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  1. Tips pour in on serial killer's photos

    → CNN.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:21 pm MST

    Dozens of tips have poured in after California authorities released more than 100 photos of women and children on Thursday that are believed to have been taken by a serial killer who appeared on the "Dating Game."


  2. Opera to seek OK for iPhone browser

    → CNN.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:19 pm MST

    The company behind the Web browser Opera is weeks away from submitting it to Apple's iPhone store for approval, a spokesman said Friday.


  3. Health Care Vote Pressure Builds for Obama

    → ABC News: ABCNews | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:16 pm MST

    The President postponed a planned trip to Asia today in order to stay in Washington during what looks to be the final showdown on the passage of a health care reform bill. Analysts say that by postponing his international trip so that he can personally carry his signature legislation across the finish line, the President is putting even more of his presidency on the line.

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  4. Video: Text Messages That Self-Destruct

    → Latest Business Headlines - CBS News | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:59 pm MST

    Shira Lazar talks to Jeffrey Evans who began Tiger Text, a texting application that allows the sender to control the lifespan of their text messages.


  5. DOJ: Holder Info Incomplete

    → FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:45 pm MST

    Day after concerns raised over AG not disclosing work on terror-related case, Justice Dept. says more files missing

  6. Dems Question Obama's Travel Record

    → FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:45 pm MST

    With health reform in limbo, strategists wonder if president should have done more domestic traveling during first year
    • Stupak: Panel Chair Wants Gov't to Fund Abortions
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    • FOX FORUM: Pelosi's Arrogance Knows No Bounds
    • YOU DECIDE: Is Health Care Reform Doomed?

  7. Think Twice: Sling Suffocations on the Rise

    → ABC News: ABCNews | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:42 pm MST

    The Consumer Product Safety Commission will urge parents of children younger than four months to use "a lot of caution" when carrying kids in baby slings. At least 14 infants have died over the last two decades while being carried in baby slings made by the Infantino company. Infantino said it believes its slings are safe, but promised to work with the CPSC.

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  8. Colo. Mom Second U.S. Woman Nabbed in Terror Plot

    → FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:36 pm MST

    Jamie Paulin-Ramirez is in the custody of the Irish police, along with six other individuals, arrested as part of an investigation into a conspiracy to commit murder, according to officials familiar with the case

  9. Jogger jumps off Calif. cliff to flee attacker

    → msnbc.com: U.S. news | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:18 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.

  10. AG: Haim had unauthorized prescription

    → CNN.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:17 pm MST

    Corey Haim's death is linked to an "illegal and massive prescription-drug ring," California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Friday.


  11. New Revelations in Tiger Woods Crash

    → ABC News: ABCNews | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:16 pm MST

    New revelations about Tiger Woods' mysterious SUV crash on the morning after Thanksgiving, contained in a police report and obtained by ABC News affiliate WFTV in Orlando, Fla.: When the ambulance crew arrived where Tiger Woods had smashed his Cadillac Escalade into a neighbor's tree, medics refused to let the unconscious golfer's wife Elin ride with them to the hospital. They thought it was a case of domestic abuse. But police who responded heard no one at the scene say the couple had been fighting. Elin Woods did, however, hand two bottles of Viocodin pain pills to troopers after the 2:30 am crash and told them she had taken some earlier that day.

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  12. LIVESHOTS: Secrets of N. Korean Kingdom

    → FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:13 pm MST



  13. LIVESHOTS: Conservative Board OKs Draft Curriculum- FULL COVERAGE: Textbook Wars in Texas

    → FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:13 pm MST



  14. Ford Tries to Fend of Rivals in Cop Car Market

    → FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:13 pm MST



  15. No .XXX Yet: Internet Agency Delays Porn Decision

    → FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:13 pm MST



  16. Boys and Girls Club CEO's $1M Salary Questioned

    → FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:13 pm MST



  17. Calif. County Files Suit Over Toyota Defects- 'Out-of-Control' Prius Driver Has Troubled Past

    → FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:13 pm MST



  18. Republican Paid $150G After Nude 'Hot-Tubbing'

    → FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:13 pm MST



  19. The Costs of Childhood Schizophrenia

    → ABC News: ABCNews | 12 Mar 2010 | 7:04 pm MST

    Families whose young children have severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, face a costly and emotional struggle. Families share the daily struggles, breakdowns and the overwhelming strain such illnesses place on relationships and finances.

