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  • Obama pledges to continue Haiti aid, says situation 'remains dire'
    Obama pledges to continue Haiti aid, says situation 'remains dire'
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 5:51 pm
    President Obama met Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti.
  • U.S. airman killed on duty in Haiti
    U.S. airman killed on duty in Haiti
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 5:45 pm
    Air Force Lt. Col. Ken Bourland hugged his wife, Peggy, goodbye and headed out for his two-day mission.
  • Female fliers honored 65 years after war
    Female fliers honored 65 years after war
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 5:40 pm
    Some 65 years after their service, a group of female former civilian pilots whose unheralded work was key to helping the U.S. effort in World War II were honored Wednesday with the Congressional Gold Medal.
  • Pentagon trains workers to hack own computers
    Pentagon trains workers to hack own computers
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 5:27 pm
    The Pentagon is training people to hack into its own computer networks.
  • Police: 'Jihad Jane' attempted suicide in '05
    Police: 'Jihad Jane' attempted suicide in '05
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 2:54 pm
    Colleen LaRose, the Pennsylvania woman indicted for allegedly conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, attempted to commit suicide in 2005, according to a police report filed at the time.
  • CNN.com - World
  • Mexican telecom king unseats Gates atop richest list
    Mexican telecom king unseats Gates atop richest list
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 7:20 pm
    Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people Wednesday, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' name was not at the top.
  • Obasanjo: Nigerian violence fed by ethnic, economic issues
    Obasanjo: Nigerian violence fed by ethnic, economic issues
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 5:53 pm
    Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo insisted Wednesday that this week's explosion of violence that claimed at least 200 lives is not driven by religious tensions between Christians and Muslims -- but by ethnic, social, and economic problems.
  • Obama pledges to continue Haiti aid, says situation 'remains dire'
    Obama pledges to continue Haiti aid, says situation 'remains dire'
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 5:51 pm
    President Obama met Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti.
  • Biden: U.S. will hold Israelis, Palestinians accountable
    Biden: U.S. will hold Israelis, Palestinians accountable
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 4:44 pm
    The United States will hold both Israel and the Palestinians responsible for any steps that make peace between them more difficult, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
  • Myanmar bars Suu Kyi's election participation
    Myanmar bars Suu Kyi's election participation
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 3:11 pm
    Myanmar's ruling junta has announced a new election law that disqualifies pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in upcoming national elections.
  • CNN.com - Politics
  • Obama pledges to continue Haiti aid
    Obama pledges to continue Haiti aid
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 5:51 pm
    President Obama met Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti.
  • WWII Women fliers honored
    WWII Women fliers honored
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 5:40 pm
    Some 65 years after their service, a group of former civilian women pilots whose unheralded work was key to helping the U.S. effort in World War II are honored with the Congressional Gold Medal.
  • White House slams insurers
    White House slams insurers
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 5:25 pm
    President Obama is set to turn up the heat on private health insurers again Wednesday, taking his increasingly populist health care overhaul pitch on the road to the political battleground state of Missouri.
  • House Dems plan ban on earmarks to for-profits
    House Dems plan ban on earmarks to for-profits
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 4:47 pm
    House Democrats said Wednesday that they will ban earmarks directed to for-profit companies.
  • Biden: U.S. won't play favorites with Israelis, Palestinians
    Biden: U.S. won't play favorites with Israelis, Palestinians
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 4:44 pm
    The United States will hold both Israel and the Palestinians responsible for any steps that make peace between them more difficult, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
  • CNN.com - Technology
  • Pentagon trains workers to hack Defense computers
    Pentagon trains workers to hack Defense computers
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 5:27 pm
    The Pentagon is training people to hack into its own computer networks.
  • AT&T tries to avoid outages at SXSW conference
    AT&T tries to avoid outages at SXSW conference
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 2:56 pm
    On Friday, the major movers in the tech industry will gather in Austin, Texas, for the annual South by Southwest Interactive Conference.
  • The top 10 geek anthems of all time
    The top 10 geek anthems of all time
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 1:52 pm
    Geeks rock! In honor of the South by Southwest festival's convergence of techie and music culture, we rank the top 10 geek-rock tunes of all time, from "She Blinded Me with Science" to "Particle Man."
  • Google adds bike routes to online maps
    Google adds bike routes to online maps
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 11:10 am
    Peter Smith was riding his bike down a particularly busy road in Austin, Texas, when, amid a frightening blur of big-truck traffic, a thought hit him:
  • Anti-candidate Web site asks public for dirt
    Anti-candidate Web site asks public for dirt
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 6:19 am
    Democrats opposed to Meg Whitman's gubernatorial campaign are hoping to get an assist from the public in their latest bid to push voters away from the Republican candidate.
  • CNN.com - Health
  • Healthier men want more sex for more years
    Healthier men want more sex for more years
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 1:20 pm
    Healthier men, no matter their age, are going to have better sex more frequently and desire it more often than healthier women.
  • CDC: Herpes still 'serious' threat
    CDC: Herpes still 'serious' threat
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 10:42 am
    As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study released Tuesday.
  • What can I do for chronic sinusitis?
    What can I do for chronic sinusitis?
    Published: 10 March 2010 | 6:53 am
    I have been diagnosed with chronic sinusitis. It would seem like every six months or so, I have an episode where I am unable to go to work for about three days because I develop a temperature, swollen lymph nodes, (recently, swollen, inflammed tonsils) headaches and skin flora on my scalp. How is skin flora associated with sinusitis? Will this ever stop?
  • Minorities' higher Alzheimer's risk
    Minorities' higher Alzheimer's risk
    Published: 9 March 2010 | 2:41 pm
    Francisca Terrazas and other Latinas are about 1.5 times more likely than Anglos to develop Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, a new report says. Read how her family copes.
  • 'You just don't look disabled'
    'You just don't look disabled'
    Published: 9 March 2010 | 8:35 am
    People come up to Aimee Mullins all the time and say, "you know, I have to tell you, you just don't look disabled."

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