Wire Stories

  • BP to pay $7 billion for exploration rights on Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:34 AM PST
    Oil company BP PLC said Thursday it will pay $7 billion to acquire exploration rights in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico from Devon Energy Corp.
  • Women in charge in West Bank's key district on Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:26 AM PST
    RAMALLAH, West Bank — At 35, Leila Ghanem is the first woman to become a Palestinian governor, the latest in a group of trailblazing women leaders who are slowly winning acceptance in this traditional society.
  • NJ man accused of raping, beating 5 daughters on Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:22 AM PST
    A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children with wooden boards and even moving at one point to avoid child welfare investigators.
  • Ex-freshman, veteran kingpin equal Democratic woes on Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:09 AM PST
    One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y., district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, is widely known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax legislation.
  • Analysis: US hamstrung on Israeli settlements on Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:09 AM PST
    A year ago, President Barack Obama boldly, unequivocally demanded that Israel stop building settlements on the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Today he's left with little choice but to swallow a stinging and very public rebuke from America's closest Mideast ally.
  • Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years on Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:04 PM PST
    The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down.
  • 'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' on Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:39 PM PST
    Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."

Vine Stories

  • New Frog Found - Has "Striking" Color Change on Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:45 PM PST
    A newfound frog species undergoes a "striking" change from a black, yellow-spotted youngster to a peach-colored, blue-eyed adult, scientists say.
  • House bans earmarks to for-profit contractors on Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:31 PM PST
    Democrats made the move to bar earmarks for for-profit entities despite fierce resistance from many rank-and-file lawmakers who rely on them to spread federal money around their districts and consider them crucial to their political fortunes.
  • Kansas City, Mo., closing nearly half its schools on Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:06 PM PST
    The Kansas City school board voted Wednesday night to close nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to stay afloat.
  • Eric Massa's Navy files on Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:09 PM PST
    It's become clear that the behavior toward his subordinates that got former Rep. Eric Massa into trouble in Congress is part of pattern that dates to his time in the Navy.
  • Climate panel faces major review on Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:54 AM PST
    The world's biggest scientific guns are being called in to mop up after a trickle of unsettling errors in the authoritative reports written by a global warming panel.
  • Poll: U.S. has lost global standing under Obama on Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:53 AM PST
    A majority of Americans say the United States is less respected in the world than two years ago and believe President Obama and other Democrats fall short of Republicans on the issue of national security, according to a poll by two left-leaning groups.
  • Biden: Palestinians deserve 'viable' independent state on Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:56 AM PST
    U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has told the Palestinians that they deserve a "viable" independent state with contiguous territory.
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