CNN

  • Nigeria's acting president sacks Ca...

    Nigeria's acting president sacks Cabinet

    Nigeria's acting president dissolved his Cabinet on Wednesday, asserting his authority over the country's government while ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua remains sidelined.
  • House Democrat holdouts wrestle wit...

    House Democrat holdouts wrestle with health care vote

    As a vote on health care nears, House Democratic leaders are trying to woo party holdouts still wrestling with their decision.
  • Education chief pitches No Child re...

    Education chief pitches No Child rewrite plan

    Saying the United States is "falling behind" in education, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan worked Wednesday to persuade lawmakers that the Obama administration's plan to rewrite a federal education law is the right move for the nation's students and schools.
  • Key liberal congressman flips to 'y...

    Key liberal congressman flips to 'yes' on health care vote

    Health care reform advocates inched closer to victory Wednesday morning as a high-profile liberal Democrat switched his position and announced his intention to vote for a sweeping $875 billion plan under consideration in the House of Representatives.
  • 11 dead in fresh Muslim-Christian v...

    11 dead in fresh Muslim-Christian violence in Nigeria

    Attackers killed at least 11 people Wednesday in a region of Nigeria that has been convulsed by violence between Muslims and Christians, an official said.
  • Uganda tense after fire guts cultur...

    Uganda tense after fire guts cultural site

    Tensions were high in Uganda on Wednesday after fire destroyed a cultural site of major significance to the country's biggest tribe.

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ABC

  • Switcheroo: Kucinich Turns Reluctan...

    Switcheroo: Kucinich Turns Reluctant 'Yes' for Health Reform Bill



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  • Tom Hanks Is the Latest Right-Wing ...

    Tom Hanks Is the Latest Right-Wing Target

    Tom Hanks, the star of such flag-waving films as "Saving Private Ryan" and "Apollo 13" and producer of the World War II miniseries "Band of Brothers," has come under fire recently for remarks he made to Time magazine and MSNBC while promoting his current project, "The Pacific."

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  • Expert: Tiger Doesn't Need to Win t...

    Expert: Tiger Doesn't Need to Win the Masters

    ESPN's Mike Turico said Tiger Woods' return to golf at the Masters in Augusta, Ga., next month is enough of a 're-entry' on its own, and the golf superstar does not necessarily have to win to re-establish himself in the sport.

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  • Pakistan Charges 5 Americans With T...

    Pakistan Charges 5 Americans With Terrorism

    Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with planning terror attacks in Pakistan, says lawyer

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  • Irish at Home, Abroad Cheer St. Pat...

    Irish at Home, Abroad Cheer St. Patrick's Day

    Green globe: 70 million Irish at home, abroad cheer St. Patrick's Day.

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  • Students Pitch in to Help Save Town...

    Students Pitch in to Help Save Town From Flood

    In Fargo, ND, the city's youngest citizens volunteer to protect neighbors from floods

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BBC

  • Nigeria leader dissolves cabinet

    Nigeria leader dissolves cabinet

    Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, dissolves the cabinet five weeks after assuming executive powers, sources say.
  • Irish church head apologises

    Irish church head apologises

    The Irish Catholic church's head apologises for an alleged cover-up of child abuse, as concern grows at the issue in Europe.
  • Ransom 'was paid to free Sahil'

    Ransom 'was paid to free Sahil'

    Ransom money was paid to secure the release of kidnapped British boy Sahil Saeed, the Pakistan interior minister confirms.
  • Turkey 'could deport Armenians'

    Turkey 'could deport Armenians'

    Turkey's PM threatens to deport 100,000 Armenians, amid fresh tensions over Turkish mass killings of Armenians in World War I.
  • Protesters killed at Uganda tombs

    Protesters killed at Uganda tombs

    Uganda police shoot at protesters angry at the burning of royal tombs in the Buganda region, killing at least two people.
  • US men on Pakistan terror charges

    US men on Pakistan terror charges

    Five young Americans held in Pakistan since December are charged with terrorism offences, their lawyer says.

MSNBC

  • Obama's health care plan gains supp...

