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• More than 100 complaints lodged over fixed Toyotas (AP)
• Group decries textbooks on Islam as inflammatory (AP)
• Research monkey deaths prompt calls for crackdown (AP)
• Search for Washington state mom and son resumes (AP)
• Report alleges Afghan contractor shot Ind. Marine (AP)
• Was Ala. snack food heir's death tied to business? (AP)
• Sheriff: Man sold his wife for sex on Craigslist (AP)
• Leprechaun-garbed holdup suspect among 2 shot dead (AP)
• Prescription-drug heists on the rise (AP)
• Convicted embezzler given tax break, then arrested (AP)
• Sandbags on hand, Red River area waits for flood (AP)
• Drunken thief takes singer Justin Moore's guitar (AP)
• Nation, world go green for St. Patrick's Day (AP)
• Black people must leave, NJ Walmart announcer says (AP)
• 44 of 172 Detroit schools slated to close in June (AP)
• Kids, teens key to flood fighting effort in Fargo (AP)
• Episcopal church approves 2nd gay bishop (AP)
• VA fined $227K for flawed cancer treatments in Pa. (AP)
• NY gov.'s press aide quits in scandal; 4th to fall (AP)
• Smithsonian opens $21M human evolution hall (AP)

More than 100 complaints lodged over fixed Toyotas (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - Complaints of sudden acceleration in Toyotas repaired under recalls have nearly doubled in the past two weeks, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data.

Group decries textbooks on Islam as inflammatory (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:48 PM PDT AP - A series of children's textbooks on Islam contains misleading and inflammatory rhetoric about the religion, inaccurately portraying its followers as inherently violent and deserving of suspicion, according to a Muslim civil liberties group.

Research monkey deaths prompt calls for crackdown (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:56 PM PDT AP - Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate room when they came across a ghastly sight: Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater on. Two others were near death and had to be euthanized.

Search for Washington state mom and son resumes (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:55 PM PDT AP - Authorities in Washington state on Wednesday resumed their search for a woman who appears to have abandoned a van on a remote Puget Sound beach over the weekend and disappeared with her 8-year-old son.

Report alleges Afghan contractor shot Ind. Marine (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Marine Corps' investigation of the February death of an Indiana Marine in Afghanistan concludes that he was fatally shot when an Afghan security contractor fired shots at a group of Marines.

Was Ala. snack food heir's death tied to business? (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:11 PM PDT AP - An angry letter and a bag of Golden Flake chips were taped inside Major Bashinsky's abandoned car when it was found near downtown Birmingham.

Sheriff: Man sold his wife for sex on Craigslist (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PDT AP - A woman feared she'd never see her young child again unless she complied with her husband's scheme to sell her sexual services on Craigslist, authorities said Wednesday.

Leprechaun-garbed holdup suspect among 2 shot dead (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:44 PM PDT AP - Two bank robbery suspects, including one dressed in a green leprechaun costume, were shot dead after a St. Patrick's Day chase and shootout with police in Tennessee, authorities said.

Prescription-drug heists on the rise (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 02:11 PM PDT AP - The $75 million heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Connecticut this week was just the most audacious example of a growing phenomenon: Thieves are stealing large quantities of prescription drugs for resale on the black market.

Convicted embezzler given tax break, then arrested (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:30 PM PDT AP - A convicted embezzler who snagged a $9.1 million business tax credit from the state of Michigan was arrested Wednesday on a parole violation, a day after he appeared on stage with Gov. Jennifer Granholm as she announced the credits.

Sandbags on hand, Red River area waits for flood (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:15 PM PDT AP - Schoolchildren, parents and hundreds of residents have spent days packing and stacking sandbags to protect their cities against the rising Red River. The National Guard is in place, keeping watch over the water. Dike builders are finishing last-minute work.

Drunken thief takes singer Justin Moore's guitar (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:26 PM PDT AP - Country singer Justin Moore knows his fans can get rowdy — maybe sometimes to a fault.

Nation, world go green for St. Patrick's Day (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 01:08 PM PDT AP - All the world from the Sydney Opera House to the Empire State Building turned Irish, or at least Irish for the day, as revelers marked St. Patrick's Day with bagpipes, dancing, emerald lights and green body paint in a flurry of celebration.

Black people must leave, NJ Walmart announcer says (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - An announcement at a Walmart store in New Jersey ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities.

44 of 172 Detroit schools slated to close in June (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:37 PM PDT AP - Doors are expected to shut on more than a quarter of Detroit's 172 public schools in June as the district fights through steadily declining enrollment and a budget deficit of more than $219 million, an emergency financial manager said Wednesday.

Kids, teens key to flood fighting effort in Fargo (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 12:58 PM PDT AP - Some children lugged sandbags that weighed more than they did. Determined teens showed up just after dawn with groups of friends, ready and willing to shovel. New groups of kids arrived by the busloads, all ready to join the race to protect their city from the rising Red River.

Episcopal church approves 2nd gay bishop (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 03:08 PM PDT AP - The Episcopal Church has approved the election of a lesbian assistant bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles, making her the second openly gay bishop in the Anglican global fellowship, diocese officials said Wednesday.

VA fined $227K for flawed cancer treatments in Pa. (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 02:17 PM PDT AP - The Department of Veterans Affairs was fined $227,500 after incorrect radiation doses were given to 97 veterans with prostate cancer at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, a federal agency announced Wednesday.

NY gov.'s press aide quits in scandal; 4th to fall (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 02:46 PM PDT AP - Gov. David Paterson's press secretary on Wednesday became the fourth top staffer to quit amid dual scandals, resigning just hours after her boss publicly proclaimed for the first time that he did nothing wrong when he talked to a woman who had accused one of his top aides of abuse.

Smithsonian opens $21M human evolution hall (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 01:54 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of early human fossils, artifacts and forensically recreated faces of our prehistoric relatives went on display Wednesday, exploring 6 million years of evolution at the National Museum of Natural History.

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