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Pope's Irish letter faces critical Catholic world
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 AP - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal here — a message being watched closely by Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see if it also acknowledges decades of Vatican-approved cover-ups.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:39:14 GMT
| Push on for Mideast talks despite Jerusalem flap
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 AP - With pressure on from global mediators Friday, Israel and the Palestinians appeared likely to resume American-mediated indirect peace talks despite a flap over east Jerusalem construction.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:26:34 GMT
| 12 wounded in Israeli missile strike in Gaza
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AP - Hamas officials say Israeli aircraft have fired five missiles at Gaza's defunct airport and nearby border tunnels, wounding at least 12 people.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:14:59 GMT
| World diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks
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 AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Friday that the United States and Israel have found a way around the worst disagreement the two allies have faced in years while international diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:50:38 GMT
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No. 12 seed Cornell dominates Temple (AP)
Confident, relaxed and definitely on their game. Cornell lived up to its billing as the best team to come out of the Ivy League in more than a decade, and now the senior-heavy Big Red have a chance for a nice run in the East Regional of the NCAA tournament. "Everyone was saying we were Cinderella or it's an upset.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:17:23 PDT
| WVU overcomes early scare, rolls to win (AP)
The way West Virginia was missing one shot after another, the thought actually crossed forward Kevin Jones' mind whether the Mountaineers would ever hit a basket. After missing their first 11 attempts, the second-seeded Mountaineers eventually found their range Friday -- and have Jones to thank for leading the way.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:59:14 PDT
| Bellotti stepping down as Oregon AD (AP)
Oregon athletic director Mike Bellotti is stepping down after less than a year in the position to become a college football analyst with ESPN. Bellotti was head coach of the Ducks for 14 seasons before he formally took over as athletic director last July. His resignation is effective April 5 and he'll make his debut on ESPN on April 17.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:41:09 PDT
| St. John's fires Roberts after 6 seasons (AP)
The weeks of talk on whether coach Norm Roberts would return to St. John's ended Friday: He was fired after six seasons with the Red Storm -- only two of them with a winning record. "To say it was a difficult decision would be to minimize it," St. John's athletic director Chris Monasch said.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:53:23 PDT
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Stocks fall as worries about Greek debt return
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 AP - Stocks halted their steady climb Friday after renewed concerns about Greece's ability to pay its debts left investors questioning a global economic recovery.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:17:45 GMT
| The four cities that best weathered the recession
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AP - Call them the Final Four: The four large cities that have made it through the Great Recession with the smallest increases in unemployment.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:11:41 GMT
| End in sight, health care battle tilts Obama's way
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 AP - One by one, Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides Friday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama's direction.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:52:01 GMT
| Regulators shut banks in Utah, Ohio, Georgia
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AP - Regulators have shut down banks in Utah, Ohio and Georgia, boosting to 33 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:48:20 GMT
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