    Obama's health care plan gains support

    March 17: Rep. Dennis Kucinich announces his support for the health care bill after President Obama personally urged him to do so earlier this week. (Other)President Barack Obama's much-challenged health care overhaul gained traction Wednesday as a liberal lawmaker became the first to switch his opposition and Catholic nuns declared their support in an unusual public break with the bishops.




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  • Pakistan charges five Americans wit...

    Pakistan charges five Americans with terrorism

    Police in Pakistan released these images of the Americans arrested there. From left: Waqir Hussain Khan, Ramys Zamzam, Umar Farooq, Ahmad Abdulminni, Aman Hasan Yamer.A Pakistani court formally charged five Americans of plotting terrorism in the country, in a case that has raised alarm over the danger posed by militants using the Internet.




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  • ?Made in U.S.A.? makes Cozy Coupe a...

    ?Made in U.S.A.? makes Cozy Coupe a rarity

    ?Our process is pretty labor-intensive and we?re still able to compete,? says Tom Richmond, General Manager of Little Tikes.Little Tikes' Cozy Coupe is among the most unusual items in the toy industry today: A product that is manufactured in the United States.




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  • Fargo area at 'major flood' stage

    Fargo area at 'major flood' stage

    West Fargo high school sophomore Lucas Raile, right, tosses sandbags to Garrett Irwin while they position them on a 40-foot dike along the Red River on Tuesday.The rising Red River passes the "major flood" stage, as thousands of volunteers, many students, as well as National Guard troops worked furiously to fortify Fargo and Moorhead.




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  • Irish at home, worldwide cheer St. ...

    Irish at home, worldwide cheer St. Patrick?s Day

    Performers enjoy the St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, Ireland, on Wednesday.Much of the world is turning green Wednesday for St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of all hues of Irishness.




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Reuters

  • Dow hits recovery high as energy, f...

    Dow hits recovery high as energy, financials gain

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Wednesday, with the Dow hitting a recovery high, as the Fed's renewed promise of low interest rates was underscored by a benign inflation reading.


  • Producer prices post biggest drop i...

    Producer prices post biggest drop in 7 months

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Producer prices in February posted their biggest fall in seven months as energy costs tumbled, validating the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates very low on evidence of tame inflation.


  • Regulators worry over cracks in fin...

    Regulators worry over cracks in financial reforms

    LONDON/BRUSSELS - (Reuters) - Top officials warned policymakers on Wednesday to avoid hurting global efforts to toughen up financial regulation as differences emerge over derivatives speculation, hedge funds and bank capital.


  • First of several job-creation bills...

    First of several job-creation bills clears Congress

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A package of tax breaks and highway spending cleared Congress on Wednesday, the first of what Democrats hope will be several efforts to bring down the 9.7 percent unemployment rate.


  • Bernanke defends Fed's small bank s...

    Bernanke defends Fed's small bank supervision role

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday fought back against a plan to strip the Fed of its oversight of smaller banks, saying the knowledge it gains from that role is vital to monetary policy.


  • Lehman gets OK to delay disclosure ...

    Lehman gets OK to delay disclosure statement

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bankruptcy judge said Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc could delay until mid-April filing a detailed disclosure statement for its proposed plan to end its bankruptcy.


USA TODAY

  • Poll: Worries about environment hit...

    Poll: Worries about environment hit low

    Americans' worries about environmental issues have hit a 20-year low, largely because of economic concerns, according to a Gallup ...


  • Report: EPA's focus on kids' enviro...

    Report: EPA's focus on kids' environmental health lapses

    During the past decade, the Environmental Protection Agency's commitment to keeping children safe from the effects of pollution ...


  • Wednesday's forecast: Mild for most...

    Wednesday's forecast: Mild for most of USA; showery South

    Most of the USA will see another day of mild weather Wednesday as a large ridge of high pressure continues to build over the ...


  • Broken drive shaft likely caused Te...

    Broken drive shaft likely caused Texas bus crash

    Authorities in Texas have released the identities of the two people who died when a tour bus headed for Mexico crashed.


