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Madoff investors prepare for court confrontation (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 03:36 PM PST AP - Bernard Madoff has yet to face the many investors he is accused of ripping off in a jaw-dropping Ponzi scheme that amounted to one of the biggest financial frauds in history.

Mourners pay tribute to radio legend Paul Harvey (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 05:25 PM PST AP - The son of radio legend Paul Harvey used his father's words for the eulogy Saturday at a public funeral service in Chicago, the city from which he launched his national news and commentary show.

Man slips climbing power pole, saved by his pants (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 03:48 PM PST AP - Authorities say a Georgia man was saved by his pants when he decided to climb 35 feet up a power pole and slipped. The pants luckily caught on the metal tower, stopping his fall.

Discord likely over ratifying women's rights pact (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 10:32 AM PST AP - A global women's rights treaty completed 30 years ago has a better-than-ever chance for U.S. Senate ratification this year, yet the hunt for the needed 67 favorable votes is likely to incur the wrath of activists on both the left and right.

Ex-Calif. bookkeeper accused of embezzling $10M (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 04:28 PM PST AP - A former bookkeeper embezzled $9.9 million, forcing her company to make layoffs as she bought 400 pairs of shoes that she kept in a room-sized closet decorated with a crystal chandelier and a plasma television, authorities claim.

Can Web site offer homeless man hope? (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 04:49 PM PST AP - Until a few weeks ago, Tim Edwards was just another one of the men begging for change at a busy Houston underpass, ignored by most drivers who sped on past without a glance.

Fax leads Los Angeles police to body in car trunk (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 04:46 PM PST AP - Los Angeles police following a tip sent by fax to a television station have found a dead woman in the trunk of a car.

Support for Hawaii civil union vote wavering (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 04:05 PM PST AP - The drive to make Hawaii the fifth state in the country to allow same-sex civil unions is on the verge of failing, despite support from most state lawmakers.

Time to set clock ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 04:13 PM PST AP - Time to set the clock forward by an hour.

Abercrombie 'tweets' way into race for Hawaii gov (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 05:11 PM PST AP - Democratic Rep. Neil Abercrombie announced Saturday that he will run for Hawaii governor next year, saying he was inspired by his longtime friend Barack Obama to bring change.

Former first lady out of ICU after heart surgery (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 11:55 AM PST AP - Former first lady Barbara Bush has been moved out of intensive care and into a private room at the Texas hospital where she underwent heart surgery.

Children, adult injured when elephant bumps stairs (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 12:07 PM PST AP - Indianapolis fire officials say a dozen children and an adult have suffered minor injuries when a circus elephant knocked over a portable stairway at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

Search suspended for missing SoCal pilot (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 02:46 PM PST AP - The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Saturday for a 71-year-old pilot whose small rented plane crashed off the San Diego County coast.

Abuse-of-power cases upset Mass. pension system (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 10:33 AM PST AP - James Marzilli abandoned his duties as a state senator and left the Statehouse after he was arrested last June on charges of trying to grope four women in broad daylight while visiting suburban Lowell on official business.

Ohioan who killed self, 5 others had vowed change (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 08:27 AM PST AP - A man who killed himself a day after allegedly killing his wife and four others told a judge in 2005 that he was ready to be a law-abiding citizen who would not let society down if he was released from prison.

Pa. boy, 11, charged with murder was avid hunter (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 08:14 AM PST AP - Hunting is a way of life in the rural area where 11-year-old Jordan Brown regularly practiced target shooting with his 20-gauge, youth model shotgun.

Ohio school gets 700 applicants for janitorial job (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 07:19 AM PST AP - Evidence of the slumping economy is stacking up at an Ohio school which has nearly 700 applications for one open janitorial job.

1 man's odyssey from campus to combat (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 11:45 AM PST AP - On the overcast New England morning Michael Bhatia came home, nearly 400 of his colleagues, family and friends turned out to meet him.

Woman, 84, gets the ride of her life for birthday (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 09:23 AM PST AP - BUCKHEAD RIDGE, Fla. — What do you get an 84-year-old lady for her birthday? That's what Carol Brown was thinking a few weeks ago. Her mother, June Pearce, was turning 84. The idea of buying and giving more stuff just didn't appeal to Brown.

Telescope blasts into space to find other Earths (AP) Posted: 07 Mar 2009 07:01 AM PST AP - NASA's planet-hunting telescope, Kepler, rocketed into space Friday night on a historic voyage to track down other Earths in a faraway patch of the Milky Way galaxy.

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