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Reid’s wife seriously injured in 4-vehicle wreck (AP)

Yahoo! News: Most Viewed — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:29:30 +0000

AP - Officials say the wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in serious condition after a truck slammed into the back of the vehicle she and her daughter were riding on Interstate 95.

Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)

Yahoo! News: Most Popular — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:27:56 +0000

AP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.

NFL exec testifies in Williamses’ drug lawsuit (AP)

Yahoo! News: Sports News — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:25:44 +0000

AP - An NFL executive says the league's independent drug testing administrator should not have exempted players who inadvertently took a banned substance before two Minnesota Vikings tested positive for the same thing two years ago.

Few details about ambitious KC school closing plan (AP)

Yahoo! News: Most Popular — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:25:10 +0000

AP - Kansas City school officials promised Thursday to shut down nearly half the district's schools by the start of classes in the fall without offering details of how they intend to implement the complicated plan in just a matter of months.

Football Hall of Famer, TV star Olsen dies at 69 (AP)

Yahoo! News: Most Popular — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:24:24 +0000

AP - Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL's greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69.

Rangers rough up Cook in 16-3 win over Rockies (AP)

Yahoo! News: Sports News — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:24:19 +0000

AP - Aaron Cook was hit hard in his second spring start, allowing nine hits and nine runs, five earned, in 2 2-3 innings, and the Colorado Rockies were pounded by the Texas Rangers 16-3 on Thursday.

NYC ex-model sues over use of photo in comedy film (AP)

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:20:31 +0000

AP - A former model says she's appalled that her nearly decade-old bikini photo became a randy prop in the film "Couple's Retreat."

NYC socialite Mortimer launches reality TV show (AP)

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:20:01 +0000

AP - Red carpet regular Tinsley Mortimer is jumping from the New York City social circuit to the national spotlight with her own reality television show.

APNewsBreak: Calif. murder suspect broke parole (AP)

Yahoo! News: Most Viewed — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:19:40 +0000

AP - A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one California teenager and under investigation for another killing violated his parole by moving too close to a school but was allowed to remain free, according to records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.

Author writes about loss, family in India and US (AP)

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:17:11 +0000

AP - "Secret Daughter" (William Morrow, 352 pages, $23.99), by Shilpi Somaya Gowda: Sometimes the image in our minds of what we have lost is far greater than the loss itself, and so it is for Asha, who was given up for adoption by her birth parents in India.