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  1. Small cities = more stores = more obesity

    → Latest News - UPI.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:34 pm MST


    MANHATTAN, Kan., March 12 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say low-income women in small cities have a higher chance of obesity.

  2. Runaway Prius case presents nagging questions

    → AP Top Headlines At 10:28 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:28 pm MST

    SAN DIEGO (AP) -- 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....

  3. COL BKB: Georgia Tech 69, Maryland 64

    → Latest News - UPI.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:17 pm MST


    GREENSBORO, N.C., March 12 (UPI) -- Iman Shumpert came up with a key steal with 5 seconds remaining Friday and Georgia Tech bumped off No. 19 Maryland in the ACC quarterfinals, 69-64.

  4. Damon says he may play Bourne again

    → Latest News - UPI.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:15 pm MST

    By KAREN BUTLER
    United Press International
    NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Matt Damon says he hasn't ruled out starring in another "Bourne" movie, so long as director Paul Greengrass is involved.

  5. Minorities have higher kidney disease risk

    → Latest News - UPI.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:08 pm MST


    SAN FRANCISCO, March 12 (UPI) -- Young, minority, U.S. adults are afflicted in greater numbers with chronic kidney diseases, a researcher says.

  6. Second U.S. woman probed in plot to kill Swede: report

    → Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:08 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities in Ireland are investigating whether a second American woman was involved in a suspected international plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for mocking the Prophet Mohammad, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.


  7. COL BKB: Kansas 79, Texas A&M 66

    → Latest News - UPI.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:07 pm MST


    KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 12 (UPI) -- Sherron Collins scored 26 points Friday and No. 1 Kansas rode a big defensive effort to defeat Texas A&M in the Big 12 semifinals 79-66.

  8. Last person texted by missing hiker not a suspect

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 7:25... | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:03 pm MST

    STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) -- A Skamania County sheriff's officer says a friend who received a text message from a Portland hiker on the day she disappeared has been interviewed and is not a suspect. Undersheriff Dave Cox says officers conducted an extensive background check on the man....

  9. NHL: Tampa Bay 3, Washington 2

    → Latest News - UPI.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:00 pm MST


    WASHINGTON, March 12 (UPI) -- Vincent Lecavalier gave Tampa Bay a two-goal lead late in the second period Friday and the Lightning held on to defeat Washington 3-2.

  10. COL BKB: Georgetown 80, Marquette 57

    → Latest News - UPI.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:52 pm MST


    NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- Greg Monroe scored 23 points and claimed 12 rebounds Friday, sending No. 22 Georgetown into the Big East finals with an 80-57 win over Marquette.

  11. Authorities: Haim's name on illegal prescription

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 9:52 p... | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:52 pm MST

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The name of the late actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring....

  12. Authorities: Haim's name on illegal prescription

    → AP Top Headlines At 10:28 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:52 pm MST

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The name of the late actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring....

  13. Collins, Henry carry No. 1 Kansas past Texas A&M

    → AP Top Sports News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:48 pm MST

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Xavier Henry scored 11 points in a stunning 21-2 run that broke a tight game wide open and carried No. 1 Kansas past No. 23 Texas A&M 79-66 in a rough-and-tumble Big 12 semifinal Friday night....

  14. LeBron returns with 23, leads Cavs over Sixers

    → AP Top Sports News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:44 pm MST

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- LeBron James had 23 points, 10 assists and six rebounds in his return from a two-game absence, and the Cleveland Cavaliers won for the 14th time in their last 19 road games with a 100-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night....

  15. NBA: Charlotte 106, LA Clippers 98

    → Latest News - UPI.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:43 pm MST


    CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 12 (UPI) -- Stephen Jackson helped pace Charlotte to a 16-point halftime lead Friday and the Bobcats held on to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers 106-98.

  16. NBA: Cleveland 100, Philadelphia 95

    → Latest News - UPI.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:37 pm MST


    PHILADELPHIA, March 12 (UPI) -- LeBron James returned from a two-game absence Friday to score 23 points and pace Cleveland to a 100-95 victory over Philadelphia.

