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03/12/2010 02:23 PM
Democrats pare differences over health overhaul (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 12, 2010.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama delayed next week's Asian trip on Friday to seize on suddenly improved prospects for his sweeping health care legislation, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi forecast final passage of the overhaul in days.



03/12/2010 02:18 PM
Twin suicide bombs kill 43 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 - Two suicide bombers killed 43 people in near-simultaneous blasts Friday, the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week and a clear sign that militants have the power to strike targets despite months of army offensives and U.S. missile strikes.



03/12/2010 11:51 AM
Prime minister lays groundwork for Iraq coalition (AP)

Electoral workers sort through ballots cast in the national election 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.



03/12/2010 12:03 PM
A happy surprise in retail sales figures (AP)

In this Feb. 24, 2010 photo, a Gap store is seen in Paramus, NJ. Retail sales post surprising 0.3 pct February increase raising hopes economy gaining momentum. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers did not let major snowstorms stop them from racking up purchases. The advance, the biggest since November, provided hope that the recovery from the Great Recession is gaining momentum.



03/12/2010 02:42 PM
Judge invites comment on 9/11 health settlement (AP)

Firemen and rescue personnel work at the site of the World Trade Center in New York in September 2001. More than 10,000 people who worked in the toxic chaos of New York's Ground Zero after 9/11 could receive compensation totalling 657 million dollars for health problems under a settlement reached.(AFP/File/Marcos Townsend)AP - A federal judge says he will hold a hearing in a week to let people weigh in on a settlement that would pay up to $657 million to people who got sick after toiling in the ruins of the World Trade Center.



03/12/2010 01:06 PM
Women on the pill may live longer, study says (AP)
AP - Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.
03/12/2010 01:57 PM
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.



03/12/2010 01:08 PM
Apple takes pre-orders for April 3 iPad launch (AP)

Drumroll, please: CEO Steve Jobs introduces Apple's new tablet in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. It's called — you guessed it — the iPad. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Apple is accepting pre-orders for the iPad, its new touch-screen gadget for reading books, watching video and surfing the Web.



03/12/2010 01:56 PM
Authorities: No illegal drugs found in Haim case (AP)

This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDITAP - Authorities said Friday they had recovered four prescription drug bottles bearing the name of actor Corey Haim but found nothing illegal while investigating his death.



03/12/2010 02:08 PM
Stern: Jordan approval as Bobcats owner next week (AP)

FILE - This March 1, 2010, file photo shows Michael Jordan looking over a stat sheet in the first half of the Charlotte Bobcats' 89-84 loss to the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C. The NBA has signed off on Michael Jordan's bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats, and commissioner David Stern expects the league's board of governors to approve the purchase by the end of next week. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)AP - The NBA has signed off on Michael Jordan's bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats, and commissioner David Stern expects the league's board of governors to approve the $275 million purchase by the end of next week.



03/12/2010 11:29 AM
Iraq election is tight, results are slow (Reuters)

Workers carry boxes of parliamentary election ballots at a tally centre in Baghdad March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead in minority Sunni areas.



03/12/2010 09:54 AM
Obama delays Pacific trip for healthcare (Reuters)

President Barack Obama addresses the Export-Import Bank's Annual Conference in Washington March 11, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Indonesia and Australia next week to stay home and focus on his final push for a healthcare overhaul, White House officials said on Friday.



03/12/2010 02:35 PM
Yellen a top contender for Fed vice chair: White House (Reuters)

The US Federal Reserve Building is seen from the air over Washington, DC. The US economy continued to expand modestly on the back of consumer spending but the labor market remained bleak, the Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book report Wednesday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)Reuters - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen is a leading contender to be nominated as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Friday.



03/12/2010 03:12 AM
Leave yuan to us, China tells Obama (Reuters)

Su Ning, a deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, speaks to the media during a group session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Christina HuReuters - The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched toward a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency regime.



03/12/2010 02:16 PM
Confrontations, anger in Jerusalem over building (Reuters)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy walks in Ramat Shlomo, a religious Jewish settlement in an area of the West Bank annexed to Jerusalem by Israel, March 11, 2010. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - Israeli forces sealed off the West Bank and massed riot squads around Jerusalem's Old City and Arab neighborhoods during Muslim weekly prayers on Friday, facing down Palestinian anger over Jewish settlement expansion.



