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| Alaska Gov. Palin's daughter's, boyfriend break up (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 9:44 pm
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|  AP - Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin, the teenage daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, have broken off their engagement, he said Wednesday, about 2 1/2 months after the couple had a baby. Johnston, 19, told The Associated Press that he and 18-year-old Bristol Palin mutually decided "a while ago" to end their relationship. He declined to elaborate as he stood outside his family's home in Wasilla, about 40 miles north of Anchorage.
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| Ala. gunman left list of those who wronged him (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 9:36 pm
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|  AP - The gunman who killed 10 people and committed suicide in a rampage across the Alabama countryside had struggled to keep a job and left behind lists of employers and co-workers he believed had wronged him, authorities said Wednesday.
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| Treasury official: US shouldn't micromanage banks (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 9:30 pm
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|  AP - The government should refrain from micromanaging banks that receive taxpayer assistance, a top Treasury official cautioned lawmakers itching to see results from a $700 billion rescue program for the financial sector. Neel Kashkari, interim assistant secretary for financial stability at Treasury, told a congressional oversight panel Wednesday that banks should not be forced to make loans that bankers might deem risky.
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| Obama backs pet projects and signs spending bill (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 9:30 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama, sounding weary of criticism over federal earmarks, defended Congress' pet projects Wednesday as he signed an "imperfect" $410 billion measure with thousands of examples.
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| Feds spending millions on Kennedy legacy in Mass. (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 9:12 pm
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|  AP - More than one out of every five dollars of the $126 million Massachusetts is receiving in earmarks from a $410 billion federal spending package is going to help preserve the legacy of the Kennedys.
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| Teen kills 15 in Germany before taking own life (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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|  AP - A 17-year-old wielding a Beretta 9 mm pistol burst into classrooms at his former high school Wednesday and gunned down students — some of whom died with their pencils still in hand — in a rampage that ended with 15 dead before he took his own life, authorities said.
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| Octuplets mom says she's paying for new LA house (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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|  AP - The Southern California mother of octuplets said in a video posted online Wednesday that she — not her parents — is paying for the four-bedroom, three-bath home where she plans to raise her brood. In the video posted on celebrity news Web site RadarOnline.com, Nadya Suleman disputed earlier remarks by the house's listing agent, who said her father was buying the home.
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| Billionaire Stanford to take the 5th in fraud case (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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|  AP - Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford and one of his top officials have asserted their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the federal government's fraud case against them and Stanford's companies, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
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| DUI defendant claims that he's his own country (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 8:30 pm
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| | AP - A man accused of driving drunk said Pennsylvania courts have no jurisdiction over him because he's his own country. After seeing the paperwork that 44-year-old Scott Allan Witmer filed with the court claiming sovereignty, a Northampton County judge said Tuesday he cannot be released from jail until he gets a mental exam. |
| World's richest not so rich, Gates regains top spot (Reuters)
March 11, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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|  Reuters - Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates is the richest man again, overtaking investor Warren Buffett, as the global financial meltdown wiped out $2 trillion from the net worth of the world's billionaires, Forbes Magazine said on Wednesday.
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| US, China try to defuse tension, focus on economy (AFP)
March 11, 2009 at 5:23 pm
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|  AFP - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday invited Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the White House as both powers tried to defuse military tensions and focus on stabilizing the global economy.
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| Gas leak postpones space shuttle Discovery launch (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 3:02 pm
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|  AP - NASA has postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery because of a gas leak. The leak of gaseous hydrogen occurred as the launch team was filling the external fuel tank for liftoff Wednesday night. The seven astronauts had yet to board the spaceship.
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| Obama to raise ships incident with China (Reuters)
March 11, 2009 at 2:55 pm
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama will discuss the confrontation between five Chinese ships and a U.S. Navy survey vessel when he meets China's foreign minister on Thursday, the White House said on Wednesday. |
| Budget deficit reaches $765B in 5 months (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 2:40 pm
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|  AP - Lower tax revenue and massive government spending on the bank bailout pushed the federal deficit to $765 billion in the first five months of the budget year, well on its way to hitting the Obama administration's projection of a record annual imbalance of $1.75 trillion.
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| Expected Madoff plea troubles victims (Reuters)
March 11, 2009 at 1:38 pm
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| | Reuters - Some former customers of financier Bernard Madoff despise him for his fraud, but they are also angry with their government and a financial system they say robbed them of their savings. |
| Report: McNamee injected Clemens at hot tub (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 12:34 pm
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|  AP - Brian McNamee says he injected Roger Clemens with drugs at the Yankee Stadium hot tub and that among the needles he gave government investigators was one he used to inject the pitcher in 2001, according to the Web site sportsimproper.com.
