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Mexico’s Carlos Slim, a Shopkeeper’s Son, Becomes 1st from Latin America, 1st from Developing Nation to Wear Forbes’ Cash Crown

AP – A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president’s signature health care overhaul.

Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world’s richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine.

The Afghan Taliban’s leadership has dispersed to cities across Pakistan to avoid arrest after the recent detention of senior militants, officials and militants say.

Two research teams have independently decoded the entire genome of patients to find the exact genetic cause of their disease.

Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that “the Devil is at work inside the Vatican”, according to the Holy See’s chief exorcist.

White House tells House Democrats exactly what to say to sell the idea of health care reform, before it’s even finalized• Pro-Life Dems: Senate Health Bill DOA• Dem Leaders Claim Momentum on Health Talks • YOU DECIDE: Is Health Care Reform Doomed?• RAW DATA: Dems Who Could Pull the Plug on Reform

The Rhode Island Dem decries Afghanistan war in a remarkable display of anger on House floor • House Rejects Bid to End Afghan War • Gates: Some Troops Could Leave Afghanistan Early

A cell phone application that will help illegal immigrants find water and key landmarks as they cross into the United States is an inappropriate use of taxpayer funds and an irresponsible use of technology, critics say.

A federal judge who found it unconstitutional that Congress tried to cut funding to the activist group ACORN has rejected a government request to change her mind and has ordered government agencies to make it clear the funding isn’t blocked.

Skamania County Undersheriff Dave Cox says a multi-day search for a Portland hiker missing near Bonneville Dam has been suspended.

Chilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera will be sworn in as president, with a major post-earthquake rebuilding effort ahead of him.

Barack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country’s President, Rene Preval.

Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world’s richest man, according to the Forbes “rich list”, with a fortune of $53.5bn.

The US vice-president renews criticism of Israel over an East Jerusalem building project and calls for bold steps for peace.

The US government records a budget deficit of $221bn (£147.6bn) in February – the largest monthly deficit in its history.

Granny D, who walked across the US at the age of 89 in support of election campaign finance reform, dies.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a “double game” in Afghanistan.

The first game is weeks away, but a N.J. mathematician claims he already knows who will be in postseason• Players Cry Foul as Leagues Crack Down on Twitter• SLIDESHOW: Athletes Who Tweet

AP – Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.

AP – House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing federal dollars to their home districts.

The Kansas City school board voted Wednesday night to close nearly half the district’s schools in a desperate bid to stay afloat.

Blonde-Haired, Blue-Eyed American Who Took Name “Jihad Jane” on Web Represents a Vexing Problem for U.S. Anti-Terror Agencies

Blonde-Haired, Blue-Eyed American Who Took Name “Jihad Jane” on Web Represents a Vexing Problem for U.S. Anti-Terror Agencies

Eye on Health: Health Advocates Demonize the Sugar Substitute, But Scientists Say Controversy is all Hype

Eye on Health: Health Advocates Demonize the Sugar Substitute, But Scientists Say Controversy is all Hype

Teen Idols Including Ralph Macchio and Alyssa Milano Weight In On Actor’s Death
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Teen Idols Including Ralph Macchio and Alyssa Milano Weight In On Actor’s Death
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EXCLUSIVE: Fox News confirms seven House Dems who supported reform last year will oppose Senate bill because it lifts ban on federal funding for abortions • YOU DECIDE: Is Health Care Reform Doomed?• RAW DATA: Dems Who Could Pull the Plug on Reform • Tea Partiers Try to Keep Up With Health Care Blitz

EXCLUSIVE: Fox News confirms seven House Dems who supported reform last year will oppose Senate bill because it lifts ban on federal funding for abortions • YOU DECIDE: Is Health Care Reform Doomed?• RAW DATA: Dems Who Could Pull the Plug on Reform • Tea Partiers Try to Keep Up With Health Care Blitz

The 31-year-old would be the fourth prisoner executed this year in the nation’s busiest capital punishment state.

The 31-year-old would be the fourth prisoner executed this year in the nation’s busiest capital punishment state.

AP – Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them offstride.

AP – An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal.

AP – They flew planes during World War II but weren’t considered real military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.

AP – Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself.

AP – Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend’s father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.

AP – Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38. Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.

AP – Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn’t mean there’s an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.

AP – A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.

AP – Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution’s electronic equipment to watch pornography. Police allege the 55-year-old man broke into the First Christian Church on Thursday. After gathering items from around the building, he is believed to have gone to [...]

AP – Nomar Garciaparra rejoined the Red Sox for one day and then retired, ending a 14-year career in which he won two batting titles with Boston and was once a beloved player in the city.

For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man.

Independent scientific panel to review U.N. climate change panel’s ‘procedures and practices’ — and management — in apparent slap at its embattled chief | FULL COVERAGE• Forecasters Predict Active 2010 Hurricane Season

EXCLUSIVE: Pro-life House Dems say Senate health reform bill is dead on arrival because it lifts decades-old ban on federal funding for abortions | FULL COVERAGE • Dems Go ‘Nuclear’ for ‘Public Option’? | RAW DATA • Tea Partiers Health Scramble | YOU DECIDE

AP – President Barack Obama says Washington for too long has accepted billions of dollars in health care fraud and abuse as simply the cost of doing business. He says that must end.

AP – President Barack Obama says Washington for too long has accepted billions of dollars in health care fraud and abuse as simply the cost of doing business. He says that must end.

AP – An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal.

AP – An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal.