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Cat-calling men give all men a bad name?
(Reuters)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_women_catcalls"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100319/i/r3652356502.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2XBk7qOtynqI4Kp48SigjQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman casts a shadow as she walks on a street in Tokyo August 3, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Men who harass women with cat calls and sexual comments are actually harming their whole gender, a study has found.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Obama to Dems: Our fates are tied to health bill
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_obama_s_pitch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100318/capt.d0f513976edb457bb6630c59a442a6db-d0f513976edb457bb6630c59a442a6db-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=eB3VyiH14cOWWtqcBO6qjQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama speaks with lawmakers after he signed the HIRE Act jobs bill in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Seen at rear left are Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - In seeking enough votes to overhaul the nation's health care system, President Barack Obama is telling nervous Democratic lawmakers that their political fates are linked to the bill's passage, discouraging the notion that they can save themselves by opposing it, House members say.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Feds: Brakes weren't applied on crashed NY Prius
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_runaway_prius_ny"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100317/capt.4dae24ec30414b3c9fb7eb71782b395d-4dae24ec30414b3c9fb7eb71782b395d-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=NmfQ8dEEvJw.tapt2dvI4w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A Toyota Prius is parked at the Harrison, New York police station waiting to be tested by Toyota personnel and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Toyota recalled more than 8 million cars because their gas pedals could become stuck or be snagged by floor mats. In addition, the government is looking into complaints from at least 60 Toyota drivers who say they got their cars fixed and still had problems.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in suburban New York City show that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not applying the brakes, U.S. safety officials said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Obama sends Molson beer to cover hockey bet
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oly_us_canada_hockey_bet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.f6413ecc7c8b472fb0c5432089819f06-f6413ecc7c8b472fb0c5432089819f06-0.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=hqqjMo4xGSH683CzRvX4Qg--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper holds a case of Yuengling beer presented to him outside his home by US Ambassador David Jacobson Friday, March 19, 2010. The beer was part of a wager the Prime Minster had with President Barack Obama on the outcome of the Olympic gold medal hockey game which Canada won. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama followed through on his hockey bet with Canada, sending beer to the prime minister.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Hoyer: House will pass healthcare reform bill
(Reuters)
| Reuters - House of Representatives Democratic leader Steny Hoyer said on Friday that Democrats would have the support necessary to pass the healthcare reform bill in a vote expected on Sunday.
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Fargo floods turn farm fields into sprawling lakes
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_flood_threat_agriculture"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100318/capt.ea0d6b3792b94fa28b80201a58981e9d-ea0d6b3792b94fa28b80201a58981e9d-0.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=l66gWBSyDF9zIuBbrgeOsg--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="Graphic shows Fargo, N.D. Red River weekly levels of flooding for March 24 through July 1, 1997 compared to current level." border="0" /></a>AP - For farmer Brian Thomas, getting to town for errands is no simple matter these days as floodwaters cover fields and sections of country roads in the rural areas near Fargo, N.D.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Final health bill omits some of Obama's promises
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_obama_s_promises"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.6bec68ed89c04c7ebe8db76503e0d7f3-6bec68ed89c04c7ebe8db76503e0d7f3-0.jpg?x=130&y=65&q=85&sig=QgnEBwE_JmeOK_3jiy6Eng--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama delivers remarks on health insurance reform during his event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va, Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums. President Barack Obama would give federal authorities the power to block unreasonable rate hikes.</p><br clear="all"/>
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GOP Peaceniks?
(The Nation)
| The Nation - The Nation -- Last December, when President Obama launched his second escalation of the Afghan war, he did so with the unflinching support of the Republicans, the right, and neoconservativies.
