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Mom of octuplets may lose home to foreclosure
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_re_us/us_octuplets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.a54f4c81d6414e489928493c83a093be-a54f4c81d6414e489928493c83a093be-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=ub9LCJK0gKtGLwhEseAR_Q--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="FILE - This Jan. 26, 2010 file phot shows an unidentified woman carrying eight balloons towards the home of Nadya Suleman on the day of the octuplets first birthday, in La Habra, Calif. Octuplets mom Nadya Suleman could be kicked out of her Southern California home. The mortgage holder Amer Haddadin says he is starting foreclosure proceedings on this $565,000 La Habra residence, according to a report Friday March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Octuplets mom Nadya Suleman could be kicked out of her Southern California home.</p><br clear="all"/>
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End in sight, health care battle tilts Obama's way
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.071f9f8b16a4411e8b24ef9292f266d9-071f9f8b16a4411e8b24ef9292f266d9-0.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=uW0OPQyLeHoq.Yl1y7Kkng--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="Rep. John Boccieri, D-Ohio, tells reporters he will vote yes on the health care reform bill on Friday, March 19, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)" border="0" /></a>AP - One by one, House Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides Friday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama's direction.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Health reform endgame nears with Sunday vote
(The Newsroom)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100319/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1286"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1269017141445-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pE5v1iha.wx496vfaz6_3w--" 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>The Newsroom - The end may well be near. After more than a year of fractious debate, close votes, and presidential speeches, the House is preparing to vote this Sunday on a final version of a bill to reform the American health care system. That could be the beginning of the end, but it won't be the end. Here's a timeline of what's to come:</p><br clear="all"/>
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Court: Anna Nicole Smith gets none of oil fortune
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_en_ot/us_anna_nicole_smith"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.30dc81f060fd45ff8d5b34a4368b9bb9-30dc81f060fd45ff8d5b34a4368b9bb9-0.jpg?x=117&y=130&q=85&sig=QwzBueQc6GotGTGzpOuD2g--" align="left" height="130" width="117" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2007 file photo, Anna Nicole Smith leaves the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith's estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest stop in the 15-year legal battle over the $1.6 billion estate that oil magnate J. Howard Marshall left after his 1995 death at age 90. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta,File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Anna Nicole Smith's estate will get none of the more than $300 million the late Playboy model claimed a Texas billionaire to whom she was briefly married meant to leave her after he died.</p><br clear="all"/>
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The four cities that best weathered the recession
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| AP - Call them the Final Four: The four large cities that have made it through the Great Recession with the smallest increases in unemployment.
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Final health bill omits some of Obama's promises
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_bi_ge/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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Attack ad against health bill uses Democrat's young daughters
(The Newsroom)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100318/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1281"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100318/capt.c59853c1c02f4414b94d939a67330b56-968da8e140da4c609013e2ccac01e419-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=IbU35WtNE7aODRJPCI6kug--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="George Martin, left, and Walt Stoelting argue over health care reform during a rally outside the district office of Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, in downtown South Bend, Ind., Thursday, March 18, 2010. Groups on both sides of the debate on the federal health care overhaul are keeping up the pressure on three Indiana Democratic congressmen who say they haven't decided how they'll vote. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Marcus Marter)" border="0" /></a>The Newsroom - As the House gears up for this weekend’s dramatic vote on health reform legislation, Democrats are taking flak from all sides. In southern Ohio, opponents of the bill have created a blowback effect by airing an ad targeting Rep. Steve Driehaus to stand firm as a "no" vote on the legislation. The ad prominently featured the congressman’s young daughters, in violation of the unwritten law that forbids dragging lawmakers' family members – most especially their underage children – into the fray.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Pope's Irish letter faces critical Catholic world
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_re_eu/eu_church_abuse_pope"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.65bb4e46494d4d388e9a07c6c84a0e59-65bb4e46494d4d388e9a07c6c84a0e59-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=x6wyZBceKwkocstEyiRBJQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="FILE - The Dec. 30, 2009 file photo shows Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at The Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese in Munich said Friday, March 19, 2010 it is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis. Last week, the diocese confirmed the case of a priest who was transferred in 1980 to Munich. That came after three sets of parents alleged he had abused their children in the northwestern city of Essen, the diocese there said. The priest underwent therapy, but then returned to work with youngsters. He was convicted of abuse in 1986. Pope Benedict, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was Archbishop of Munich and Freising at the time of the priest's transfer from Essen to Munich. The diocese has said Ratzinger knew about the transfer but not about the priest's continued work in Bavarian congregations after he assumed his duties at the Vatican. Erwin Wild, then spokesman of the diocese's council of priests, said he and his colleagues were not informed by Ratzinger that the priest was an offender, which he thinks was wrong. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal here — a message being watched closely by Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see if it also acknowledges decades of Vatican-approved cover-ups.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Ellen presents $30K to Miss. lesbian in prom flap
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_en_tv/us_lesbian_prom_date"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.2f72d52dd36d49099465dcaedba582be-2f72d52dd36d49099465dcaedba582be-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=yXmBqMXA64fDXeVOUJSx3g--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Warner Bros, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres sits down with Constance McMillen, left, an 18-year old student from Fulton, Miss, whose prom was canceled after she asked to bring a same-sex date. This episode of 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' airs on Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Michael Rozman)" border="0" /></a>AP - A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school's prom policy has received a $30,000 scholarship on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."</p><br clear="all"/>
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Cloak of invisibility takes a step forward
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100318/ap_on_sc/us_sci_cloak_of_invisibility"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100318/i/r275696966.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OPCLjbeGFIP_pk71Julbxg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Gold bars are displayed to be photographed at bullion house in Mumbai December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta" border="0" /></a>AP - From Grimm's fairy tales to Harry Potter, the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important new step toward making it reality.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Sierra Leone minister denies mine collapse
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| Reuters - Sierra Leone's minister of mineral resources Alpha Kanu denied on Friday that at least 200 people were killed when a mine collapsed, contradicting an earlier statement from his own ministry.
