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Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.


Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in (AP) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Chile's newly inaugurated President Sebastian Pinera, waves the the crowds after his swearing-in ceremony in Valparaiso, Chile, Thursday, March 11, 2010.(AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)AP - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him.


Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance (AP) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

File - In this June 14, 2004 file photo, Michael Newdow looks down at the fax copy of the Supreme Court's ruling preserving the phrase 'one nation under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance outside his Sacramento, Calif., home. A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected arguments by Newdow that the phrase violates the separation between church and state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,Ffile)AP - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.


Al-Qaida may be encouraging lone jihadists in U.S. (AP) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

FILE - This December 2009 file photo released by the U.S. Marshal's Service shows Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshal's Service)AP - Ever since al-Qaida attacked the United States in 2001, U.S. authorities have worked to detect and prevent the next big terrorist strike.


GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leaders (AP) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 file photo shows Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District in Rochester, N.Y. One is a former Democratic freshman who was little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y. district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax bills. But now, Republicans — looking for any opening to regain control of the House — are portraying newly resigned first-termer Eric Massa and veteran Charles Rangel as dual symbols of Democratic ethical misconduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)AP - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eric Massa.


APNewsBreak: Calif. murder suspect broke parole (AP) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

This April 6, 2004 photo released Wednesday, March 10, 2010, by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows murder suspect John Albert Gardner III with a prison identification card. Gardner has pleaded not guilty to murdering Chelsea King in San Diego County and to the attempted rape of another woman. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 ordered California corrections officials to keep sex offenders' parole records indefinitely after he learned the files of a man now charged with killing a 17-year-old girl had been destroyed. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) EDS NOTE: IMAGE PROVIDED BY POLICE SHOWS WHITE AREA IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNERAP - A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one California teenager and under investigation for another killing violated his parole by moving too close to a school but was allowed to remain free, according to records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.


Lesbian teen in prom flap sues, returns to school (AP) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

This 2009 photo released by Constance McMillen's family via The ACLU of Mississippi, taken in Fulton, Miss., shows Constance McMillen, 18, a student at the Itawamba County Agricultural High School. The American Civil Liberties Union had demanded she be allowed to bring her girlfriend, who is also a student at the school to the April 2, 2010, prom. The school board met, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, and issued a statement announcing it wouldn't host the prom at the Itawamba County Agricultural High School. (AP Photo/The McMillen Family via The ACLU of Mississippi) NO SALES.AP - Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. On Thursday, a day after the Itawamba County school board did just that, the 18-year-old lesbian high school senior reluctantly returned to campus to some unfriendly looks, she said.


Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home (AP) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

A stela at the Egyptian museum in Cairo is seen Thursday, March 11, 2010 , Egypt, showing Pharaoh Akhenaten, his Queen Nefertiti and their children worshipping the sun in the more natural artistic style of the time. The identification of Akhenaten's mummy through DNA tests could be a step toward filling out the picture of a time 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history's first experiment with monotheism. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm)AP - The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries — the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten's mummy. The discovery could help fill out the picture of a fascinating era more than 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history's first attempt at monotheism.


Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics (AP) - Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Sean Penn presents the award for best actress during the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media. In an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" last week, Penn slammed Chavez critics who refer to the socialist leader as a dictator.


Football Hall of Famer, TV star Olsen dies at 69 (AP) - Fri, 12 Mar 2010

** CORRECTS DATE OF DEATH TO EARLY THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010, NOT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 ** FILE - This June 22, 2001, file photo shows Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen speaking in Urbandale, Iowa. Olsen died early Thursday, March 11, 2010, at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 69. (AP Photo/Steve Pope, File)AP - Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL's greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69.


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