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| Saddam's mouthpiece Tareq Aziz jailed for murder (AFP)
March 11, 2009 at 12:30 pm
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|  AFP - Iraq's top court on Wednesday jailed former deputy premier Tareq Aziz for 15 years and sentenced two half-brothers of executed dictator Saddam Hussein to hang for crimes against humanity.
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| Spending bill must start new era: Obama (Reuters)
March 11, 2009 at 11:54 am
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he will sign a $410 billion bill to fund the some government operations through September 30, but it must mark an end to the practice of jamming spending bills with lawmakers' pet projects. |
| 4 states see double-digit jobless rates in Jan. (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 11:42 am
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|  AP - Four states — California, South Carolina, Michigan and Rhode Island — registered unemployment rates above 10 percent in January, and the national rate is expected to hit double digits by year-end.
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| Ford says modified UAW pact brings foreign parity (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 11:41 am
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|  AP - Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that recent modifications to its contract with the United Auto Workers union would help the company achieve parity with wages paid in the United States by overseas-based automakers.
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| IMF chief says bank cleanup too slow (Reuters)
March 11, 2009 at 11:41 am
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| | Reuters - The world's advanced economies are moving too slowly in ridding banks of problem assets, which could jeopardize a global economic recovery in 2010, the head of the International Monetary Fund said. |
| North Korea accuses U.S. of plotting attack (Reuters)
March 11, 2009 at 9:41 am
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|  Reuters - North Korea's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday accused the United States of preparing for a war against the communist state in Pyongyang's first verbal criticism of the Obama Administration.
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| Teenage gunman in black kills 11 at German school (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 8:21 am
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|  AP - A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people and injuring others before escaping, police said.
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| Ala. man kills at least 9, including 4 relatives (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 8:18 am
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|  AP - A gunman who left nine bodies scattered across two counties burned down his mother's home with her still inside, killed four relatives on a porch and then targeted strangers before killing himself, authorities said.
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| Teenager kills 11 in German school shooting (AFP)
March 11, 2009 at 8:17 am
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|  AFP - A teenager dressed in black combat gear went on the rampage at his former school in Germany on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people before he was shot dead by armed police.
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| Ohio retiree charged for time as Nazi camp guard (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 7:54 am
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| | AP - German authorities say they have charged retired Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk with more than 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his time as a guard at the Nazi's Sobibor death camp, and will seek his extradition from the U.S. |
| Utah, Hawaii, Wyoming top 'happiness' poll (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 7:40 am
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| | AP - Looking for happiness — it's family-friendly communities for some, tropical paradise or the rugged West for others. A survey of Americans' well-being, conducted by Gallup in partnership with Healthways and America's Health Insurance Plans, gives high marks to Utah, which boasts lots of outdoor recreation for its youthful population. |
| Tests could find ovarian cancer early (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 7:36 am
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| | AP - Doctors screening women for ovarian cancer were able to pick up the disease about two years earlier than normal, according to a British study published Wednesday. |
| Adam Lambert astonishes `American Idol' judges (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 7:35 am
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|  AP - If the "American Idol" judges have their way, it won't be curtains for Adam Lambert anytime soon. The 26-year-old theater actor from Los Angeles seamlessly impressed the panel — and eclipsed his 12 co-finalists — with an energized rendition of the tune "Black or White" during Tuesday's Michael Jackson-themed performance show.
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| Nowitzki's 34 leads Mavericks past Suns 122-117 (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 7:34 am
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|  AP - Now that Dallas has pulled away from the Phoenix Suns in the race for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, the Mavericks are setting their sights higher. Dallas, behind a 34-point performance from Dirk Nowitzki, beat Phoenix 122-117 on Tuesday night to widen its lead over the Suns to five games for the eighth and final spot in the West.
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| Former Saddam aide Tareq Aziz gets 15 years jail (Reuters)
March 11, 2009 at 7:22 am
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|  Reuters - Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz, the public face of Saddam Hussein's regime, was sentenced to 15 years jail on Wednesday for his role in the execution of dozens of traders for breaking state price controls in 1992.
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| Obama to sign spending bill, push for new rules (AP)
March 11, 2009 at 7:09 am
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|  AP - President Barack Obama plans to sign a massive spending bill to keep the federal government running, even though it is stashed with the very kinds of pet projects that the campaigning Obama promised to resist.
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| Eleven killed in Alabama shooting spree (AFP)
March 11, 2009 at 5:47 am
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|  AFP - A gunman in the southern state of Alabama killed at least ten people in a shooting rampage before turning the gun fatally on himself, local authorities and state police said.
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| Congress sends last 2009 spending bill to Obama (Reuters)
March 10, 2009 at 8:18 pm
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| | Reuters - The Democratic-controlled U.S. Congress on Tuesday approved a $410 billion bill to fund most of the government through September 30, sending it to President Barack Obama despite Republican objections to the price tag. | | |  |
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