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| Rare Superman comic sells for $317,200 (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 9:34 pm
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|  AP - A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $317,200 in an Internet auction. The previous owner had bought it for less than a buck.
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| 1st funeral held for south Ala. shooting victim (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 9:27 pm
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|  AP - The first funeral has been held for one of 10 people killed in the mass shootings in south Alabama, as the rural communities mourn following the worst massacre in state history.
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| Obama says US economy sound, reassures investors (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 9:15 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday downplayed divisions between the U.S. and Europe over how to tackle the world's financial crisis and said China should have "absolute confidence" that its sizable investments in the United States are safe.
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| Police find 7 bodies in Mexican border city (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 9:08 pm
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|  AP - Police acting on a tip found seven bodies partially buried in the desert on the outskirts of the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, an official said Saturday.
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| G-20 pledge sustained action on financial crisis (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 8:47 pm
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|  AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged Saturday to do "whatever is necessary" to fix the global economy, including supervision of freewheeling hedge funds and restoring bank lending by dealing with the shaky securities burdening their finances.
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| Bolivia passes land from rich to poor (Reuters)
March 14, 2009 at 7:31 pm
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| | Reuters - Emboldened by a new leftist constitution, Bolivia President Evo Morales on Saturday handed over ownership of farmland seized by the state from wealthy estate holders to poor indigenous people. |
| Pakistan government seeks to ease political crisis (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 3:22 pm
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|  AP - Pakistan's government announced its first major concession Saturday in a monthlong political crisis, pledging to appeal a disputed court ruling against a key opposition leader, just hours after a concerned U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called both sides apparently to press for a resolution.
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| Calif. court issues warrant for Lindsay Lohan (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 3:16 pm
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|  AP - An arrest warrant has been issued for actress Lindsay Lohan, possibly in connection with a 2007 drunken driving arrest after she crashed her Mercedes-Benz into a tree, police said Saturday.
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| Pakistan moots concessions to head off crisis (AFP)
March 14, 2009 at 3:04 pm
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|  AFP - Concessions held out by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday to main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif in a bid to defuse the worst political crisis of his rule met a cool response.
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| G-20 pledge sustained action on financial crisis (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 2:04 pm
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|  AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged to boost the role of the International Monetary Fund and make a "sustained effort" to restore global growth after a key conference that sought to bridge deep divisions on how to tackle the financial crisis.
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| Obama plays down G20 rift, reassures China (Reuters)
March 14, 2009 at 1:59 pm
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama played down suggestions of a rift in the G20 and assured China its U.S. investments were safe on Saturday after a meeting with Brazil's president that also touched on relations in Latin America. |
| Deaths of gamers leave their online lives in limbo (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 1:39 pm
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|  AP - When Jerald Spangenberg collapsed and died in the middle of a quest in an online game, his daughter embarked on a quest of her own: to let her father's gaming friends know that he hadn't just decided to desert them.
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| Republicans criticize Obama's budget plan (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 6:13 am
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|  AP - Republicans are trying to build on some bipartisan misgivings over President Barack Obama's ambitious spending blueprint, claiming that the deficits and taxes he envisions are "destroying opportunities for the next generation."
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| Obama announces FDA picks, food safety measures (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 6:11 am
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|  AP - President Barack Obama says the nation's decades-old food safety system is a "hazard to public health" and in need of an overhaul, starting with the selection of a new head of the federal Food and Drug Administration.
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| Obama picks FDA chief, starts new food safety panel (Reuters)
March 14, 2009 at 6:06 am
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| | Reuters - President Barack Obama chose food safety and biological and nuclear threat expert Dr. Margaret Hamburg to run the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and announced a new cabinet-level food safety working group on Saturday. |
| Calif. teachers see red over mass pink slips (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 5:34 am
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|  AP - In a spring rite that has become as predictable as cherry blossoms in the nation's capital, public school employees throughout California warned of wrenching classroom cuts as local officials faced a deadline for issuing layoff notices to educators.
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| Orange getting their fill at Big East tourney (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 4:26 am
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|  AP - Jim Boeheim shook his head in disbelief, just like everybody else inside Madison Square Garden had a few minutes earlier, when Syracuse and West Virginia were tied at the end of regulation.
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| Jon Stewart puts spotlight on CNBC and meltdown (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 4:23 am
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|  AP - The feud between Jon Stewart and CNBC's Jim Cramer has been good for laughs — and ratings — but has also raised the serious question of whether the experts at TV's No. 1 financial news network should have seen the meltdown coming and warned the public.
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| The influence game: Number of PACs hits record (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 4:16 am
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|  AP - The number of groups contributing money to presidential and congressional candidates has soared to an all-time high with their strongest growth in a generation, reflecting the fervor over last year's presidential race and a desire for access and clout when lawmakers tackle upcoming issues.
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| Obama shifts to more upbeat economic message (AP)
March 14, 2009 at 3:32 am
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|  AP - President Barack Obama is shifting to a more upbeat economic message as he talks of working to create a "post-bubble" model for solid economic growth once the recession ends.
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