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  20. NYC: Taxi drivers ripped off passengers

    → msnbc.com: U.S. news | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:35 pm MST

    Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years, the Taxi and Limousine Commission says.

  21. Dead Man Talking! High-Tech Tombstones

    → ABC News: ABCNews | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:03 pm MST

    RFID tags for headstones could store your information for thousands of years.

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  22. Family Still Hopeful for Missing Laura Vogel

    → ABC News: ABCNews | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:02 pm MST

    laura vogel, missing, maui, famil searchig, offering reward, last seen, birthing pools, transient camp

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  23. One Teacher Gets an Entire Class Into College

    → ABC News: ABCNews | 12 Mar 2010 | 6:01 pm MST

    The entire graduating class from Urban Prep Charter Academy was accepted to colleges and universities across the U.S. -- a significant accomplishment considering they are from one of the toughest neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago.

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  24. Beheaded Vikings found at London Olympic site

    → CNN.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:57 pm MST

    Workers excavating for a road near the London Olympic sailing venue last year unearthed a mass grave. On Friday, officials revealed the men buried there were Vikings.


  25. Clinton: Israeli announcement insulting

    → CNN.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:57 pm MST

    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Israel's announcement of new settlement construction in disputed territory in East Jerusalem was "insulting" to the U.S.


  26. Video: Baby Sling Safety Warning

    → Latest Business Headlines - CBS News | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:50 pm MST

    The Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating at least 14 deaths involving baby slings. Safety officials warned parents of the potential danger of carrying infants in them. Elaine Quijano reports.


  27. Silver Star soldier gets reprimand

    → CNN.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:49 pm MST

    A soldier who received the third-highest award for valor after his combat outpost was attacked by the Taliban has also received a career-ending letter of reprimand for his actions leading up to the same battle, according to Army officials.


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    → ABC News: ABCNews | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:28 pm MST



  29. Christians Rip Glenn Beck Over 'Social Justice' Slam

    → ABC News: ABCNews | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:28 pm MST

    Chrisitians respond to Glenn Beck's comments that churches promoting social and economic justice actually are promoting communism and fascism.

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  30. Conservatives put stamp on Texas textbooks

    → msnbc.com: U.S. news | 12 Mar 2010 | 5:14 pm MST

    State Board of Education chair Gail Lowe mediates public testimony on social studies curriculum during a board meeting in Austin on Wednesday.The social studies changes approved by the Texas Board of Education will have a broad influence because the state is one of the nation's largest buyers of textbooks.




  31. Vaccine court finds no link to autism

    → CNN.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:58 pm MST

    A special vaccine court ruled that parents who alleged their children's autism was caused by vaccines did not prove their cases and are not entitled to compensation.


  32. Maine man acquitted in ‘lobster wars’ trial

    → msnbc.com: U.S. news | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:41 pm MST

    A lobsterman and his daughter are acquitted  of all counts stemming from the shooting of a another lobsterman in a dispute over fishing territory off the coast of Maine.

  33. Affluent California county sues Toyota

    → msnbc.com: U.S. news | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:30 pm MST

    Southern California prosecutors filed the first U.S. consumer protection lawsuit against Toyota Friday, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects.

  34. Calif. Prosecutor Sues Toyota Over Defects

    → Latest Business Headlines - CBS News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:30 pm MST

    Orange County District Attorney Files Lawsuit in Civil Court, Accuses Car Maker of Deceptive Business Practices


  35. Reid's wife has surgery after wreck

    → CNN.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:24 pm MST

    The wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid underwent neck surgery Friday after being injured with their daughter in a four-vehicle wreck in suburban Washington a day earlier, her surgeon said.


