Obama decries waste, fraud in gov't health system (AP) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:51:22 GMTAP - President Barack Obama denounced waste, inefficiency and downright fraud in the government's health care system Wednesday as he sought to rally public support for his revamped overhaul plan.
Israel-U.S. relations tense up as Biden visits (AP) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:20:27 GMTAP - An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal.
'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:42 GMTAP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38. Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.
Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal (AP) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:51 GMTAP - They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered "real" military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.
Church abuse scandal reaches pope's brother (AP) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:58 GMTAP - Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself.
Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online (AP) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:46:14 GMTAP - Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.
Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks (AP) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:44:22 GMTAP - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor.
Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing (AP) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:59:48 GMTAP - The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Islam, the Swedish artist who created it said Wednesday.
Midnight knitter pulls the wool over NJ shore town (AP) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:24 GMTAP - Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town. An unknown person dubbed The Midnight Knitter by West Cape May residents is covering tree branches and lamp poles with little sweaters under cover of darkness.
Garciaparra rejoins Red Sox for day, then retires (AP) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:05:52 GMTAP - Nomar Garciaparra rejoined the Red Sox for one day and then retired, ending a 14-year career in which he won two batting titles with Boston and was once a beloved player in the city.
