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 USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories 12 Mar 2010 at 8:36am Drivers are battling an epidemic of teeth-rattling potholes, jarring not only wheels and tires but also transportation departments ...
New York deal could pay $657M to sickened Ground Zero workers 12 Mar 2010 at 9:10am A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust ...
Water shortages may hit northern Rockies 12 Mar 2010 at 8:37am Much of the nation may be snow-weary, but farmers and ranchers who rely on winter snowpack in the northern Rockies for irrigation ...
2 killed, 2 injured in Salt Lake commuter train accident 12 Mar 2010 at 7:10am Two people are dead and two are in critical condition after their car collided with a light-rail train.
ACLU files suit against Miss. school for canceling prom 12 Mar 2010 at 4:35am A Mississippi school board's decision to cancel the high school prom rather than change its policy on same-sex dates attracted ...
Pat Tillman's legacy: more help for military veterans in college 12 Mar 2010 at 3:00am The Pat Tillman Foundation's Tillman Military Scholars program offers funding to veterans who demonstrate a record of service ...
Nursing covering more health care 12 Mar 2010 at 8:19am As the debate over health care legislation continues in Washington, advocates for nurse practitioners say it is these primary ...
Road fatalities curve sharply down 12 Mar 2010 at 12:16am U.S. highway deaths have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1950s, as more motorists bought into buckling up and embraced ...
States may hold onto tax refunds for months 12 Mar 2010 at 8:44am Residents eager to get their state tax refunds may have a long wait this year: The recession has tied up cash and caused officials ...
NIH panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section 11 Mar 2010 at 9:28pm A government panel has urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back to "once a C-section, ...
 FOXNews.com 12 Mar 2010 at 10:25am A judge is expected to decide Friday whether a former wife can testify against a New Jersey man accused of raping his five daughters and terrorizing his family. Al Qaeda Suspect Worked at U.S. Nuclear Plants 12 Mar 2010 at 7:34am An American charged in Yemen with being a member of Al Qaeda had worked at nuclear power plants in the U.S., a spokesman for a group of plants in New Jersey said Thursday. But a state official... Man at Wheel of 'Out-of-Control' Prius Has Troubled Past 12 Mar 2010 at 11:07am The man who became the face of the Toyota gas pedal scandal this week has a troubled financial past that is leading some to question whether he was wholly truthful in his story. Hearing for Pa. Boy, 12, Accused of Killing Dad's Fiancee 12 Mar 2010 at 10:13am A hearing is under way in Pennsylvania to determine whether a 12-year-old boy can be tried as an adult on charges he killed his father's pregnant fiancee. Lesbian Teen Sues School Over Prom Drama 12 Mar 2010 at 8:31am A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled. Smelly Feet at Fla. Airport May Prompt Security Change 12 Mar 2010 at 9:52am Something stinks at Palm Beach International Airport. Teacher Mauled to Death by Wolves in Alaska 12 Mar 2010 at 9:31am A teacher jogging along a rural Alaskan road was killed in an animal attack and authorities say wolves are the chief suspects. N.Y. Woman Killed by Subway After Jumping on Tracks 12 Mar 2010 at 9:12am A woman dropped her gym bag on the tracks of a crowded Upper East Side subway station yesterday — then made the fatal decision to jump after it as screaming straphangers watched in horror, The New ... Judge to Hear Plan to Pay $657M to WTC Responders 12 Mar 2010 at 10:28am Thousands of ground zero workers who claim to have been sickened by dust and debris from the World Trade Center will have 90 days to decide whether to accept a settlement worth up to $657.5 million. N.Y. Cashier, 91, Punched Trying to Fend Off Thief 12 Mar 2010 at 8:48am A 91-year-old New York pharmacy cashier refused medical attention and went back to work after a thief punched her.  CNN.com - U.S. 11 Mar 2010 at 10:49pm A high school in Washington, D.C., is set to name a former women's professional football player as its head varsity football coach Friday, a move that a national women's sports advocacy group calls... Alaska authorities say woman may have died in wolf attack 12 Mar 2010 at 11:07am Authorities in Alaska are investigating whether a wolf attack killed a 32-year-old woman whose body was found in a remote area near a small village. Independent counsel named in Paterson investigations 12 Mar 2010 at 1:40am New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has appointed a former chief judge of the State Appellate Court to oversee two investigations of Gov. David Paterson. School sued for canceling prom over lesbian student 11 Mar 2010 at 9:49pm A Mississippi high school faces a lawsuit over its decision to cancel its prom rather than allow a lesbian high school student to attend with her girlfriend. Officials: Bacterial meningitis kills Oklahoma student 12 Mar 2010 at 9:07am An Oklahoma elementary school student has died of bacterial meningitis, officials said Thursday, and two other students are hospitalized with the illness. Ex-NOPD cop admits role in cover-up of LA bridge shooting 11 Mar 2010 at 5:14pm A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with police shootings of civilians on a Louisiana bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina, authorities said. Coroner: Post-Katrina hospital