Everyone's playing hardball on the health care bill (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:11:57 GMT
AP - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama's massive health care legislation by the weekend.

Clashes erupt in Jerusalem; US envoy cancels trip (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:16:53 GMT
AP - Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heaviest clashes in months broke out as an American envoy abruptly canceled a visit, deepening a U.S.-Israeli diplomatic feud.

Challenger overtakes Iraq PM in overall vote count (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:48:05 GMT
AP - A coalition challenging Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in parliamentary elections is ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although still trailing in the province-by-province count.

Holder says Bin Laden will never face U.S. trial (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:36:54 GMT
AP - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.

Honda to recall 410,000 vehicles for brake problem (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:39:29 GMT
AP - Honda Motor Co. will recall more than 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small trucks because of braking system problems that could make it tougher to stop the vehicle if not repaired.

Mom: Jogger hit by plane was excited to head home (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:53:38 GMT
AP - A father of two in town on business was jogging on the beach and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing, officials said Tuesday.

Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:56:39 GMT
AP - New soldiers are grunting through the kind of stretches and twists found in "ab blaster" classes at suburban gyms as the Army revamps its basic training regimen for the first time in three decades.

Judge: Winfrey must defend ex-headmistress's suit (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:47:15 GMT
AP - Talk show host Oprah Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress at her girls' school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted there, a U.S. judge ruled.

AG: Mass. dentist used paper clips in root canals (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:27:28 GMT
AP - A former Massachusetts dentist is accused of placing paper clips instead of stainless steel posts inside the teeth of root canal patients while billing Medicaid for the more expensive parts.

Tiger Woods to return to golf at the Masters (AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:37:05 GMT
AP - Tiger Woods said Tuesday he will return to golf next month at the Masters, ending a four-month hiatus brought on by a sex scandal that shattered his image as the gold standard in sports.