Photo Gallery and science10 Mar 2010 02:27 am

Driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in El Cajon, Calif. Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out of control on a San Diego freeway Monday. A California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - Before he called 911, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the "stuck" accelerator on his 2008 Toyota Prius, his other hand on the steering wheel. The pedal didn't move.


Photo Gallery and topstories10 Mar 2010 01:55 am

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown smiles as he prepares to greet Jordan's King Abdullah (not pictured) on the steps of 10 Downing Street in central London March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Britain will on Wednesday propose to force banks to reveal how many of their staff earn top wages, in steps that go further than previous proposals, financial services minister Paul Myners said.


Photo Gallery and world10 Mar 2010 01:41 am

Pakistani troops patrol through Hayatabad near the Khyber tribal agency. Militants stormed a building used by a US-based charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, sparking heavy clashes with police and killing at least five people, police and an aid worker said.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AFP - Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a US-based Christian charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist insurgents.


Photo Gallery and entertainment10 Mar 2010 01:40 am
AP - Marie Osmond told a Las Vegas Strip audience as she returned to the stage less than two weeks after her son's apparent suicide that she has relied on her spirituality to cope with his death
Photo Gallery and business10 Mar 2010 01:20 am

US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare and health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Obama has launched a populist assault on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast.


Photo Gallery and business10 Mar 2010 01:19 am

Job seekers during a career fair in San Diego, California, in January 2010. The United States lost fewer jobs than expected in February and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the government said Friday, cautioning the data may be skewed by winter storms.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Sandy Huffaker)AP - Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt.


Photo Gallery and politics10 Mar 2010 01:18 am
AP - The Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Obama, the direction of the country and health care was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from March 3-8. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,002 adults. Interviews were conducted with 702 respondents on landline telephones and 300 on cellular phones.
Photo Gallery and world10 Mar 2010 12:53 am

Pakistani troops patrol through Hayatabad near the Khyber tribal agency. Militants stormed a building used by a US-based charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, sparking heavy clashes with police and killing at least five people, police and an aid worker said.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AP - Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of an international aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six employees and wounding several others, police and the organization said.


Photo Gallery and world10 Mar 2010 12:15 am

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pictured, has arrived in Kabul to hold talks with his Afghan counterpart, a spokesman in Hamid Karzai's office has said.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Kabul on Wednesday to hold talks with his Afghan counterpart, a spokesman in Hamid Karzai's office said.


Photo Gallery and us09 Mar 2010 11:44 pm

This image provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Colleen LaRose an American woman from Pennsylvania indicted Tuesday March 9, 2010 accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas. A federal indictment charges that Colleen R. LaRose, who called herself JihadJane and Fatima LaRose online, agreed to kill the Swede on orders from the unnamed terrorists and traveled to Europe to carry out the killing. It doesn't say whether the Swede was killed, but LaRose was not charged with murder. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group) -- MANDATORY CREDIT SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP --AP - A suburban woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist, prosecutors said Tuesday.


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