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| Obama releases secret Bush anti-terror memos (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 9:35 pm
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|  AP - The Obama administration threw open the curtain on years of Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers and divulging that the CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other treatment of terror suspects.
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| Search narrows off Fla. Gulf Coast; Man rescued (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 9:34 pm
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|  AP - The Coast Guard on Monday narrowed the search area for two NFL players and a third man missing since a weekend fishing trip off the Florida Gulf Coast after crews rescued a fourth man clinging to their capsized boat. Survivor Nick Schuyler, a former University of South Florida player, told rescuers that the boat the four good friends were aboard was anchored when it flipped Saturday evening in rough seas, said Coast Guard Capt. Timothy M. Close.
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| Trade nominee is 4th Obama pick to owe back taxes (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 9:31 pm
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|  AP - Another Obama administration nominee has tax troubles. This time, it's Ron Kirk, the president's choice to be U.S. trade representative. Kirk owes an estimated $10,000 in back taxes from earlier in the decade and has agreed to pay them, the Senate Finance Committee said Monday.
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| Ferocious storm dumps heavy snow on East Coast (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 9:29 pm
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|  AP - A ferocious storm packing freezing rain, heavy snow and furious wind gusts paralyzed most of the East Coast on Monday, sending dozens of cars careening into ditches, grounding hundreds of flights and closing school for millions of kids.
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| Raul Castro ousts top Cubans loyal to Fidel Castro (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 9:27 pm
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|  AP - President Raul Castro abruptly ousted some of Cuba's most powerful officials Monday, remaking the government in the biggest shakeup since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro a year ago. The changes replaced some key Fidel loyalists, including the longtime foreign minister, with men closer to Raul. They also reduced the enormous powers of a vice president credited with saving Cuba's economy after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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| Madoff seeks to keep NYC penthouse, $62M in assets (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 9:26 pm
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|  AP - Bernard Madoff is seeking to keep a $7 million Manhattan penthouse and an additional $62 million in assets, saying they are unrelated to the fraud that authorities say cost victims more than $50 billion. In court papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Madoff and his lawyer claim the apartment, $45 million in municipal bonds and $17 million more in a separate account all belong to Madoff's wife, Ruth.
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| Gov. Jindal defends message of his GOP speech (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 9:25 pm
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|  AP - Widely panned for his national TV address, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal offered his first defense of the speech Monday, saying he sticks by the message, while acknowledging shortcomings in his delivery.
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| NC mom recalled to Army duty will be discharged (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 9:22 pm
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|  AP - The North Carolina mother who reported for Army duty with her two young children will be discharged from the military, her attorney said Monday. Attorney Mark Waple of Fayetteville said it wasn't yet clear if Lisa Pagan would receive an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions. It also wasn't certain when she would be discharged.
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| Publicist: Ousted Illinois governor to write book (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 9:20 pm
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|  AP - Rod Blagojevich, the first U.S. governor in more than 20 years to be removed from office by impeachment, signed a deal Monday to write a book "exposing the dark side of politics," his publicist said.
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| Obama considers funds to buy bad assets: report (Reuters)
March 2, 2009 at 9:12 pm
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| | Reuters - The Obama administration is considering a plan to purchase bad loans and other distressed assets by creating multiple investments funds, according to The Wall Street Journal, quoting people familiar with the matter. |
| Neb. deputies say man stuffed cat inside 'bong' (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 9:09 pm
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|  AP - A man who tried to cool out his hyper cat by stuffing her into a boxlike homemade bong faces cruelty charges — and catcalls from animal lovers. Lancaster County sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic disturbance call Sunday alleged they saw 20-year-old Acea Schomaker smoking marijuana through a piece of garden hose attached to a duct-taped, plastic glass box in which the cat had been stuffed.
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| Obama names Sebelius to lead health reform push (Reuters)
March 2, 2009 at 5:39 pm
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama named Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius on Monday to lead his ambitious health reform effort, kicking off a week focused on revamping an inefficient healthcare system whose cost he fears is hurting the U.S. economy. |
| Dow ends under 7,000, S&P tests 700 on AIG fallout (Reuters)
March 2, 2009 at 5:14 pm
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|  Reuters - U.S. stocks slid to 12-year lows on Monday as a record $61.7 billion loss for AIG and another government bailout for the insurer heightened concerns about the extent of the damage to the financial system.
