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| U.S. changes stance on reporters held by North Korea (Reuters)
March 25, 2009 at 2:28 am
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| | Reuters - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had seen media reports that two journalists detained by North Korea had been charged with spying, but backed away from suggestions that it had independently confirmed this. |
| Scientists find new species in Papua New Guinea (AP)
March 25, 2009 at 2:16 am
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|  AP - A brilliant green tree frog with huge black eyes, jumping spiders and a striped gecko are among more than 50 new animal species scientists have discovered in a remote, mountainous region of Papua New Guinea.
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| Clinton heads to Mexico armed with drug wars plan (AFP)
March 25, 2009 at 1:49 am
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|  AFP - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Mexico Wednesday armed with a tough new US strategy to fight the country's drug wars that shifts more of the burden to the US side of the border.
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| Urban League asks Obama to address black issues (AP)
March 25, 2009 at 12:57 am
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|  AP - President Barack Obama should specifically address disparities in black unemployment, foreclosures, education and health care, the National Urban League says in its annual "State of Black America" report.
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| La. Gov. Jindal urges GOP to stand up to Obama (AP)
March 25, 2009 at 12:17 am
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|  AP - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal again found himself carrying the Republican mantle opposite a primetime appearance from President Barack Obama on Tuesday, saying Republicans must be ready to defy the president when they disagree with his policies. He also joked about his widely panned response to Obama's address to Congress last month.
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| Centrist Labor joins new Israeli government (AP)
March 25, 2009 at 12:14 am
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|  AP - Israel's Labor Party voted Tuesday to join the incoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu, lending a moderate voice to a coalition dominated by hard liners and easing concerns of a head-on confrontation with Washington over Mideast peacemaking.
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| Wal-Mart sex discrimination case back in court (Reuters)
March 24, 2009 at 10:49 pm
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| | Reuters - A U.S. court began considering on Tuesday whether to uphold a lower court ruling allowing about 2 million current and former female Wal-Mart workers to sue the firm for sexual discrimination as a group. |
| Obama claims gains in fight against economic woes (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 9:20 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama claimed early progress Tuesday night in his dogged campaign to lead the nation out of economic chaos and declared that despite obstacles ahead, "we're moving in the right direction." At the second prime-time news conference of his presidency, Obama also toned down his criticism of bonuses to executives at bailed-out AIG, and shot back at Republican critics of his budget.
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| White House steps up anti-cartel fight on border (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 9:16 pm
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|  AP - Hundreds of federal agents, along with high-tech surveillance gear and drug-sniffing dogs, are headed to the Southwest to help Mexico fight drug cartels and keep violence from spilling across the U.S.-Mexico border, Obama administration officials said Tuesday.
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| Police say woman used fake ID to get fake breasts (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 9:02 pm
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| | AP - Police are seeking a woman they said used a false identity to get breast implants and liposuction, then skipped town. Huntington Beach police said Monday that a 30-year-old woman opened a line of credit in someone else's name in September 2008 and had the procedures worth more than $12,000 performed at the Pacific Center For Plastic Surgery. |
| FACT CHECK: Obama having it both ways on economy? (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 8:52 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama's plea for patience in the economic turmoil Tuesday fits with the view of most economists that a turnaround will take some time. It doesn't fit quite so neatly with his bullish budget. The president's spending plans and deficit projections rest on the assumption that the economy will post solid growth next year after a mild, further decline this year. Many economists think that's too rosy.
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| US takes steps to deport alleged Nazi to Germany (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 8:32 pm
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|  AP - The U.S. government said Tuesday it is asking German officials for travel documents needed to deport accused World War II Nazi guard John Demjanjuk, who is charged in Europe with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder.
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| Bones may be from US grave of 57 Irish immigrants (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 8:32 pm
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|  AP - Researchers may have discovered a mass grave for nearly five dozen 19th-century Irish immigrants who died of cholera weeks after traveling to Pennsylvania to build a railroad. Historians at Immaculata University have known for years about the 57 immigrants who died in August 1832 but could not find the grave.
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| Oil terminal a concern as Alaska volcano rumbles (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 8:29 pm
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|  AP - An Alaska volcano continued to rumble Tuesday amid new concerns that eruptions and mud flows will damage a nearby oil terminal where about 6 million gallons of crude are stored. The 10,200-foot Mount Redoubt volcano, about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, erupted Sunday night. Since then there have been five more explosions; the latest, on Monday night, shot an ash plume into the air that was 40,000 to 50,000 feet high.
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| Obama: Economic remedies yield signs of progress (Reuters)
March 24, 2009 at 8:24 pm
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|  Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday his administration was confronting the economic crisis on all fronts and seeing signs of progress as he sought to reassure recession-weary Americans about his recovery strategy.
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| Sen. Schumer changes view, supports gay marriage (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 8:11 pm
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|  AP - Sen. Charles Schumer reached out to gay leaders earlier this month and convened a meeting at an upscale Manhattan restaurant to make an important announcement: He was supporting gay marriage after years of opposing it. The response from the crowd was swift. "The room applauded," recalled Alan Van Capelle, the executive director of Empire State Pride Agenda, who helped organize the dinner at Gramercy Tavern.