  • Irish at home, worldwide cheer St. ...

    Irish at home, worldwide cheer St. Patrick's Day

    Much of the world is turning green Wednesday for St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of all hues of Irishness.


  • Cuts at UC Davis: Sharing services...

    Cuts at UC Davis: Sharing services, consolidating jobs

    When staff members leave UC Davis these days, they are seldom replaced. By merging administrative units, Davis has cut about ...


New York Times

  • Jobs Bill Passes in Senate With 11 ...

    Jobs Bill Passes in Senate With 11 Votes From Republicans

    Democrats hope the measure, approved on a bipartisan vote of 68 to 29, will be the first in a series of bills spurring employment by providing hiring incentives to businesses.

  • Marja Residents Report Taliban Int...

    Marja Residents Report Taliban Intimidation

    Though fighters have left town, agitators have remained in Marja waging a campaign of intimidation at night, local leaders said.

  • Japan Eases Monetary Policy to Figh...

    Japan Eases Monetary Policy to Fight Deflation

    The move sets the world?s second-largest economy on a divergent path from other industrialized nations.

  • Led by Energy, U.S. Wholesale Price...

    Led by Energy, U.S. Wholesale Prices Fall

    Wholesale prices fell 0.6 percent in February as a big drop in energy prices offset higher food costs.

  • As Expected, OPEC Leaves Output Quo...

    As Expected, OPEC Leaves Output Quotas Unchanged

    Members are anticipating that a pickup in demand later in the year will mop up extra barrels of oil already being pumped.

  • Kucinich Switches Vote on Health Ca...

    Kucinich Switches Vote on Health Care

    Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio becomes the first Democrat to publicly switch from a no to a yes vote on the health care legislation.

Wired News

  • Google's Traffic Is Giant, Which Is...

    Google's Traffic Is Giant, Which Is Why It Should be Your ISP

    Everybody knows Google is one of the net?s big kids, but how big is it exactly? Well, as Arbor Networks measures it, if Google were an ISP it would be the third largest in the world and the fastest growing ? if you are measuring the amount of traffic passed from its network to another.


  • Darpa Wants Self-Guiding, Storytell...

    Darpa Wants Self-Guiding, Storytelling Cameras

    The Pentagon's risk-taking research agency wants a "smart camera" that can report back on war-zone activity with the same detail a trained human operative could offer.


  • March 17, 1953: The Black Box Is Bo...

    March 17, 1953: The Black Box Is Born

    An Australian researcher invents an essential tool for identifying the causes of an airplane crash.


  • How to Get on a Reality Show

    How to Get on a Reality Show

    The casting director of Amazing Grace and Survivor tells Wired what it takes to get a role in reality TV.


  • Games: Cloud-Based Gaming Still Up ...

    Games: Cloud-Based Gaming Still Up in the Air

    OnLive, Gaikai and Otoy -- these pioneers of cloud gaming are competing in a field many experts believe is technically impossible.


  • The Red in Jupiter's Spot Not What ...

    The Red in Jupiter's Spot Not What Astronomers Thought

    Detailed thermal images reveal Jupiter's Great Red Spot is far more dynamic and structured than had previously been thought.


VOANews

  • Israel Lifts Restrictions on Palest...

    Israel Lifts Restrictions on Palestinians as Violence Subsides

    Israel eases restrictions on Palestinians after violent clashes following the move amid diplomatic crisis between Israel, United States
  • Netanyahu Moves to Ease Tensions Wi...

    Netanyahu Moves to Ease Tensions With US

    Prime minister says he has deep appreciation for President Obama's commitment to Israel's security
  • Iraq's Slow Vote Count Leads to Dis...

    Iraq's Slow Vote Count Leads to Disputes

    As cross-sectarian coalition of former PM Allawi pulls slightly ahead of PM Maliki's bloc, complaints about irregularities increase
  • China: Iran Sanctions 'Counterprod...

    China: Iran Sanctions 'Counterproductive'

    But China's new Permanent Representative to the UN also says his country does not want Iran to join nuclear-weapons club
  • Clinton Awaits Netanyahu Call, Down...

