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Democrats pare differences over health overhaul (AP)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Top Democrats say they are resolving disputes over President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan, but they face decisions on subsidizing coverage and are still hunting votes to push the vast package through Congress.


Judge to hear plan to pay $657M to WTC responders (AP)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Firemen and rescue personnel work at the base of the World Trade Center 14 September 2001, in New York. More than 10,000 people who worked in the toxic chaos of New York's Ground Zero after 9/11 could receive compensation totalling 657 million dollars for health problems under a settlement reached.(AFP/File/Marcos Townsend)AP - A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center goes before a judge Friday, and he has said he favored a settlement but planned to analyze it carefully to make sure it was fair.


Pakistan navy tests missiles in Arabian Sea (AP)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Raja Basharat, the granduncle of five-year-old kidnapped British boy Sahil Saeed, speaks to journalists from his family residence in Jhelum, 120 km (75 miles) southeast of Islamabad, March 11, 2010. A British boy kidnapped from his family's home in Pakistan has yet to be found, British and Pakistani officials said, Pakistan's Dawn news reported.  REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Pakistan's navy successfully test-fired a series of missiles and torpedoes Friday in what it called a message to "nefarious" forces — an apparent reference to longtime rival India.


Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul (AP)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010

Bishop John Wester, from Salt Lake City, talks to the media outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010, following after a meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)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.


Friend: Suspected US al-Qaida member grew radical (AP)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010

This 2002 photo provided by Roman Castro shows Sharif Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in   Buena, N.J. The FBI confirmed Thursday, March 11, 2010 that the agency is looking into the case of 26-year-old son, Sharif Mobley, who grew up in Buena and is an alleged al-Qaida member raised in New Jersey who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. (AP Photo/Roman Castro) NO SALESAP - Sharif Mobley had strong Muslim views as early as high school. But his old friend Roman Castro knew he had radicalized when he saw him about four years ago.