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Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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 AP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.
 AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.
 AP - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him.
 AP - A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.
 AP - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eric Massa.
 AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday — the wife with a broken back and neck — after their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, authorities said.
AP - New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust.
 AP - Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. On Thursday, a day after the Itawamba County school board did just that, the 18-year-old lesbian high school senior reluctantly returned to campus to some unfriendly looks, she said.
 AP - The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host "Saturday Night Live."
 AP - Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Reuters - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed, jeopardizing a top Obama administration priority and boosting bank share prices.
 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.
 Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud.
 Reuters - Congressional Democrats drew closer on Thursday to agreement on a broad healthcare overhaul that could clear the way for a final vote in the next few weeks, but vowed not to be bound by White House deadlines.
Reuters - The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were injured on Thursday when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck on a highway, the senator's office said.
CNN.com
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The autopsy on Corey Haim revealed the actor's heart was enlarged and his lungs were filled with water when he died, Haim's manager said.
    
The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were injured Thursday in a highway accident, a spokesman for the senator from Nevada said. The injuries aren't considered life-threatening.
 
Three strong earthquakes rocked Chile this morning, just as the country was swearing in a new president.
 
An Oklahoma elementary school student has died of bacterial meningitis, officials said Thursday, and two other students are hospitalized with the illness.
 
A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty in connection with police shootings of civilians on a bridge soon after Hurricane Katrina, officials said.
 
Hall of Fame football player and actor Merlin Olsen has died after a long battle with cancer. Fellow broadcaster Dick Enberg described him as "the complete man."
 
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 as a homicide.
 
The House of Representatives voted unanimously Thursday to impeach a federal judge from Louisiana.
 
Public schools in Western states can continue teacher-led reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance, after a federal court ruled against a group of atheist parents.
 
Gruesome photos of a murdered hiker sought by Hustler magazine will not be released, a Georgia judge ruled. Lawmakers now want a permanent fix.
 
TIME.com: Top Stories
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Anger is rising in Greece a week after leaders announced a new austerity package to rein in the deficit, with protesters taking to the streets and workers walking off the job
The Vatican faces a growing scandal as allegations have emerged that priestssexually and physically abused students in a choir run by the Pope's brother, Georg Ratzinger
Some mothers refuse to breast-feed -- and not because they can't produce milk or prefer formula. They simply prefer to pump milk and exclusively bottle-feed their babies
A controversial letter by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli Jr. has sparked widespread protests by gay-rights supporters
It's official: Conan O'Brien is launching a 32-city nationwide stage tour, starting April 12.
In a Senate that is near paralyzed by partisan rancor, the maneuverings of two Democrats, Senators Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin, to succeed majority leader Harry Reid are threatening to further gum up the works
This may be a "weird story about a sick couple on the other side of the planet," it may also be an extreme example of the way that we neglect the world around us
In the wake of the credit crisis, banks have scaled back lending to subprime borrowers. But other lenders have stepped in, making high-interest-rate loans to borrowers with low credit scores
Pakistan's landmark court ruling in favor of a woman in an acid-attack case has opened the way for women to seek greater protection through a new law being debated in parliament
Virginia's Fifth Congressional District seems ripe for a Republican victory -- unless the conservative passion of the Tea Party movement trumps political pragmatism
Hong Kong's mini-constitution under China promises eventual democracy for the city-state, but little progress has been made over the past decade, despite mounting pressure from pro-democratic parties
Growing evidence of an expanded terrorism threat from U.S. citizens, like that of Colleen LaRose, a.k.a. "Jihad Jane," may undermine efforts to trim the Patriot Act's powers
The law-and-order crackdown in the Chinese megalopolis of Chongqing is not just about crime. It is a parable of corruption, politics and the state of justice in China
In 'Courage and Consequence,' his tale of the George W. Bush years, Karl Rove disses his critics and defends the boss. No news there
Breaking News: CBS News
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Exclusive: Soldier Decorated for Bravery in the Deadliest Battle of the Afghan War Faulted for Inadequate Preparation
     
Despite "Painful and Emotional Process," Superintendent Says Half of Kansas City's Schools to Close by Fall
  
6.9-Magnitude Quake among 7 Aftershocks; New President Sebastian Pinera Urges Coastal Residents to Move to Higher Ground
  
Riot Police Respond With Tear Gas and Stun Grenades as Masked Youths Punch and Kick Motorcycle Cops
  
Senate Parliamentarian Ruled a Reconciliation Bill Cannot be Passed before President Obama Signs the First Bill, Republicans Say
  
Legislators Debate Adding Label to Each Phone Sold in Pine Tree State Warning of Potential Health Risks From Radiation
  
Woods Has Been Practicing Near Orlando Home; Now Targeting April Major, Sources Say, Despite Reports of Even Sooner Return
  
Experts Say Sour Economy and Targeting Drunk Driving Big Factors In Fatality Decline
  
President Obama Spreads $1.4 Million Award Around; Money Goes to Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, United Negro College Fund
  
Barnum and Bailey's Says Damaged Hooves Couldn't Be Repaired After Run Through Downtown Atlanta
  
Potentially Lethal Inhalants More Commonly Used by 12-Year-Olds than Marijuana, Cocaine and Hallucinogens Combined
  
Gov't "Race to the Top" to Dole out $4.3 Billion in Education Funds, but Unions, Some Others Balk at Strings Attached
  