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Judge orders renegotiation of 9/11 settlement
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_bi_ge/us_attacks_health_trials"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.b4816b7b919a4fda9aef238fe8fa4b9e-b4816b7b919a4fda9aef238fe8fa4b9e-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=rZuOdEKQZsOD9O_iDlYbwQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Michael Moore, 55, left, and Patrick O'Flaherty who attended court, both suffering from a variety of respiratory ailments are seen outside Manhattan federal court, Friday, March 19, 2010, in New York. A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal settlement of more than a half-billion dollars for people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal to compensate 10,000 police officers, firefighters and other laborers didn't contain enough money for the workers. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal settlement of more than a half-billion dollars for people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal to compensate 10,000 police officers, firefighters and other laborers didn't contain enough money for the workers.</p><br clear="all"/>
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State of health care debate: Pundits attack 11-year-old
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100318/pl_mcclatchy/3455226"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.f5b617291ccf4180a2aa1bdffe92147d.health_care_overhaul_dchh114.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=AJo0pX2KHTsJH3FOPlKgmg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Gina Owens hugs her grandson, Marcelas Owens from Seattle, Wash., whose mother, Tiffany Owens died after losing her job and health care, Thursday, March 11, 2010, during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Conservative talk show hosts and columnists have ridiculed an 11-year-old Washington state boy's account of his mother's death as a "sob story" exploited by the White House and congressional Democrats like a "kiddie shield" to defend their health care legislation.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Stocks fall as worries about Greek debt return
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1269033757987-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ks_0Tozz_V_C_Q4Yu0WEDA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This photo shows the sign for Lehman Brothers headquarters in New York. A senior US senator urged Attorney General Eric Holder Friday to create a task force to investigate possible criminal conduct behind the collapse of Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers.(AFP/File/Nicholas Roberts)" border="0" /></a>AP - Stocks halted their steady climb Friday after renewed concerns about Greece's ability to pay its debts left investors questioning a global economic recovery.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Rice regrets how US prioritized rebuilding in Iraq
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_re_as/as_hong_kong_condoleezza_rice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1269010305907-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=jLpn.kVqinevM9N_OFty0A--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, seen here speaking at at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, voiced regret on Friday at the bloody aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq but said the Bush administration had in the end "got it right" in the country.(AFP/Mike Clarke)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she would "many times over liberate" Iraq again, but she regretted the Bush administration failed to work closer with Iraqis to rebuild the war-torn country.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Minister: Sierra Leone rattled by disaster hoax
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| AP - A top official in Sierra Leone's government said he raced to a town in the country Friday after news reports said at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident there, only to find out it was a hoax.
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Dutch lash out at gay link in Srebrenica massacre
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100319/wl_nm/us_dutch_military_gays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100318/capt.photo_1268935054201-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=qwm_GznyY3G2pf0ngi54NA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Retired US General John Sheehan listens during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, DC on Thursday. Sheehan on Thursday said Dutch UN troops defending Srebrenica in the Bosnian war failed to prevent the 1995 genocide partly because their ranks included openly gay soldiers.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende attacked on Friday claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 because of the presence of gay soldiers.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Could school bus ads save school budgets?
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_bi_ge/us_school_bus_ads"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.b93360dc2e184b629c5dad5f99847fca-b93360dc2e184b629c5dad5f99847fca-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=ubWOOjNWz67yjNqiEuPBxw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="In this Feb. 9, 2010 photo, Marc Horner, fleet manager for Jeffco Public Schools, walks next near school busses with advertisements on their sides at the school's bus maintenance facility in Lakewood, Colo. About half a dozen states already allow bus advertising — including Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Tennessee and Texas. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0" /></a>AP - School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, canceling field trips and making parents pay for everything from tissues to sports transportation.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Mother of teen killed in Goa admits benefit fraud
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100319/wl_uk_afp/indiabritaincrimetourismcourt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1269004239628-1-0.jpg?x=110&y=130&q=85&sig=4JXWgW.MYZYpwouFlY3tsA--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="A 2008 photo of Fiona MacKeown, the mother of teenager Scarlett Keeling who was killed in Goa. MacKeown faces a possible jail term after she admitted falsely claiming 19,000 pounds in state benefits.(AFP/File/Sajjad Hussain)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The mother of a teenager killed in India faces a possible jail term after she admitted falsely claiming 19,000 pounds in state benefits Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Arizona sheriff launches immigration sweep
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| AP - The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Arizona has launched a two-day, countywide crime and immigration sweep that authorities say will focus on drop houses, drug violators and human smuggling vehicles.
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