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Calif. police dodge bullet in booby trap attacks
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_police_booby_traps"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.52ffc9884fb642a3be43d0aafb71e522-52ffc9884fb642a3be43d0aafb71e522-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XbX1Smc8XRFyk4jYOIblxw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A tract home that had been repurposed into the headquarters of the Riverside County Gang Task Force in Hemet, Calif., is seen Thursday, March 18, 2010. A triggering device attached to a ballistic device narrowly missed wounding a police officer who sought to open the gate, which had been barring a driveway to the home. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police officers in this retirement town in rural Riverside County have been on edge in recent weeks. Someone is trying to kill them.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Sandra Bullock still poised for successful future
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_people_sandra_bullock"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100318/capt.29420e88f7634e509e043c5f485b35d9-29420e88f7634e509e043c5f485b35d9-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=WJLicS18HfgBENCSaotXWw--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="FILE - Sandra Bullock and Jesse James arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on in this March 7, 2010 file photo taken in West Hollywood, Calif. Sandra Bullock has canceled her appearance at the London premiere of 'The Blind Side' scheduled for Tuesday March 23, 2010 almost two weeks after winning a Best Actress Academy Award. In a statement released by Warner Bros UK., the 45-year-old actress says she can't attend the event for 'unforeseen personal reasons.' (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sandra Bullock reached the pinnacle of her profession on March 7, when she won an Academy Award. Her husband, Jesse James, was by her side. He even teared up when she went on stage to accept the Oscar.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Obama drums up health care votes, says history near
(AFP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticshealthobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1269017141445-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=RoEvOg6ec6ABq3QbAZjgKg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama delivers remarks on health insurance reform at George Mason University's Patriot Center in Virginia. Obama Friday hailed this weekend's "historic" congressional vote on his health plan as the culmination of a century of struggle, at a euphoric campaign-style rally.(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama said Friday Democrats were poised to make history after a century struggling for health care reform, as party leaders claimed momentum ahead of a vital weekend vote.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Insurer targeted HIV patients to drop coverage
(Reuters)
| Reuters - In May, 2002, Jerome Mitchell, a 17-year old college freshman from rural South Carolina, learned he had contracted HIV. The news, of course, was devastating, but Mitchell believed that he had one thing going for him: On his own initiative, in anticipation of his first year in college, he had purchased his own health insurance.
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Citizens told to brush up on etiquette
(Reuters)
| Reuters - India has compiled a list of do's and don'ts for its citizens at this year's Commonwealth Games to help showcase New Delhi's charms.
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Obama heads to Hill on Sat. as health vote looms
(AP)
| AP - President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill to meet with Democratic lawmakers on Saturday — the day before a crucial vote on his health care overhaul.
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Geneva atom smasher sets record for beam energy
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_big_bang_machine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100310/capt.photo_1268237549958-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=n1U16mvCeUZjDQdPyGNisA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva. The European Organisation for Nuclear Research said that the world's most powerful atom smasher will be brought up to unprecedented power by early April.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0" /></a>AP - Operators of the world's largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets of the universe.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Big East a bummer for President Obama's bracket
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bkc_ncaa_obama_brackets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100318/capt.9d2a331a75cb4983a611b761c4ce2e7e-9d2a331a75cb4983a611b761c4ce2e7e-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=in5wgkcF0Ck.RJvPPGkTIg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama speaks before he signs the HIRE Act jobs bill in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Big East was a big letdown for President Barack Obama.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Gunners to face Barca, United get Bayern in Champions League
(AFP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/fbleurc1quarterdraw"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1269017248878-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=b8DooavTaFdA9EQiMrQ4Cg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger(C), seen here talking to his players at training in 2009, will take his squad against Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals in a repeat of the 2006 final won by the Spanish giants.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Arsenal will face Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals in a repeat of the 2006 final won by the Spanish giants.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Google May Leave China By April 10, Report Says
(PC World)
| PC World - Google may make good on its threat to pull out of China and leave the Communist country by April 10, according to a Chinese language newspaper report. Citing anonymous sources, Shanghai-based China Business News says that Google may be ready to pull the plug on its China operations, and could announce its decision as early as Monday. If the rumors are true it would bring an end to a controversy that has been brewing ever since Google threatened to would shut down its business operations in China following a series of cyberattacks against Google and other U.S. companies. However, pulling out of the world's fastest growing economy and most populous nation may have serious consequences for the search giant.
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Obama rallies support for final health care votes
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.d1010678c9644725b04917fcd416be9d-d1010678c9644725b04917fcd416be9d-0.jpg?x=109&y=130&q=85&sig=q6aeOedQfxcXNDORoNN2lw--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="President Barack Obama delivers remarks on health insurance reform during his event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama described the stakes of this weekend's health care vote in stark terms Friday, using words uttered so rarely out of the White House that they seem all but banned: "If this vote fails."</p><br clear="all"/>
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THE RIGHT TO ADULTERY?
(Maggie Gallagher)
| Maggie Gallagher - Seeing Rielle Hunter sprawled like an aging model on the pages of GQ raises once again the question: Should there be a legal right to commit adultery?
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