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  1. Winning numbers drawn in DC 'DC-4' game

    → Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:35 pm MST

    The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Dist. of Columbia Lottery's "DC-4" game were: 4-0-7-8

  2. Winning numbers drawn in DC 'DC-5 Evening' game

    → Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:35 pm MST

    The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Dist. of Columbia Lottery's "DC-5 Evening" game were: 2-5-4-9-4

  3. Winning numbers drawn in DC 'Lucky Numbers' game

    → Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:35 pm MST

    The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Dist. of Columbia Lottery's "Lucky Numbers" game were: 6-3-5

  4. Winning numbers drawn in DC 'DC Daily 6' game

    → Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:35 pm MST

    The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Dist. of Columbia Lottery's "DC Daily 6" game were: 10-14-17-19-21-22, Bonus: 24

  5. DC fire chief 'shocked' by toddler's death

    → Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:34 pm MST

    The city's fire chief said Friday he will take responsibility for any mistakes paramedics made when they declined to take a 2-year-old girl to the hospital in the first of two visits to her house before she died. Emergency workers were called to Stephanie Stephens' home when she was having breathing problems on Feb. 10, but they did not take her to the hospital. Paramedics were called again hours later and took her to a hospital, but she died the next day.

  6. RB Larry Johnson signs 3-year deal with Redskins

    → Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:15 pm MST

    Not content with just one aging, opinionated running back, the Washington Redskins added a second one Friday night when they signed Larry Johnson to a three-year, incentive-laden contract. Johnson agreed to a deal with a base value of $3.5 million, but he could make as much as $12 million if he meets certain incentives.

  7. Regulators take over Old Southern Bank, 1st Orlando bank failure in 20 years

    → Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:00 pm MST

    Despite a last-hour attempt to fend off insolvency, Old Southern Bank failed Friday, becoming the first Orlando-based community bank to succumb in nearly 20 years and only the second since the Great Depression.




  8. DC prosecutors miss target for review of FBI work

    → Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:24 pm MST

    Prosecutors in the District of Columbia said Friday they need more time to review more than 100 cases involving lab work by FBI scientists who came under fire in the 1990s - and again following the exoneration late last year of a D.C. defendant whom one of them helped convict. D.C. Superior Court Senior Judge Fred B. Ugast asked for the report from the U.S. attorney's office in December, when he released Donald Eugene Gates after 28 years behind bars. DNA testing proved Gates was innocent of the rape and murder of which he was convicted.

  9. Examiner unveils Lehman accounting tricks

    → Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:20 pm MST

    An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found. The question now is whether the trickery spells legal jeopardy for executives of Lehman or its auditors Ernst & Young. The implosion of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. into the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history in September 2008 precipitated the financial meltdown that plunged the economy into the most severe recession since the 1930s. How did it happen?

  10. FDA warning: some patients cannot process Plavix

    → Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:48 pm MST

    The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix, cautioning that some patients do not respond to the blockbuster blood thinner. The FDA said in a statement Friday that certain patients with a genetic variation cannot metabolize the drug, putting them at increased risk for heart attack and stroke.

  11. Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement

    → Examiner District Of Columbia Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:30 pm MST

    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his government's announcement this week of new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem, calling it "a deeply negative signal" for the Mideast peace process and ties with the U.S. The State Department said Clinton spoke to Netanyahu by phone for 43 minutes to vent U.S. frustration with Tuesday's announcement that cast a pall over a visit to Israel by Vice President Joe Biden and endangered indirect peace talks with the Palestinians that the Obama administration had announced just a day earlier.

  12. Local entrepreneur trying to launch trendy tweet-and-eat

    → CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:45 pm MST

    A Charlotte entrepreneur hopes to launch a mobile restaurant featuring organic food - and the main way customers would find it would be through announcements on Twitter and Facebook.

    The project mirrors a hot trend in California, where gourmet food trucks have built big followings and cool cachet by broadcasting their changing locations on social networks. One difference: The Charlotte eatery won't be a food truck, but rather a remodeled shipping container that piggybacks on a flatbed truck.

    The idea's so novel it has left city officials scratching their heads.

    David Campbell had hoped to launch his eatery early next month, but has delayed after city zoning officials said it wouldn't qualify under mobile food service rules since the shipping container isn't a truck.

    City officials stepped up enforcement of those rules about a year ago after citizen complaints about Latino food trucks in east Charlotte. Mark Fowler, a code enforcement supervisor, said it could take a month or more for city staff to meet and decide what would need to happen for Campbell's firm, Boxman Studios, to win city approval.

    "We realize this is a new concept for Charlotte," Campbell said Tuesday. "I look forward to working with the city to make this a reality."

    Campbell said he got the idea after reading an article in Bon Appetit magazine about Kogi Korean barbecue trucks in Los Angeles. After Kogi started using Twitter in 2008 to broadcast its daily stops, it snagged more than 57,000 Twitter followers and a national profile as an example of social networks' marketing power.

    Boxman Studios plans to feature an upscale, all-organic menu of salads, paninis and other fare created by a Cordon Bleu-trained chef. They'll focus on serving lunch to business crowds in high-traffic areas in and around uptown Charlotte, or in business parks or shopping centers if asked.

    Campbell plans to use Twitter and Facebook to build the customer base and advertise daily stops.

    He's already begun the social media-only marketing campaign. Recently, his advertising representative, Jim Mitchem, unveiled a "name the restaurant" contest on Twitter. The winner gets $500. Boxman Studios' Twitter account quickly doubled its number of followers, to nearly 300, and about 50 name submissions came in.

    Campbell is a real estate developer, but when the economy turned sour a couple years ago and real estate slumped, he started looking for other business projects. He read about how green-minded entrepreneurs around the globe have been using recycled shipping containers for everything from offices to dormitory housing.

    He launched Boxman last May, and started using the containers as mobile hospitality spaces at NASCAR races and for corporate events. Business is brisk, he says. He added the mobile restaurant concept to bring good organic food to town, and to raise Boxman's profile.

    Boxman buys surplus containers from trucking companies and retrofits roughly one every three weeks. They feature polished bamboo floors, bars with sleek modern furniture and TVs. Rental price: about $1,750 a day. That's less, Campbell said, than a comparably equipped tent - his main competition in the event-planning market.