    Clinton Awaits Netanyahu Call, Downplays Talk of Crisis in Relationship

    US secretary of state says she does not see a major crisis in US-Israeli relations despite conflict over Israeli settlements
  • 2 Would-be Suicide Bombers Killed i...

    2 Would-be Suicide Bombers Killed in Afghanistan

    Attackers tried to blow up a compound used by a U.S.-based charity called International Relief and Development

WallStreet Journal

  • Dow Industrials At 17-...

    Dow Industrials At 17-Month High

    The Dow hit a 17-month high as investors piled into riskier assets a day after the Fed signaled it would keep interest rates at historic lows for some time.
  • Schapiro: Lehman Oversight Fell Sho...

    Schapiro: Lehman Oversight Fell Short

    The SEC chairman said the agency's oversight of Lehman Brothers may have been inadequate during a critical period when the company may have masked its losses.
  • Wholesale Prices Fall

    Wholesale Prices Fall

    U.S. producer prices fell 0.6% in February, their biggest drop in seven months, as gasoline costs declined sharply, leaving scope for the Fed to keep rates at a record low.
  • Extended Stay Changes Bedfellows

    Extended Stay Changes Bedfellows

    Extended Stay has accepted a reorganization plan proposed by a group led by Starwood Capital, instead of one backed by two other investors.
  • Blockbuster Weighs Chapter 11

    Blockbuster Weighs Chapter 11

    The movie-rental company is warning it may have to file for bankruptcy protection amid declining sales and stiffer competition.
  • GM Points to Possible Profit

    GM Points to Possible Profit

    GM's finance chief said the company has a reasonable chance of becoming profitable in 2010 in his first public comments since joining the auto maker this year.

Washington Post

  • Plan to rework 'No Child' prompts c...

    Plan to rework 'No Child' prompts concerns for rural areas

    Senate Republicans raised questions Wednesday about whether President Obama's plan to turn around struggling schools would fly in rural America. One Democrat said she worried that many states would be shortchanged of federal funding they need to improve teaching.

  • N.Va. men in Pakistan charged with ...

    N.Va. men in Pakistan charged with 6 counts in terror case

    Five Northern Virginia men arrested in Pakistan in December were charged Wednesday with six terrorism-related counts, two of which carry potential sentences of life in prison.

  • Historians blast proposed Texas soc...

    Historians blast proposed Texas social studies curriculum

    Historians criticized proposed revisions to the Texas social studies curriculum Tuesday, saying that many of the changes are historically inaccurate and that they would affect textbooks and classrooms far beyond the state's borders.

  • Immigrants vulnerable as recession ...

    Immigrants vulnerable as recession spurs more bosses to shortchange workers

    On a recent Saturday morning, a group of Latino men wearing paint-spattered jeans and grim expressions strode through Adams Morgan in search of the contractor who had cheated them. He'd hired them to remodel a wine shop in the Northwest neighborhood in November and December but paid a fraction of what he had promised before disappearing. Now they were hoping the owner of the shop could offer clues as to the contractor's whereabouts.


  • Republicans criticize Democrats' pl...

    Republicans criticize Democrats' plan to overhaul student lending

    Republicans assailed a proposed overhaul of student lending Tuesday as a "government takeover," a "job killer" and an "outrage," seeking to rally opposition to a Democratic measure that would cut private lenders out of the federal loan market.

  • Montgomery's inspector general says...

    Montgomery's inspector general says county officials have interfered

    Montgomery County's inspector general said Tuesday that unnamed county officials have withheld information and interfered with several investigations by his office, including some that have proved embarrassing for county government.

Sports ESPN

  • Report: Seton Hall Pirates fire Bob...

    Report: Seton Hall Pirates fire Bobby Gonzalez as coach

    A person close to the university tells The Associated Press that Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez has been fired.
  • Sources: Derek Anderson to Arizona ...