  17. Monroe leads Hoyas into Big East title game

    → AP Top Sports News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:33 pm MST

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Greg Monroe had 23 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 22 Georgetown finally got the better of Marquette in a 80-57 victory Friday night that sent the Hoyas to the Big East tournament title game for the third time in four years....

  18. Dems seek agreement, quick vote on health care

    → AP Top Headlines At 10:28 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:32 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand....

  19. Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse

    → AP Top Headlines At 10:28 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:27 pm MST

    VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese disclosed that while he was archbishop a suspected pedophile priest was transferred to a job where he later abused children....

  20. Texas ed board vote reflects far-right influences

    → AP Top Headlines At 10:28 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:27 pm MST

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injecting conservative ideals into social studies, history and economics lessons that will be taught to millions of students for the next decade....

  21. Al-Qaida suspect from NJ worked at 6 nuke plants

    → AP Top Headlines At 10:28 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:27 pm MST

    HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) -- An American seized in Yemen in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida members had been a laborer at six U.S. nuclear power plants, and authorities are investigating whether he had access to sensitive information or materials that would be useful to terrorists....

  22. Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement

    → AP Top Headlines At 10:28 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:26 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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....

  23. Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement

    → AP Top Political News At 9:36 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:26 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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....

  24. Senators question $1 million pay for charity's CEO

    → AP Top Headlines At 10:28 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:26 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity....

  25. Woods responders concerned about domestic violence

    → AP Top Headlines At 10:28 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:26 pm MST

    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The ambulance crew that responded after Tiger Woods crashed his SUV would not allow his wife to ride with him to the hospital because they suspected domestic violence, documents released Friday by the Florida Highway Patrol show....

  26. COL BKB: Purdue 69, Northwestern 61

    → Latest News - UPI.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:22 pm MST


    INDIANAPOLIS, March 12 (UPI) -- E'Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson combined to score 50 points Friday, rallying No. 5 Purdue to a 69-61 decision over Northwestern in the Big Ten quarterfinals.

  27. Iowa police seize really bad bogus bills

    → AP Top Strange News At 9:22 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:20 pm MST

    DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Des Moines police said some counterfeit money showing up in the area isn't just bad - it's really bad. More than $6,000 in fake cash has been seized so far. Detectives on Thursday said some of the bogus bills contained printing errors never intended for circulation. The counterfeit money was made by bleaching $5 bills and printing $100 on the bleached paper. A weak image of Abraham Lincoln can been seen on a fake $100 that covered only half the sheet. A $100 bil...

  28. Police: Man, 77, ate hidden pot stash in squad car

    → AP Top Strange News At 9:22 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:20 pm MST

    IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Police in Iowa City accused a 77-year-old man they arrested on traffic charges earlier this year of swallowing his hidden marijuana stash while seated in a squad car. Authorities served an arrest warrant on misdemeanor marijuana charges Thursday on Howard Switzer, and later released him on his own recognizance....

  29. Cashier, 91, finishes shift after being punched

    → AP Top Strange News At 9:22 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:20 pm MST

    EAST NORTHPORT, N.Y. (AP) -- A 91-year-old New York pharmacy cashier refused medical attention and went back to work after a thief punched her. Florence Critelli grabbed the man's hand and screamed when he reached over and grabbed cash from her cash register at the Rite Aid in East Northport on Long Island. He punched her in the chest, knocking her down, before fleeing. "He hit me good," Critelli said....

  30. Bridesmaid's dress stolen hours before wedding

    → AP Top Strange News At 9:22 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:20 pm MST

    PIKE CREEK, Del. (AP) -- Delaware state police said someone broke into a car and stole a bridesmaid's dress just hours before a wedding on Friday at a shopping center in Pike Creek. Police said the bride and one of her bridesmaids were in a salon getting ready for the wedding....

