3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican city (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:45:56 GMT
AP - Gunmen killed a U.S. consulate employee and her husband as they drove in this violent border city with their baby in the back seat, minutes after the husband of another consular employee was shot to death and his two children wounded, officials said Sunday. Security forces suspected a drug gang hit, but offered no motive.

Dem House vote-counter lacks health care votes now (AP)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:19:59 GMT
AP - The House's chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House's top political adviser said he was "absolutely confident" in its prospects.

Blackout leaves millions of Chileans in darkness (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:45:35 GMT
AP - A power failure plunged nearly the entire Chilean population into darkness Sunday night, rattling a country already anxious after last month's 8.8-magnitude quake.

Lawyer rebuts doubts about runaway Prius driver (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:33:22 GMT
AP - The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events.

Dodd seeking middle ground on new financial rules (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:19:10 GMT
AP - The senator trying to rewrite the nation's financial industry rules is dropping plans to create a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and to give a single regulator the power to oversee all banks, according to people familiar with the evolving proposal.

Post-snow, Northeast mops up from wind-driven rain (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:16:05 GMT
AP - Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains.

Thai protesters march on army headquarters (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:58:42 GMT
AP - Army reinforcements were rushed into Thailand's capital as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators marshaled around a key military headquarters demanding that the government dissolve Parliament by midday Monday.

Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:50:51 GMT
AP - Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.

'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:49:43 GMT
AP - Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series "Mission: Impossible," died Sunday.

Kansas earns overall top seed in NCAA tournament (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:46:10 GMT
AP - An injury hurts as much as a loss in the days before the brackets are drawn up for March Madness. Syracuse endured both and will have to rack up some major airplane time to make a run to the Final Four.