Today's Top Stories:
State fires 2 for looking at Obama file
Gates considers US force levels for Iraq
Michigan primary re-do plan collapses
Bin Laden urges jihad for Palestinians
Gay ex-gov wins round in divorce court
Statehouses often look like frat houses
Saturn moon may have ocean of water
Cox calls on friends to help raise funds
Duke escapes, edges Belmont 71-70
Irish end George Mason's dream early
Obama's passport records improperly accessed
Tibetans dispute official claim of no riot deaths
McCain campaign suspends staffer for race video
Cheney visits Afghanistan, wants more NATO troops
Floods plague several midwestern states
Some people may transmit weaker AIDS virus: study
Big quake, aftershocks hit China's Xinjiang
Early life on Earth - no predators, plenty of sex
China pours troops into Tibet, admits shooting protesters
Iraq begins sixth year of chaos, bloodshed
--> State fires 2 for looking at Obama file
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:11 pm PDT
AP - Two contract employees for the State Department have been fired and a third
disciplinedfor inappropriately looking at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's
passportfile, and the department is investigating whether political or other motives wereinvolved,
senior officials said Thursday. Full Story Top
Gates considers US force levels for Iraq
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:06 pm PDT
AP - Top U.S. military leaders presented Defense Secretary Robert Gates with their
strategyfor future force levels in Iraq Thursday, including expected recommendations fora pause in
troop cuts for as much as six weeks later this summer. Full Story Top
Michigan primary re-do plan collapses
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:05 pm PDT
AP - The drive for a second Michigan presidential primary collapsed Thursday, and a
freshdispute broke out between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton over the fate ofthe state's
156 national convention delegates. Full Story Top
Bin Laden urges jihad for Palestinians
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:04 pm PDT
AP - Osama bin Laden lashed out Thursday at Palestinian peace negotiations with
Israeland called for a holy war to liberate the Palestinian lands. Full Story Top
Gay ex-gov wins round in divorce court
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:04 pm PDT
AP - Former Gov. Jim McGreevey didn't plan to torment his wife while they were
married,a judge in their divorce case ruled Thursday, while allowing her to continue witha claim
of marriage fraud. Full Story Top
Statehouses often look like frat houses
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:03 pm PDT
AP - Of all the wisecracks heard in the marble halls of New York's Capitol after
Gov.Eliot Spitzer's downfall in a call-girl scandal, one jest enlightened as much asit stung:
Spitzer's got to be the only guy in Albany who PAYS for sex. Full Story Top
Saturn moon may have ocean of water
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:55 pm PDT
AP - Scientists say they have found the best evidence yet that an ocean of liquid
watermay be hidden below the surface of Saturn's giant moon Titan. If the results areconfirmed, it
would be a starting point for further study into whether the oceancould be capable of supporting
life. Full Story Top
Cox calls on friends to help raise funds
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:50 pm PDT
AP - Courteney Cox and David Arquette have a challenge for their famous friends:
helpraise ${dlvDollarSign}1 million in two weeks for Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare skin condition
thatprimarily affects children. Full Story Top
Duke escapes, edges Belmont 71-70
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:33 pm PDT
AP - There it was, plain as could be on the overhead scoreboard, orange numbering on
ablack background: As the closing seconds ticked away Thursday night, Belmont wasbeating Duke.
Full Story Top
Irish end George Mason's dream early
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:47 pm PDT
AP - Looking for the next George Mason? Sad to say, but it won't be George Mason.
America'sNCAA darling two years ago was just another first-round underdog this time around—
overmatched and never really in it Thursday night in a 68-50 loss to NotreDame in the East
Regional. Full Story Top
Obama's passport records improperly accessed
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:34 pm PDT
Reuters - Contract workers for the U.S. State Department improperly viewed Democratic
presidentialcandidate Sen. Barack Obama's passport records three times this year in whathis
campaign called "an outrageous breach" of his privacy. Full Story Top
Tibetans dispute official claim of no riot deaths
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:47 pm PDT
Reuters - Tibetans in China's tense southwestern province of Sichuan on Friday
disputedthe government's claim that nobody was killed in anti-Chinese riots there thisweek, saying
they believed several had died. Full Story Top
McCain campaign suspends staffer for race video
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:10 pm PDT
Reuters - Republican John McCain's presidential campaign on Thursday suspended a
stafferfor sending a racially charged video involving Democrat Barack Obama and his
controversialpreacher. Full Story Top
Cheney visits Afghanistan, wants more NATO troops
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:25 pm PDT
Reuters - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney visited Afghanistan on Thursday and met
PresidentHamid Karzai ahead of a NATO summit where Washington will urge its allies to sendmore
troops to fight a tough Taliban insurgency. Full Story Top
Floods plague several midwestern states
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:27 am PDT
Reuters - Floods that ravaged a broad swathe of the Midwest from Missouri eastward to the
OhioValley contributed to deaths of more than a dozen people, according to reports onThursday.
Full Story Top
Some people may transmit weaker AIDS virus: study
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:11 pm PDT
Reuters - People with a genetic variation that slows down HIV may also be causing a
mutationto the AIDS virus that makes it less potent if transmitted to others, researcherssaid on
Friday. Full Story Top
Big quake, aftershocks hit China's Xinjiang
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:07 pm PDT
Reuters - A major earthquake and two aftershocks hit China's northwestern region of
Xinjiangon Friday morning, the China Earthquake Administration said, but there were no
initialreports of casualties or damage. Full Story Top
Early life on Earth - no predators, plenty of sex
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:44 pm PDT
Reuters - Sexual reproduction may be nearly as old as animal life itself, according to
researcherswho discovered a new species of organism that lived 540 million years ago. Full Story
Top
China pours troops into Tibet, admits shooting protesters
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:52 pm PDT
AFP - Thousands of soldiers were seen in Lhasa on Thursday amid reports of a huge
militarybuild-up as China admitted for the first time it had shot Tibetan protesters. Full Story
Top
Iraq begins sixth year of chaos, bloodshed
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:44 pm PDT
AFP - The US-led war on Iraq that toppled the brutal regime of dictator Saddam
Husseinentered its sixth year on Thursday with millions of Iraqis still battling daily chaosand
rampant bloodshed. Full Story Top
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