  31. Woman accused of stealing plane and ditching it

    → AP Top Strange News At 9:22 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:20 pm MST

    SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) -- A Santa Rosa woman was arrested for allegedly stealing her landlord's airplane, then abandoning it in a field after it ran out of gas. Authorities said a 27-year-old woman had access to the Piper Cherokee because she had been borrowing it for piloting lessons. But she allegedly took the plane without permission Tuesday from a hangar at the Sonoma County Airport....

  32. NYC funeral home van towed with body inside

    → AP Top Strange News At 9:22 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:20 pm MST

    NEW YORK (AP) -- A police tow truck removed a minivan parked outside a New York City funeral home, giving its dearly departed passenger an unexpected side trip. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said there was "nothing to indicate it was more than just an illegally parked car." Redden's Funeral Home director Paul DeNigris said a windshield placard had fallen flat. The van's tinted windows helped obscure the white cardboard box that held the remains....

  33. Authorities: Neb. man too drunk for DUI sentencing

    → AP Top Headlines At 10:28 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:20 pm MST

    PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) -- Authorities said a 30-year-old-man showed up so drunk for his sentencing for drunken driving that he missed his hearing and now faces even more time behind bars. Authorities said Jason Botos was driven to the Papillion courthouse on Thursday by his father, who needed help from deputies to get his son out of the vehicle....

  34. Authorities: Neb. man too drunk for DUI sentencing

    → AP Top Strange News At 9:22 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:20 pm MST

    PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) -- Authorities said a 30-year-old-man showed up so drunk for his sentencing for drunken driving that he missed his hearing and now faces even more time behind bars. Authorities said Jason Botos was driven to the Papillion courthouse on Thursday by his father, who needed help from deputies to get his son out of the vehicle....

  35. Clinton berates Netanyahu over settlements

    → Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:17 pm MST

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday he must work to repair relations with Washington after a debacle over Jewish settlements that has undermined U.S. efforts to mediate new peace talks with the Palestinians.


  36. Sentencing for Federal Way stabbing death

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 7:25... | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:12 pm MST

    SEATTLE (AP) -- The 70-year-old ex-boyfriend of a murdered woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing her....

  37. Court says thimerosal did not cause autism

    → AP Top Health News At 9:14 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:09 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection....

  38. Court says thimerosal did not cause autism

    → AP Top Political News At 9:36 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:09 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection....

  39. Man gets 23 years for 1984 Seattle killing

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 7:25... | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:49 pm MST

    SEATTLE (AP) -- A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for a 1984 Seattle murder that was finally solved using DNA evidence....

  40. Oregon QB Masoli suspended for next season

    → AP Top Sports News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:44 pm MST

    Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was suspended Friday for the upcoming season by coach Chip Kelly after pleading guilty to second-degree burglary in the theft of a pair of laptops and a guitar from a campus fraternity....

  41. Obama delays trip for final healthcare push

    → Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:33 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday delayed an overseas trip to focus on the final drive for healthcare reform as the House of Representatives prepared to vote on the sweeping overhaul next week.


  42. Disney to shut Zemeckis-run motion-capture studio

    → AP Top Technology News At 8:29 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:23 pm MST

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- To further cut costs at its movie studio, The Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it will shut a San Francisco-area facility used to capture the performance of Jim Carrey for his digitally animated character, Scrooge, in "A Christmas Carol."...

  43. Disney to shut Zemeckis-run motion-capture studio

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 9:52 p... | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:23 pm MST

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- To further cut costs at its movie studio, The Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it will shut a San Francisco-area facility used to capture the performance of Jim Carrey for his digitally animated character, Scrooge, in "A Christmas Carol."...

  44. WaMu reaches settlement with JPMorgan, FDIC

    → AP Top Business News At 8:16 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:16 pm MST

    WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- Washington Mutual Inc. has tentatively resolved disputes with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over some $4 billion at issue in the bank holding company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a WaMu attorney said Friday....

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

    → AP Top Sports News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:15 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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....