    "People are excited about the concept," he said. "We're trying to gauge our growth by the demand."

    Like many, he's still learning about social networks. He turned the social-media marketing for the restaurant over to Mitchem, a Charlotte consultant who specializes in the emerging sector.

    Mitchem said the Boxman project marks his first opportunity to see if a new product can be launched and then sustained strictly through social networks.

    It makes sense, he said, since most social networking is done via mobile devices. "When it comes to a mobile restaurant, it's a match made in heaven."

    Ultimately, Campbell said, Twitter and Facebook might draw customers, but they won't come back if the food's no good.

    "It's going to be an interesting way to generate buzz," he said, "but Charlotte can be a very fickle market. We're very focused not only on the funk factor or the cool factor, but on making sure the dining experience is a good one."

  13. Did city ruin future hope for Eastland?

    → CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:44 pm MST

    The owner of the soon-to-be-vacant Burlington Coat Factory space at Eastland Mall says the city of Charlotte has hastened the shopping center's decline by adding to confusion and scaring off prospective tenants.

    In 2007, a city-sponsored Urban Land Institute report recommended tearing down Eastland to make way for a mixed-use development. In 2008, the city bought options to purchase parts of the struggling mall. Last fall, it got to the edge of buying the entire 90-acre property, then backed away.

    Now, the mall remains open under a cloud of uncertainty.

    That has made building owner Steven Fields' job more difficult, he says. After Burlington closes next Saturday, his 140,000-square-foot building will be empty, just like the mall's other three anchors. Fields is skeptical that he'll be able to attract new occupants. That, in turn, will make it harder for him to keep up with mortgage payments. He may have to turn the building back over to his lender.

    "It doesn't belong as a retail mall anymore, and that was evident in the study," said Fields, the managing member of Florida-based Fields Realty, which owns and manages retail properties on the East Coast.

    "Something has to be done, something has to give. But the city, in doing the things that they did, made this a self-fulfilling prophecy."

    City staff last fall had negotiated agreements to buy the mall at Central Avenue and North Sharon Amity Road from six property owners, including Fields, for $22.24 million, less than its assessed tax value. Operating under the expectation that the mall would close by the end of this month, Fields said that he had little incentive to recruit or retain new tenants.

    But then, City Council members balked, and instead offered to pay $7.4 million. Property owners rejected that figure, which Fields called "ridiculous." The council then voted to stop Eastland negotiations.

    The city acted with the aim of revitalizing Eastland, remains interested in working with a developer and hopes its efforts have laid the groundwork for the future, said Jamie Banks, a spokesperson for the city's Neighborhood and Business Services.

    "Hopefully, if the market comes back, there will be someone who takes time to assemble the land," she said. "Until that time comes, we have no control or influence over the mall."

    The city's options to purchase the vacant Belk and Dillard's stores, for which the city paid $400,000, expire at the end of this month.

    Sears and Dillard's are both marketing their Eastland stores for sale, company representatives said. Belk is also looking to sell its Eastland building but hasn't listed it yet, spokesman Ralph Pitts said.

    Fields bought its building, the former J.C. Penney, in 2005. Burlington had recently moved in, and all but 30,000 square feet were leased. Though Fields said he was aware of the mall's issues, he also saw the space as a reasonable deal with good cash flow. In 2006, he said, Wal-Mart was considering building a store on the site of the old Hannaford supermarket next to his property, which would have lured shoppers.

    Now, he said, he worries that "nothing's going to happen until things get even worse."

    That's a concern for others with a stake in the neighborhood, who noted that the uncertainty surrounding the mall is hampering East Charlotte.

    "Everyone feels like it's terminal, its days are numbered, yet nobody's taking any action," said Heather Ferguson, the past president of Charlotte East Community Partners. "People (in East Charlotte) are still hanging around, they still believe something good is going to happen, because there's still so many things this area of town has going for it."

    Talks to bring a circus to the mall parking lot dissolved amid concerns about whether the mall would be open and the site accessible in April, when the event was to take place, she said. "One way or the other, something needs to be done," said Vickie Fewell, the east Charlotte group's current president. "We do not need another empty box just sitting there."

    Christine Vigneault, Eastland's general manager, said the mall leases its smaller spaces knowing the future is uncertain. But, she said, that's a greater obstacle for any business considering a move to one of the large, empty anchors.

    "Who's going to invest the dollars it would take to upfit the space, and then find out the mall gets sold and it's going to be torn down, whatever our future is?" she said. "I can sense (Fields') frustration, for sure. There are owners that I'm sure he could get in there, but not under these circumstances."

    Fewell wasn't quite as sympathetic: "If he's going to (complain) about what's going on now, when he bought into a dying mall five years ago...," she said. "If that's what he wanted to spend his money on, then I think like every other businessman, you take what is given to you." Staff writer Steve Harrison contributed.

  14. Penguins fall in New Jersey, 3-1

    → post-gazette.com - News | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:41 pm MST

    NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey defeated the Penguins, 3-1, at the Prudential Center tonight.

  15. Cookbook creator sues Seinfeld for barbs on Letterman

    → NY Post: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:35 pm MST

    A kids' cookbook creator is still trying to take a bite out of Jerry Seinfeld. Missy Chase Lapine, whose suit against recipe rival Jessica Seinfeld was thrown out of federal court last year, is now taking aim at her funnyman husband in state court. She says the "Marriage Ref" star...

  16. Suspect who beat woman in Midtown bar charged with assault, attempted rape

    → NY Post: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:33 pm MST

    The man who police hunted for savagely beating a nurse in a Hell's Kitchen bar bathroom after she dissed him on the dance floor has been charged with assault and attempted rape. Mbarek Lafrem, 30, was taken into custody and admitted under questioning that he attacked the woman, sources...

  17. Student accuses substitute teacher of assault

    → knoxnews.com Stories: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:28 pm MST

    KNOXVILLE - School officials are investigating an eighth-grader's claim of assault by a substitute teacher.

  18. 3rd 'Jihad Jane' arrested in alleged plot to kill Swedish cartoonist

    → NY Post: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:21 pm MST

    Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, a 31-year-old mother, is in the custody of Irish police, along with six others, arrested as part of a probe into the alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who made fun of the Prophet Mohammed, it was reported on Friday. Last Easter, Paulin-Ramirez, who has a $30...