  36. New energy source found at MIT

    → CNN.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:17 pm MST

    It's so tiny, you can't see it with the naked eye.


  37. 'Vampire' wearing pipe disrupts downtown Seattle

    → msnbc.com: U.S. news | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:11 pm MST

    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.

  38. States Refute Worries of Refund Delays

    → ABC News: ABCNews | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:05 pm MST

    Many states insist that income tax refunds will not be delayed, contrary to numerous reports asserting that many states would have to delay payments of refunds, although state budget issues, buidget gaps can't be ignored

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  39. How to Win Your March Madness Pool

    → Latest Business Headlines - CBS News | 12 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm MST

    Moneywatch.com: Sure-Fire Strategies to Outsmart Your Rivals and Claim Victory in the Office NCAA Brackets Pool


  40. Lawmaker: I went skinny-dipping with teen

    → msnbc.com: U.S. news | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:18 pm MST

    Utah's House majority leader says he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going nude "hot-tubbing" with her when she was minor a quarter century ago.

  41. Group: U.S. maternal deaths scandalous

    → CNN.com | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:06 pm MST

    Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the U.S. have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called "scandalous and disgraceful."


  42. Reid's wife undergoes surgery after crash

    → msnbc.com: U.S. news | 12 Mar 2010 | 3:04 pm MST

    Harry Reid, U.S. Senate Majority Leader, poses with his wife Landra Gould on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center for Senator Ted Kennedy's birthday celebration in Washington on March 8, 2009. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday after breaking her neck and back in a traffic accident that also injured the senator's daughter, a spokesman said.




  43. Lawyers urge WTC workers to take settlement

    → msnbc.com: U.S. news | 12 Mar 2010 | 1:22 pm MST

    Lawyers and city officials expressed confidence Friday that they can get ground zero responders to sign on to a settlement that would pay up to $657 million to workers who developed health problems after toiling in the ruins of the World Trade Center.

  44. Insanity defense planned in Smart case

    → msnbc.com: U.S. news | 12 Mar 2010 | 12:55 pm MST

    Brian David Mitchell, accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart, enters court for a hearing in Salt Lake City on Dec. 18, 2006.On the seventh anniversary of Elizabeth Smart's return from her kidnapping ordeal, a judge sets a trial date for the man charged in the case.




  45. Court OKs TV Rules for Cable

    → Latest Business Headlines - CBS News | 12 Mar 2010 | 11:30 am MST

    Federal Court Upholds FCC Access Rules For Cable Programming That Comcast, Cablevision Opposed


  46. Boys and Girls Club Execs' $1M Pay Probed

    → Latest Business Headlines - CBS News | 12 Mar 2010 | 9:00 am MST

    GOP Senators Query Salaries, Travel and Lobbying Fees at Charity Benefiting Clubs


  47. February Retail Sales Up 0.3 Percent

    → Latest Business Headlines - CBS News | 12 Mar 2010 | 8:00 am MST

    Largest Single-Month Advance Since November Surpassed Expectation; Decline in Auto Sales Depressed Higher Sales Overall


  48. Video: Banning Certain Earmarks

    → Latest Business Headlines - CBS News | 11 Mar 2010 | 7:17 pm MST

    Following a series of recent scandals for the Democratic Party, Nancy Cordes reports Congressional leaders are aiming for ethical reform by banning earmarks for private companies.


  49. Mexico's Carlos Slim World's Richest Man

    → Latest Business Headlines - CBS News | 11 Mar 2010 | 3:00 pm MST

    Shopkeeper's Son Becomes 1st from Latin America, 1st from Developing Nation to Wear Forbes' Cash Crown


  50. Obama Touts Effort to Double U.S. Exports

    → Latest Business Headlines - CBS News | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:00 pm MST

    President Outlines Five Year Plan in Speech to Export-Import Bank conference, but Doubts Persist




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