Pelosi: Dems close on health care agreement (AP)
President Barack Obama greets spectators Wednesday, March 10, 2010, after arriving in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legisl...

House GOP leaders press earmark moratorium (AP)
House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet proj...

US-Israel row highlights quandary over settlements (AP)
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their doubts about the latest U.S. peace efforts. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight o...

Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal (AP)
Wearing her WASP uniform from World War II, Eleanor Brown of Victoria, Texas, attends a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered real military pilots. No flags w...

Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems (AP)
A 2005 Toyota Prius, which was in an accident, is seen at a police station in Harrison, New York, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The driver of the Toyota Prius told police that the car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that ...

Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online (AP)
In this June 26, 1997 booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, is shown Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose, the self-described 'Jihad Jane' who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden, is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the global threat, authorities say. LaRose is accused in an indictment filed Tuesday, March 9, 2010, of actively recruiting fighters, as well as agreeing to murder the artist, marry a terrorism suspect so he could move to Europe and martyr herself if necessary. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail)AP - Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment...

Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher (AP)
Carlos, a 7-year-old boy who called 911 during a home invasion robbery as armed robbers threatened his parents poses with the dispatcher, Monique Patino, who took his call at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's dispatch center, Wednesday March 10, 2010 in Norwalk, Calif. At a news conference Wednesday, the boy, identified only as Carlos, told reporters he remained calm during the ordeal because his mother used to make him practice dialing 911 in case of emergencies. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his pa...

Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person (AP)
FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2008 file photo, Mexican businessman Carlos Slim visits the Museo Alameda where some of his personal art collection is on display in San Antonio. On March 10, 2010, Forbes announced that Slim claims the title of world's richest person with a net worth of $53.5 billion. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)AP - Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bil...

Police: Burglar uses church equipment to view porn (AP)
AP - Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church w...

Mattingly, Dodgers have talked about manager's job (AP)
In this Feb. 22, 2010, file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly, right, works with Reed Johnson in the batting cage during baseball spring training in Glendale, Ariz. On his first day as Dodgers interim manager, Mattingly said Wednesday, March 10, that the team has made overtures about him eventually becoming Joe Torre's permanent replacement. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)AP - On his first day as Dodgers interim manager, hitting coach Don Mattingly said Wednesday that...

Obama: Time for talk is over on healthcare bill (Reuters)
President Barack Obama welcomes El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (not shown) to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday the "time for talk is over" and urged the ...

World's mega-rich adding wealth, Carlos Slim No. 1 (Reuters)
Lifetime Honorary Chairman of Telefonos de Mexico Carlos Slim Helu participates in the Wall St. Journal CEO Council on Reuters - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bi...

Arab League chief says Mideast talks off (Reuters)
Amr Moussa, chief of the Arab League, talks to reporters after a meeting with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh at the Defence Compound in Sanaa in this October 6, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahReuters - Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...

House bans some earmarks amid ethics concerns (Reuters)
Reuters - Democrats in the House of Representatives moved on Wednesday to limit the ability of la...

NY governor in hot water, 2nd-in-command steps up (Reuters)
New York Gov. David Paterson, with his wife Michelle Paige-Patterson standing by him, announces he will withdraw from the state governor's race at his office in New York, February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - With Governor David Paterson enveloped in scandal, New York's lieutenant governor is le...