Developing storiesSan Francisco Chronicle – 1 hour ago –Wall Street Journal – 4 hours ago –New York Daily News – 1 hour ago –AllAfrica.com – 1 hour ago –In The NewsPreacher Slay Witnesses Unfazed At FirstCBS News - 3 hours ago
During a service at the First Baptist Church of Maryville in Ill., a 27 year-old man shot and killed the church?s pastor as well as stabbed two congregants and himself.
Gunman 'kills pastor in church' BBC News Police: Ill. pastor deflected gunshot with Bible International Herald Tribune Obama Puts His Stamp on Science PolicyABC News - 56 minutes ago
By PHILIP ELLIOTT AP Writer AP President Barack Obama says science matters to his administration, a direct rebuke to his predecessor and his policies.
PM visits barracks murder sceneBBC News - 3 hours ago
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is due to arrive in Northern Ireland to visit the army barracks where two soldiers were murdered by the Real IRA.
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Kim 're-elected' in N Korea vote
Aljazeera.net - 2 hours ago
Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader, has been re-elected to the country's parliament in elections that have been closely watched for hints as to his possible successor.
Armed Forces Placed In Combat-Ready Mode Washington Post
Explosions damage police cars in China
Times Online - 1 hour ago
A police car and a fire engine were damaged when angry crowds in a Tibetan county of western China hurled several home-made explosive devices during a protest early this morning.
Sudan Islamist leader 'released'
BBC News - 4 hours ago
Mr Turabi's son Siddig said his father had been freed and returned to his home in Khartoum without explanation. Mr Turabi was imprisoned two months ago after calling on Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to surrender to the International Criminal Court.
Sudan frees opposition politician Aljazeera.net
Most religious groups in USA have lost ground, survey finds
USA Today - 3 hours ago
By Garrett Hubbard, USA TODAY By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY The percentage. of people who call themselves in some way Christian has dropped more than 11% in a generation.
Nondenominational Identification Increases Washington Post
Number of NE Catholics tumbles Boston Globe
Transit outlook grimmer after record '08
USA Today - 3 hours ago
By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY By Marisol Bello, USA TODAY The number of people riding buses and trains hit a 52-year high in 2008 as skyrocketing gas prices and a faltering economy pushed riders toward less expensive travel.
Public Transit Ridership Rises To Highest Level in 52 Years Washington Post
Developing world may need $700 billion -World Bank
Reuters - 7 hours ago
By Lesley Wroughton DAR ES SALAAM, March 8 (Reuters) - Developing countries could face a financing gap of $270 billion to $700 billion this year as trade income dwindles and rich nations vie for capital to deal with a global slump, the World Bank said ...
Recession hitting poorer nations hard, report says San Jose Mercury News
World Bank: Global Economy Will Shrink in 2009 Voice of America
Shelves nearly bare on Circuit City's last day
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago
(03-08) 18:11 PST -- The inside of Circuit City's San Mateo store looked like a picked-over turkey carcass on Sunday - the bankrupt consumer electronics retailer's final day.
With inventory sold out, Circuit City shuts down permanently Dallas Morning News
Swiss Re, Credit Suisse name new chairmen
Washington Post - 47 minutes ago
By Katie Reid and Sam Cage ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse and Swiss Re both announced the appointment of new chairmen on Monday, shifting executives in an effort to limit the impact of the financial crisis.
Credit Suisse Chairman to Resign, Take Up Post at Swiss Re Wall Street Journal
Swiss Re chairman to leave early MarketWatch
Japan Posts First Current-Account Deficit Since 1996 on Exports
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Keiko Ujikane March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Japan posted its first current- account deficit in 13 years in January after exports collapsed amid the global recession.
Nikkei tumbles to 26-year low CNN International
NASA's Funding Issues Cloud Future Space Efforts
Wall Street Journal - 4 hours ago
By ANDY PASZTOR A US space shuttle slated to blast off Wednesday will carry the final solar-panel assembly to provide power the International Space Station needs to support more crew members, but the mission comes amid uncertainty over the future of ...
Teachers pair up for Wednesday night space shot The Associated Press
Ball Aerospace-Built Kepler Spacecraft Launches From Cape Canaveral
FOXBusiness - 4 hours ago
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., March 6, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ ----The Ball Aerospace-built Kepler spacecraft carrying the largest camera ever sent by NASA beyond Earth's orbit, successfully launched aboard a Delta II rocket ...
