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U.S. official cancels Israel trip as Jerusalem clashes erupt
(AP)
AP - Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heaviest clashes in months broke out as an American envoy abruptly canceled a visit, deepening a U.S.-Israeli diplomatic feud.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:16:53 GMT
| Challenger overtakes Iraq PM in overall vote count
(AP)
AP - A secular coalition challenging the Iraqi prime minister in the country's historic parliamentary elections has narrowly pulled ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although it still trails in the crucial province-by-province count.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:18:33 GMT
| London Jewish Museum reopens after major facelift
(AP)
AP - They are icons of Britain: a Victorian-era statesman, a World War I soldier-poet, fish and chips.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:49:17 GMT
| Women, girls rape victims in Haiti quake aftermath
(AP)
AP - When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:20:30 GMT
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Woods says he will return at Masters (AP) Tiger Woods said Tuesday he will return to golf next month at the Masters, ending a four-month hiatus brought on by a sex scandal that shattered his image as the gold standard in sports. "The Masters is where I won my first major and I view this tournament with great respect," Woods said in a statement.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:35:06 PDT
| Ark-Pine Bluff, Winthrop set for play-in (AP) Boulder. Denver. El Paso. Akron. Tempe. Ann Arbor. Atlanta. Stillwater. Columbia. Eugene. And Manhattan -- as in Kansas, not New York. Arkansas-Pine Bluff went on a brutal barnstorming tour to open the season. The Golden Lions visited 10 states in two months, seeing everything there is to see from the Great Lakes to the West Coast and the Deep South.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:44:19 PDT
| Blackhawks D Campbell out 7-to-8 weeks (AP) Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell will miss seven to eight weeks with a broken collar bone and a fractured rib, the result of a hit from Washington Capitals' star Alex Ovechkin. Blackhawks team doctor Michael Terry said Tuesday that Campbell will likely avoid surgery and is expected to make a full recovery.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:28:08 PDT
| Ovechkin 'disappointed' by suspension (AP) Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin on Tuesday said he was disappointed by a two-game suspension issued for a hit on Chicago's Brian Campbell. In a brief interview with reporters in South Florida, the two-time MVP first said he was sorry that the hit resulted in an injury for Campbell and added that he was "disappointed" it resulted in a two-game suspension.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:55:06 PDT
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Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial
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AP - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:26:53 GMT
| New immigrants avoiding big cities, study finds
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - US immigrant populations are spreading out, a study released Monday found.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:24:24 GMT
| All sides playing hardball on health care bill
(AP)
AP - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama's massive health care legislation by the weekend. Business groups are spending $1 million a day to depict the bill as a job killer in television ads in the home districts of 26 wavering House Democrats.
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:26:48 GMT
| With elections still months away, political candidates ratchet up attack ads
(The Newsroom) The Newsroom - Back in February, California U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina released one of the more bizarre attack ads in recent political history. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO's video spot, which observers have labeled "terrifying" and "psychedelic," featured a demon sheep (symbolizing her Republican primary opponent, Tom Campbell) frolicking in a field filled with harmless-looking sheep in conventional, stationary poses (meant, evidently, to symbolize California voters).
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:52:54 GMT
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