• Lesbian teen in prom flap sues, returns to school (AP)

    ** CORRECTS SPELLING OF STEWART ** Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old senior at Itawamba County Agricultural High School, reacts to a message on her cell phone while her aunt, Dana Stewart, left, watches at McMillen's father's house in Fulton, Miss., Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthew Sharpe)AP - Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. On Thursday, a day after the Itawamba County school board did just that, the 18-year-old lesbian high school senior reluctantly returned to campus to some unfriendly looks, she said.


  • 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.


  • Teacher killed by wolves in Alaska, police say (Reuters)
    Reuters - A schoolteacher found dead this week near a remote Alaska village was probably killed by wolves, Alaska State Troopers said on Thursday.
  • First Lady marks International Women?s 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."


  • 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?


  • 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.


  • Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul (AP)

    Clarissa Martinez de Castro, with the National Council of La Raza, center, talks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010, after meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.


  • '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.


  • Sen. Reid's wife, daughter injured in accident (AP)

    FILE - In this June 24, 2007, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, and his wife Landra Reid attend an event at Ford's Theater in Washington. A spokesman says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were being treated in a hospital Thursday, March 11, 2010, from serious injuries they sustained when their vehicle was rear-ended. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday — the wife with a broken back and neck — after their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, authorities said.


  • Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout (AP)

    This 2002 photo provided by Roman Castro shows Sharif Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in Buena, N.J. The FBI confirmed Thursday, March 11, 2010 that the agency is looking into the case of 26-year-old son, Sharif Mobley, who grew up in Buena and is an alleged al-Qaida member raised in New Jersey who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. (AP Photo/Roman Castro) NO SALESAP - He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in an attempt to break out of a hospital.


  • Betty White to host 'Saturday Night Live' (AP)

    FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2009 file photo, actress Betty White poses for a portrait in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host "Saturday Night Live."


  • Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.


  • Deal could pay $657M to sickened WTC responders (AP)

    FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool)AP - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.


  • GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leaders (AP)

    FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 file photo shows Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District in Rochester, N.Y. One is a former Democratic freshman who was little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y. district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax bills. But now, Republicans — looking for any opening to regain control of the House — are portraying newly resigned first-termer Eric Massa and veteran Charles Rangel as dual symbols of Democratic ethical misconduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)AP - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eric Massa.


  • Fed. appeals court upholds 'under God' in pledge (AP)

    File - In this June 14, 2004 file photo, Michael Newdow looks down at the fax copy of the Supreme Court's ruling preserving the phrase 'one nation under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance outside his Sacramento, Calif., home. A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected arguments by Newdow that the phrase violates the separation between church and state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,Ffile)AP - A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.


  • Author assumes guise of 10-year-old to punk famous (AP)

    Author Bill Geerhart poses with letters he received from Charles Manson, left, and Sarah Palin's father, all in 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. At rear is a movie poster from a 1949 RKO Radio Pictures film, 'I Married A Communist,' now a period cult classic, part of Geerhart's large collection of vintage memorabilia. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Over the years, "Little Billy" learned much from the country's top minds.


  • Minority births on track to outnumber white births (AP)
    AP - Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years.
  • NYC ex-model sues over use of photo in comedy film (AP)
    AP - A former model says she's appalled that her nearly decade-old bikini photo became a randy prop in the film "Couple's Retreat."
  • Toyota 'mystified' by runaway Prius case in Calif. (AP)

    FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - A Toyota executive said Thursday the company is "mystified" by a report that a California man's Prius gas pedal became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control on a California freeway.


  • In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings (AP)

    Gay couples kiss after getting married at City Hall in Mexico City, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The couples wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.
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