Kepler takes to the heavens to look for other Earths Ars Technica
Kepler Launch: An Eyewitness Report PC World
Cydia Store to Sell Jailbroken iPhone Apps
Techtree.com - 2 hours ago
iPhone and iPod Touch owners rejoiced when Jay Freeman released Cydia, a software installer for jailbroken iPhone OS. The Cydia store was launched on Saturday for developers to sell their apps for jailbroken iPhone and iPod Touch devices.
Apple's iTunes Store Challenged By Rogue Developers InformationWeek
'Castle'
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
HOME LIFE: ABC’s “Castle” stars Nathan Fillion as a writer who’s the single dad of a teen played by Molly Quinn. Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic play a mystery writer and a cop working together on cases in the new ABC show.
My Barbie
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
Sure, she only had one foot, but she was ready for whatever adventure a girl could dream up. By Amy Goldman Koss What sets today apart from all other days, of course, is that it's Barbie's 50th birthday.
Barbie at 50: Still giving them something to talk about Philadelphia Inquirer
Fifty years of Barbie BBC News
'Watchmen': Why Rush Limbaugh isn't gonna like it
Entertainment Weekly - 6 hours ago
The biggest laugh Watchmen got at the sold-out, 9 am, IMAX suburban-theater show I went to on Saturday occurred [SOMETHING OF A SPOILER ALERT HERE -- LOOK AWAY IF YOU MUST!
Moviegoers Watch Watchmen CanMag
The success of Zack Snyder's 'Watchmen' helps power up more super ... New York Daily News
Derek Jeter remains optimistic about Yankees despite A-Rod's surgery
New York Daily News - 1 hour ago
BY Anthony Mccarron The Yankees play 23 games in April. If A-Rod misses the whole month, how many will the Bombers win? TORONTO - The Yankees might not be able to replace Alex Rodriguez's production while he recovers from hip surgery, but the team is ...
Surgery KOs A-Rod 6-9 weeks Detroit Free Press
A-Rod to have surgery after all Philadelphia Daily News
Unsung heroes play part in USA's win
MLB.com - 2 hours ago
By Ed Eagle / MLB.com Mark DeRosa, who played left field and third base, racked up four RBIs on Sunday night. (Elsa/Getty) TORONTO -- For all of the MVP Award winners and All-Stars who dominate the star-studded United States lineup in this World ...
Celtics can't get a leg up vs. Orlando
Boston Globe - 1 hour ago
By Frank Dell'Apa For a while last month, the Celtics seemed like they were all thumbs, three players sustaining injuries to the digit, Tony Allen's serious enough to require surgery.
East could still be Magic's Philadelphia Daily News
Magic Beat Celtics; Rondo Doesn't Play Hartford Courant
Uganda: HIV/Aids- Will Law On Intentional Spread Reduce Infections?
AllAfrica.com - 1 hour ago
Kampala - WHEN Zubeida Najjuka discovered that her husband of 20 years was HIV-positive, she was devastated. Her husband, Umar Kamoga, had known his status for five years but had not told her.
Boost to health coverage planned
Boston Globe - 4 hours ago
By Elizabeth Cooney Massachusetts will combine federal stimulus money with an existing state assistance program so that thousands of unemployed residents will be able to get health insurance at a small fraction of the usual cost, state officials are ...
Unemployment, COBRA coverage questions San Francisco Chronicle
Graduate student has health care options The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
ASK THE EXPERT: Free colorectal cancer screenings available locally
Muncie Star Press - 49 minutes ago
By MAZEN ALSATIE • March 9, 2009 Q. How does colorectal cancer develop? What are some of the risk factors that I can control? A. Colorectal cancer develops from polyps, growths on the lining of the colon and rectum.
Free Colon Cancer Screening Kits TopNews United States
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Health overhaul tests Obama's political skills
Washington Post - 47 minutes ago
President Barack Obama speaks as he hosts congressional committee chairmen, their Republican counterparts and their spouses at a dinner in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2009.
Health overhaul tests Obama's political skills The Associated Press
Insurance group reverses on health-care overhaul Philadelphia Inquirer
President, others fete Kennedy
Philadelphia Inquirer - 50 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Obama led a Kennedy Center crowd in a performance of "Happy Birthday" last night, capping a star-studded musical birthday tribute to ailing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
Obama leads star-studded birthday salute to Kennedy Boston Globe
Obama appearance caps off Kennedy birthday party CNN International
Iran reportedly test-fires missile designed to destroy ships in ...
Dallas Morning News - 43 minutes ago
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Iran has test-fired a precision air-to-surface missile with a 70-mile range, demonstrating a capability to threaten ships in the Persian Gulf.
The road to Tehran Los Angeles Times
A Toe in the Water Washington Post