  46. Wash. Legislature heads into overtime Monday

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 7:25... | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:06 pm MST

    OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Here comes the hangover....

  47. Examiner unveils Lehman accounting tricks

    → AP Top Business News At 8:16 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:02 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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....

  48. Reid's wife undergoes surgery after traffic crash

    → AP Top Political News At 9:36 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:03 pm MST

    FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday to stabilize serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on an interstate highway....

  49. Privacy issues nix Netflix movie-picking contest

    → AP Top Technology News At 8:29 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:01 pm MST

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- DVD-by-mail service Netflix Inc. has canceled a sequel to a $1 million movie-recommendation contest, avoiding a potential courtroom drama over the privacy rights of its subscribers....

  50. Federal govt pledges money for sage grouse in West

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 7:25... | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm MST

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to allocate up to $16 million to encourage farmers and ranchers in 11 Western states to protect sage grouse and the chicken-sized bird's habitat....

  51. `South Park' begins 14th season by taking on Tiger

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 9:52 p... | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:57 pm MST

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Golf clubs in hands or not, the kids of "South Park" are ready to take on Tiger Woods....

  52. FDA warning: some patients cannot process Plavix

    → AP Top Business News At 8:16 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:49 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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....

  53. FDA warning: some patients cannot process Plavix

    → AP Top Health News At 9:14 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:49 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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....

  54. Regulators shut banks in NY, Florida, Louisiana

    → AP Top Business News At 8:16 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:37 pm MST

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Regulators on Friday shut down banks in New York, Florida and Louisiana, raising to 30 the number of failures this year of federally insured banks....

  55. Wash. Gov. Gregoire signs ballot design law

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 7:25... | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:30 pm MST

    OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Gregoire on Friday signed a measure meant to make ballots less confusing to voters....

  56. U.N.'s Ban to return to earthquake-devastated Haiti

    → Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:18 pm MST

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Haiti on Sunday to meet the country's leaders and people left homeless by a January earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, Ban's spokesman said.


  57. U.S. man arrested in Yemen worked in nuclear plants

    → Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:17 pm MST

    SANAA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yemen said on Friday it was holding a U.S. citizen suspected of being an al Qaeda militant who killed a hospital guard last week, and a U.S. firm said the suspect had worked at nuclear reactors in New Jersey.


  58. German Church apologizes, vows action on abuse

    → Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:13 pm MST

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The head of Germany's Catholic Church apologized to victims of child abuse by priests on Friday and met Pope Benedict who encouraged him to press ahead with tough new measures.


  59. 'Vampire' wearing pipe disrupts downtown Seattle

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 7:25... | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:09 pm MST

    SEATTLE (AP) -- A man wearing what appeared to be a pipe bomb was kicked out of a Seattle homeless shelter Friday morning after claiming to be a vampire, then wandered around before surrendering to police, authorities and witnesses said....

  60. Stocks end mixed after mixed economic reports

    → AP Top Business News At 8:16 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:07 pm MST

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Mixed economic reports held the stock market to only modest moves Friday but gains for the week were strong....

  61. Els takes the lead at Doral

    → AP Top Sports News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:06 pm MST

    DORAL, Fla. (AP) -- Ernie Els was in the lead and off the golf course, and he wasn't sure which made him feel better....

  62. Government sends e-mails; it just can't save them

    → AP Top Political News At 9:36 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:01 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the Justice Department hunts for the latest batch of missing federal e-mails, the officials who oversee spending of $71 billion a year for information technology got a big raspberry Friday for a 14-year-long failure to ensure that government e-mails are preserved....

  63. Lindsey Vonn clinches 3rd World Cup overall title

    → AP Top Sports News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:58 pm MST

    Lindsey Vonn finished with a fitting flourish, the perfect way to cap a nearly perfect season, one chock full of victories, medals, trophies - and injuries....

  64. AP Interview: Kerry: Energy bill more about jobs

    → AP Top Political News At 9:36 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:48 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John Kerry, hoping to win over wavering senators, said he is pushing environmental reforms to create jobs and spark energy independence, with climate benefits along "for the ride."...

