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Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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 AP - President Barack Obama denounced waste, inefficiency and downright fraud in the government's health care system on Wednesday as he sought to rally public support for his revamped overhaul plan. "Improper payments cost taxpayers almost $100 billion last year alone," Obama said at a rally in this St. Louis suburb.
 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 - 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 - 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. But online, federal authorities say, the devoted caretaker developed a daring alter ego, refashioning herself as "Jihad Jane" while helping recruit and finance Muslim terrorists — and eventually moving overseas to try to kill an artist she perceived as an enemy to Islam.
 AP - A former Detroit city councilwoman was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday for bribery after a federal judge refused to set aside her guilty plea during a stormy court hearing dominated by a dispute over evidence of other payoffs.
 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 the basement to spend the night.
 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.
 Reuters - Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ratcheted up the pressure on health insurance companies on Wednesday, urging them to forgo short-term profits to make coverage more affordable and to stop fighting the Obama administration's reform effort.
 Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediated talks.
 Reuters - With Governor David Paterson enveloped in scandal, New York's lieutenant governor is leading the notoriously difficult budget process and freeing up his boss to fight for his political life, experts say.
Reuters - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall.
 Reuters - The leader of the House of Representatives -- a persuasive arm twister and deal maker -- faces her toughest challenge yet: getting 216 votes to pass final legislation revamping the U.S. healthcare system.
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President Obama is turning up the heat on private health insurers again, taking his increasingly populist health care overhaul pitch on the road to Missouri.
    
Former 1980s teen movie actor and heartthrob Corey Haim died early Wednesday, authorities said.
 
Colleen LaRose, the Pennsylvania woman indicted for allegedly conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, attempted to commit suicide in 2005, according to a police report filed at the time.
 
As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday.
 
Flying in and out of New York -- which is usually no picnic -- is likely to get worse this spring and summer. A new nationwide rule on tarmac delays, possible exemptions to that rule and a runway closure may create a perfect storm for air travelers when bad weather is added to the mix.
 
American Rachel Corrie was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003 as it razed homes in a Palestinian camp. On Wednesday, her parents seek answers in an Israeli court.
 
Simmering tension between the White House and U.S. Supreme Court spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at this year's State of the Union address "very troubling."
 
New York state's top police official announced Wednesday he was quitting, the second acting superintendent to step down in as many weeks.
 
Wayne Rooney (right) scores twice as Manchester United crush AC Milan 4-0 to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League and ruin David Beckham's return to Old Trafford.
 
With tears in her eyes and her voice shaking at times, Marie Osmond donned her bravest face Tuesday night as she took to the stage for the first time since the death of her son for a show that she dedicated to him.
 
TIME.com: Top Stories
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Virginia's Fifth District seems ripe for a Republican victory -- unless conservative passion trumps political pragmatism
Vice President Joe Biden was publicly humiliated by the Israeli announcement of a controversial settlement project, and said it undermined trust in a new peace effort. But Israel has no plans to shelve the project
According to reports, the Fox show is about to be cancelled. The '00s are definitely over
For the sake of expediency, in this final push Dems may have to sacrifice all bipartisanship not just on health care but on other agenda items.
Many conservatives had warned Fox News superstar Glenn Beck to steer clear of aggrieved Democratic Congressman Eric Massa, but he just couldn't resist
This recovery will be uneven, disjointed and chocked full of surprises -- not a great outlook for corporate planners or investment managers, but a far better environment that we saw this time last year.
The hundreds of villagers killed with machetes near the central Nigerian city of Jos have thrown the sectarian problems of Africa's most populous nation into the spotlight again
Data suggest that men want sex more, have more sex and enjoy it more than women. That holds true even into their 70s
The media giant is selling its analytical expertise to baseball fans, and Major League Baseball teams. Can a Bloomberg consumer business hit it out of the park?
Your mobile emits a tiny amount of radiation. Is that safe in the long run?
More than 3 million Cablevision subscribers couldn't see the opening of the Oscars on Sunday because of a dispute over paying for ABC shows
Pro-democracy campaigners need time to achieve their aims. There's no time left
New drilling in and off countries up the coast of East Africa shows that the region may have massive reserves of natural gas and oil
Coffee aficionados have been asking the question: Is Portland's Stumptown Coffee Roasters the new Starbucks?
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Vote Extends Unemployment Insurance Benefits; Conservatives Complain of Cost
     
Teen Idols Including Ralph Macchio and Alyssa Milano Weight In On Actor's Death
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Drivers Find Themselves Battling Accelerators, Crashing Into Structures Even After Bringing Vehicles Back to Dealership
  
CBS News' Jan Crawford Says Administration Efforts to Get the Last Word After Justice John Roberts' Comments Were Absurd, Ill-Advised
  
In Case of American Woman Who Allegedly Plotted Terror on Internet, Authorities See Evolving Nature of Terror Threat
  
Conservatives Unearth 2004 Brief Republicans Say Was Not Disclosed Before Confirmation Hearings
  
VP Chastises Israel Again for East Jerusalem Settlement Plan; Says Both Sides Shouldn't "Inflame Tensions"
  
Former Congressman Eric Massa's bizarre Tuesday interviews only raise more questions. Nancy Cordes spoke with Politico's John Bresnahan and Washington Post's Carol Leonning. Plus; Betsey Johnson comes to Washington for a good cause. And; Kaylee Hartung reports from London at the Alliance for Youth Movements international summit.
  
