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House Democrats claim votes for a landmark health bill

San Jose Mercury News - Robert Pear, David M. Herszenhorn - ‎49 minutes ago‎
US President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the nation following the vote in the House of Representatives on health care reform from the East Room of the White House in Washignton, DC, March 21, 2010.

Flood fears recede in well-prepared Midwest cities

USA Today - Oren Dorell - ‎27 minutes ago‎
By Scott Olson, Getty Images By Oren Dorell, USA TODAY As the Midwestern cities of Fargo, ND., and Moorhead, Minn., dodged major damage from floodwaters that crested Sunday, communities elsewhere girded for waters to rise.

'Israeli escalation aims to kill talks'

Jerusalem Post - Khaled Abu Toameh - ‎3 hours ago‎
The Palestinian Authority on Sunday stepped up its condemnations of Israel and accused the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of working to “destroy” US efforts to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

Sarkozy Meets With Leaders of His Party After Defeat in Regional Elections

New York Times - Steven Erlanger - ‎6 hours ago‎
PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy met with party leaders on Sunday night to discuss how to respond to a severe defeat in regional elections, in which his majority party was defeated in 21 of 22 mainland regions, retaining a majority ...

Iraq's Premier Endorses a Recount of the Vote

New York Times - Timothy Williams, Zaid Thaker - ‎6 hours ago‎
BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki endorsed the mounting calls for a recount of Iraq's parliamentary election, as the latest results on Sunday showed his main competitor with a slight lead.

Pakistan drone raid 'kills five'

BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Missiles fired by a suspected US drone have killed at least five people in north-western Pakistan, officials say. The missiles hit a militant hideout in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan area near the Afghan border, officials said.

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Big immigration march in Washington

Los Angeles Times - Clement Tan, Don Lee - ‎2 hours ago‎
Tens of thousands call for an overhaul to be the next priority in Congress, even as lawmakers debated the passage of healthcare legislation.

Stupak Called 'Baby Killer'

FOXNews - ‎12 minutes ago‎
A voice apparently on the Republican side of the House shouted the remark while the Democrat spoke. Sunday: Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich.

California governor's race to set spending record

Reuters - Peter Henderson, Peter Cooney - ‎1 hour ago‎
California Republican Gubernatorial candidate and former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman is applauded at the conclusion of her speech before the opening of her campaign's Orange County headquarters in Costa Mesa, California February 22, 2010.
Whitman's millions paying off Inland Empire News

WORLD FOREX: Euro Down, But Dollar Slowed By Health-Care Vote

MarketWatch - David Roman, Jerry Tan - ‎47 minutes ago‎
SINGAPORE (MarketWatch) -- The euro fell against the US dollar and yen Monday in Asian trade, hurt by renewed worries about Greece's debt crisis, but remained within recent ranges as the dollar took a small hit from the approval of an ...

Rio's Hu Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charge, Lawyer Says

Bloomberg - ‎43 minutes ago‎
By Bloomberg News March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group's Stern Hu, detained for almost nine months in China, pleaded guilty today to charges of bribery in a Shanghai court, a lawyer said.

Google China Exit Means Growth Rests on Korea, Japan

BusinessWeek - Brian Womack, Mary Childs - ‎1 hour ago‎
March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc.'s looming withdrawal from China adds to pressure to expand in South Korea and Japan, where the Web-search company has won a fraction of the popularity it enjoys in the US and Europe.

Rush Is on to Be First in iPad Apps

New York Times - Brad Stone, Jenna Wortham - ‎1 hour ago‎
It can be difficult to write software for a gadget without being able to touch it. But that has not stopped developers from rushing to create applications for the Apple iPad.

Company Sees Leap for Cellphone Cameras

New York Times - Ashlee Vance - ‎1 hour ago‎
MENLO PARK, Calif. - Mobile photographers could soon have much better cameras on their cellphones, thanks to technology known as quantum dots.

Hoping to Attract Google? Go Jump in the Lake

New York Times - Miguel Helft - ‎3 hours ago‎
The mayor of Duluth, Minn., threw himself into the ice-ringed waters of Lake Superior. The mayor of Sarasota, Fla., immersed himself in a tank filled with bonnethead sharks, simply to one-up him.
Charlotte joins war for Google Sarasota Herald-Tribune

'Alice' remains in box office wonderland

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Tim Burton's film is weekend's top draw again, but 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' also stands up for itself. Mia Wasikowska in “Alice in Wonderland,” which is popular domestically and abroad.

