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Deaths from New York tour bus crash at 15 (Reuters)
Japan tsunami grazes Americas but impact light (Reuters)
U.S. contractor sentenced to 15 years in Cuba trial (Reuters)
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Scores Coup in Union Fight (Time.com)
America's game faces backlash in damaging dispute (Reuters)
Tsunami surge deals blow to struggling Calif. town (AP)
Computer mess jeopardizes court's political clout (AP)
Years of nothing, then a quick arrest in rape case (AP)
After fires, Okla. residents pick through rubble (AP)
Police interviewing NYC casino bus driver; 14 dead (AP)
83 rescued from Ky. eatery that floated downstream (AP)
Pot docs face new rules in Colorado (AP)
Wis. labor protesters say next fight at the polls (AP)
Japanese-Americans seek news of quake back home (AP)
Remember to set clocks for daylight saving time (AP)
Troopers: 800 motorists rescued after ND blizzard (AP)
Obama: Japan earthquake potentially 'catastrophic' (AP)
US Muslims find defending themselves exhausting (AP)

Deaths from New York tour bus crash at 15 (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 01:50 PM PST

Reuters - The death toll rose to 15 on Saturday after a tour bus carrying sleeping gamblers returning from a Connecticut casino flipped over in the Bronx, shearing off its roof.

Japan tsunami grazes Americas but impact light (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:06 PM PST

Reuters - Tsunamis triggered by Japan's devastating earthquake that prompted evacuations on the Pacific coast of North and South America caused flooding as far away as Chile Saturday, but damage was limited.

U.S. contractor sentenced to 15 years in Cuba trial (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 12:13 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes against the Cuban state, state-run television reported on Saturday, in the latest setback to relations between two Cold War enemies.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Scores Coup in Union Fight (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 12:15 PM PST

Time.com - In a lightning legislative attack, Wisconsin Republicans strip workers of the right to collective bargaining -- and all the people power the protesters could muster couldn't stop them

America's game faces backlash in damaging dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:29 AM PST

Reuters - The worst fears of NFL fans were confirmed Saturday when America's most successful sports league announced a lockout which threatens the 2011 season.

Tsunami surge deals blow to struggling Calif. town (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 05:48 PM PST

AP - Fishermen who had escaped to sea before the tsunami hit this struggling coastal town landed small loads of crab on Saturday, while crews surveyed damage and a family combed the beach for any sign of a man who was swept away a day ago as he photographed the waves.

Computer mess jeopardizes court's political clout (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:41 AM PST

AP - Former California Chief Justice Ron George's crowning achievement was expected to be his crusade to drag the nation's largest court system into the 21st century: a computer system linking every courthouse in the state's 58 counties.

Years of nothing, then a quick arrest in rape case (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:01 AM PST

AP - It was definitely the same man raping women and girls along the East Coast, the attacks spanning from Connecticut to Virginia and growing more horrific as year after year passed. Investigators just didn't know who it was.

After fires, Okla. residents pick through rubble (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 05:06 PM PST

AP - Cass Smith's friends dug through the rubble of his fire-ravaged home Saturday and were able to salvage a few valuables, including the rings he and his wife exchanged on their wedding day and another ring that belonged to his father.

Police interviewing NYC casino bus driver; 14 dead (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:59 PM PST

AP - Police say witnesses have told investigators that the driver of a tour bus that crashed on the outskirts of New York City and killed 14 people was driving at a "high rate of speed."

83 rescued from Ky. eatery that floated downstream (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 04:52 PM PST

AP - Kathy Kinane and her husband walked into the upscale Waterfront restaurant wearing snorkeling gear, a joking reference to the recent rain and rising water levels outside the eatery housed on a barge.

Pot docs face new rules in Colorado (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:39 AM PST

AP - Colorado's dispute over which doctors can recommend medical marijuana could become more confusing this week when state health authorities consider tighter limits at the same time lawmakers debate conflicting rules.

Wis. labor protesters say next fight at the polls (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 03:55 PM PST

AP - Clogging the Wisconsin Capitol grounds and screaming angry chants, tens of thousands of undaunted pro-labor protesters descended on Madison again Saturday and vowed to focus on future elections now that contentious cuts to public worker union rights have become law.

Japanese-Americans seek news of quake back home (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 03:42 PM PST

AP - Nancy Niijima switched on the TV in her room at the Keiro retirement home to see images from her native country of submerged neighborhoods, cars being carried in giant ocean tides, collapsed buildings and cracked roads.

Remember to set clocks for daylight saving time (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:33 AM PST

AP - It's the weekend to spring ahead to daylight saving time.

Troopers: 800 motorists rescued after ND blizzard (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 11:33 AM PST

AP - Rescue workers used military trucks and other heavy vehicles to pluck motorists from more than 500 vehicles abandoned along ice-slicked roads and in drifting snow throughout North Dakota and take them to churches, schools, bars and gas stations that became makeshift shelters.

Obama: Japan earthquake potentially 'catastrophic' (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 05:26 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama said he was "heartbroken" by images of devastation in Japan following Friday's deadly earthquake and tsunami, and pledged U.S. assistance to help the country recover.