Nearly 25% of Adults Ages 25 to 60 Reported Being Too Tired to Have Sex with Partner, National Sleep Foundation Survey Shows
  
Jan Crawford: Administration Efforts to Get the Last Word After Comment by John Roberts Were Absurd and Ill-Advised
  
Step May Become Common Move ahead of New Regulations Limiting Such Fees
  
To understand radical Islam, American writer Theo Padnos pretended he was a Muslim and settled himself into Yemen's radical mosque scene.
  
Rep. Patrick Kennedy Rails Against Washington Press Corps for Giving Scant Attention to the War in Afghanistan, Covering Massa Scandal
  
More Rigorous Guidelines Designed to Raise Expectations of Student Achievement
  
Democratic Leaders are Considering Inserting a Student Loan Reform Bill into the Health Care Reform Reconciliation Measure
  
FOXNews.com
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About 100 homes were being evacuated Wednesday morning as a small earthen dam in Calaveras County in northern California weakened by an overnight thunderstorm threatened to break.
Iran's state-run television says it successfully test-fired a "top secret" missile, the third in a week.
Jurors in the Zacarias Moussaoui case headed into a fourth day of deliberations Thursday but talks halted when one juror fell ill; deliberations to resume Friday
The deputy press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday for using the Internet to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl, authorities said.
University cancels remainder of season after allegations that three players raped an exotic dancer at a party.
Former Iraqi dictator is cross-examined for the first time in the trial for the killings of Shiites in 1982.
A poor-quality video posted on the Internet Wednesday in the name of an extremist group claimed to show Iraqi insurgents dragging the burning body of a U.S. pilot on the ground after the crash of an Apache helicopter.
Venezuelan authorities found the bullet-ridden bodies of three Canadian boys who had been kidnapped more than a month ago in the South American country, the justice minister said.
France's biggest trade unions set a 10-day deadline Wednesday for the government to revoke a divisive jobs law, threatening more protests and strikes that have spiraled into a national crisis.
A baby shower erupted into a fight among guests in which one man was shot and several other people, including the seven-months-pregnant guest of honor, were beaten with a stick, police say.
The new Hamas-led government is broke and missed the April 1 monthly pay date for tens of thousands of Palestinian public workers, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Wednesday.
New Yorkers were treated to a last gasp of winter Wednesday as big snowflakes fell on the metro area.
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Middle school teacher Amy Beck surprised police and school officials when she turned herself in for having sex with one of her students.
For homeowners who let insurance lapse, banks force more expensive policies.
In fiery floor speech, congressman criticizes the media for lack of of focus on Afghanistan.
France is atwitter with rumors that President Nicolas Sarkozy and first lady Carla Bruni are having affairs -- a whirlwind of buzz started by a single tweet.
Former Democratic Rep. Eric Massa of New York, who quit abruptly last week and promised not to go quietly, took to the airwaves Tuesday night in two cable network interviews to explain his behavior and the allegations that he sexually harassed two male aides. But the more Massa tries to explain himself, the stranger his story gets.
Election Day 2010 is 8 months away, but here's an update on 10 contests
David Letterman blackmailer Robert Halderman was "delighted, happy, relieved" to take a plea deal and avoid a trial, close friend and former colleague Dr. Bob Arnot said today.
JD Salinger's literary executives could release new books, but would they still be relevant?
Three-year-old Tenn. toddler shoots herself after mixing up real gun with video game controller.
New Jersey doctors uncovered a black market of cosmetic butt enhancement injections when half a dozen women showed up at hospitals with skin infections and abscesses.
Thirty-somethings can expect to enjoy at least another 30 years of sex, researchers have found. At age 30, men will be sexually active for another 35 years, while women will be active for another 30. And the findings are even better for older adults.
Rick Seaney was particularly amused at how absurd some of last week's true tales sounded. You know, the bizarre incidents involving fake pilots, mini-controllers and more.
Reuters: Top News
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ratcheted up the pressure on health insurance companies on Wednesday, urging them to forgo short-term profits to make coverage more affordable and to stop fighting the Obama administration's reform effort.
  
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediated talks.
 
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With Governor David Paterson enveloped in scandal, New York's lieutenant governor is leading the notoriously difficult budget process and freeing up his boss to fight for his political life, experts say.
 
DETROIT (Reuters) - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall.
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of the House of Representatives -- a persuasive arm twister and deal maker -- faces her toughest challenge yet: getting 216 votes to pass final legislation revamping the U.S. healthcare system.
 
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
 
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top credit rating and announced a pay freeze for senior civil servants and military officers to help tame a record deficit.
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three American detained in Iran last year and accused of spying have been allowed to telephone their families, although formal consular access has not been granted, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
 
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Sporadic shooting rang out overnight in the central Nigerian city of Jos and witnesses said at least one person was killed by soldiers enforcing a curfew days after attacks on three nearby Christian villages.
 
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