  65. Apple gives chief operating officer $5M bonus

    → AP Top Technology News At 8:29 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:43 pm MST

    SEATTLE (AP) -- Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for "outstanding performance" running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave....

  66. Apple gives chief operating officer $5M bonus

    → AP Top Business News At 8:16 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:43 pm MST

    SEATTLE (AP) -- Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for "outstanding performance" running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave....

  67. No contest plea in case over star's stolen Rolex

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 9:52 p... | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:40 pm MST

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Prosecutors say a man has pleaded no contest to receiving a Rolex watch stolen from Orlando Bloom's house during a spate of celebrity burglaries....

  68. No. 2 Kentucky downs Alabama 73-67 to start SEC

    → AP Top Sports News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:31 pm MST

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- John Wall had 23 points, including seven straight in the second half to give the Wildcats the lead for good, and No. 2 Kentucky overcame an 11-point deficit Friday in beating Alabama 73-67 in the Southeastern Conference tournament quarterfinals....

  69. Illinois upsets No. 13 Wisconsin 58-54

    → AP Top Sports News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:17 pm MST

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Mike Tisdale scored 21 points and Demetri McCamey had 13 as fifth-seeded Illinois hung on for a 58-54 upset of No. 13 Wisconsin in Friday's Big Ten tournament quarterfinals....

  70. Yellen at Fed would likely favor low-rate policy

    → AP Top Business News At 8:16 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:17 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's likely choice of Janet Yellen to become vice chairman of the Federal Reserve would favor a policy that stresses low interest rates to ease unemployment over higher rates to curb inflation....

  71. Yellen at Fed would likely favor low-rate policy

    → AP Top Political News At 9:36 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:17 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's likely choice of Janet Yellen to become vice chairman of the Federal Reserve would favor a policy that stresses low interest rates to ease unemployment over higher rates to curb inflation....

  72. Infant deaths prompt gov't warning on slings

    → AP Top Political News At 9:36 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:12 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government warned Friday that those chic baby slings that hip moms and dads are sporting these days can be dangerous, even deadly for their little ones....

  73. Infant deaths prompt gov't warning on slings

    → AP Top Business News At 8:16 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:12 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government warned Friday that those chic baby slings that hip moms and dads are sporting these days can be dangerous, even deadly for their little ones....

  74. Democrats look to resurrect college aid plan

    → AP Top Political News At 9:36 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:05 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health care bill, giving both Obama administration priorities a better chance of passage....

  75. Women on the pill live longer: study

    → Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:02 pm MST

    LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are less likely to die from any cause, including cancer and heart disease.


  76. For Obama, big agenda and small window for results

    → AP Top Political News At 9:36 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:59 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces at once: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say in the fall congressional elections....

  77. Suicide blasts kill 45 in Pakistan's Lahore

    → Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:46 pm MST

    LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 45 people in Lahore on Friday, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents.


  78. Retail sales show surprising gain in February

    → AP Top Business News At 8:16 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:30 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers refused to let snowstorms stop them from stepping up purchases for everything from clothes to appliances. The improvement provided hope that the recovery from the Great Recession is gaining momentum....

  79. Experts say even Obama getting too many med tests

    → AP Top Health News At 9:14 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:30 pm MST

    CHICAGO (AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated. Maybe even President Barack Obama, champion of an overhaul and cost-cutting of the health care system....

  80. Nokia revises 2009 market share down to 34 pct

    → AP Top Technology News At 8:29 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:14 pm MST

    HELSINKI (AP) -- Nokia Corp. on Friday revised its global market share estimate for mobile phones in 2009 to 34 percent, from an earlier 38 percent, and said it expected no growth this year....

  81. Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision

    → AP Top Technology News At 8:29 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:11 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers such as satellite companies....

  82. Calif. lawsuit claims Toyota hid defect evidence

    → Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:05 pm MST

    SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - Southern California prosecutors filed the first U.S. consumer protection lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp on Friday, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects.