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| Officials seek new power over financial companies (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 8:11 pm
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|  AP - Pointing with dismay to the AIG debacle, the nation's top economic officials argued Tuesday for unprecedented powers to regulate and even take over financial goliaths whose collapse could imperil the entire economy. President Barack Obama agreed and said he hoped "it doesn't take too long to convince Congress."
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| Hall of Fame third baseman George Kell dies at 86 (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 7:55 pm
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|  AP - George Kell, the Hall of Fame third baseman who edged Ted Williams for the 1949 American League batting title and became a Detroit Tigers broadcaster for nearly 40 years, died Tuesday. He was 86. Jackson's Funeral Home in Newport confirmed the death but did not give a cause. The Hall of Fame said he died in his sleep at his home in Swifton. Kell was severely injured in a car crash in 2004 but was able to walk with a cane about six months later.
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| Israel's Labour votes to join govt (AFP)
March 24, 2009 at 4:15 pm
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|  AFP - Israel's centre-left Labour party voted on Tuesday to join a government being formed by right-winger Benjamin Netanyahu in a major boost for the premier-designate who can now form a broad coalition.
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| Police say woman used fake ID to get fake breasts (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 3:52 pm
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| | AP - Police are seeking a woman they said used a false identity to get breast implants and liposuction, then skipped town. Huntington Beach police said Monday that a 30-year-old woman opened a line of credit in someone else's name in September 2008 and had the procedures worth more than $12,000 performed at the Pacific Center For Plastic Surgery. |
| Mexico drug violence prompts U.S. border crackdown (Reuters)
March 24, 2009 at 3:48 pm
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| | Reuters - With Mexico gripped by rampant drug violence, the United States on Tuesday announced steps to crack down on smuggling of narcotics, guns and money by gangs that threaten security on both sides of the border. |
| France to compensate nuclear test victims (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 3:44 pm
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|  AP - The French government offered for the first time Tuesday to compensate victims of nuclear tests in Algeria and the South Pacific, bowing to decades of pressure by people sickened by radiation — and seeking to soothe France's conscience. "It's time for our country to be at peace with itself, at peace thanks to a system of compensation and reparations," French Defense Minister Herve Morin said in presenting a draft law on the payouts.
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| Brawl over Obama budget brews in Congress (Reuters)
March 24, 2009 at 3:27 pm
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| | Reuters - Barack Obama is preparing for one of the toughest fights of his young presidency as Congress begins work on a budget that may trim his spending plans but back his healthcare, energy and education proposals. |
| Police: Woman handcuffed self to husband, bit him (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 3:25 pm
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| | AP - A woman attempting to reconcile with her estranged husband handcuffed herself to him as he slept and then bit him on his torso and arms as he phoned for help, police said. Helen Sun, 37, told police she wanted to have a conversation with Robert Drawbaugh without him leaving. She changed the locks on their bedroom door and, while he was sleeping Monday, handcuffed herself to him, authorities said. |
| Broncos coach reinforces commitment to QB Cutler (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 3:20 pm
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|  AP - Broncos coach Josh McDaniels says the team is committed to Jay Cutler as Denver's quarterback. Still, he says no options — including trades — are being ruled out. McDaniels spoke with the media for the first time Tuesday since the rift between the new Broncos coach and the Pro Bowl quarterback became public. He reiterated that Cutler is his quarterback and he'll do what he can to improve the relationship.
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| Geithner wants powers to wind down firms like AIG (Reuters)
March 24, 2009 at 10:46 am
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| | Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told an angry Congress on Tuesday that he needs authority to step in to shut down troubled institutions like American International Group to avoid future government bailouts. |
| Obama calls for global action to end downturn (Reuters)
March 24, 2009 at 9:26 am
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| Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama called for "bold, comprehensive and coordinated action" to end a global economic downturn on Tuesday as he prepared for an evening news conference to explain his recovery strategy to a recession-weary public. |
| River rises 5 feet in day, record flood possible (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 9:25 am
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|  AP - Volunteers and government teams threw everything they could Tuesday into the fight against the rising Red River as the water rose 5 feet in a day on its way to possible record flooding.
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| Fed's Evans: U.S. growth could resume by year-end (Reuters)
March 24, 2009 at 9:15 am
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| | Reuters - The Federal Reserve could expand its already vast efforts to restore normal functioning in financial markets, and growth in the United States should resume by the end of this year, a top Fed policymaker said on Tuesday. |
| More Madoff assets found, U.S.-British probe linked (Reuters)
March 24, 2009 at 8:09 am
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| | Reuters - A court-appointed trustee has located more than $1 billion of jailed swindler Bernard Madoff's assets, his house in France could be seized and U.S. prosecutors are cooperating with a British agency that investigates organized crime, a court heard on Monday. |
| Ichiro delivers as Japan wins WBC title (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 7:35 am
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|  AP - The World Baseball Classic belongs to Japan again. Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-out, two-run single in the top of the 10th, and Japan beat reigning Olympic champion South Korea 5-3 Monday night to win its second straight WBC title before a boisterous crowd of 54,846 at Dodger Stadium.
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| Sutherland says he's on for 8th '24' season (AP)
March 24, 2009 at 6:50 am
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|  AP - Kiefer Sutherland will be back to play Jack Bauer for an eighth season of the hit counterterrorism drama "24," but the show's longevity will depend on its writers, the actor said Tuesday.
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