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Dems sweeten health bill, set showdown Sunday vote (AP) - Fri, 19 Mar 2010

Clinic workers hold signs and chant during a rally in support of US President Barack Obama's health care reform package in Oakland, California, on March 17. US President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped a planned trip to Asia in favor of making an 11th-hour drive to see his historic health care overhaul through a cliffhanger Sunday vote.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AP - Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate for seniors facing high prescription drugs, last-minute sweeteners to sweeping $940 billion legislation headed for a climactic weekend vote.


Obama backs senators' immigration overhaul outline (AP) - Fri, 19 Mar 2010

Saul Linares pauses after arriving at a church in Baltimore, Thursday, March 18, 2010, after walking the past six days from Hempstead, N.Y. Linares, a factory worker, will join other immigrants, many of them undocumented Hispanics, in Washington, D.C., for a Sunday march to dramatize their pleas for immigration reform. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - President Barack Obama, facing criticism from advocates of immigration reform, pledged Thursday "to do everything in my power" to get immigration legislation moving in Congress this year.


US rep: Pa. Jihad Jane terror suspect cooperated (AP) - Fri, 19 Mar 2010

FILE - In this June 26, 1997 booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, is shown Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose makes her first court appearance Thursday March 18, 2010 since a stunning indictment last week that charged that she plotted with terror suspects abroad to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail)AP - A woman accused of trolling the Internet as Jihad Jane and agreeing to marry a suspected terrorist and kill a Swedish artist targeted by radical Muslims cooperated with authorities, a congressman said.


US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant (AP) - Fri, 19 Mar 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov smile as they leave a news conference after the talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer of Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant, highlighting a split in views over how to steer Iran away from nuclear weapons.


New Dem lawmakers feeling heat on health care (AP) - Fri, 19 Mar 2010

Stephanie Spivey protests in favor of health care reform during a rally outside the district office of Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, in downtown South Bend, Ind., Thursday, March 18, 2010. Groups on both sides of the debate on the federal health care overhaul are keeping up the pressure on three Indiana Democratic congressmen who say they haven't decided how they'll vote. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Marcus Marter)AP - Freshman Rep. Steve Driehaus is getting it from all sides on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The Ohio Democrat opened his local newspaper, The Cincinnati Enquirer, on Wednesday to find a giant ad urging him to vote against the bill — featuring a photo of him with his two young daughters. Tea party protesters stormed his office and berated his staff.


Feds: Brakes weren't applied on crashed NY Prius (AP) - Fri, 19 Mar 2010

A Toyota Prius is parked at the Harrison, New York police station waiting to be tested by Toyota personnel and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Wednesday, March 17, 2010.  Toyota recalled more than 8 million cars because their gas pedals could become stuck or be snagged by floor mats. In addition, the government is looking into complaints from at least 60 Toyota drivers who say they got their cars fixed and still had problems.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - Computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in suburban New York City show that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not applying the brakes, U.S. safety officials said Thursday.


Private drama plagues Oscar winner Sandra Bullock (AP) - Fri, 19 Mar 2010

FILE - Sandra Bullock and Jesse James arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on in this March 7, 2010 file photo taken in West Hollywood, Calif. Sandra Bullock has canceled her appearance at the London premiere of 'The Blind Side' scheduled for Tuesday March 23, 2010 almost two weeks after winning a Best Actress Academy Award. In a statement released by Warner Bros UK., the 45-year-old actress says she can't attend the event for 'unforeseen personal reasons.' (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)AP - Sandra Bullock is on a career high. America's Sweetheart and "Miss Congeniality" was repeatedly anointed as Hollywood royalty this year, sweeping awards season and capping it off with an Oscar for her role as a devoted mom in "The Blind Side."


Fess Parker, TV's `Davy Crockett,' dies at 85 (AP) - Fri, 19 Mar 2010

In this undated image released by Disney, Fess Parker is shown Davy Crockett in Disney's, 'Davy Crockett.'  Family spokeswoman Sao Anash says Parker died Thursday, March 18, 2010, of natural causes at his Santa Ynez home near the Fess Parker Winery. He was 85.  (AP Photo/Disney)AP - Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.


Pondexter lifts Washington over Marquette 80-78 (AP) - Fri, 19 Mar 2010

Washington forward Quincy Pondexter, right, celebrates after beating Marquette in an NCAA first-round college basketball game in San Jose , Calif., Thursday, March 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - Quincy Pondexter drove for a tiebreaking bank shot with 1.7 seconds left, and 11th-seeded Washington extended its remarkable late-season run into the NCAA tournament with an 80-78 victory over Marquette in the first round of the East Regional on Thursday night.


NCAA: Kansas rallies vs. Lehigh (AP) - Fri, 19 Mar 2010

Washington forward Quincy Pondexter (20) goes to the basket as Marquette forward Joseph Fulce, left, Marquette forward Lazar Hayward, second from left, and Marquette guard Dwight Buycks (23) look on during the first half of their NCAA first-round college basketball game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, March 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - Kansas came out its early timeout with a 7-0 run to get within 12-11 of Lehigh.


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