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| Don't forget to set clock ahead by an hour (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 9:55 pm
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|  AP - Time to set the clock forward by an hour. Also, you can heat up the grill and break out the badminton set: Daylight-saving time is returning to shift an hour of light to the evenings.
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| Who got AIG's bailout billions? (Reuters)
March 7, 2009 at 9:52 pm
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|  Reuters - Where, oh where, did AIG's bailout billions go? That question may reverberate even louder through the halls of government in the week ahead now that a partial list of beneficiaries has been published.
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| T.O. takes his show and shuffles off to Buffalo (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 9:39 pm
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|  AP - Terrell Owens needed only two days to find another place to play. The Buffalo Bills decided to take a chance on the talented but high-maintenance receiver, signing Owens to a $6.5 million, one-year deal Saturday.
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| Former USF football player lost at sea is mourned (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 9:37 pm
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|  AP - A week after two NFL players and two of their friends sailed into the Gulf of Mexico on a fishing trip that turned disastrous, family, friends and the lone survivor paid tribute to one of the missing men.
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| Palestinian PM resigns, paves way for unity talks (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 9:17 pm
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|  AP - The Western-backed Palestinian prime minister submitted his resignation Saturday, improving the odds of a possible unity government of Fatah moderates and Hamas militants, followed by new Palestinian elections.
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| Obama: Time of crisis can be 'great opportunity' (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 9:16 pm
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|  AP - Trying to buck up a dispirited nation, President Barack Obama on Saturday promised that prosperous days will return and cast these bleak times as nothing less than a "great opportunity." Packing some heft with his hope, he defended his fast-moving and expensive agenda.
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| When economy bottoms out, how will we know? (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 8:35 pm
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|  AP - When will this wretched economy bottom out? The recession is already in its 15th month, making it longer than all but two downturns since World War II. For now, everything seems to be getting worse: The Dow is in free fall, jobs are vanishing every day, and one in eight American homeowners is in foreclosure or behind on payments.
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| Mourners pay tribute to radio legend Paul Harvey (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 8:25 pm
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|  AP - The son of radio legend Paul Harvey used his father's words for the eulogy Saturday at a public funeral service in Chicago, the city from which he launched his national news and commentary show.
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| Source: Mullen offers Mexico update to Obama (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 8:13 pm
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| | AP - President Barack Obama was briefed Saturday by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen about the drug wars in Mexico and wanted to know how the United States can help. |
| Ex-Calif. bookkeeper accused of embezzling $10M (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 7:28 pm
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| | AP - A former bookkeeper embezzled $9.9 million, forcing her company to make layoffs as she bought 400 pairs of shoes that she kept in a room-sized closet decorated with a crystal chandelier and a plasma television, authorities claim. |
| U.S. officials find "common ground" in Syria (Reuters)
March 7, 2009 at 3:22 pm
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| | Reuters - The United States wants to see "forward momentum" on peace talks between Syria and Israel and believes Syria could help Middle East stability, a U.S. official said after high-level talks in DamadDamascusscus on Saturday. |
| 'The Color Purple' author traveling to Gaza (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 3:05 pm
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|  AP - Pulitzer-prize winning author Alice Walker, who wrote "The Color Purple," is traveling to Gaza along with other female activists to highlight the devastation of the Israeli offensive on Gaza's residents.
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| T-ball pioneer made game a huge hit over 50 years (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 2:37 pm
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|  AP - Jerry Sacharski crafted his first batting tee from metal piping, some pieces of rubber and part of a garden hose. Half a century later he still was coaching T-ball, a game that introduced baseball to millions of kids from backyards to the White House lawn.
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| Zimbabwe PM flown to Botswana after crash (AFP)
March 7, 2009 at 2:19 pm
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|  AFP - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was flown to neighbouring Botswana for medical tests on Saturday after being seriously injured in a car crash that killed his wife, his party said.
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| When economy bottoms out, how will we know? (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 2:04 pm
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|  AP - When will this wretched economy bottom out? The recession is already in its 15th month, making it longer than all but two downturns since World War II. For now, everything seems to be getting worse: The Dow is in free fall, jobs are vanishing every day, and one in eight American homeowners is in foreclosure or behind on payments.
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| Obama: Endure, find opportunity in time of crisis (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 1:43 pm
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| AP - Overseeing a dispirited nation, President Barack Obama on Saturday sought to assure people that bleak times will give way to better days, calling the mounting economic crisis a time to discover America's next "great opportunity." |
| Discord likely over ratifying women's rights pact (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 1:32 pm
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|  AP - A global women's rights treaty completed 30 years ago has a better-than-ever chance for U.S. Senate ratification this year, yet the hunt for the needed 67 favorable votes is likely to incur the wrath of activists on both the left and right.
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| Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai leaves hospital after crash (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 1:13 pm
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|  AP - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai left the hospital bandaged and mourning his wife Saturday after a car crash that his supporters blamed partly on insufficient security provided by President Robert Mugabe.
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| Zimbabwe PM's party wants crash probe (AFP)
March 7, 2009 at 8:16 am
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|  AFP - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party on Saturday pushed for an independent probe of the car crash that killed his wife and injured him, as an official said a US aid truck was involved.
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| Iran says open to Afghan meeting offer from U.S. (Reuters)
March 7, 2009 at 8:00 am
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| | Reuters - Iran said on Saturday it would consider an invitation from its old foe the United States to attend a meeting on Afghanistan and that it was ready to help its neighbor as it battles a growing Taliban insurgency. |
| Palestinian PM Fayyad submits resignation (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 7:20 am
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| AP - The Palestinian prime minister submitted his resignation Saturday, a move that could help pave the way for an elusive power-sharing deal between Palestinian moderates and militants. |
| Russia pushes for new strategic arms pact with U.S. (Reuters)
March 7, 2009 at 7:16 am
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| | Reuters - Russia called on Saturday for a successor agreement with the United States to replace the START-1 strategic nuclear arms reduction pact, saying this was a priority in 'resetting' their relations as Washington has urged. |
| Celtics beat Cavs at home to tighten East race (AP)
March 7, 2009 at 6:14 am
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|  AP - Paul Pierce scored 29 points, reserve Leon Powe had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat Cleveland 105-94 on Friday night to move within percentage points of the Cavaliers in the race for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
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| Obama says will do all necessary to boost economy (Reuters)
March 7, 2009 at 6:03 am
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|  Reuters - President Barack Obama promised on Saturday to do "all that's necessary" to boost the economy and warned, in an opening shot at critics of his budget proposals, that the country had tough choices ahead.
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| Cybersecurity chief Beckstrom resigns (Reuters)
March 6, 2009 at 11:46 pm
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| | Reuters - The U.S. government's director for cybersecurity resigned on Friday, criticizing the excessive role of the National Security Agency in countering threats to the country's computer systems. |
| Obama to sign stem cells order on Monday (Reuters)
March 6, 2009 at 10:10 pm
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama, who opposes limits on federal funding of stem cell research, will sign an executive order about stem cells on Monday, an administration official said on Friday. | | |  |
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