  19. New Florida case thwarts Calif. molester's release

    → MiamiHerald.com: Nation | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:20 pm MST

    The feared release of a convicted child molester from a California prison was thwarted Friday by 11th-hour federal charges involving child porn and a woman's allegations that he bought her as a child in Asia and subjected her to years of sexual abuse while molesting her young friends.

  20. Jogger jumps off Calif. cliff to flee attacker

    → MiamiHerald.com: Nation | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:20 pm MST

    Authorities say a man tried to sexually assault a Southern California jogger who escaped by jumping off a cliff and sliding about 100 feet down a steep hillside.

  21. 'Big Guy' Johnson's new call: Candidate

    → CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:14 pm MST

    Tim Parker was standing in line at the Union County clerk’s office Friday morning when he turned and saw a familiar face.

    “Hey, it’s Harold Johnson!” he exclaimed. “Anybody got a camera?”

    It’s been three years since Johnson retired as sportscaster for WSOC-TV, where for three decades “The Big Guy” burst into living rooms with an outsized, high-octane personality. Now he’s one of six Republicans running for the 8th District House seat held by Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell.

    Johnson, 68, entered the race late. He had less money than some opponents. He didn’t even move into the district until January when he traded his longtime home in Statesville for a Concord condo.

    But while other candidates scramble to build or buy name recognition, Johnson has a singular advantage. WSOC’s signal reaches as far east as Rockingham, covering more than 70 percent of 8th District voters. And along with the notoriety is familiarity.

    “You grew up watching him on TV,” said Monroe police office Tim McEntire, 56. “He was always for the average person.”

    Ducking into a hair salon on a stroll through downtown Monroe, Johnson ran into Jim Gilmore, a hulking 6-foot, 11 inches tall. Now 44, he reminded Johnson that as a football player at Forest Hills High in the 1980s, he couldn’t find size-18 cleats. Johnson told his story on the air. Gilmore got his cleats.

    “I think they trust me,” Johnson said later. “They see a familiar face. Someone they’ve trusted all these years.”

    Johnson criticizes what he sees as big government spending and the absence of presidential or congressional leadership.

    “Can anybody tell me they’re happy with the direction this country is going today?” he asks during a radio interview on Monroe’s WIXE-AM.

    Asked how he would create jobs, he cites lower corporate taxes and government incentives. But, he added, “a lot of it is confidence… We will come back. This is America.”

    Johnson greets voters enthusiastically, reaching out his hand and talking about the health care bill or the Monroe High Redhawks, who play today for the state 1A basketball title.

    At least for now, he’s selling himself more than specific policies. Asked how he differs from his rivals, he said “I’m a very positive person. I really think I can make a difference.”

    Johnson is less well-known in the eastern part of the district, which stretches as far as Fayetteville. Scotland County GOP chair Suzanne Allen blames his relatively late start and belated move to the district.

    But nearly two-thirds of the district’s Republican voters live in Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus and Stanly counties. Among sports fans in particular, Johnson has a high profile.

    Former WSOC producer Phil Tribo recalls speedway fans ignoring some NASCAR drivers when Johnson walked by. “Harold!” they shouted. “He was kind of a rock star,” Tribo said.

    More than 100 people crowded an Albemarle restaurant to hear Johnson speak to a Stanly County Republican group recently, double the usual number.

    “Everybody knows The Big Guy,” said county GOP chair Don Abernathy.

    Johnson, greyer and trimmer, seems energized by his new role. Former WSOC reporter Jeff Sonier said Johnson has had a long interest in politics.

    “Second to sports, that’s probably his favorite thing to talk about,” Sonier said.

    Johnson, who calls himself a Reagan Republican, talks about meeting the president in 1986.

    Asked to host an airport rally for Reagan, he arrived to see his name at the end of a line of chairs reserved for dignitaries. He moved it next to that of the president and pushed those for everybody else – including Sen. Jesse Helms and Gov. Jim Martin – one seat down.

    “That’s what we don’t have in Congress now,” he said, recalling Reagan. “There’s no confidence. There’s no leadership.”



  22. Man kills girlfriend, 2 men after walking in on their threesome

    → NY Post: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:06 pm MST

    A 50-year-old man flipped out and killed his girlfriend and two other men after walking in on them having a threesome at her Brooklyn apartment, police said. Hours later, the jilted lover admitted to cops he was so furious that he carved up the two mens’ bodies and dumped them...

  23. Mother charged with murder in daughter's death

    → MiamiHerald.com: Nation | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:00 pm MST

    A 19-year-old Oakland woman accused of suffocating her 2-year-old daughter is being held without bail after being charged with murder.

  24. Behind Obama's wavering on terror trials, critics see politics

    → MiamiHerald.com: Nation | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:56 pm MST

    As the White House reconsiders the decision to prosecute the five alleged plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in civilian court, the likely change of course seems designed to protect vulnerable Democrats in Congress more than it is to improve the chances for conviction.

  25. QB Moore: Youth movement is "no excuse"

    → CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:40 pm MST

    Panthers quarterback Matt Moore said in a telephone interview this afternoon that he's excited for the Panthers' offseason conditioning program to start on Monday. He'll walk into Bank of American Stadium in a new role -- as the starting quarterback.

    Despite the role change, he said he doesn't want to seem any different to his teammates.

    "I'm going to try and keep everything the same," said Moore, who signed his one-year. $3.043 million offer sheet this morning. "I don’t want it to be different other than just being accounatable and being there for my teammates and things like that. I don’t think I have to change or be different, (but to) just be reliable, perform, work hard, and try and be as prepared as I possibly can for the season."

    Moore said he was surprised and sad when the Panthers cut veteran Jake Delhomme last week, which opened the way for Moore to be the clearcut starter without a lingering quarterback controversy.

    "I'm definitely sad to see Jake go; he's a good friend of mine," said Moore. "I learned a lot from him and appreciate everything he did for the team and me.

    "To be honest, the thought (of Delhomme being released) never crossed my mind. I didn’t think anything of it. When it happened, it was a shock to me. But I understand that’s how the business goes.

    "(But) what an opportunity for myself. I've just got to be prepared and start this season the same way we finished last season. That all starts with the offseason workouts. I'm just really excited and kind of stepping back and taking it all in. A lot’s going on. I've to get better this offseason."

