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      Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California (AP)

Driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in El Cajon, Calif. Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out of control on a San Diego freeway Monday. A California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company inspectors converged on the car to determine whether a stuck gas pedal was to blame.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:09:01 GMT


  Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006 file picture Pope Benedict XVI, right, walks with his brother priest Georg Ratzinger in Regensburg, southern Germany. The pope's brother says in a newspaper interview that he slapped pupils across the face after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also says he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir, but did nothing about it.  In an interview with the Passauer Neue Presse published Tuesday March 9, 2010 , he said 'repeatedly administered a slap in the face' to pupils at the Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir. He says it was common then and he stopped after Germany banned corporal punishment in 1980. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher,File)AP - The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:57:48 GMT


  Soldier tells how he threw back Taliban grenade (Reuters)

Rifleman James McKie from Recce Platoon, 3rd Battalion The Rifles is pictured here in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - A soldier serving with the British Army in Afghanistan has told of the moment he threw back a Taliban hand grenade, telling himself: "I've really only got one chance to do this."


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:22:48 GMT


  A policy change on abortion, but how radical? (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa. on Monday, March 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars that some abortion opponents fear.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:59:38 GMT


  U.S. Sitting on Mother Lode of Rare Tech-Crucial Minerals (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - China supplies most of the rare earth minerals found in technologies such as hybrid cars, wind turbines, computer hard drives and cell phones, but the U.S. has its own largely untapped reserves that could safeguard future tech innovation.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:59 GMT


  Judge considers sending ex-Edwards aide to jail (AP)

Andrew Young, former aide to former Senator John Edwards, and his wife Cheri Young listen to the prosecutions' arguments during a hearing at the Chatham County Superior Court House in Pittsboro, N.C., Tuesday, March 9, 2010.     (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)AP - A judge said Tuesday he is considering whether to send a former John Edwards aide to jail for contempt over his handling of a purported sex tape showing the former presidential candidate.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:19:58 GMT


  Producer admits to attempted Letterman shakedown (AP)

FILE - This Nov. 10, 2009 file photo shows Robert 'Joe' Halderman outside Manhattan criminal court following his court appearance in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)AP - A television producer admitted Tuesday to trying to shake down David Letterman in a case that bared the late-night icon's affairs with staffers, avoiding a long prison sentence by pleading guilty in exchange for six months in jail and community service.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:20:13 GMT


  Pa. coal town above mine fire claims massive fraud (AP)

FILE - In this April 1981 file photo, U.S. Bureau of Mines' John Stockalis, right, and Dan Lewis drop a thermometer through a hole on Main Street in Centralia, Pa., to measure the heat from a shaft mine blaze that burns under the town. The few remaining residents of the Pennsylvania coal town decimated by a 48-year-old underground mine fire claim in court papers that a 'massive fraud' is being perpetrated against Centralia by parties seeking to grab the mineral rights to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of coal. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis, File)AP - Centralians have long believed the government's demolition of their beloved town in the 1980s was part of a plot to swipe the mineral rights to anthracite coal worth hundreds of millions of dollars — and not, as state and federal officials said, the solution to an out-of-control underground mine fire that menaced the town with toxic gases.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:49:57 GMT


  Lindsay Lohan takes swipe at E-Trade babies (AP)

U.S. actress Lindsay Lohan poses prior to attend to the German fashion designer Karl Lagarfeld's Fall-Winter 2010-2011 ready-to-wear collection for Chanel fashion house, in Paris Tuesday March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - Lindsay Lohan is feuding with the E-Trade babies.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:24:33 GMT


  Dozen centuries-old shipwrecks found in Baltic Sea (AP)

In this image released by Nord Stream on Tuesday March 9, 2010 shows the wheel of a 18th or 19th century  sailing ship seen in the waters of the Baltic Sea.   A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks  some of them unusually well-preserved  have been found in the Baltic sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany, Swedish experts said Tuesday. The oldest wreck probably dates back to medieval times and could be up to 800 years old, while the others are likely from the 17th to 19th centuries, said Peter Norman, of Sweden's National Heritage Board. (AP Photo/Nord Stream, Ho)AP - A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks — some of them unusually well-preserved — have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:51:29 GMT


  Pa. woman charged with recruiting jihadists online (AP)

AP - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:06:23 GMT


  Gas pipeline probe uncovers shipwrecks in Baltic Sea (AFP)

Map of northern Europe showing the route of the planned Nord Stream gas pipeline. A dozen previously unknown shipwrecks, some of them believed to be up to 1,000 years old, were discovered in the Baltic Sea during a probe of the sea bed to prepare for the installation of a large gas pipeline, the Swedish National Heritage Board said Monday.(AFP/Patrice Dere)AFP - A dozen previously unknown shipwrecks, some of them believed to be up to 1,000 years old, were discovered in the Baltic Sea during a probe of the sea bed to prepare for the installation of a large gas pipeline, the Swedish National Heritage Board said Monday.


Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:17:09 GMT


  Jobless aid measure clears Senate hurdle (AP)

Job seekers during a career fair in San Diego, California, in January 2010. The United States lost fewer jobs than expected in February and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the government said Friday, cautioning the data may be skewed by winter storms.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Sandy Huffaker)AP - Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the Senate.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:45:21 GMT


  Democratic senator opposes fast-track health bill (AP)

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, before attending the weekly caucus luncheons. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - A moderate Democrat insisted Tuesday she remained opposed to pushing a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote, despite saying she wanted to see what was in the legislation.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:18:19 GMT


  Andy Richter calls 'Tonight' exit frustrating (AP)

FILE - In this March 18, 2009 file photo, Andy Richter arrives for the 'Inside 'The Office'' panel discussion at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - Andy Richter, Conan O'Brien's sidekick at "The Tonight Show," is acknowledging some ill will toward NBC and Jay Leno in the wake of the network's late-night upheaval.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:19:15 GMT


  'I do' in DC: Same-sex couples wed in Washington (AP)

Cuc Vu (L) shows her ring after she and her partner Gwen Migita (R) applied for their marriage license at the DC Superior Court in Washington, DC. The US Supreme Court refused March 2 to block a law allowing same-sex marriages in Washington DC, clearing the way for the legislation to go into effect Wednesday.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AP - One bride wore a black suit, the other had on a white one with rhinestones. They walked down the aisle to Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" and kissed after the pastor pronounced them "legally married."


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:41:37 GMT


  Exclusive: "Secret" Giotto uncovered in Florence chapel (Reuters)

A view of scaffolding inside the Peruzzi Chapel of Florence's Basilica di Santa Croce, during a media tour, in Florence, Italy, Wednesday, March 9, 2010. According to researchers working on a study on Giotto's painting techniques inside the Basilica, sponsored by the Getty Foundation, with the use of ultraviolet rays they discovered Giotto's original drawings beneath his murals in the chapel. The ultraviolet rays, which capture organic materials like egg tempera and oil which Giotto used, unveiled colors, marks and brightness not visible in natural light. (AP Photo)Reuters - Restorers using ultra-violet rays have rediscovered rich original details of Giotto's paintings in the Peruzzi Chapel in Florence's Santa Croce church that have been hidden for centuries.


Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:40:30 GMT


  Japan confirms Cold War-era 'secret' pacts with US (AP)

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada listens to a reporter's question during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. A government-mandated panel on Tuesday confirmed the existence of once-secret Cold War-era pacts between Japan and U.S. on nuclear arms and other issues, ending decades of official denial by Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Japan confirmed Tuesday secret Cold War-era pacts with Washington that tacitly allowed nuclear warships in Japanese ports in violation of a hallowed postwar principle, effectively acknowledging that previous governments had lied about them for decades.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:52:48 GMT


  Continental CEO will cancel flights before fines (AP)

FILE - In this June 5, 2008 file photo, a Continental Airlines jet lands at George Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. Continental Airlines plans to cancel flights rather than risk stiff fines under new federal rules designed to punish carriers for delaying passengers, CEO Jeff Smisek said Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, file)AP - Continental Airlines plans to cancel flights rather than risk stiff fines under new federal rules designed to punish carriers for delaying passengers.


Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:14:22 GMT


  Detroit wants to save itself by shrinking (AP)

A vacant house near City Airport is seen Feb. 23, 2010 in Detroit. After decades of decline that gutted many once-vibrant neighborhoods, Detroit is preparing a radical renewal effort on a scale never attempted in this country: returning a large swath of the city to fields or farmland, much like it was in the middle of the 19th century. Under plans now being refined, demolition crews would move through the most desolate and decayed areas of urban Detroit with building-chomping excavators, reducing houses to rubble. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Detroit, the very symbol of American industrial might for most of the 20th century, is drawing up a radical renewal plan that calls for turning large swaths of this now-blighted, rusted-out city back into the fields and farmland that existed before the automobile.


Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:33:55 GMT