PM
Soldier acquitted in 3 deaths faces military trial (US National)
A soldier acquitted of killing a mother and two of her young daughters in North Carolina about 25 years ago is now going on trial in military court after prosecutors say new DNA tests link him to the crimes.
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