    Moore stepped into the lineup in the 12th game last season after Delhomme suffered a broken knuckle on the middle finger of his right (throwing) hand. Carolina was 4-7 at the time.

    Moore led the Panthers to a 4-1 record, allowing them to rally for an 8-8 finish. He threw eight touchdown passes and one interception in those games. Delhomme had endured his most difficult season as a pro, throwing a career high 18 interceptions.

    Moore said he was also sad to see numerous other Panthers' veterans players released recently, but that he doesn't question the moves.

    "It’s been interesting. It’s sad to see them go. But at the same time, I’m not going to second guess Mr. Richardson, Marty Hurney or anybody like that.

    "Those guys know what they’re doing. They have a vision of what they want and and I guess this is how they’re getting there. It’s sad to see but we've got to move on, work with what we’ve got and be ready to go."

    Moore said the Panthers' roster depletions are no reason to think the team can't be competitive next season.

    "The youth movement -- that term everyone is using -- that's no excuse," he said. "There are quality guys here. There are going to be younger guys who are going to have to step up and play those roles. That's why we're all here -- to play the game at a high level.

    "The challenge is to be consistent. I know we have the guys to do it. I definitely feel we can be competitive."

    Moore knows the Panthers are going to add at least one quarterback to either back him up or provide competition. He said he doesn't know how the team intends to address the need.

    "I know they’ve got to bring somebody in, possibly in the draft, or an older veteran, somebody to learn from, or somebody who’s been around wouldn’t be bad.

    "There have been a ton of names out there. I don’t know how much water (any of) that holds. I'm excited to see who they get and move forward with whoever that is."

    -- Charles Chandler

  26. Body identified in Eustis motel slaying

    → Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:37 pm MST

    Police looking for person of interest in death case

    Eustis police just identified the body of a woman found inside the Cara Mar Motel on South Bay Street early today. Tthey are seeking a person of interest in connection with the death.




  27. Survey: Don’t change POLARIS

    → CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:37 pm MST

    People who use Mecklenburg County’s online property records don’t want the name search function removed, a survey shows.

    The county is considering stripping the site of the feature because law enforcement officials worry that criminals seeking revenge could find police, prosecutors and judges. The request came from nearly a dozen local law enforcement officials, including police Chief Rodney Monroe and District Attorney Peter Gilchrist.

    To assess public opinion, the county launched an online survey about changing the Property Ownership and Land Records Information System site, better known as POLARIS.

    A county memo on Friday said 1,660 responses were collected from legal and real estate professionals, librarians, florists, homemakers, community organizations and public safety personnel. The results showed 89 percent said removing the name search would make using the site more difficult. - Doug Miller

     



  28. Stern: NBA expects to approve Charlotte Bobcats' sale to Michael Jordan next week

    → CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:36 pm MST

    Michael Jordan’s $275 million purchase of the Charlotte Bobcats should be approved by the NBA by the end of next week, Commissioner David Stern told the Charlotte Observer Friday morning.

    Speaking publicly for the first time since Jordan agreed to buy control of the team from Bob Johnson, Stern pegged the price at $275 million - $25 million less than Johnson originally agreed to pay for the expansion franchise in 2002.

    In a telephone interview, Stern said that drop in value is appropriate, due to the circumstances.

    “I think it’s fair to say it’s struggled in Charlotte,’’ Stern said. “There was a late start on the building’s naming rights and the local cable deal. It didn’t start as well as we would have liked or Bob Johnson would have liked.

    “Between that and the general state of the economy, it was appropriately priced - $275 million is the right ballpark price of it.’’

    Stern said part of the league’s incentive for a quick approval process is Jordan’s urgency to start fixing things. Stern said Jordan told him emphatically during a recent meeting that he’ll put in the time and focus to address what ails a team in the bottom third of the NBA in attendance.

    “He has a vision of making this back into a community asset,’’ Stern said. “He considers himself a native of North Carolina, even though I tease him about being born in Brooklyn, and he’s a pretty competitive person. He knows he can add value to that franchise, to continue its growth.’’

    Jordan has not spoken publicly since agreeing at nearly midnight Feb. 26 to buy the franchise from Johnson, risking his own wealth that he can reinvigorate a franchise losing tens of millions annually.

    Previous to this, Jordan was a minority owner, with oversight of basketball operations.

    “Without question, that is his plan,’’ Stern said, when asked if Jordan is prepared to spend dramatically more time on the Bobcats. “To do whatever it takes to improve the team as a community asset.

    “The naysayers will be very pleasantly surprised.’’

    Stern confirmed that Johnson had a written agreement to sell the team to a group led by former Houston Rockets president George Postolos, had Jordan allowed his exclusive window to buy the team expire on Feb. 27.

    Despite an improved product – the Bobcats would make the playoffs for the first time if the season ended today – the team has struggled financially, particularly in its ability to sell the most expensive seating in the lower bowl of Time Warner Cable Arena. Stern said Jordan and his executives are receptive to any help the league office can provide in improving the business-side operations.

    It’s been an odd road for NBA basketball in Charlotte since the Hornets arrived in 1988. The Hornets regularly led the league in attendance, then the Hornets left in an arena dispute, then Johnson and the city never really clicked. Stern said he still believes Charlotte can be a great NBA market.

    “The embrace of the NBA by Charlotte was an extraordinary thing,’’ Stern said. “We tried very hard to return that embrace. So much so that we’ve been accused of returning too soon’’ between the time the Hornets left for New Orleans and the Bobcats started play.

    “We know Charlotte is a major-league city and that North Carolina is a great basketball state. We think Michael Jordan is the right owner to make all that work again.’’

    Stern said there are no unresolved issues – such as Jordan’s connections to Nike’s Brand Jordan – that have been unresolved in his approval process. That’s because most of those issues were addressed when Jordan was vetted as a minority owner.

    So will having an iconic player as its owner make it any easier for the Bobcats to attract free agents and build toward a championship?

    “I don’t see it as an advantage or a disadvantage,’’ Stern said. “If his presence makes that into a premier franchise, then players will want to be there. His name alone won’t do that.

    “But I believe he will have that impact’’ to make the Bobcats a premier organization.

