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First Lady marks International Womens Day with Hillary President joke (The Newsroom)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and first lady Michelle Obama share a laugh as Andrea Jung, chairman and CEO of Avon Products, not pictured, speaks during the 2010 International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)The Newsroom - In a fitting show of solidarity for International Women's Day, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made light of the brutal 2008 battle Clinton conducted to defeat Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. As Michelle Obama launched a State Department commemoration of International Women's Day, she briefly stumbled over Clinton's job title. "Let me thank my dear friend, Senator - Secretary Clinton. I almost said, 'President Clinton,' " said the first lady to laughter and applause. "But let me thank you for that kind introduction, and most of all thank you for your friendship, thank you for your support, and thank you for your indispensable advice in getting me through this first year and helping me figure out how to get my family settled in our new life in D.C."




Norway doomsday seed vault hits 1/2 million mark (AP)

The interior of Vault 2 inside the Global Seed Vault in Longyearbyen, 2008. Barely two years after it opened, a unique Arctic AP - Two years after receiving its first deposits, a "doomsday" seed vault on an Arctic island has amassed half a million seed samples, making it the world's most diverse repository of crop seeds, the vault's operators announced Thursday.




Why Rush Limbaugh would go to Costa Rica if Obama's healthcare plan passes (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh said this week he??d go to Costa Rica for medical treatment if Congress passes proposed reforms to the US healthcare system.

Senators question $1 million pay for charity's CEO (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010, file photo, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., arrives to vote on the Senate Jobs Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity. 'The question is whether or not a very top-heavy organization might be siphoning off federal dollars that should be going to help kids,' said Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity.




Democrats to use reconciliation, so what is it? (The Newsroom)

US President Barack Obama (R) chats with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer at the White House in Washington, DC in February 2010. The White House and Hoyer, one of its top allies in the US Congress, feuded Tuesday over a target date for enacting President Barack Obama's historic but embattled health care reform bill this month.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)The Newsroom - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid confirmed today that he plans to use the "reconciliation process" to pass the final changes to the Senate's health care reform legislation. So... what the heck is it?




Austrian govt finds mass graves of Nazi victims (AP)
AP - Austrian government officials say they have identified at least two mass graves of Nazi victims on property used by the army.

Democrats pare differences over health overhaul (AP)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama is postponing his long-scheduled Asian trip for a few days to make a final push for passage of historic legislation reinventing the health care system.




Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom (AP)

Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old senior at Itawamba County Agricultural High School, is photographed Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Fulton, Miss., a day after the high school announced they wouldn't hold the senior prom April 2. McMillen wanted to bring a same-sex date and wear a tuxedo. (AP Photo/Matthew Sharpe)AP - A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled.




2-second video causes headache for ABC News (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2010 photo, a 2010 Toyota Corolla is shown at Toyota  dealership in San Francisco. For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)AP - For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles.




A Disastrous Year: 2010 Death Toll Already Abnormally High (LiveScience.com)

A firefigther's search dog negociates the heaps of rubble in a devastated area of Constitucion, some 300 kms south of Santiago, March 4. In a strange twist of fate, an eight-year-old labrador who returned just three weeks ago from a rescue mission in Haiti is now searching for survivors in the rubble left by Chile's massive earthquake.(AFP/File/Ivan Zapata)LiveScience.com - Just a few months into 2010, and Mother Nature has delivered a slew of costly and deadly natural disasters. From the catastrophic Haiti and Chilean earthquakes to the U.S. blizzard that descended on Washington, D.C., last month, which was mostly just inconvenient by comparison, 2010 is already above average in terms of natural-disaster casualties.




'Jihad Jane': How does Al Qaeda recruit U.S.-born women? (The Christian Science Monitor)

In this June 26, 1997 booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, is shown Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose, the self-described 'Jihad Jane' who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden, is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the global threat, authorities say. LaRose is accused in an indictment filed Tuesday, March 9, 2010, of actively recruiting fighters, as well as agreeing to murder the artist, marry a terrorism suspect so he could move to Europe and martyr herself if necessary. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail)The Christian Science Monitor - The case of Colleen R. LaRose ?? also known as ??Jihad Jane? and ??Fatima Rose? ?? raises troubling questions about the ability of Al Qaeda to attract US-born women to terrorism.




'Little Billy' punks VIPs in wide-eyed letters (AP)

A letter from Sarah Palin's father Chuck Heath, and an autographed Palin photo, to author Bill Geerhart, part of his new book, 'Little Billy's Letters,' on his 1950s retro Formica kitchen table, at his home in Los Angeles Wednesday, March 10, 2010.  But Geerhart was better known to some of the famous and infamous as Little Billy, punking them by posing as a school boy writing letters to them asking questions out of the mouths of babes. Their correspondence back - humorous, head-scratching, poignant  - are compiled in 'Little Billy's Letters,' out this week.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - "Little Billy" was in a jam: His parents blamed him for dismembering his sister's doll, but the dog did it. How could he clear his name?




Suicide bombs kill 43, wound 100 in Pakistani city (AP)

Pakistan's security officials and investigator gather near an army truck damaged by suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, March 12, 2010. A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other, killing scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm.




Iraqi PM starts laying groundwork for new govt (AP)

An electoral worker carries a ballot box at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 12, 2010. Partial tallies have only been released from only five of Iraq's 18 provinces, excluding Baghdad. They show the prime minister and his secular rival, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, locked in a tight contest amid fraud allegations. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The Iraqi prime minister's bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signaling growing confidence after preliminary election results showed it winning in at least three provinces in the southern Shiite heartland.




NYC police pursue video leads in bar beating (AP)

This image provided by the New York Police Department and made from a surveillance camera inside a convenience store near a bar shows a man police believe to be the stranger who followed a woman into a New York City bar restroom after she rejected his advances early Thursday March 11, 2010, savagely beat her in a toilet stall and perhaps tried to sexually assault her, according to police. The attack occurred around 2 a.m. at Social, a three-story bar and lounge on Eighth Avenue in midtown Manhattan where the 29-year-old victim, a nurse, had gone with a friend, authorities said. (AP Photo/NYPD)AP - Security video has attracted some tips, but none so far have led police to the stranger who followed a woman into a bar restroom, savagely beating her and perhaps trying to sexually assault her after she rejected his advances.




Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks at the Export-Import Bank's Annual Conference in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Asia, his first international trip of the year, to focus on the push to salvage health care legislation after a year of contentious debate.




'American Idol' pares down to 12 finalists (AP)

In this publicity image released by Fox, the 12 male finalists for the ninth season of the reality singing competetion, 'American Idol,' front row from left, Andrew Garcia, John Park, Tyler Grady, Joe Munoz and Jermaine Sellers and, back row, from left, Lee Dewyze, Aaron Kelly, Tim Urban, Michael Lynche, Todrick Hall, Casey James and Alex Lambert, are shown. (AP Photo/Fox, Patrick Ecclestein)AP - Teen power won out on "American Idol" as Katie Stevens claimed a place in the top 12 while a more experienced singer got the ax.




Israel moves to change law after Biden "mishap" (AP)

Map locates the West Bank, which Israel sealed off from clashesAP - Israel is moving to amend the country's planning procedures on sensitive political decisions following an embarrassing diplomatic flap during a visit this week by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a Cabinet minister said Friday.




Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics (AP)

Sean Penn presents the award for best actress during the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday,  March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media.




Michael Jackson's custom-made furniture for sale (AP)
AP - The 22 pieces of custom-made furniture Michael Jackson commissioned for his London home are going on the auction block.


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