death not homicide 11 Mar 2010 at 3:36pm After reviewing the case of a woman who died at New Orleans, Louisiana's Memorial Hospital in the days after Hurricane Katrina, coroner Frank Minyard said Thursday that he cannot classify her death... Report: 12-year-olds abusing inhalants 11 Mar 2010 at 2:20pm When their kids turn 12, parents are concerned about peers pressuring them to smoke cigarettes, drink and use drugs, but it turns out 12-year-olds are doing something else: getting high on inhalants. Ex-Obama adviser: Democrats may get 'slaughtered' in fall 11 Mar 2010 at 9:43am Steve Hildebrand, one of the top advisers who helped put President Obama in office, has a stark warning for his old friends at the White House and on Capitol Hill. Sunday, 3-14 is Pi day! 12 Mar 2010 at 8:53am The sound of meditation for some people is full of deep breaths or gentle humming. For Marc Umile, it's "3.14159265358979..."  Reuters: U.S. 12 Mar 2010 at 2:57am NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of workers who suffered health problems after the September 11 attacks in 2001 have reached a settlement worth up to $657.5 million with an insurer representing the c... States tap stimulus as more U.S. families seek aid 12 Mar 2010 at 8:03am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many states have used funds from the $863 billion U.S. economic stimulus plan to help give a rising number of poor families emergency cash assistance, the Government Accounta... Orange County files lawsuit against Toyota 12 Mar 2010 at 11:46am LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Southern California said on Friday they were filing a lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp, charging that the automaker has endangered the public with defective ... U.S. boosted financial, tax crime probes in 2009 11 Mar 2010 at 5:14pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States boosted its investigation of tax and other financial crimes by about 10 percent last year, tax authorities reported on Thursday, amid an increased push to p... Farm groups call on U.S. to "bust up big ag" 11 Mar 2010 at 9:50pm ANKENY, Iowa (Reuters) - A coalition of family farmers, consumers and other critics of corporate agriculture on Thursday called on the U.S. government to crack down on what they see as unfair conso... Toyota discounts boost sales 11 Mar 2010 at 11:18pm DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures. Gang member convicted of murdering Broncos player 11 Mar 2010 at 4:02pm DENVER (Reuters) - A member of a Denver-area Crips street gang was convicted on Thursday in the 2007 murder of Denver Broncos football player Darrent Williams after an altercation at a local nightc... Ex-policeman pleads guilty in Katrina killing case 11 Mar 2010 at 3:12pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former New Orleans police detective who now works as a U.S. immigration agent has pleaded guilty to helping cover up the shooting deaths of two people by police days after ... More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll 11 Mar 2010 at 5:08pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated and more people doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fa... Sushi chef, restaurant charged with serving endangered whale 11 Mar 2010 at 2:05pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California sushi chef and the restaurant in which he worked have been charged with illegally serving meat from an endangered Sei whale, the Justice Department said on Thurs... AP Top U.S. News At 11:48 a.m. EST Judge to hear plan to pay $657M to WTC responders12 Mar 2010 at 10:23am NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands of ground zero workers who claim to have been sickened by dust and debris from the World Trade Center will have 90 days to decide whether to accept a settlement worth... Friend: Suspected US al-Qaida member grew radical 12 Mar 2010 at 11:48am BUENA, N.J. (AP) -- Sharif Mobley had strong Muslim views as early as high school. But his old friend Roman Castro knew he had radicalized when he saw him about four years ago.... NYC police pursue video leads in bar beating 12 Mar 2010 at 9:56am NEW YORK (AP) -- Security video has attracted some tips, but none so far have led police to the stranger who followed a woman into a bar restroom, savagely beating her and perhaps trying to sex... Old laws, raids leave Philly bar owners foaming 12 Mar 2010 at 7:52am PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A real brouhaha has beer lovers in the City of Brotherly love frothing over with anger.... Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating 12 Mar 2010 at 9:48am CHICAGO (AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans - maybe even President Barack Obama - are ... Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom 12 Mar 2010 at 8:36am JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it cancel... After drop in poll, AG recuses himself in NY probe 12 Mar 2010 at 3:17am ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- In recusing himself after two weeks of investigating Gov. David Paterson, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said there was no "technical conflict" but described the probe thus ... Utah House GOP leader says he paid off woman 12 Mar 2010 at 4:02am SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's House majority leader said late Thursday he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going nude "hot-tubbing" with her when she was minor a quarter century ago.... Former John Edwards aide returning to NC court 12 Mar 2010 at 4:50am PITTSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- A former aide to John Edwards is returning to court just days after a North Carolina judge nearly sent him to jail over his handling of a videotape purportedly showing t... Autopsy: Animal fatally mauled teacher in Alaska 12 Mar 2010 at 4:22am ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A teacher jogging along a rural Alaskan road was killed in an animal attack and authorities say wolves are the chief suspects....  