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Blackout leaves millions of Chileans in darkness
(AP)
 AP - A blackout has plunged millions of Chileans into darkness and rattled a country already anxious after last month's 8.8-magnitude quake.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:39:42 GMT
| 3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican city
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 AP - Gunmen killed a U.S. consulate employee and her husband as they drove in this violent border city with their baby in the back seat, minutes after the husband of another consular employee was shot to death and his two children wounded, officials said Sunday. Security forces suspected a drug gang hit, but offered no motive.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:33:07 GMT
| Two snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalanche
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 AP - An avalanche that killed two people at an informal snowmobile rally in Canada's Rocky Mountains may have been triggered by three daredevil sledders who apparently unleashed a deadly wall of snow on up to 200 people below, witnesses said Sunday.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:07:02 GMT
| Thai protesters march on army headquarters
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 AP - Army reinforcements were rushed into Thailand's capital as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched Monday on a key military headquarters demanding that the government dissolve Parliament.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:50:23 GMT
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Kansas, Kentucky, Orange, Duke top seeds (AP)
An injury hurts as much as a loss in the days before the brackets are drawn up for March Madness. Syracuse endured both and will have to rack up some major airplane time to make a run to the Final Four. Kansas, Kentucky and Duke won their conference tournaments and the top seeding that went with them when the selection committee rolled out its 65-team NCAA tournament bracket Sunday.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:49:31 PDT
| Tomlinson signs 2-year deal with Jets (AP)
LaDainian Tomlinson is bolting for the Big Apple. Tomlinson's agent, Tom Condon, said Sunday that the New York Jets signed the former Chargers running back to a two-year contract. The Jets confirmed that they have agreed to a deal, adding the aging star to the NFL's top-ranked rushing offense last season.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:40:27 PDT
| Browns trade QB Quinn to Broncos (AP)
Brady Quinn will get a chance to start over in Denver. Whether he'll get to start is up in the air. The Broncos acquired the former first-round draft pick from the Cleveland Browns for fullback Peyton Hillis, a 2011 sixth-round draft pick and a conditional pick in 2012. The teams announced the trade Sunday and said the deal is pending physicals.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:40:16 PDT
| Kentucky ties it at buzzer, wins in OT (AP)
John Calipari only had questions once he and his Kentucky Wildcats finished celebrating their Southeastern Conference tournament championship. "How did we win this game? How did we go to overtime? I don't know," Calipari said. Credit his fantastic freshmen who scored to get them to overtime and then won the game, even if they celebrated a little prematurely.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:26 PDT
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Lawyer rebuts doubts about runaway Prius driver
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 AP - The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:33:22 GMT
| Studies: Intense treatment doesn't help diabetics
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AP - Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:20:51 GMT
| Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs
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 AP - The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:19:56 GMT
| Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund starts to open up
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AP - The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority broke with its customary privacy by issuing its first yearly statement Monday, marking one of the biggest steps yet by the world's largest sovereign wealth fund to increase transparency.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:27:26 GMT
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Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs
(AP)
AP - The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:19:56 GMT
| Israeli settlement action 'an insult': Obama aide
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 AFP - Israel's announcement of plans to build 1,600 settler homes in east Jerusalem was not only an "insult" to the United States but "destructive" of the Middle East peace process, a top White House official said Sunday.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:07:05 GMT
| 'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA
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 AP - Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series "Mission: Impossible," died Sunday.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:49:43 GMT
| Lawyer rebuts doubts about runaway Prius driver
(AP)
AP - The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:33:22 GMT
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