  29. 3 on horseback rescued from running wash

    → azcentral.com | news | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:30 pm MST

    Got trapped while trying to cross a wash on horseback.

  30. Suspect in sex assaults jailed in Mecklenburg

    → CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:26 pm MST

    A man suspected of crashing into women's cars in Dilworth and Myers Park, then sexually assaulting or robbing them has been brought back to Charlotte by authorities.

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said a joint effort with several law enforcement agencies last week helped them capture the man wanted for the crimes in late February.

    Jaunton Carter was taken into custody about 3 a.m. on March 1 near Macon, Ga., following a search that lasted several hours. He was found hiding under an abandoned house.

    He was extradited back to Charlotte Friday and is in Mecklenburg jail, though his bond information wasn’t immediately available.

    According to police, DNA evidence linked Carter to a pair of cases in late February in Charlotte. Authorities say a man used the same method of attack each time -- driving his car into the rear end of a vehicle driven by a woman, and then robbing or sexually assaulting the victim at gunpoint when she got out of the car.

    The first case happened in Myers Park, police said. They said the gunman forced the two women in the car to drive to an ATM, but they say the women were unable to get money from the machine. Police say the man ordered the women to drive to another location, where he raped the driver and fondled the passenger.

    In the second case, in Dilworth, police say the man robbed a woman at gunpoint.

    Carter faces robbery, kidnapping, rape and felony hit-and-run charges.

  31. Chester Co. man gets 25 years for drug, gun charges

    → CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:24 pm MST

    A Chester County man was sentenced in federal court for possessing with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine.

    Korey T. Bailey, 30, also was sentenced for possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, according to a release from Acting US Attorney Kevin F. McDonald.

    US District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie sentenced Bailey to 25 years in federal prison.

    Bailey was arrested in April 2007 for a misdemeanor marijuana charge by the Chester County Sheriff's Office.

    Officers notified Bailey's grandmother with whom he resided, and she invited them to search Bailey’s bedroom.

    In their search, the officers found a plastic bag containing approximately 65 grams of crack cocaine hidden in a jewelry box on top of a dresser.

    Bailey was released on a state bond, but was indicted on federal charges in June 2009. The next month, agents with the York County Multi-jurisdictional Drug Task Force and the State Law Enforcement Division received a tip that Bailey was living at a residence in Rock Hill.

    Agents went to the residence and saw Bailey running from a room in the house. Bailey was caught and arrested.

    A search of the room from which Bailey fled turned up a gun and an additional 30 grams of crack cocaine, according to the release.

  32. Man charged in 10 Rock Hill car break-ins

    → CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:21 pm MST

    Police have identified the people who they think broke into dozens of cars earlier this year parked at Rock Hill restaurants, hotels and apartment complexes.

    Anthony Lago, 22, was arrested Thursday and charged in 10 of the break-ins after police found a suspicious collection of handbags and electronics in the trunk of his car, said Rock Hill Police spokesman Lt. Brad Redfearn.

    Two more suspects are missing and have active warrants for their arrests, Redfearn said. Police are looking for 20-year-old Brittany Lynn Leeson and 28-year-old Shawn Jamison Smith, who they think are both connected to the crimes.

    Redfearn wouldn’t say how police had identified Leeson and Smith as suspects.

    But Redfearn said Lago, who has no permanent address, could be charged in up to 30 of the cases reported in January and February. He has been charged so far according to what police seized from his car, Redfearn said.

    After interviewing Lago, police determined he had stolen at least four electronic GPS systems, two iPods, $400 in cash, a purse and a gym bag.

    On Feb. 16, Lago broke out the passenger side window of a car parked at the Baxter Hood Center and carried away the victim’s portfolio, according to an arrest warrant. On the same day, he broke out the passenger side window of a car parked at the Cracker Barrel of Dave Lyle Boulevard and stole a Sony laptop, another warrant says.

    Altogether, police say, Lago stole more than $3,200 worth of items inside the cars. Some were unlocked, and many of the items were left in plain view, Redfearn said.

    If you have any information about the whereabouts of Brittany Leeson or Shawn Smith, call the Rock Hill Police Department at 803-329-7200.

  33. Port Authority, developer continue WTC talks

    → MiamiHerald.com: Nation | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:15 pm MST

    Both sides negotiating a new completion plan for the World Trade Center site say they're continuing to talk despite a deadline.

  34. Georgia Tech leads Maryland at halftime

    → CharlotteObserver.com Most Recent Headlines | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:14 pm MST

    Ever since Maryland wing Cliff Tucker buried a game-winning 3-pointer a month ago, Georgia Tech has wanted another shot at the Terps.

    The 7th-seeded Yellow Jackets are beating up on No. 2 seed Maryland 41-25 at halftime in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament because they’re hitting their field goals (16-for-26) and the Terrapins (9-for-31) are not.

    Tech, which made only 5 of 19 of its 3-point attempts against North Carolina on Thursday night, already have six against the Terps at Greensboro Coliseum.

    Leading 12-11, the Jackets pulled away early with a 10-2 run that included a 3-pointer from Mo Miller, an inside move by Gani Lawal and dunks by Iman Shumpert and Derrick Favors.

    Miller and Shumpert each have 9 point for Tech; Maryland guard Greivis Vasquez, the ACC Player of the Year, is 2-for-8 with only five points.

  35. NYC: Taxi drivers overcharged riders by $8.3M-plus

    → MiamiHerald.com: Nation | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:00 pm MST

    Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years by setting their meters at a rate that was supposed to be used for trips to the suburbs, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said Friday.

  36. D.A. sues Toyota, claiming defects and deception

    → The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:56 pm MST

    SANTA ANA – The Orange County District Attorney's Office on Friday filed a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc., saying the automaker endangered the public by knowingly selling defective vehicles and intentionally hiding defects...

  37. Bomb scare temporarily shuts freeway ramp

    → The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:50 pm MST

    IRVINE – A bomb scare Friday afternoon caused by fallen plumbing equipment led police to temporarily close an I-5 freeway on-ramp. Irvine police at 3:50 p.m. responded to reports of a strange item on the southbound I-5 onramp at Alton Parkway....

  38. KFI's John and Ken take show to H.B. hotel

    → The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:49 pm MST

    HUNTINGTON BEACH – Dozens gathered outside a Huntington Beach hotel Friday afternoon for a show hosted by KFI radio hosts John and Ken about five registered sex offenders living there. A group of people huddled around talk show hosts John Kobylt...