MiamiHerald.com: Nation 11 Mar 2010 at 1:00am Haitian President René Préval emerged from a round of talks at the White House and Capitol Hill on Wednesday, optimistic that President Barack Obama and lawmakers are receptive to hel... Critics of Justice Dept. lawyers under fire 11 Mar 2010 at 4:59pm A conservative group's bashing of several Obama administration lawyers as the "al Qaeda Seven" has struck a nerve in the U.S. legal community, prompting even some fellow Republicans to denounce the... Complaints persist as US frees Afghan detainees 11 Mar 2010 at 10:50am Under a program started in January, local Afghan leaders can petition for and win release of Bagram prisoners not deemed a threat if area chiefs pledge to monitor them for signs they are aiding the... Ex-spy chief: US misled allies over detainees 10 Mar 2010 at 3:15pm United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday. Obama still wants some at Guantánamo to face US trials 8 Mar 2010 at 6:09pm White House aides are increasingly convinced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed will never face trial in a civilian court and are trying to cut a deal that would still transfer Guan... WH considering military trials for 9/11 suspects 5 Mar 2010 at 8:21am In a potential reversal, White House advisers are close to recommending that President Barack Obama opt for military tribunals for self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four ... Group seeks info from U.K. on Guantánamo detainee's rendition 4 Mar 2010 at 2:02pm A human rights group challenged Britain's government to hand over documents relating to a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who alleges his extraordinary rendition flight refueled on British te... Former detainee said running Afghan battles 3 Mar 2010 at 7:02pm A man who was freed from Guantánamo after he claimed he only wanted to go home and help his family is now a senior commander running Taliban resistance to the U.S.-led offensive in southern Afghani... Supreme Court dismisses Uighurs' Guantánamo case 1 Mar 2010 at 8:27pm The Supreme Court on Monday dropped a case filed by Uighur detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in which the Uighurs sought to be brought to the U.S. because no other country would accept them. Prosecutors could try 9/11 suspect despite waterboarding, experts say 28 Feb 2010 at 1:00pm U.S officials once described the confession of accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed as a gold mine of intelligence that proved his role in a litany of terrorist plots. RSS feed - channel BNewsUS  Judge to hear plan to pay $657M to WTC responders 12 Mar 2010 at 10:23am Thousands of ground zero workers who claim to have been sickened by dust and debris from the World Trade Center will have 90 days to decide whether to accept a settlement worth up to...  Court says invoking God on US money, pledge constitutional 12 Mar 2010 at 10:06am A federal appeals court in California ruled Thursday that the references to God on US bank notes and in the pledge of allegiance to the US flag are constitutional and not religious in...  NYC police pursue video leads in bar beating 12 Mar 2010 at 9:56am Security video has attracted some tips, but none so far have led police to the stranger who followed a woman into a bar restroom, savagely beating her and perhaps trying to sexually...  US retail sales post surprise rise 12 Mar 2010 at 9:56am US retail sales unexpectedly rose for the second month in February, despite severe winter storms that hammered large regions of the country, official data showed Friday. The Commerce...  Media heavyweights spar over charging for news online 12 Mar 2010 at 9:41am With The New York Times and Rupert Murdoch poised to start charging for newspapers online, media heavyweights sparred on Thursday over whether readers will pay for news on the Web. The...  Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom 12 Mar 2010 at 8:36am A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled. The...  Old laws, raids leave Philly bar owners foaming 12 Mar 2010 at 7:52am A real brouhaha has beer lovers in the City of Brotherly love frothing over with anger. State regulators say it's a simple matter of making sure bars and beer manufacturers aren't... Brew-haha frothing over after Philly bar raids 12 Mar 2010 at 5:50am A real brew-haha has beer lovers in the City of Brotherly love frothing over with anger. To one side, the suds uproar is borne out of typographical errors, hard-to-spell beer names and... Medical testing: more doesn't always mean better 12 Mar 2010 at 5:35am A spate of recent reports suggest that when it comes to health care, too many Americans are being over-treated. Experts say there are many reasons, including doctors practicing...  Lehman failure 'fault of managers, banks, auditors' 12 Mar 2010 at 5:24am A court-appointed expert has blamed the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers on its top management as well as audit firm Ernst & Young and banks Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase. ... |