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Fargo mayor: More levee breaches will happen (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 06:32 AM PDT

AP - The mayor of Fargo, N.D., mayor says a levee breach that allowed the Red River to flood an elementary school early Sunday is a "wakeup call" showing the threat that the city faces for the next week.

Storms sow snow, thunder from Plains to South (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 03:12 AM PDT

AP - Storms spread misery Saturday from the Great Plains to the Gulf Coast, dumping spring snow that cut power to thousands of Kansas utility customers and spawning tornado warnings and heavy rain across the South.

Smokers face a hit as tobacco taxes spike (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 04:52 AM PDT

AP - However they satisfy their nicotine cravings, tobacco users are facing a big hit as the single largest federal tobacco tax increase ever takes effect Wednesday.

Ex-megachurch head Paulk dies in Atlanta hospital (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 04:45 AM PDT

AP - An evangelical pastor whose leadership of an Atlanta-area megachurch ended in a sex scandal has died.

Volunteerism, determination rise up against flood (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 01:49 AM PDT

AP - The Red's waters were giving the wall of an estimated 15,000 sandbags 7 feet high in some spots making up Olson's backyard all it could handle, sending intimidating streams of water through voids in the wall's foundation. Olson's counteroffensive: Five pumps, and they were keeping up.

Environmentalists hail Earth Hour as a big success (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 05:04 AM PDT

AP - For environmental activists, the message was clear: Earth Hour was a huge success.

Shuttle Discovery lands in Fla. after 13-day trip (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 03:16 AM PDT

AP - Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power.

Ash falls on Anchorage as volcano keeps spewing (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 09:24 PM PDT

AP - Alaska's Mount Redoubt continued to erupt Saturday, sending plumes of ash tens of thousands of feet into the air that rained down on at least one Alaska town

Critics call WTC tower name change unpatriotic (AP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 01:00 AM PDT

AP - Even without the name, the symbolism of the Freedom Tower as an American response to the Sept. 11 terror attacks was hard to miss.

Obama Notre Dame invite stirs Catholic debate (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:41 AM PDT

AP - In American Catholicism, it doesn't get much bigger than Notre Dame. So when the university known for its golden dome, "Touchdown Jesus" mural and rigorous academics invited President Barack Obama to speak at its commencement and receive an honorary degree in May, it stoked both pride and anger on campus and nationwide.

Study: Triathlons can pose deadly heart risks (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:33 AM PDT

AP - Warning to weekend warriors: Swim-bike-run triathlons pose at least twice the risk of sudden death as marathons do, the first study of these competitions has found.

Stroke-blocking device shows promise, doctors say (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 12:22 PM PDT

AP - A novel device to treat a common heart problem that can lead to stroke showed promise in testing, but not without risk, new research shows.

NY Legislature agrees to state budget (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:56 PM PDT

AP - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said late Saturday that New York's Legislature has agreed to a state budget that keeps school funding flat, restores aid to New York City, and increases income taxes on wealthier New Yorkers.

Most summer camps filling up despite recession (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:41 AM PDT

AP - A single mom with three sons, Maureen Wrinn knew she faced tough financial choices after losing her job last fall. But one decision was clear all along, despite its price tag: Her oldest son, Corey, would go back to camp in New Hampshire this summer.

Van driver charged in deadly NYC sidewalk wreck (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 06:28 PM PDT

AP - A van driver who plowed onto a bustling sidewalk near the Empire State Building, killing a pregnant woman and seriously hurting another woman, was charged Saturday with manslaughter and assault, prosecutors said.

3 boys turn up mammoth bone in southwest Michigan (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 08:50 PM PDT

AP - Three boys in southwest Michigan have turned up what has been identified as a bone from a mammoth.

Group claims bias in UMass stabbing prosecution (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:16 AM PDT

AP - Biology student Jason Vassell was in his ground-floor University of Massachusetts dorm room hanging out with friends when two drunken strangers tapped on his window, asking for directions. An argument began.

Obama monitors Midwest flooding, pledges govt help (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2009 07:38 AM PDT

AP - Seeking to avoid a Hurricane Katrina-like leadership failure, President Barack Obama assured the nation Saturday he was keeping close watch on the Midwest floods and putting the government's full weight behind efforts to prevent disaster.