  39. UN chief making second post-quake visit to Haiti

    → MiamiHerald.com: Nation | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:45 pm MST

    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is heading to Haiti on Sunday for his second visit since the devastating earthquake to prepare for the upcoming donors conference to raise money for reconstruction.

  40. Five guards injured in prison fight

    → knoxnews.com Stories: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:44 pm MST

    WARTBURG - Inmates at the Morgan County Correctional Complex remain on lockdown tonight after a pair of fights that injured five guards.

  41. Pasta-stuffed pool sets world record

    → The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:39 pm MST

    GARDEN GROVE – The city has earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Not for the tallest building, the strongest man, the longest hair, the biggest house or the oldest woman. Garden Grove will get in the record books for the biggest...

  42. Runaway Prius case presents nagging questions

    → MiamiHerald.com: Nation | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:25 pm MST

    Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck.

  43. Alcala photos prompt tips from public

    → The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:25 pm MST

    HUNTINGTON BEACH – Detectives who investigated the Rodney Alcala murders are receiving tips from the public after releasing a series of photographs apparently taken by Alcala in the 1970s. "Unfortunately, shortly after the release was put out, our...

  44. Calif. teen pleads not guilty in death of boy

    → MiamiHerald.com: Nation | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:25 pm MST

    A Southern California teenager accused of dismembering and burning a 16-year-old boy before fleeing to Mexico has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.

  45. Prosecutors in Wilcox case slam judge's ruling

    → azcentral.com | news | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:16 pm MST

    Two Maricopa County prosecutors leading the criminal cases against county officials are slamming a judge's ruling that the cases are politically motivated.

  46. Trial in speed-camera technician's slaying is set

    → azcentral.com | news | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:16 pm MST

    A July 12 trial date has been set for a man charged with fatally shooting the operator of a speed-camera van along a Phoenix freeway last year.

  47. Immigration reform back on Obama's radar

    → The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:15 pm MST

    The phrase "from the frying pan into the fire'' comes to mind when thinking about President Barack Obama's meetings this past week on immigration reform with advocates and lawmakers. The president seems on the verge of getting a health care bill,...

  48. Phoenix identifies officer, suspect in accidental shooting

    → azcentral.com | news | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:10 pm MST

    The suspect is still in the hospital, and the police officer is on administrative leave.

  49. Landfill search for baby Gabriel called off

    → azcentral.com | news | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:10 pm MST

    San Antonio police find no signs of Tempe toddler.

  50. Homebuyers paying more in 60% of O.C.

    → The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:09 pm MST

    Taking sales volume in consideration, home pricing is up in ZIPs representing 60% of the Orange County market.

  51. Ohio man found guilty in teens' slayings

    → MiamiHerald.com: Nation | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:05 pm MST

    An Ohio registered sex offender, whose attorneys told jurors he killed two teenage girls, has been found found guilty of the slayings.

  52. UCF med students honor cadavers in special tribute

    → Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:52 pm MST

    ‘Thank you for teaching us through death how to preserve life’ – student Romeo Joseph

    A secretary, a nurse, a dishwasher and an artist were among the volunteers who helped teach first-year students at the University of Central Florida's new medical school some important lessons this year.




  53. Funeral help sought in Peoria toddler drowning case

    → azcentral.com | news | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:45 pm MST

    Family members set up memorial fund and organize a car wash to raise money.

  54. Man robs credit union in Glendale

    → azcentral.com | news | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:41 pm MST

    The robber gets away with an undisclosed amount of cash from the heist.

  55. Casey Anthony: George Anthony had affair, said Caylee's death was 'an accident,' WFTV reports

    → Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:22 pm MST




  56. Family art project at Wave Hill

    → NY Post: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:16 pm MST

    Make streamers, pinwheels, spinners and wind socks at this "Flutter, Spin and Glide" event, which is free with admission to the grounds. Call 718-549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org for more details...

  57. Nature Photography Series at Wave Hill

    → NY Post: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:15 pm MST

    Explore Wave Hill's spring landscape and capture it all on camera, all while learning creative and technical photography skills from photographer Benjamin Swett. The six-class series is $180 for members and $210 for non-members. Registration is required; visit www.wavehill.org or call 718-549-3200...

  58. Films for Children at the Bronx Library Center

    → NY Post: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:14 pm MST

    This children's event is appropriate for all ages. For more information, call 718-579-4244 or visit www.nypl.org...

  59. The Orchid Show: Cuba in Flower at the New York Botanical Garden

    → NY Post: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:13 pm MST

    From now until April 11, "The Orchid Show: Cuba in Flower" will highlight the buds from the tropical island nation. Jorge Sánchez, a Palm Beach-based designer, put togeher the exhibit in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Tickets range from $8-$20; children under 2 are free. Call 718-817-8700 or visit...

  60. 'Reading and Discussion Series: Garbage Land' at Wave Hill

    → NY Post: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:12 pm MST

    In conjunction with the New York Council for the Humanities, Wave Hill is presenting a monthly reading and discussion series now through June. Associate Professor of English Dr. Tara Weiss will lead discussion sessions focusing on books related to the series theme. First on the menu: a discussion of "Garbage...

  61. 'Palm House Walk: South African Splendor' at Wave Hill

    → NY Post: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:09 pm MST

    This month, the Palm House is full of all sorts of colorful and fragrant plants from around the world. You'll see Wave Hill's annual display of South African bulbs and other rare greenhouse plants. Call 718-549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org for more details...

  62. PIAA Wrestling: Burrell's Beattie faces tough road to semis

    → post-gazette.com - News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:09 pm MST

    HERSHEY, Pa. -- Burrell High School junior Brian Beattie is one of four returning place-winners in the PIAA Class AA 215-pound weight class.

  63. Tempe students proceed with Obama essay contest

    → azcentral.com | news | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:08 pm MST

    The Tempe students apologize to the principal for contacting the media about the issue.

  64. Landfill fined heavily for odor problems

    → post-gazette.com - News | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:56 pm MST

    The Imperial Landfill, owned by Allied Waste Systems of Pennsylvania, has been fined $650,000 for persistent and ongoing problems with odors that have plagued residents of Findlay.