    Sources: Derek Anderson to Arizona Cardinals; Charlie Whitehurst to Seattle Seahawks

    Free agent quarterback Charlie Whitehurst told San Diego Chargers management Wednesday that he will sign a one-year restricted free agent tender offer, which allows the Chargers to begin trade talks on his behalf, a source told ESPN.com's John Clayton.
  • Tiger Woods is back: Return to golf...

    Tiger Woods is back: Return to golf to come at Masters

    Tiger Woods announced Tuesday that he is returning to golf at the Masters.
  • NFL to examine two possessions in p...

    NFL to examine two possessions in playoffs OT

    NFL owners will examine whether to allow each team a possession in overtime in the playoffs if the team winning the coin toss kicks a field goal on the first series.
  • Report: JaMarcus Russell of Oakland...

    Report: JaMarcus Russell of Oakland Raiders arrives at workouts in better shape

    JaMarcus Russell, who was missing from the Raiders' first day of offseason workouts, arrived Tuesday -- and reportedly, the quarterback is noticeably slimmer and more fit.
  • George Karl returns to Denver Nugge...

    George Karl returns to Denver Nuggets bench following four-game leave

    Nuggets coach George Karl was back on the bench Tuesday night against the Washington Wizards after missing four games over the past week for cancer treatments.

Yahoo Movies

  • `Toy Story 3': Woody, Buzz face aba...

    `Toy Story 3': Woody, Buzz face abandonment issues (AP)

    Producer Darla K. Anderson, right, introduces 'Toy Story 3' before a screening at ShoWest 2010 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Playtime is over for Woody the cowboy, Buzz Lightyear and friends.


  • Review: The outer-borough farce `Ci...

    Review: The outer-borough farce `City Island' (AP)

    In this film publicity image released by Overture Films,  from left, Steven Strait, Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies and Ezra Mille, are shown on the set of 'City Island.' (AP Photo/Overure Films, Phillip V. Caruso)AP - Set in the Bronx during an eventful spring break and populated by sexual, dark-haired people, "City Island" could, on the surface, be confused for a "Jersey Shore" sequel.


  • `Toy Story' creator Pixar earns the...

    `Toy Story' creator Pixar earns theater award (AP)

    John Lasseter, chief creative officer of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, accepts the ShoWest 2010 Big Ten Award on behalf of Pixar Animation Studios in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - The makers of "Up," "WALL-E" and other Academy Award-winning cartoons have taken home a new prize.


  • Ga. Senate to honor entertainment m...

    Ga. Senate to honor entertainment mogul Perry (AP)

    AP - Madea is coming to the state Capitol.
  • Review: `Hubble 3D' launches viewer...

    Review: `Hubble 3D' launches viewers on grand trek (AP)

    In this film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, an image of a dying star forming the delicate shape of a celestial butterfly, referred to as a Butterfly Nebula, is shown in the film 'Hubble 3D'. (AP Photo/Warner Bros.)AP - Remember those jokes about the Hubble telescope needing a blind man's cane and dark glasses when it went into orbit 20 years ago and immediately proved nearsighted?


  • DVD film Image licenses Handmade Fi...

    DVD film Image licenses Handmade Films library (Reuters)

    Reuters - Home entertainment distributor Image Entertainment has licensed the 30-plus-title Handmade Films library, which includes such movies as "Time Bandits," "The Long Good Friday" and "Mona Lisa."

Editorial New York Times

  • Editorial: Will China Listen?

    Editorial: Will China Listen?

    It's time for European nations and others to join the U.S. in speaking up against China?s manipulation of its currency.

  • Editorial: A Good Deal for the Ever...

    Editorial: A Good Deal for the Everglades

    Florida?s deal to buy land from the United States Sugar Corporation is a vital step toward restoring the Everglades.

  • Editorial: Taxi Rip-Off

    Editorial: Taxi Rip-Off

    Modern technology uncovered a scam in which thousands of taxi drivers overcharged passengers. More technology can help stop it.

  • Editorial: San Patricio

    Editorial: San Patricio

    The day of all days in the Irish-American calendar is a fitting time to remember that nearly all of us were immigrants once.

Editorial MSNBC

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