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Runaway Prius case presents nagging questions (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck.

Agency places shotgun order: FBI? No, Education Department (McClatchy Newspapers)

March 13, 2010

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Schools may be gun-free zones, but the U.S. Department of Education is locked and loaded.

Women on the pill live longer: study (Reuters)

March 13, 2010

Reuters - One of the world's largest studies of the contraceptive pill has found that women who have taken it can expect longer lives and are less likely to die from any cause, including cancer and heart disease.

Women on the pill may live longer (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.

Democrats seek agreement, vote on health care (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.

`South Park' begins 14th season by taking on Tiger (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - Golf clubs in hands or not, the kids of "South Park" are ready to take on Tiger Woods.

Christian right leaders deeply troubled by the growing Tea Party movement (The Newsroom)

March 13, 2010

The Newsroom - Is the Tea Party insurgency fueling discontent on the evangelical right? The small-government grass-roots movement, determined to halt tax cuts and health care reform, is increasingly at odds with the family-values flank of the GOP, which stresses hot-button cultural issues such as abortion and gay marriage. As Politico's Ben Smith reported Friday, evangelical leaders on the right are dismayed by what they see as neglect of the social conservative agenda among the libertarian-leaning Tea Partiers. And prominent politicians who've historically been friendly to social conservative causes, like South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, are now moving to align themselves with the Tea Party, much to the chagrin of some within the GOP.

Nurses' union: Care does not include sex (Reuters)

March 13, 2010

Reuters - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.

First Lady marks International Women’s Day with Hillary ‘President’ joke (The Newsroom)

March 13, 2010

The Newsroom - In a fitting show of solidarity for International Women's Day, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made light of the brutal 2008 battle Clinton conducted to defeat Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. As Michelle Obama launched a State Department commemoration of International Women's Day, she briefly stumbled over Clinton's job title. "Let me thank my dear friend, Senator - Secretary Clinton. I almost said, 'President Clinton,' " said the first lady to laughter and applause. "But let me thank you for that kind introduction, and most of all thank you for your friendship, thank you for your support, and thank you for your indispensable advice in getting me through this first year and helping me figure out how to get my family settled in our new life in D.C."

Authorities: Haim's name on illegal prescription (AP)

March 13, 2010

AP - The name of the late actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring.