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Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care (AP) 3/15/2010 3:01 PM

U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, May 21, 2009.   REUTERS/Larry Downing/FilesAP - With a fresh sense of urgency, President Barack Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching a final vote in Congress, pledging it would make preventive care cost-free and close a gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage. "This proposal adds almost a decade of solvency to Medicare," Obama said in a visit to a senior center.


Toyota casts doubt on man's speeding Prius claim (AP) 3/15/2010 3:01 PM

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - Toyota cast doubt Monday on a California man's claim that his Prius sped out of control, saying the report is inconsistent with the findings of the company's preliminary investigation.


Official: Pentagon probing alleged spy operation (AP) 3/15/2010 3:01 PM

This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Michael D. Furlong. Furlong, a Defense Department official, is under investigation for allegedly hiring private contractors to gather intelligence on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a U.S. official said Monday, March 15, 2010. (AP Photo/US Air Force)AP - A Defense Department official is under investigation for allegedly hiring private contractors to gather intelligence on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a U.S. official said Monday.


US wants Israel to cancel Jerusalem building plan (AP) 3/15/2010 3:02 PM

Israeli border police officers stand guard outside Damascus gate, at Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, March 15, 2010. For a fourth straight day, Israel deployed hundreds of police around east Jerusalem's Old City, home to important Jewish, Muslim and Christian shrines, and restricted Palestinian access to the area in anticipation of possible unrest. Israel also maintained a closure that barred virtually all West Bank Palestinians from entering Israel, and some Palestinian shopkeepers shuttered their stores for several hours to protest Israel's actions in the city. Israeli officials said Monday that the U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose approval has touched off the most serious diplomatic feud with Washington in years. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - The Obama administration is demanding that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem and make a public gesture toward the Palestinians to help defuse one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory, officials on both sides said Monday.


Biggest bank crackdown since New Deal is proposed by Dodd (AP) 3/15/2010 3:02 PM

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. unveils his proposal on new financial rules during a news conference in the Senate Radio and Television Gallery on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - A new Democratic Senate bill to tame the financial markets would give the government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy, force the industry to pay for its failures and create a consumer watchdog within the Federal Reserve.


Aide: Karzai `very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest (AP) 3/15/2010 3:11 PM

FILE - In this March 11, 2010 file photo, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, welcomes Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai for bilateral talks at the prime minister's official residence and office, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)AP - The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.


Edwards mistress: Still in love, living 'truth' (AP) 3/15/2010 3:09 PM

In this Feb. 3, 2010 photo provided by GQ, Rielle Hunter holds Frances Quinn, her 2-year-old daughter fathered by John Edwards, at her home in Charlotte, N.C. In an interview with GQ, Hunter, the mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards, says she is helping him live 'a life of truth' and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics. (AP Photo/GQ, Mark Seliger) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO CROPPINGAP - The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics.


British actress Kate Winslet splits from husband (AP) 3/15/2010 3:31 PM

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2009 file photo, British actress Kate Winslet and her husband, director Sam Mendes arrive for the 81st Academy Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)AP - British movie star Kate Winslet has separated from her film director husband Sam Mendes after nearly seven years of marriage, their law firm said Monday.


Woman allegedly hits sister with toilet tank lid (AP) 3/15/2010 1:28 PM

This photo provided by the Johnson County Sheriffs Office shows Nitasha Johnson, who Iowa City police have arrested for allegedly attacking her sister with the lid of a toilet tank, Sunday, March 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Johnson County Sheriffs Office)AP - Iowa City police arrested a woman who allegedly attacked her sister with the lid of a toilet tank. Nitasha Johnson, of Iowa City, was arrested early Sunday and was charged with domestic abuse assault causing injury and interference with official acts. According to police, Johnson removed the lid and hit her sister during a fight. Authorities said the sister suffered an injured foot and finger.


Glamour boy Beckham to miss World Cup after injury (AP) 3/15/2010 2:55 PM

** RETRANSMISSION TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE CROP **David Beckham leaves the Principe di Savoia hotel in downtown  Milan, Italy, Monday, March 15, 2010. Beckham left the hotel on crutches and headed to the airport for a flight to Finland for surgery on his torn left Achilles' tendon, an injury likely to keep him out of the World Cup. The 34-year-old former England captain was injured in the closing minutes of AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo Verona on Sunday. With his hopes of becoming the first English player to appear in four World Cups shattered and his future in international football in doubt, Beckham was scheduled to be operated on either later Monday or Tuesday morning by specialist surgeon Dr. Sakari Orava. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)AP - Unless David Beckham can mend it as well as he can bend it, soccer's now-limping glamour boy will miss this summer's World Cup — a blow to tournament organizers, sponsors, TV viewers and average fans.


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