  83. Wenatchee teen was strangled, stabbed in neck

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 7:25... | 12 Mar 2010 | 2:01 pm MST

    WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) -- The 17-year-old Wenatchee High School student who was killed last month was hit on the head, strangled and stabbed in the neck....

  84. Stern: Jordan approval as Bobcats owner next week

    → AP Top Sports News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 1:33 pm MST

    The NBA has signed off on Michael Jordan's bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats, and commissioner David Stern expects the league's board of governors to approve the $275 million purchase by the end of next week....

  85. Internet fraud losses doubled last year

    → AP Top Technology News At 8:29 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 1:23 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The cost of Internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI said Friday. The most common type of frauds reported were scams from people falsely claiming to be from the FBI....

  86. Strong ratings for Leno's return to late-night

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 9:52 p... | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:48 pm MST

    NEW YORK (AP) -- After a smashing return, Jay Leno appears headed to a battle with David Letterman for late-night television supremacy....

  87. Chinese minister insists Google obey the law

    → AP Top Technology News At 8:29 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:32 pm MST

    BEIJING (AP) -- China's top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences," giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking....

  88. Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care

    → AP Top Political News At 9:36 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:57 am MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Asia, his first international trip of the year, to focus on the push to salvage health care legislation after a year of contentious debate....

  89. Appeal filed in Phil Spector case

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 9:52 p... | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:35 am MST

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct....

  90. ABC's Kate Snow makes jump to NBC News

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 9:52 p... | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:26 am MST

    NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC News reporter and "Good Morning America" weekend host Kate Snow is jumping to NBC News....

  91. `American Idol' pares down to 12 finalists

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 9:52 p... | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:09 am MST

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- And then there were 12 on "American Idol."...

  92. Apple takes pre-orders for April 3 iPad launch

    → AP Top Technology News At 8:29 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:08 am MST

    CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) -- Apple is accepting pre-orders for the iPad, its new touch-screen gadget for reading books, watching video and surfing the Web....

  93. Women on the pill may live longer

    → AP Top Health News At 9:14 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:06 am MST

    LONDON (AP) -- Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says....

  94. CF seals $4.7 billion deal for Terra

    → AP Top Business News At 8:16 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:06 am MST

    NEW YORK (AP) -- After more than a year of bids and counterbids, CF Industries landed Terra Industries on Friday for $4.7 billion in a deal that will create one of the world's largest fertilizer companies....

  95. No .xxx yet: Internet agency delays porn decision

    → AP Top Technology News At 8:29 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:47 am MST

    NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Porn Web sites can't park themselves at a ".xxx" address quite yet....

  96. Madonna offers relationship tips on 'Marriage Ref'

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 9:52 p... | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:11 am MST

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Madonna doesn't think a wife should withhold sex from a sloppy husband....

  97. Michael Jackson's custom-made furniture for sale

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 9:52 p... | 12 Mar 2010 | 10:09 am MST

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The 22 pieces of custom-made furniture Michael Jackson commissioned for his London home are going on the auction block....

  98. Mudslide blocks Amtrak trains north of Seattle

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 7:25... | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:40 am MST

    EDMONDS, Wash. (AP) -- Heavy rain overnight caused a mudslide that covered one of the two parallel Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks at Richmond Beach in the city of Shoreline, 13 miles north of Seattle....

  99. Iraq's election race tight, results slow to come

    → Reuters: Top News | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:29 am MST

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead in minority Sunni areas.


  100. People with variable blood pressure at stroke risk

    → AP Top Health News At 9:14 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:19 am MST

    LONDON (AP) -- People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new studies said Friday....

  101. Lenovo says business will focus on mobile Internet

    → AP Top Technology News At 8:29 p.m. EST | 12 Mar 2010 | 1:38 am MST

    BEIJING (AP) -- Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing emerging markets, CEO Yang Yuanqing said Friday....