  65. FIRST ON ORLANDOSENTINEL.COM Elin handed over pain pill bottles after Tiger Woods crash

    → Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:52 pm MST

    While waiting for an ambulance to take her unconscious husband to the hospital after he crashed his SUV, Tiger Woods' wife handed officers two bottles of pain medicine that she said he had taken earlier in the day, according to investigative records released today to the Orlando Sentinel.




  66. Pilot who died in Chandler crash praised by friends, neighbors

    → azcentral.com | news | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:46 pm MST

    The pilot who died is described as a warm, fun-loving man, generous with his time and plane.

  67. Crane flips over in Chandler neighborhood

    → azcentral.com | news | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:39 pm MST

    No one injured as a crane toppled in a Chandler neaighborhood near McClintock Drive and Ray Road.

  68. Lawsuit alleges nursing negligence

    → knoxnews.com Stories: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:38 pm MST

    MARYVILLE - The daughter of a former nursing-home patient filed a lawsuit today, claiming workers failed to protect her mother from a fellow patient who was also a convicted sex offender.

  69. Jury deliberating Veon's fate

    → post-gazette.com - News | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:34 pm MST

    HARRISBURG -- Five years ago, Mike Veon was one of the Harrisburg's prolific power brokers, a wheeler dealer who claimed one of the highest positions in state government.

  70. Bonusgate case goes to jury today

    → post-gazette.com - News | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:28 pm MST

    Defense attorneys in the Bonusgate corruption case say their clients are not criminals, but victims of a political culture that has existed for decades.

  71. Weekend preview: Healthcare challenge

    → Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:16 pm MST

    Passing healthcare reform through the House will be the biggest challenge of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's political career.


    Read more...



  72. Weekend preview: Healthcare challenge

    → Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:16 pm MST

    Passing healthcare reform through the House will be the biggest challenge of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's political career.


    Read more...



  73. Reid’s wife in good condition after surgery

    → Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:08 pm MST

    "She is the love of my life, and I look forward to her making a full recovery as quickly as possible," the senator said.


    Read more...



  74. Reid’s wife in good condition after surgery

    → Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:08 pm MST

    "She is the love of my life, and I look forward to her making a full recovery as quickly as possible," the senator said.


    Read more...



  75. Foote to visit Steelers Monday

    → post-gazette.com - News | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:29 pm MST

    Inside linebacker Larry Foote will visit the Steelers offices Monday and, if he passes a physical, could reach an agreement to rejoin his former team, the Post-Gazette has learned.

  76. Police posed with Roethlisberger before incident

    → post-gazette.com - News | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:28 pm MST

    MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -- Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger posed for photos with some of the officers who conducted a sexual assault complaint investigation about an hour before the incident allegedly occurred

  77. Weather service issues warning, updates flood projections

    → post-gazette.com - News | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:16 pm MST

    The National Weather Service today issued a flood warning for the Youghiogheny River at Sutersville, affecting Allegheny and Westmoreland counties

  78. Dateline Pittsburgh: 3/12/2010

    → post-gazette.com - News | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:07 pm MST

    by Natalie Hill New Business/New Offices Yoga Flow opened its third location on Walnut Street in Pittsburgh's Shadyside neighborhood.

  79. Man fends off officers, leaps to death at courthouse

    → The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:03 pm MST

    SANTA ANA – An unidentified man died Friday after fighting off officers and leaping to his death from the11th floor of the Orange County Superior Court building on Civic Center Drive. The man was spotted smoking a cigarette on the balcony of the...

  80. Diocese realigning four city Catholic schools

    → post-gazette.com - News | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:01 pm MST

    Four city Catholic schools supported through the Extra Mile Education Foundation will be merged into two schools over the next several years, according to a news release from the Diocese of Pittsburgh today

  81. News 13 anchor arrested for impersonating police

    → Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more | 12 Mar 2010 | 1:52 pm MST

    Deputies said he impersonated a police officer by flashing a fake police badge.

    An anchor for Central Florida News 13's Spanish-language broadcast is behind bars for impersonating a police officer in a road-rage incident, Osceola sheriff's deputies said.




  82. Possible sinkhole at Orlando apartment complex

    → Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more | 12 Mar 2010 | 1:46 pm MST

    A possible sinkhole has opened at an apartment complex on North Pine Hills Road in Orlando,




  83. FIRST ON ORLANDOSENTINEL.COM Commission: ‘severe concerns’ about Casey Anthony’s indigency request

    → Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more | 12 Mar 2010 | 1:32 pm MST

    The JAC said it is concerned with Casey Anthony’s request to have state funds used for part of her defense expenses

    The state commission that reviews and pays bills when public funds are used in criminal cases said it has "severe concerns" regarding Casey Anthony's request to be declared indigent.




  84. Former KPD officers arraigned on delinquency-to-minors charges

    → knoxnews.com Stories: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 1:31 pm MST

    KNOXVILLE - Two former Knoxville Police Department officers accused of plying two 13-year-old girls with booze in a raucous evening of alleged lap dances and pornography flicks face an Oct. 13 trial date.

  85. Meth lab dumpsite found in Lake City

    → knoxnews.com Stories: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:46 pm MST

    LAKE CITY - The typical components of a clandestine lab used for making the illicit drug methamphetamine were found Thursday afternoon on Elliott Road, Anderson County Deputy Kenneth R. Sharp reported.

  86. Roane man receives 8-year sentence for vehicle death

    → knoxnews.com Stories: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:45 pm MST

    KINGSTON - A Roane County man was sentenced today to eight years in prison for his plea in December to vehicular homicide by intoxication.

  87. I-40 rock slide update: crews step up drilling

    → knoxnews.com Stories: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:29 pm MST

    RALEIGH — Taking advantage of their first sustained stretch of good weather in more than a month, crews at the I-40 rockslide in Haywood County have intensified drilling on the mountain.

  88. Bill encourages agency to charge for rescue in TN state parks

    → knoxnews.com Stories: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:04 pm MST

    NASHVILLE - If you find yourself needing rescue or other emergency help in a Tennessee state park, better check your wallet if a bill that won approval in the state Senate Thursday becomes law.

  89. GOP picks conservative members to serve on White House debt commission

    → Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:25 am MST

    Congressional Republicans named archconservatives to the White House fiscal commission, signaling they won't support tax increases.