Toyota's Troubles Put Focus on Safety Agency that Ex-Head Calls "a Lapdog, Not a Watchdog"
  
  
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About 100 homes were being evacuated Wednesday morning as a small earthen dam in Calaveras County in northern California weakened by an overnight thunderstorm threatened to break.
Iran's state-run television says it successfully test-fired a "top secret" missile, the third in a week.
Jurors in the Zacarias Moussaoui case headed into a fourth day of deliberations Thursday but talks halted when one juror fell ill; deliberations to resume Friday
The deputy press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday for using the Internet to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl, authorities said.
University cancels remainder of season after allegations that three players raped an exotic dancer at a party.
Former Iraqi dictator is cross-examined for the first time in the trial for the killings of Shiites in 1982.
A poor-quality video posted on the Internet Wednesday in the name of an extremist group claimed to show Iraqi insurgents dragging the burning body of a U.S. pilot on the ground after the crash of an Apache helicopter.
Venezuelan authorities found the bullet-ridden bodies of three Canadian boys who had been kidnapped more than a month ago in the South American country, the justice minister said.
France's biggest trade unions set a 10-day deadline Wednesday for the government to revoke a divisive jobs law, threatening more protests and strikes that have spiraled into a national crisis.
A baby shower erupted into a fight among guests in which one man was shot and several other people, including the seven-months-pregnant guest of honor, were beaten with a stick, police say.
The new Hamas-led government is broke and missed the April 1 monthly pay date for tens of thousands of Palestinian public workers, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Wednesday.
New Yorkers were treated to a last gasp of winter Wednesday as big snowflakes fell on the metro area.
ABC News: ABCNews
Groups like JawaReport, Quoth the Raven and the YouTube Smackdown Corps claim they had been monitoring Colleen LaRose's growing militancy for three years, and watched as the Internet -- particularly YouTube -- fed her fervor.
After four tornadoes in Arkansas, a front is sweeping from the Midwest toward the Northeast today, bringing tornado watches in Florida, 7 inches of rain in parts of Alabama, and the threat of flooding in New York, Pennsylvania and New England this weekend. Heavy rain and mild temperatures, forecasters say, could combine to melt much of the snow that hit the eastern U.S. this winter.
Democrats say they are close to a final agreement on health care reform, but there is still tension between the White House and lawmakers on whether the bill can be passed by March 18.
Openly gay Mississippi high school senior Constance McMillen has filed a lawsuit with the help of the local ACLU chapter after her school canceled prom for all students following her request to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.
Inside his small third floor office at Vatican City, Father Gabriel Amorth, prepares for his next client. In the corner, a bed with restraining ropes. On the walls, pictures of the Virgin Mary. Near an armchair there is a Bible and other copies of prayers. Looking his 85 years, Father Gabriel is still dressed in his pyjamas, but his face shows signs of energy that has helped sustain him as the chief Exorcist for the Vatican during the last 25 years.
In a rare interview with the Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, Father Gabriel, stongly defends his work and that of the Association of Exoricists.
"The devil is not everywhere," he says, "but when he is present it is painful." He says he has treated over 70,000 cases.
NJ father accused of impregnating daughters to create 'pure' family during years of abuse
Carlos Slim is the world's richest man -- but who is he?
Lost in the GM's jubilant announcement last week that it could reinstate up to 661 dealerships was the fact that hundreds of others still face closure. That may include Rick Smith's GM dealership in Weymouth, Mass., which has been a family business for more than 51 years.
According to a startled Florida Highway Patrol trooper, Gary Dunick, Megan Barnes said she was shaving her bikini area while she drove and her ex-husband held the wheel on the famed Overseas Highway when she crashed into the rear of an SUV on March 2.
For Jim Kennedy, an unemployed 46-year-old California man, the recession has meant using his 1-million-mile-plus stockpile of hotel and airline points to put a roof over his head.
L.A. Rams Hall of Famer and TV actor Merlin Olsen dies of cancer at 69.
When Brad Womack left both cherleader Jenni Croft and realtor Deanna Pappas hanging at the end of season 11 of "The Bachelor," audiences recoiled in emotional horror. Now, Womack and Pappas have a dramatic reunion.
Oprah Winfrey says "Precious" star Gabourey Sidibe, who was nominated for an Oscar for best actress, has a bright career ahead, but Howard Stern called Winfrey a liar for telling "an enormous black chick" that she has a place in Hollywood.
Reuters: Top News
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed, jeopardizing a top Obama administration priority and boosting bank share prices.
  
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.
 
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud.
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats drew closer on Thursday to agreement on a broad healthcare overhaul that could clear the way for a final vote in the next few weeks, but vowed not to be bound by White House deadlines.
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were injured on Thursday when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck on a highway, the senator's office said.
 
CONSTITUCION, Chile (Reuters) - The ground shook and buildings swayed as billionaire Sebastian Pinera took over as Chile's president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding after a massive earthquake killed hundreds just 12 days ago.
 
ATHENS (Reuters) - Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Thursday as tens of thousands of strikers protested against draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling Greece out of a debt crisis shaking the euro zone.
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in African-American communities and deliver an immigration overhaul even as he tried to push healthcare reform across the finish line.
 
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project condemned by Washington.
 
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 pursue wealthy tax cheats.
 
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