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| U.S. won't escalate banking dispute: Swiss official (Reuters)
March 2, 2009 at 3:38 pm
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| | Reuters - The Obama administration is not interested in escalating a dispute between the United States and Switzerland over bank secrecy laws, Switzerland's top Justice official said on Monday after meeting with her counterparts from the U.S. Justice Department. |
| Donors pledge $4.48 billion to rebuild Gaza (Reuters)
March 2, 2009 at 1:26 pm
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| | Reuters - International donors pledged $4.481 billion on Monday to help the Palestinian economy and rebuild Gaza after Israel's three-week offensive, insisting their funds bypass the territory's Hamas rulers. |
| Big snowstorm blankets eastern United States (Reuters)
March 2, 2009 at 10:48 am
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| | Reuters - A big snowstorm blanketed the eastern United States on Monday, prompting the federal government to delay the opening of its offices as up to a foot of snow canceled flights and snarled commutes. |
| AIG has $61.7 billion loss, new aid may not be last (Reuters)
March 2, 2009 at 10:42 am
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|  Reuters - American International Group Inc posted a record $61.7 billion quarterly loss on Monday and got a new but not necessarily final government bailout after officials concluded again that letting the insurer fail would threaten the world financial system.
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| Consumer spending rises in Jan., unlikely to last (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 10:41 am
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|  AP - Consumer spending rose in January after falling for a record six straight months, pushed higher by purchases of food and other nondurable items. But the increase is expected to be fleeting given all the problems facing the economy.
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| U.S. government condemns "waterboarding" as torture (Reuters)
March 2, 2009 at 10:41 am
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| | Reuters - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ruled out the use of "waterboarding" as an interrogation technique for terrorism suspects on Monday, calling it a form of torture that the Obama administration could never condone. |
| Wall Street tumbles anew as financials slide (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 10:39 am
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|  AP - Investors turned cautious again Monday as a staggering $61.7 billion in quarterly losses at insurer American International Group Inc. touched off fresh worries about the health of the nation's financial system.
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| Rodriguez arrives for Dominican team workout (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 10:35 am
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| | AP - Alex Rodriguez reported for the World Baseball Classic on Monday, joining the Dominican Republic team and hoping he's done answering steroids questions for a while. |
| US govt offers $30 bln more to troubled AIG (AFP)
March 2, 2009 at 10:11 am
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|  AFP - The US government Monday unveiled a fresh aid plan of 30 billion dollars for AIG to stave off collapse of the ailing insurance company as it revealed massive new losses.
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| Clinton calls for action to forge Mideast peace (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 9:43 am
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|  AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on her first foray into Middle East diplomacy, declared the Obama administration committed to pushing intensively to find a way for Israelis and Palestinians to exist peacefully in separate states.
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| Northeast pounded by snowy late-winter storm (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 8:27 am
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|  AP - A massive late winter snow storm roared out of the Southeast and into the Northeast overnight, idling hundreds of flights and making Monday's morning rush treacherous as motorists contended with nearly a foot of snow in spots.
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| Fewer kids have high lead levels than 20 years ago (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 7:36 am
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| | AP - In a stunning improvement in children's health, far fewer kids have high lead levels than 20 years ago, new government research reports — a testament to aggressive efforts to get lead out of paint, water and soil. |
| 'Madea' locks up top spot at weekend box office (AP)
March 2, 2009 at 7:35 am
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|  AP - "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" locked up $16.5 million in ticket sales to claim the top spot at the box office for a second straight weekend, beating out "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience."
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| Guinea-Bissau's president, army chief killed (Reuters)
March 2, 2009 at 7:35 am
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|  Reuters - Soldiers killed Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernado "Nino" Vieira on Monday in an apparent revenge attack for the slaying of the army chief of the unstable West African country.
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| NATO warns on security if Afghans vote early (Reuters)
March 2, 2009 at 5:41 am
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|  Reuters - NATO warned on Monday that an early presidential election in Afghanistan would have implications for security and said it would be in a better position to protect the poll if it were held in August.
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