A look inside the life of Jesse James

msnbc.com - ‎5 hours ago‎
AP LOS ANGELES - Following the emergence of allegations that he cheated on wife Sandra Bullock, Jesse James - who often appeared quite reserved next to his Academy Award-winning wife - has been thrust into the spotlight.

Critic's diagnosis: Edie Falco is a true star in 'Nurse Jackie'

USA Today - Robert Bianco - ‎5 hours ago‎
The next time you're tempted to refer to some reality fame-seeker as a "star," think of Edie Falco and refrain. To be sure, it's an insult to even the most minimally talented actor to be lumped in with poseurs whose only ...

Woods Conducts First Interviews Since Accident

New York Times - Larry Dorman, Richard Sandomir - ‎2 hours ago‎
Tiger Woods answered questions from reporters for the first time in four months Sunday in two separate five-minute interviews shown simultaneously on ESPN and the Golf Channel.

Day 4 Look Back: MSU, Purdue display plenty of pride in wins

CBSSports.com - Gary Parrish - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW YORK -- Northern Iowa's Ali Farokhmanesh still leads the NCAA tournament with two clutch/game-winning shots. But Michigan State's Korie Lucious and Purdue's Chris Kramer pulled within one Sunday, and have you caught your breath yet, ...

Upsets have ensured that Sweet 16 is wide open

Chicago Sun-Times - Herb Gould - ‎1 hour ago‎
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Maybe it's time to admit that bracketology is more of an art than a science. Scrap the 1 through 16 stuff and go with labels like Naismith, Wooden, Iba and Rupp.

How does healthcare overhaul affect Medicare?

Reuters - Donna Smith, Deborah Charles - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sweeping healthcare overhaul the US House of Representatives approved on Sunday includes about $455 billion in spending cuts for Medicare and other federal health programs over the next 10 years.

State continues to monitor swine flu

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - ‎1 hour ago‎
Madison - Wisconsin health officials say the state may not have seen the last of swine flu. The state Department of Health Services confirmed more than 2600 cases in November and December, but the outbreak has faded since, with only 112 cases confirmed ...

Vote over but debate continues over health care reform

WZZM - ‎2 hours ago‎
Grand Rapids, Mich. (WZZM) -- Sunday was an historic night in Washington as The Us House passed health care reform. The final vote in the house was 219 to 212.

Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal goes global

CNN - Dan Gilgoff, Frederik Pleitgen - ‎Mar 19, 2010‎
Pope Benedict XVI is now dealing with allegations of sexual abuse by priests on two continents. (CNN) -- As the Vatican announced Friday that Pope Benedict XVI has signed a pastoral letter about Ireland's abusive priests, ...

Vincere (2009)

New York Times - Manohla Dargis - ‎Mar 18, 2010‎
“The mass loves strong men,” Benito Mussolini once said. “The mass is female.” In “Vincere,” a sustained, alternatingly exhausting and aesthetically exhilarating howl of a film, the veteran Italian director Marco Bellocchio ...

Tiger Woods' Joslyn James Texts: Choking, Golden Showers & More! (NSFW)

Huffington Post (blog) - ‎Mar 18, 2010‎
Now, his alleged lover has released a series of extremely graphic text messages that, if authentic, show the golfer expressing his desire for a range of sex acts.

The Real Arithmetic of Health Care Reform

New York Times - Douglas Holtz-Eakin - ‎Mar 20, 2010‎
ON Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office reported that, if enacted, the latest health care reform legislation would, over the next 10 years, cost about $950 billion, but because it would raise some revenues and lower some ...

10 Unforgivable Sins of Single Men

Lemondrop (blog) - ‎Mar 17, 2010‎
Just what is it that makes us decide there will be no date two? Or, more importantly, date three, with a particular guy? Turns out Ellen Rakieten, a former producer for Oprah, and Anne Coyle, a copywriter -- along with help from dozens of unsuspecting ...
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