03/12/2010 02:48 PM
Calif. lawsuit claims Toyota hid defect evidence (Reuters)

A Toyota gas pedal assembly and other parts required to correct the occurrence of sticking accelerator pedals on some 270,000 recalled vehicles are shown during a news conference in Toronto, February 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mike CasseseReuters - In the latest blow to Toyota Motor Corp, a Southern California prosecutor filed the first consumer protection lawsuit against the automaker, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects.



03/12/2010 01:02 AM
New York's "Ground Zero" workers reach deal on claims (Reuters)
Reuters - Thousands of workers who suffered health problems after the September 11 attacks in 2001 have reached a settlement worth up to $657.5 million with an insurer representing the city of New York, city officials and lawyers said on Thursday.
03/12/2010 08:27 AM
Old and new converge in rising British Conservative (Reuters)
Reuters - A son of Ghanaian immigrants who was educated at Eton, Britain's most exclusive private school, parliamentary candidate Kwasi Kwarteng embodies both change and continuity in the Conservative Party.
03/12/2010 02:48 PM
Twin suicide attacks kill 45 in Pakistan's Lahore (AFP)

Pakistani soldiers work at the scene of a bomb blast in Lahore. Twin suicide attacks seconds apart targeted the Pakistani military Friday, killing up to 45 people in the second attack to hit security forces in the country's cultural capital this week.(AFP)AFP - Twin suicide attacks seconds apart targeted the Pakistani military Friday, killing up to 45 people in the second attack to hit security forces in the country's cultural capital this week.



03/12/2010 02:35 PM
Iraq PM takes slender lead over rivals, early results show (AFP)

Iraqis count votes at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) headquarters in Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals, preliminary results from the country's election showed, as oppositions blocs alleged blatant fraud.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals on Friday, preliminary results from the country's general election showed, as opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud.



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03/12/2010 07:18 AM
Adena site prepares for accreditation visit
"Our business is history," Adena Mansion & Gardens Society board chairman Ed Behanna said Thursday, and if the Adena site is successful in an ongoing accreditation bid, business indeed will be good.
03/12/2010 07:17 AM
Auditor withdraws request to add appointed position
The tax administrator position in the city auditor's office will remain a civil service job after new Auditor Tom Spetnagel Jr. withdrew a request to reclassify the position. In January, Spetnagel asked for the tax administrator position, held by Donna Taylor, to be unclassified, so Spetnagel could appoint someone to the position, rather than go through the civil service process.
03/12/2010 07:18 AM
Coalition solidifying among historical sites
Discussion about possible formation of an organization to coordinate marketing and promotions among local historic sites has taken form.
03/12/2010 07:19 AM
Local tourism bureau targets 'staycationers' again in 2010
Tourists staying closer to home while still uncertain about the economy could benefit the Ross County area this summer.
03/12/2010 07:19 AM
Library levy group to take message to streets
Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library levy campaign supporters soon will be hitting the streets to speak with area residents about the benefits of a 1-mill, five-year operational levy on the May ballot.
03/12/2010 12:00 AM
USEC union ratifies five-year contract
A five-year agreement between the United States Enrichment Corp. and United Steelworkers Local Union 689 at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon has been approved by union members.
03/12/2010 12:00 AM
Open house to preview cheer squads' routines
A trio of local cheer squads preparing for national competition will be featured in an open house at noon March 20.
03/12/2010 12:00 AM
CLUB TAKING RESERVATIONS FOR DINNER MEETING
The GE Quarter Century Club is taking dinner reservations for its April 24 meeting.
03/12/2010 12:00 AM
WOMEN'S FITNESS CENTER TO HAVE OPEN HOUSE
Abby's Gym, a fitness center for women at 617 Central Center, will have an open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
03/12/2010 12:00 AM
PIONEER CENTER HOSTING THURSDAY INFORMATION FAIR
Pioneer Center is sponsoring a free provider fair from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Ross County Service Center on Western Avenue as part of Developmental Disabilities Month.