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  90. GOP picks conservative members to serve on White House debt commission

    → Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:25 am MST

    Congressional Republicans named archconservatives to the White House fiscal commission, signaling they won't support tax increases.

    Read more...



  91. Judge dismisses child sex-crime charges against Anderson County couple

    → knoxnews.com Stories: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:13 am MST

    KNOXVILLE - Nine years after the son of an Anderson County prosecutor and his wife were accused of egregious sex crimes against two children, the case has disintegrated.

  92. To work on Y-12 project, better be on best behavior

    → knoxnews.com Stories: News | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:12 am MST

    OAK RIDGE - Hundreds of company representatives gathered this week to learn about contracting opportunities on a multi-billion-project at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, and they were told a big priority will be security.

  93. Pelosi to seek Senate 'assurances' before House health vote

    → Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:56 am MST

    The House Speaker also said members are growing more comfortable that reconciliation will happen.

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  94. Pelosi to seek Senate 'assurances' before House health vote

    → Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:56 am MST

    The House Speaker also said members are growing more comfortable that reconciliation will happen.

    Read more...



  95. Pelosi to seek Senate 'assurances' before House health vote

    → Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:56 am MST

    The House Speaker also said members are growing more comfortable that reconciliation will happen.

    Read more...



  96. Megacon highlights things to do this weekend

    → Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:28 am MST

    Celebrity guests at this pop culture festival at the Orange County Convention Center include the original Star Trek's Uhura, TNG's Data and the stuntman Ray Park from 'G.I. Joe.'




  97. GOP member: White House 'clowns' are 'punishing' lawmakers after security flub

    → Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:16 am MST

    Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) took to the House floor Friday to complain about having to walk a block in the rain.

    Read more...



  98. Bad Religion: 30 years of punk dominance

    → The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:00 am MST

    The influential band celebrates a milestone this month with more than a dozen shows at House of Blues clubs, half of them in Anaheim.

  99. State basketball playoffs in pictures

    → The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:15 am MST

    Slide show: Check out the action on the court and in the stands from Thursday's State basketball second-round games.

  100. Woman who plunged off Long Beach bridge still critical

    → LA Daily News Most Viewed | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am MST

    A woman who was underwater for more than 25 minutes after her SUV plunged off a bridge into the Los Angeles River in Long Beach remained in critical condition Friday, a hospital official said.

  101. L.A. County gasoline prices fall after 17-day climb

    → LA Daily News Most Viewed | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am MST

    A 17-day streak of increases ended today when the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County decreased two-tenths of a cent to $3.073.

  102. "Rico Suave" burglar still at large

    → LA Daily News Most Viewed | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am MST

    A genteel gent who smooth-talked his way into a billionaire couple's Beverly Hills-area hotel room and made off with $40,000 worth of jewelry a week ago remained at large today.

  103. Driver plunges off bridge, barely alive

    → LA Daily News Most Viewed | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am MST

    A 24-year-old woman was in critical condition after being pulled from the murky water of the Los Angeles River, where witnesses say her vehicle plunged some 40 feet off a northbound Long Beach Freeway bridge Thursday.

  104. Teachers in black history prank to be transferred

    → LA Daily News Most Viewed | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am MST

    Three Los Angeles school teachers who were suspended for honoring O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul in a Black History Month parade will be transferred to new schools, the district superintendent said Thursday.

  105. Burglar strikes again at City Councilman Richard Alarcon's home

    → LA Daily News Most Viewed | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am MST

    For the second time in six months, an intruder has broken into the Panorama City home of Councilman Richard Alarcon, whose district residency is being investigated by the district attorney.

  106. Minor quake strikes near Northern Calif town

    → LA Daily News Most Viewed | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am MST

    The U.S. Geological Survey says a minor earthquake struck overnight near the Northern California town of Almanor.

  107. Lakers' Bryant remains in ornery mood

    → LA Daily News Most Viewed | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am MST

    EL SEGUNDO - Phoenix Suns coach Alvin Gentry made what sure sounded like a concession speech after the Lakers thumped his team 108-88 on Dec. 6 at Staples Center by saying, "They're by far the best team (in the league). They're just too (freaking) good.

  108. Tiger out until Masters

    → LA Daily News Most Viewed | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am MST

    Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press on Thursday.

  109. Orlando man gets limo ride from jail, gift from girlfriend

    → Orlando Sentinel- Orlando news, sports and more | 11 Mar 2010 | 2:34 pm MST

    ‘I love him,’ his girlfriend said.

    Anthony Lee Sears finished his latest sentence Thursday and left the Orange County Jail in style — in the back of a long, white limousine.




  110. Florida water managers speed along Everglades buyout

    → Southern Political Report | 11 Mar 2010 | 4:00 am MST



  111. Thyroid disease may create a life of ups and downs

    → LA Daily News Most Viewed | 11 Mar 2010 | 12:00 am MST

    Danielle Gayden of Oakland had to stick her face in front of a fan for almost an hour to cool down. Second to her intolerance for heat was the anxiety, which caused her heart to beat 200 times a minute and sent her to the emergency room a dozen times in six months.

  112. Georgia transportation plan bogging down again?

    → Southern Political Report | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:00 am MST



  113. Fine balance: South Carolina legislators guiding state tax structure

    → Southern Political Report | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:00 am MST

    The courts are another target of state budget-cutters across the South. Here's a look at the politics of one branch of government threatening the funding of another branch.

  114. Crist-Rubio battle now the bellwether for direction of GOP in 2010

    → Southern Political Report | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:00 am MST

    There is perhaps no single race anywhere in America in 2010 as fascinating and instructive as the Charlie Crist-Marco Rubio US Senate race in Florida. InsiderAdvantage CEO Matt Towery leverages off the latest IA poll of the race to discuss the ultimate significance of this Republican Party showdown.

  115. Arkansas: Halter vs. Lincoln

    → Southern Political Report | 9 Mar 2010 | 4:00 am MST

    US Sen. Blanche Lincoln is a prominent case for what may doom some Democratic incumbents in Congress this year. She's judged too liberal by Republicans and too conservative by her party's left wing.

  116. John Cornyn: Texas is 'marginally' Republican

    → Southern Political Report | 9 Mar 2010 | 4:00 am MST





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