  102. Wash. lawmakers settle on K-12 reforms

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 7:25... | 11 Mar 2010 | 11:42 pm MST

    OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- State lawmakers passed a bundle of major education reforms Thursday, including a plan that should help the state compete for the Obama administration's $4.35 billion Race to the Top program....

  103. Starving sea lion pups wash up on Calif. beaches

    → AP Top Science News At 7:04 p.m. EST | 11 Mar 2010 | 10:40 pm MST

    LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centers....

  104. Tenn. police file 10th DUI charge against driver

    → AP Top Strange News At 9:22 p.m. EST | 11 Mar 2010 | 7:03 pm MST

    KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- Kingsport Police have filed a 10th DUI charge against a driver who was going about 20 miles per hour on Interstate 26 and weaving. The Kingsport Times -News reported that the 57-year-old man told the officer on Tuesday, "I'm drunk. Do what you gotta do." The police report stated that when asked to take sobriety, breath or alcohol tests, the man kept repeating that he was drunk....

  105. Cops: Man copies key on test drive, steals truck

    → AP Top Strange News At 9:22 p.m. EST | 11 Mar 2010 | 7:03 pm MST

    LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Police said a man did more than take a pickup for a spin during a test drive this week. Red Star Auto of Lincoln reported a pickup had been stolen Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. The dealership's owner said a 39-year-old man had taken the truck for a test drive earlier Tuesday....

  106. Devotees of Fla. man say they ingested snail mucus

    → AP Top Strange News At 9:22 p.m. EST | 11 Mar 2010 | 7:03 pm MST

    MIAMI (AP) -- Devotees of a man claiming to practice a traditional African religion said they had to ingest the mucus of a Giant African Snail that sickened them. Federal authorities in January raided the Miami man's home after receiving complaints. The man has not been criminally charged, but prosecutors and state and federal wildlife agencies are investigating. The Giant African Snail is prohibited in the U.S. without special approval....

  107. Meeting on deforestation boosts morale, budget

    → AP Top Science News At 7:04 p.m. EST | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:14 pm MST

    PARIS (AP) -- A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests - a key defense against global warming....

  108. 48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing

    → AP Top Science News At 7:04 p.m. EST | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:32 am MST

    HONOLULU (AP) -- Wildlife officials lauded Washington's "holistic approach" to conservation in Hawaii after the Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans to set aside more than 40 square miles on Kauai as critical habitat to allow the plants and animals to flourish....

  109. Endangered listing eyed for US loggerhead turtles

    → AP Top Science News At 7:04 p.m. EST | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:30 pm MST

    BOSTON (AP) -- The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other maritime trades....

  110. CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella

    → AP Top Science News At 7:04 p.m. EST | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:03 pm MST

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time - the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries....

  111. CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella

    → AP Top Health News At 9:14 p.m. EST | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:03 pm MST

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time - the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries....

  112. Personal look at genes locates disease causes

    → AP Top Science News At 7:04 p.m. EST | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:12 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Children inherit about 30 mutated genes from each parent, fewer than had been thought, but enough in at least one case to pass on inherited illnesses, according to a first detailed look at the blueprint for human life in a family....

  113. Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given

    → AP Top Health News At 9:14 p.m. EST | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:04 pm MST

    NEW YORK (AP) -- A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests....

  114. World's top scientists to review climate panel

    → AP Top Science News At 7:04 p.m. EST | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:32 pm MST

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel....

  115. Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section

    → AP Top Health News At 9:14 p.m. EST | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:14 pm MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section."...

  116. Pioneering Mass. robot lost at sea off Chile coast

    → AP Top Science News At 7:04 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 11:02 pm MST

    FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile....

  117. NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights

    → AP Top Science News At 7:04 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 12:31 pm MST

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month....

  118. As Chile shook, cities rolled to the west a bit

    → AP Top Science News At 7:04 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 10:45 am MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit....

  119. Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening

    → AP Top Health News At 9:14 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 1:04 am MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot....



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